Eastern Lamejun Bakers

We stopped in for what else but lamejun. We also bought some simit cookies. Service is friendly. We ordered veg for me and lamb for my daughter. We also bought some simits. The cookies weren't tasty at all. My daughter enjoyed her lamejun. In the days when I ate meat, I used to enjoy the lamb version. I tried the veg for the first time. The veg was ok but not my favorite. I have been eating Eastern Lamejun for decades. The store is chock full of middle eastern delights.

If you're near Belmont, I recommend swinging by this little Armenian market to check out the treasures inside. I was looking up parking for Praline just a few streets down and saw ELB on the map and was immediately intrigued, having never heard of a lamejun before. I wish I had some more time to peruse the aisles but we walked away with some goodies: a bag of dried green lentils, some grape leaves, a meat lamejun, and two boxes of baklava. The baklava were a hit at the party we brought them to, though, of the two kinds we purchased, I preferred the smaller, rolled-up, bite-sized version (I looked it up - the "finger" baklava. Very apt!). The second were these massive squares, sliced diagonally in half - maybe the ozel kara baklava? They had a generous spread of crushed pistachios, my favorite nut; my only complaint was they were a tad hard to eat and divide into smaller portions. Now that I think about it some more, the better way to eat these would be to pop them in the oven so the honey melts just a little.I thought the grape leaves were all right, maybe too much on the sour and garlicky side for me. My husband loved them. Lamejun looks like a cross between a pizza and a savory pancake, topped with a layer of ground meat, tomatoes, herbs. They have three kinds here - the traditional meat, a chicken (lower in sodium and cholesterol, as promised on the box), and a vegetarian. We went with the meat. I brought it to a party as the perfect snack. All you need is a few minutes in the broiler or the oven so the edges get perfectly golden-brown crispy. For a dozen of these babies, it was about $25. I should've asked the nice lady at the cashier if these are freezable. On my list for next time: the eggplant dip and beet salad, as well as the other kinds of baklava and turnovers. Near the cashier is also quite the selection of feta. (I don't understand another review calling the arrangement of the items like a "garage sale." Everything was pretty neatly organized and resembled any other small specialty market.)Parking: lots of street options in front of the store.

First, this market is taking extra precautions to keep customers safe by providing disposable gloves for customers to use. The store is clean and well kept. I visited on a Friday to try their Lamejun. I didn't realize they only sold boxes of their Lamejun as apposed to single servings you can order to eat immediately. However, the employee was kind enough to sell me warm lamejuns from the oven when I told her I was from out of town. I got the spicy garlic flavor made with beef. They were delicious!

Amazing place!!! I first had lamejuns in 2015 while staying in Boston. I'm from out of state so I didn't get a chance to revisit for many years but it had been on my list of places to go the next time I was there for a long time now. Just revisited, the lamejuns are just as amazing as I had remembered them. The taste is absolutely to die for. I've tried a few other lamejun places back home and they don't compare. This is definitely THE place for any Armenian style food you can think of. Fantastic gem of Watertown.

They deserve 3 stars for their prepared food and bakery products. They are not great but reasonably acceptable if you are craving. Their lamejun supposed to be good which I got here based on a recommendation. If you ever tasted lamejun in the old country then you would know that this is a joke. The rest of the store is like a storage place where I am not interested in any of those products. It's so weird to place such items on the shelves. It gives an impression of a garage sale.

Best vegetarian stuffed grape leaves ever! And Plenty of other great homemade dips and Middle Eastern specialties. Highly recommend the spinach cheese turnovers.

I live in the south and I am able to get my favorite by the next day. The food is amazing and everyone is so eager to please.

Amazing Armenian food. I recommend the tabouli, metch, and the hummus is the best you will have.

We love the wonderful Bulgarian feta there (which they can cut as much as you want - and the delicious lavash style breads and pastries. Also huge cans of delicious pickles that we devour quickly.

Used to go in as I live close by. In my opinion, the staff was mostly rude and quick. Last time I went, the lamejun was horrible. Last time was the last time I will ever go in there.