Ararat Restaurant in Ipswich

Food was late and at best Luke warm and items missing! Was told chef was very busy but could send out cold starters? Or £15 refund we spent £ 170. For 8 people the chip portion s was half the size of what we normally get and was told they had run out

As always- excellent food. Cannot fault them.

We ordered our food at 17:30 and it arrived well after 20:00 - completely ridiculous.

It was uber eats delivery. After 2h waiting for an order restaurant informed me they waiting for a driver. How they can preper order and waiting so long for a driver? I said I can't wait coz I am going to work and ask to cancel my order. He said that's fine. After call they sent me final bill (over £60) coz apparently food been prepared. So if you want food don't order for delivery just go there.

Meal was 20 minutes laterthan the outside time arrange and was stone cold, not at all impressed with out first order from here

ordered meal at 6.35 , arrived at 8.20pm...meal was cold so had to be re heated causing yet another delay. Causing the meat to be dry thereafter. Quality would have been good if not had to be reheated and totally spoilt

Great place, very nice and helpful staff, very good and tasty food, we definitely recommend Kasia and Wojtek

Great food and service, if you haven’t tried it yet I definitely recommend it.

Lovely freshly cooked food friendly staff. Ipswich gem

delicious tasty and lots of food

Food tasted nice but portion sizes, specifically for the cold starters were very disappointing small. Not worth the money paid

We had such a nice evening for my daughter’s 50th birthday family meal. I had never been to a Turkish restaurant before and you couldn’t fault it. Good food, good service and good fun. Thank you.

Amazing restaurant delicious food great service very reasonable prices. Best Turkish food i have ever eaten highly recommend 👌🏼👌🏼👌🏼

Absolutely amazing meal and evening. Delicious food and choice, great atmosphere and first class service. This is the best Turkish restaurant in Ipswich and Felixstowe. We try the others out every so often but this is definitely the Go To one. 7 of us agree on this tonight. Great value for money too. Thanks so much fellas x

Outstanding!!! Without doubt the best Turkish in Ipswich. The food and service is first class.. party of 7 tonight for a birthday, couldn’t have been better! Thank you xxx

My order was missing an item.. I didn't receive the Baclava and If it is not available that should have been mentioned on ordering but now I paid for it and haven't received it.

Just been for a birthday meal with my family, it was my sons birthday and they gave him a cake box to take home, what a lovely touch. Had the most delicious meal, so much food all freshly cooked. Very good price and the service was so friendly and couldn't do enough for us. We will definitely be back Thank you so much x

Everything is delicious, live music good singers ❤️❤️ I enjoyed every single moment 🇦🇲🇦🇲it was as a part of Armenia 🇦🇲 🇦🇲

Food is nice and fair price for it staff is very pleasant keep up the good service...

Had my birthday dinner here. Staff were friendly. Meal was delicious. They played the 'happy birthday' song for me as they bought cake out. I totally recommend 👌

the lamb chops were very tough and overcooked, and the potatoes the same

Food is always good, but delivery time is terrible over an hour late.

We thoroughly enjoyed our dining experience here. We received a genuinely friendly welcome and ordered two moussakas, one meat and one vegetarian, accompanied by warm flat bread, all of which were absolutely delicious. We highly recommend a visit here.

Our favourite eatery!! We come here every week as the food is delicious and the chef and his team are always delightful and so welcoming. Absolutely amazing!!!!! 👍✅👍👏

Well worth the money. Good food. Friendly driver.

Incredible choice for a rainy day, massive love to the chef who drove the food over to make sure we all enjoyed it while it was still hot.

5 stars all round. Our group of 4 ate a good variety from the menu and none were disappointed. White wine was nice too. Great, friendly service, delicious food..all at fab prices. Apr 24

What a fantastic meal. Driver was very friendly. We got a restaurant quality meal for two including two sweets. The food was plentiful , lamb cutlets were melt in the mouth. It was all absolutely perfect. Thank you guys.

This restaurant is a hidden gem! My sister and I believed we had a reservation at another Turkish restaurant in town (which due to poor communication on the restaurants part, we did not) so disappointed with Turkish food on our minds and no idea where we could get some from, i remembered a friend of mine had mentioned Ararat awhile ago, telling me the food was amazing, and my friend was not wrong! The food was incredible, the staff were super friendly and welcoming, i could not recommend this restaurant enough, curing our need for Turkish cuisine on short notice, blowing us away with the quality of the food and despite being on a busy road the restaurant felt tucked away and our dining experience felt relaxed and personal, we will be going again!!

Food had to be microwaved as it was cold and they missed out an item. Got 2 portions of meatballs instead of filo pastry.

genuinely great Turkish food. has become our go to takeaway.

Thank you so so much! The food is amazing.

Waiting for the food to be delivered

Food was freezing cold. Waited over hour and half. When calling restaurant they were useless!

Ararat is one of our favourite places to eat in Ipswich. Parking is round the corner; it’s accessible for all, it’s clean and tidy and most of all… THE SERVICE AND FOOD IS AMAZING 🤩 Tonight, we got the humous as an starter and the amazing bread, mains was a veg kebab and I had an chicken kofte with a GORGEOUSSSSS slice of fresh Baklava to finish… As always, the food is so good, the service is amazing. I love this place, literally the best Turkish in town - I can’t sing their praises enough 🤩🤩🤩 Ps; I forgot to mention, the chilli sauce!! OMG 🤤 so so tasty

Excellent food excellent service the only negative is the neighbour

Food is good, but the owner is so rude, my father was placing an order and is eldarly. Got fustrasted and rude to him. Treat your customers with respect and humble yourself.

We had a lovely meal and so tasty !!

I did not like the food and the atmosphere was not good at all

Good very cold a lot of order missing when I called them they are very rude 50 pound in the bin

The humus was missing from the order. Humus Cold Starter 5.00

Food was tasteless and oily. Overpriced for the quality!

Food was excellent as usual. Not too hot though due to 1.20 hours to deliver.

First time using them went with mixed grill amazing 🤩

Ordered at 16.10pm for 18hrs and food arrived at 18.27 phoned Ararat and they were very nice and said will update me and called back -just disappointing as needed to be out by 19hrs and had to rush our food

Just had a takeaway, food was delicious, very helpful staff on the phone.

Quick service and delicious food. One of our favourite places to eat. Thank you x

Just had a fantastic take away from this place. Some starters plus a 4 person meat platter. Lots of unexpected extras ( the flat bread and dips are particularly tasty) Only a take-away but super friendly staff on the phone and in the (lively) restaurant Will be eating in next time

They thought we were with another group of people. Food arrived all separate, no sauces nothing and the " manager" did not take our complaint seriously, Simply told us "I don't care". Poor customer service and attitude all through the night.

Just really nice authentic clean turkish food. Always enjoy! Def order again. 🇹🇷

Food was lovely, very tasty and arrived hot.

Amazing turkish restaurant. I recommend mixed kebabs.

Excellent food as always. I do miss the pomegranate dressing on the salad. But the chicken meat in our shish was tender, perfectly spiced and tasty as it always has been from Ararat. Thanks

I normally order food with you but this time i made order for 2 people and i think that you send me order for 1 person. I'm not happy and i hope you that you be aware about this situation.

Could have been hotter but otherwise a fabulous takeaway experience. Would strongly recommend. Will def order again! Superb

Best Turkish restaurant my wife and I ever had. Would definitely be ordering from y’all again. Thanks for that lovely dinner x

Order placed at 7.35pm and food arrived at 9.30pm. Totally unacceptable! We phoned the restaurant and he said that it was because of football traffic but the game ended 4.5 hours previously. Also, at 9pm he admitted the food had only left the restaurant 5 mins previously. The restaurant is only 1.5 miles from our house. Very poor and not happy with the experience. We paid a premium and we’re treated second class

Food was delicious .we came as a party of 4 adults, one of whom was in a wheelchair, and we were all catered for.Unfortunately ,there is no provision for alcohol anymore but the usual choice on soft drinks and hot bevarages.Myself and my partner opted for a sharing platter which didn't disappoint!

I didn't receive my order at all

Great restaurant , highly recommend

Always great food and great quality

Ordered through uber eats and as always delicious food, great portions and value for money

Yummy food. Only criticism - I ordered 2 lots of extra lamb this time but still only received 1 portion. So will only order 1 again from now on! Lesson learnt!

Outside of London? Very good. But they have little to no competition, and it shows.

Great food, great taste, fast delivery. Highly recommend it.

For the first time in Ipswich, very cozy small restaurant and very well presented food and prices! Our waiter Samet was very kind and professional with a good sense of humour! Recommend this place

Pleasantly surprised. Very happy with quality and taste of my order. Food was a bit cold by the time it arrived but it was still edible and was good enough to make up for it. Highly recommend 👍

Delicious food, generous portion sizes.

Small and peaceful restaurant..service was great but most importantly the food was absolutely delicious and tasty…

The nicest takeaway I have had in a very long time. I'm not sure how they do it, but the food was amazing. Big portions, tasty food and the chilli sauce is just delicious.

The food was spectacular. Mix grill bbq was unbelievable. And the matka kulfi was lovely too.

Arrived early, hot and very tasty. Will definitely order from here again.

We love Ararat - it’s our “go to” treat takeaway. It’s always delicious, hot and on time

Sehr gutes Essen und sehr freundliches.

Veg moussaka was horrendous. Nice starter though

Food was great as always but delivery was late by 40 mins. Rang restaurant after 30 mins and they weren’t very helpful- just said driver wasn’t in the restaurant.

Excellent as always. Tasty and well cooked

Slightly odd: they currently have no alcohol licence so they've crossed out all the alcoholic drinks on the menu with a marker pen. And they refuse to serve tap water, which is irritating. The food is very good but the restaurant is always empty so the atmosphere is a bit flat. Despite the fact that we were the only occupied table the waitress seemed in a huge rush to get rid of us, removing plates almost before we were finished with them. We were then told that she wouldn't get any of the service charge applied to our bill as the boss doesn't share it between the staff. We resisted the temptation to remove the service charge from our bill. I'm not sure what the story is with the alcohol licence but if they're interested in making money then they should probably get one. If they're not interested in making money then what is this place about....🤔

Food spot on, generous portions for the price, had the lamb ribs 🔥 delivery was bang on time as well. Highly recommend

Great food, thanks. Very speedy delivery.

Lovely food, large portions. Delivered early.

Food is very nice and reasonably priced, however the shisha isn’t great. Need to use coconut coal for the shisha, more flavour in the tobacco and properly light the coals so you can taste the flavour.

One of the delicious food in the town - friendly and supportive staff- delivered to hotel for little delivery chargers with great care and hot food on time.

Was one of our favourite restaurants to go to with my mates and family, manager and staff are 10/10, until recently new management has been introduced and atmosphere has completely changed, fully licensed restaurant that doesn’t sell alcohol, and new manager is very rude. Will not be returning

Amazing food! Great prices friendly staff!

We were previously loyal customers. However, on a recent visit we were disappointed as there seemed to be new management. The waitress was sweet and attentive, however the atmosphere was different. They do not now serve alcohol and nor do they allow you to have tap water. This impacted our visit. We would probably not return.

The delivery missed off a starter which was disappointing but the food we did get was a usual great and enjoyable.

Lovely meal as always, thanks you.

Great meal full of flavour our favourite thanks

We have ordered from Ararat regularly and been loyal customers. The food is great. However, tonight we preordered at 6pm for a 7:30 delivery. At 7:45 we had heard nothing and it was not here. We rung to find where it was they said it would be another 20 minutes, no explanation, no apology. Our dinner arrived at 8:15. 45 minutes late. No offer of a refund of any amount. Especially considering it is not a cheap takeaway. Disgusting treatment of loyal customers.

Went in for a meal with a mate having ordered to my house before - the service was great, I really enjoyed all the food and I believe there were a few extra options at the restaurant compared to ordering takeaway. As far as my naïve english palatte could tell, it seemed like quality authentic food and my mate said it reminded him of the food he got in Turkey on a recent holiday. I really recommend the kunefe if you want to try something a bit different. This has started to change my opinion, I now believe Ipswich doesn't just have boring food options and this is far better than your average kebab shop!

It came extremely late, it arrived cold and we were missing items from our order.

Amazing food and good portion sizes, will definitely order again!

Everything was excellent, from the really nice food to the welcoming and friendly staff. I will definitely be coming back again soon.

Food was brilliant but delivery was an hour late, and when I called to see where it was I was told on its way 5 minutes, and then told actually its now about to leave 40 mins later it turned up.

Ordered nearly 2hrs in advance to avoid being late. Food turned up nearly an hour late, I had to ring twice to get updates and when it did turn up it was somewhere between Luke warm and cold.

Food is amazing, one of the best I've had. Especially the starters with that fish sauce thing and the bread. Also, it's very difficult to find restaurants who have staff with integrity, but the guys from ararat are honest and trustworthy, I left my expensive Samsung headphones in the restaurant, I am not from Ipswich. Was there for work, and they literally held them for me for nearly 3 months, kept them safe for when I come and collect them. And I got them back in 1 piece, all working. Honestly just want to highlight this and show my gratitude. Thankyou.

First time ordering here. Don’t get me wrong the food had amazing flavours and was delicious but I had to reheat all the hot food as it turned up cold as it was 15 minutes late from latest expected delivery time. Will go there again but I would go elsewhere first before going back !! #disappointed

Delicious food and attention had been paid to note left regarding how we wished our lamb to be cooked. Thank you!

A great night out with friends , the restaurant was jam packed with diners . They weee fantastic host , as expected kept our booked table ready and waiting for us . The Turkish food was a delight from appetisers to mains , all delicious. The prices per head was also very reasonable at £22.00 - £28.00 including drinks . There are two floors and the upper floor has the lounge bar with additional seatings so very nice . The service was great and the food arrived surprisingly very quick , given the fact how busy the restaurant was ! Well done guys 🙌👍