Dilijani Tun Hotel & Restaurant

I reserved the hotel for parents and they were very satisfied, especially they liked the their restaurant and secure parking in hotel territory. The location of the hotel is also very good and provides more pleasure.

Dilijani Tun, an upscale establishment at the top of Dilijan, is a pleasant respite from the dinginess of the town. Unfortunately the windy drive to the hilltop location doesn’t get you views from the hotel, but it does put you on a quiet residential street. The upper rooms may have views but our second floor room had views of the street, power lines and the tops of the mountains beyond. The dining room opens out to a terrace and a vegetated garden with private nooks for dining and hanging out. A cascading fountain muffles any unwanted noise. Our modern room was clean and spacious. The comfortable bed had soft sheets. The large bathroom had a great shower and counter space. Amenities include a hairdryer, hot water boiler with instant coffee and tea, a safe, good Wi-Fi connection and plenty of outlets for charging electronics. Some staff speaks some English, but not well enough that there aren’t some minor language difficulties. Getting our laundry done for instance was not as easy as it should have been for a hotel of this quality and was extremely overpriced, $100USD for a bag that cost us $7USD in Georgia at a similar quality hotel. Parking is on the street which did not pose a problem. There is no air conditioning. It was cool enough at night in mid-July with the windows open, but the windows don’t have screens and mosquitos do get in. Also the neighborhood dogs bark a lot at night. Breakfast Buffet The breakfast spread is not as extensive as some but includes a nice selection of quality offerings. Hot items include scrambled or boiled eggs, hotdog type sausages, another hot dish – one day it was sautéed vegetables and on another a tasty grain and sausage dish. Cold items include cut fruit and dried fruit, various creams and cheeses, cold cuts, olives, smoked salmon on a toothpick, tomatoes and cucumbers, quality bread, rolls and cake, honey and preserves, 2 kinds of cereal and yogurt. French press coffee, hot milk, tea and juice are also available. Dinner The hotel restaurant has a lovely outdoor terrace near a cascading fountain. While the setting has nothing to do with the surrounding mountains it’s a pleasant respite from the somewhat chaotic Dilijan. The menu has a broad selection of Armenian and international dishes, though they were out of a number of dishes we inquired about – no chick peas, no dolmas, no lamb. We ordered the Arrabbiata pasta, the barbeque vegetables, the barbeque trout and the barbeque potatoes. The Arrabbiata pasta was fine and a boring choice on our part, the barbeque vegetables was a smoky purreed vegetable dish. The trout and potatoes was the highlight of the evening if not the best dining experience of the trip. The whole fish, a local salmonid type, was fresh and cut into steaks and perfectly cooked. Service was attentive, friendly and spoke enough English to get by. I gave 4 instead of a 5, for the lack of information on the laundry, the location and no screens on the windows.