Sevan is a gem on a street full of great Mediterranean food stores. The deserts, olive selection and cheeses (6 kinds of feta) are great but the appetizers are the jewel in the crown. Several kinds of hummus (including artichoke), grape leaves (meat or rice) kibbe, baba ganoush, eetch, and a feta spread that my son and son-in-law say is Brooklyn worthy! The owners and staff are helpful and the prices are right. Don't miss it. read more

AMAZING market. Contains all sorts of middle eastern foods and has incredible olive and nut bars. The French feta is wonderful, and is sold in giant blocks for about $10.99 a pound which is worth it for such delectable cheese. They have a wonderful assortment of home made baklava, honestly the best I've ever tasted in the area. read more

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I really like Sevans. My sig other is Armenian, so obviously little Armenia is a place we visit. Sevan has awesome humus and tabbouleh. Grape Leaves are solid and the Spinach cheese pies are nice too. Fresh pita bread and a store full of Armenian goodies, no complaints here. Best of all the owners are all great people and remember us - the personal touch is an extra bonus. read more

AMAZING! I love this place and it was my weekly go-to when I lived in MA. The hummus, grape leaves, baba ganoush (smokey - perfect flavor) and the stuffed eggplant were our favorites. But everything there is just the best! The assortment of desserts, feta cheese, olives, and breads are top notch too. They sell spices, fruits/vegs, teas, nuts, candy, wine and also have a frozen section with tons of options. Whether it's just staples for your own fridge or you need stuff for a party - this is the place to go. Customer service is also exceptional. Bonus that the owners are so friendly and nice. It's a pleasure to see them and chat while you you are buying all your groceries. read more

Sevan Bakery has every fresh Turkish cuisine you could want - fresh tabouli, hummus, grape leaves, baklava, nuts, olives, 6 kinds of feta etc. etc. Great spot! read more

Most addictive item: the Nutty Feta dip: Pistachios, walnuts, feta, dried cranberries, olive oil, herbs(?). You will be the hit of any party, seriously! Garlic lamejuns, jajek, nuts, dried fruit are of first-rate quality. Extra points for carrying San Pellegrino Aranciata Rossa single cans. Only thing that tasted off to me were the vegetarian grape leaves. Not sure if they use some spice I'm not used to or what; couldn't finish even one. Service is friendly and place is neatly organized and clean; always an enjoyable shopping experience! read more

It's very disappointing and immature that they decided to remove products from their shelves due to political reasons. It's very bizarre that they were making money from those products over 20 years. Now they are under pressure I suppose. Anyways, it was a very expensive and tight market with not following Covid 19 guidelines properly. If you are in the search of those products, go to Freerange market in Medford, won't regret at all! read more

It is a fantastic place, that I wish I would live close to there. The bakery part, has a lot of different products that if you get there hungry, you may want to try almost everything. Everything is fresh(produced by their own daily) and clean(can see the kitchen yourself) in here. The middle eastern and mediterranean cuisine is perfectly reproduced. The other part, which is as a market, has imported products from Turkish, Greek, Armenian and Arabic goods. If you are from any of those regions or if you have the palatal delight similar to these regions you would be a fan of there. Prior to end, the staff is really helpful and merry. read more

Sevan is mezze heaven - a whole case of house-made dips and spreads await, all reasonably priced and almost all amazingly delicious. Forego the felafel (not so hot) and try the muhammara, the hummus, the French feta and pepper spread, the etch, the sauteed chickpeas, the grape leaves, the stuffed cabbage...and on and on and on. You almost can't go wrong - as long as you avoid the felafel. There are pies a plenty, filled with everything from kibbeh to spinach. There's an impressive if modest selection of dry goods (and nuts, oh the nuts), olives, cheeses, dairy, and frozen goods to round out the offering. There's also an impressive array of sweets including Turkish delight, cookies, baklavah, and fresh zulbia (my favorite). read more

I have been coming to Sevan Bakery for almost 10 years and I usually only get 3 things because they are so good and I never want to get anything else. I get their vegetarian grape leave, hummus, and baklava. The owners are super nice, I would consider this an arabic bakery although I think the owners are Armenian. You can't go wrong with their grape leaves, best I've ever had! read more

I've heard things. Good things. I was in the area and figured I should drop it like its hot. So basically thats what I did. The store is pretty small but full of wonderful things. The not to be missed is the prepared/bakery section. I think they thought I was kidding when I said I wanted one of everything. And that is exactly what I got. I really reeeeeeally enjoyed the boregs. A lot. My only complaint is that in general it is a bit expensive, but so far was worth it. Everyone was super friendly inside. Also, the muhammara...ammaaazzzinnnngggg. Oh and the meat filled grape leaves. Ok they totally beat my recipe. I can't wait to come back when I am having an armenian craving, which is almost every day. read more

The baklava here is perfect, hands down. The best one is the one with the figs on top. The taste is sweet and fruity and nutty all at the same time and it has the perfect balance of chewiness and flakiness without being neither soggy nor dry. The meat borek here are also very good and not a bad price at $2.49. I work right down the street and walk here at least twice a week for a cheap lunch of a meat pie and a piece of baklava. The olive bar has a decent selection and the prices are great ranging from $4.99-$5.99 a pound. Stop and Shop charges $6.99 a pound for olives that are not nearly as fresh/good. (Sometimes I like to just eat some feta and olives with bread for lunch and Sevan has a good selection of both). The owners are extremely friendly and are eager to help everytime I am there. There are a lot of regulars who shop here and you can tell a place has good service when the employees have personal conversations with the customers as they are helping them. Today when I was there the cashier was chatting with a lady about how her husband was doing and how work was, etc. That is a nice personal touch in an age when people shop anonymously at 'big-box' stores where customer service is a thing of the past. read more

Ooh I'm so happy I live in the middle of an ethnic enclave. This is a my regular monthly go to place for middle eastern takeout, as well as dried fruits and nuts for my homemade cereal and granola - hard to find dried raspberries and pears, wild and regular blueberries, raw pistachios, almonds and cashews - packed and ready to go, at a fraction of the price of Whole Foods. Also on my regular list - creamy French feta, hummus, lentils & rice, etch, meat & veg grape leaves, lentil kefta, fresh or frozen kibbee, pita, etc. Not much for sweets, but they look good. Ditto the stuffed breads. Family run, consistently stocked and always a parking spot out front. read more

This place is nice, the guys are very friendly and chatty, and they have many things that you wouldn't find in your average grocery store, but it's definitely definitely overpriced, and the pastries and simitis are too tough and tasteless. read more

Found this market using Yelp. Their selection is great! I went mainly for sucuk and pastirma. The quality of sucuk is excellent. I find that many middle eastern/european/ethnic stores carry a lower quality sucuk and this is not the case at Sevan. The pastirma is cut fresh to order, so don't lose hope when you don't see it in the frigde. I will definitely return! read more

I pass by Watertown's triumvirate of Armenian shops during my commute and finally stopped into Sevan today to see what they're all about. I only had a vague idea of what Armenian food was, so I was curious. Well, holy crap is all I can say. I could probably stand in Sevan all day and ogle all the incredible food. Five different types of feta sold by the pound, a wall of ground spices, nuts as far as the eye can see, baklava glistening with honey, seven types of scoop-you-own dred chickpeas?! I didn't even know you could prepare dried chickpeas in seven different ways. I showed a remarkable amount of restraint and only purchased a handful of dried figs and 3 pieces of baklava: fig, pistachio, and walnut. When I whipped out my credit card to pay for my 7-dollar purchase, I was informed by the kindly older woman that there was a minimum of $10 for all charges. My face fell and I told her that all I had was about $6 in bills and change. "No worries, honey," she said, and accepted my $6. Wow! I will definitely be paying that favor forward. Oh, and the baklava? I can now say I've met Jesus... in the form of Armenian baklava. Possibly the best sweet I've eaten in a very long time. Moist and fresh-tasting, you can tell these were made with care. read more

Solid five stars for this wonderful Middle Eastern grocery. We used to drive two hours to get to this place, and now I live nearly around the corner which is terrible for any diet plans, or savings plans I may have. Sevan has almost everything you need for your pantry - spices, preserves, grains, bulk dry goods, middle eastern pudding mixes. They have fresh middle eastern veg, an olive bar, fresh bread, and things like sour cherry juice you can't find anywhere else. They have bulk white cheese (feta), and cured meats (pastirma). Their frozen section also has hard to find things like lahmacun, and manti (baby turkish ravioli), frozen okra, etc. They have Turkish beer - Efes! Great prepared foods - pick up some grape leaves, and some awesome Kazandibi pudding, and you'll be in heaven. For the uninitiated, fear not - ask for advice, and you'll get some great suggestions. (Even from other customers). Street parking, but it's always easy to find. read more

What a great place. The selection and variety is amazing for such a small type of market with endless variety. Fresh food and such great service. I am a fan of their baked items, so good. read more

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I was introduced to lemejunes (Armenian pizza) a while back and now I am addicted. This is the place to get them! Varieties include garlic, veggie, hot, and the standard meat one. You can buy them by the dozen or half dozen. They taste better when you warm them up in the toaster oven for a few minutes...just until the edges get crispy. read more

I live an area full of Armenian grocery stores. This one is my personal favorite. #1 every time i shop here i feel like it was a successful trip #2 the owners are very nice and like to chat #3 the baklava is very yummy #4 as well as their spinach and feta rolls and seasoned bread i could keep going... oh, they also accept food stamps.... :) read more

Holy Baklava this place has the best Baklava I've ever had And some kind of rice pudding SANS rice- holy shmoly it's good like reaal good and it's a blessing they're not open at 2 am because I could do some late night damage in there TRY IT OUT read more

My half-Armenian husband and I moved across the country earlier this year, and Armenian food from Sevan is one of the things we miss most, right after our best friends. This bakery is amazing--they carry all kinds of products, but their prepared foods are unbeatable. Don't go in hungry or you'll take home too much to eat before it goes bad. Pro tip: the kibbe balls in the frozen section are EXCELLENT quick weeknight dinner options. Among all the Armenian bakeries in Watertown, I preferred them for every single type of dish and pastry. My husband preferred the lahmejun from Eastern, but hey, opinion is subjective. Go get some basterma and baklava now if you can! read more

Oh dear lord, thank you for Sevan's!! This place is incredible. I knew it the moment I walked in when my entire corpus was inundated with the beautiful, multitudinous smell of nuts mixed with teas mixed with Armenian baking and delicious overseas candies. Twice I circled the little island that splits the place in two and is filled with as many kinds of nuts, olives, teas and candies I could think of. At the back I was delighted to find a well-priced, diverse selection of wines and a third cold fridge to complement the two in the front: they contain produce, dairy and meats, respectively. Oh so wonderful!! I want to move in. If I could rent an apartment upstairs I would. read more

Food was good, they warm up some of the pastries at your request. I had the mushroom turnover but it seemed a little sparse on mushrooms so after a while I felt like I was just eating the bread. The family that runs it was really nice and I wouldn't mind trying it again with something different. read more

MUHAMMARA! It's spicy and sweet at the same time. This was my first exposure to the hot pepper dip... I'm so very grateful. Also I loved the feta red pepper spread. The roasted eggplant and the grape leaves with meat were good too. Looks like I need to go back and try the baklava... my fellow Yelpers have raved! read more

Sevan has great food and great customer service. They also have cheap, fresh spices. If you're like me and get occasional hummus/tabouli/boreka cravings, you'll get your fix here. I've been coming here on and off for about four years, and they've always steadily produced good food with good service. read more

This is one of the smaller groceries in Watertown's Little Armenia, but it's a nice one. Everything is very well organized, and while it may not have the selection of larger stores, the turnover is high and things are fresh. They have the large green creamy-tasting olives I can't find elsewhere, sheep's milk cheese from Bulgaria, a kind of serve-yourself bar for seeds and nuts, a small selection of wine, and lately some chili-flavored dried fruits which are kind of interesting. This is my go-to when I need baclava, I think they do it better than any of the other bakeries. read more

I know people driving over or taking the 71 bus just to come to Sevan Bakery and buy some produce. They have a good variety of Armenian and Turkish brand products. It is packed in the weekends especially in the afternoon. You can't find Lahmajun that good around Boston. They have a variety of cheese, olives, jams, nuts, spices,desserts per pound and even though you go for the cheap one it is still good. You can ask for help if you can't decide which brand is better, they'll tell you right away. The bakery is a family business, and everyone there is very helpful. They make a good variety of mezze's (starters) from the middle east. You can also get some pastry heated up over there if you want to taste anything. I'm from Turkey and I can find many things conveniently, so if you are interested in for new tastes you should definitely go in there and take a look around. I'm sure you'll find something to buy. read more

Sevan Bakery is a hidden gem in Watertown , making sensational and authentic Italian bread that is typically bought out by local customers by 11 AM. But there's more, so much more: vats of olives, all varieties, one more delicious than the next, fresh nuts, dried fruits, cheeses from Armenia, Denmark, France, Italy, Greece, Turkey and more. The incredible homemade hummus, falafel, tabbouleh, and baba ghanouj, are only enhanced by the fresh baked lavash or pita bread you must eat it with. For those nights when you don't have time to prepare a homemade dinner, there are delicious Greek, Armenian, and Middle Eastern entrees, side dishes and salads, so true to their ethnic heritage. My favorite is the Muhammara, a spicy sensation of hot peppers, walnuts, olive oil, and robust Middle Eastern spices--a burst of flavors not to be missed. Desserts are plentiful too; there's baklava, but so many more that I don't know the names of, which are equally delicious too. However, the vast array of spices are the real treasure here. We found rare spices that we couldn't find anywhere else. I'm leaving out so much, but it will only add to your experience, because there is so much to discover when you visit the wonderful Sevan Bakery. read more

Recently worked with Morat (owner of Sevan?) on a catering order featuring a variety of mezes that could be paired with Turkish wines. The service went above and beyond what one would expect. I would order from Sevan based solely on the customer service. They are wonderful! Fortunately, I will work with Sevan beyond customer service because the food is superb. The variety of olives and cheeses are incredible. The hummus is very savory and their spicy olive oil based dip is lovely. And the spinach pie? SCRUMPTIOUS. My only regret is not ordering baklava because I love baklava, and based on the savory dishes, I can only imagine how good their desserts have to be. Don't pass the opportunity to try Sevan--you will not regret it. Many thanks to Morat as well! read more

The trick to Watertown is knowing which countries a store carries products from. In this case Sevan bakery specializes in Turkish and Armenian food. The Pros: Their prepared foods are really great, and you can easily fulfill your lunch or dinner needs with what they offer. Try a Lahmejune (Armenian "pizza"), which they usually make fresh during lunch. They also sell different types of Feta Cheese (domestic, French, etc). The Cons: The quality of their fresh produce isn't that great, and their prices were a bit steep. Some of their imported goods can also be expensive. If they're really busy, the staff can't always give you the attention you want. Service: The service here is great, and the staff is knowledgeable about products and different things to try. They can really help you if you don't know what you're looking for, and they'll make suggestions for food pairings. read more

Great prices, great food. What more can you ask for? It's a mini-market/bakery. Everytime I go in I want to try everything. I usually get the calzone looking things. I get the chicken or the walnut one. So good. Everyone is very nice besides the crazy armenian ladies that shop that just stand in the way. I love Sofra's but this place is way cheaper for food just as good. read more

I can't put it simply enough - this place is THE BEST. And it has been consistently the best ever since I was a little kid. Sevan's hummus is beyond amazing. It has set the bar so high for all other hummus that no matter where I go, I find all others to be sub-par. Everything they offer at Sevan is superior: olives, baba, labneh, baklava, meat pies, lahmajoun, roasted eggplant, stuffed peppers, and oh my goodness THE GRAPE LEAVES!! Just do yourself a favor and go here and try one od everything. The folks who work here are the sweetest - this is a family-run business with real heart and soul. The prices reflect the quality of their food, and I promise it's worth every penny. read more

Possibly the best little middle-eastern grocery I've ever been to in my life. I am going to be a regular here. No matter how many times I try, I just can't get the hummus to be like this. Get their homemade food. Get their spices. Get their bread (oh the bread). Get the baklava. Get literally anything because you will not go wrong. Even their produce is some of the best I've seen. Thank you Sevan! read more

I really liked this store. It's small, but seems cleaner that Arax. Not much to add that hasn't already been said, except the pistachio baklava is pure heaven. It was melt-in-my-mouth good. Sometimes baklava is dripped with honey, sometimes is too cripsy, this one was perfect. I wish I lived closer! read more

I love Sevan bakery. So far, I have tried the Russian salad, hummus, sesame seed bread rings, lamejuns, and baklava. This is my favorite of the three Armenian grocery stores in a row, because the people here are the friendliest. Today I got some pecans--they have a great fresh looking nut bar and their olive bar also looks really fresh and delicious. read more

Yessss! This place is packed with food, I love it! Too bad I can't eat nuts, cause I'd be buying in bulk to beat the band. Instead I get lunch from here when we work around Watertown. I am partial to a few falafel ($.99/each) and a little tub of hummus. My dad loves madmuhara (sp?) mostly cause it has walnuts and I won't force him to share. Grab a little bag of pita bread, a drink outta the case and be on your way. This is the place to go for pastries too. read more

Great great place for olive bar and international middle eastern place. Best place to find freshly made diff kind of feta Cheese. Also huge nuts bar. Lots of freshly made side dishes and desserts from middle eastern countries. The best part is that it is cheaper than even stop and shop olive bar by $2.00 a pound...no not kidding Great owners and great fresh food, nuts and specially olives EVERYONE SHOULD GO AT LEAST ONCE. WE COME ALL THE WAY FROM NORTH ANDOVER SPRCIALLY FOR OLIVES read more

I love this place! I haven't had much of their pastries, but as a convenient little market, its great. The prices are significantly lower than the local giant super-market, and they have some good rare things. I suppose that's the nature of the Armenian district. The real gem with this place is their spice rack. Ton's of huge containers of spices, most of them for $2.50 each. Its awesome. read more

Tasty kibe and amazing spinach pie! Will come back soon to try other things. The olive bar looked amazing! There are sweets, savory and everything in between! Will definitely try again! Fresh and super delicious! read more