Lake Sevan
Located off the stairs leading to the monastery, this place has a huge dining hall with partially obscured lake views. You may need to share one of the…
Must-see restaurants in Georgia, Armenia & Azerbaijan
Baku
Dafne is a suave but not exclusive lounge-cafe offering fine Turkish food and expertly mixed cocktails, with much of the seating spread across a large…
Mestia
Favoured for its good kebabs, this friendly guesthouse has all the main Georgian favourites including delicious khinkali and plenty of vegetarian choice…
Northern Armenia
Also called Armen's, this huge place is popular with tour groups and has a number of dining spaces inside and on the rear terraces. The set menu holds no…
Armenia
This octagonal khoravats restaurant with medieval chairs and a chandelier is one of the most popular eateries in town, though the service can be…
Northern Armenia
This restaurant in the Dilijan Historic Centre has nice decor and beautiful wooden balconies, but the food is a bit of a letdown. The menu is extensive…
Gori
This sprawling indoor-outdoor complex below Gori Fortress offers all manner of menus and cuisines, from Georgian to European and vegetarian to halal. A…
Telavi
Bravo does a decent job on a wide range of Georgian favourites, and has a pictorial menu which makes the process of ordering slightly less like guesswork…
Armenia
The Parc de Vienne is Goris' entertainment hub, and this sleek lounge cafe is where most of the action unfolds. The menu is dominated by international…
Northern Armenia
Located just before the entrance to the Dendropark, this restaurant serves a limited menu of Armenian staples including khoravats (barbecue meats) and…
Tbilisi
Quirkily attractive little Café Gabriadze, under the same management as the neighbouring Gabriadze puppet theatre, offers friendly service and good…
Telavi
Mala's Garden is a delightful spot to sit among the trees and bushes in a relaxed (sometimes rather too relaxed) atmosphere, and munch on kebabs, which…
Northern Armenia
The food's nothing to get excited about (pizzas are stodgy, burgers are rubbery and the salads could be fresher), but this is the most popular dining spot…
Azerbaijan
For over a decade this unassuming eatery has been Quba's top place for lahmacun (thin pizza-esque wraps). It also opens for simple breakfasts and…
Borjomi
Very popular for its well-prepared mtsvadi, khachapuri, shkmeruli and trout in walnut sauce, in a vaguely tavernish, wood-walled space, Old Borjomi also…
Southern Georgia
On Bakuriani's main street, this small but cosy bar-restaurant is not only open year-round, but 24 hours a day. It's a great option if you're in town out…
Northern Armenia
This modern cafe with a stylish rooftop balcony is where locals go to celebrate (it closes at 10.30pm, which shows just how vibrant the local nightlife is…
Tbilisi
Large and efficient but with friendly service, popular Maspindzelo, along the embankment from the sulphur baths, is a good bet for well-prepared Georgian…
Azerbaijan
İçəri Bazaar's little teahouse cafe has a small range of pre-cooked 'plate' meals, but is best for tea and buttery little qutab (stuffed pancake) while…
Azerbaijan
Point to choose your cheap but hearty precooked meal and wash it down with a pint of ice-cold NZS beer (AZN1).
Baku
This century-old warehouse reconstruction forms the centrepiece of a group of elite office buildings. Local workers can choose among a trio of East Asian…
Kutaisi
This pleasant, brick-arched place does good khachapuri (cheese pie) and other dishes, including kubdari (a khachapuri-like pie with minced-meat filling)…
Baku
Queue at this takeaway window for well-stuffed, bargain qutab or whole stuffed ləvəngi (chicken).
Baku
A series of modern semichic cafe-restaurants are ranged along the pedestrianised strip between the high-rise glass towers of Port Baku. The street terrace…
Baku
This popular meeting point occupies a shaded, partly glassed-in terrace on the edge of Fountains Sq. As it opens all night, it's good for late-night beers…
Stepantsminda
A good, central option for a cheap meal, this place offers a fairly standard menu of Georgian food but one that includes breakfast. There's a good bakery…
Tbilisi
Leila is a lovely place to relax with a mint lemonade, a coffee and a light dish such as hummus, soup or a salad. In a century-old building, it has…
Azerbaijan
Off the tourist trail, this sprawling parkland restaurant is far from refined but the food quality is excellent at genuine local prices, there's outdoor…
Telavi
Chadiri does good Georgian dishes including specialities like veal khashlama (meat braised with herbs and onions) and foil-baked trout. It has great…
Azerbaijan
This modestly enticing, very central kebab shop plays at historical-themed decor and serves local beer at reasonable prices.
Southern Georgia
This little tavern serves decent Georgian fare such as ostri (spicy meat in a tomato-based sauce), khachapuri and mushroom dishes. In good weather it’s…
Batumi
One of several cafes and restaurants around the Italian-style La Piazza, Brioche is a particularly choice spot for breakfast, pancakes, desserts and good…
Georgia
Traditional-style, wood-built Nartaa, with tables on various verandahs and small pavilions, does good food at reasonable prices, including shashlyk (shish…
Batumi
This large, brick-walled restaurant has a kind of tavern feel and a huge range of well-prepared Georgian dishes from khinkali or badrijani nigvzit to…
Western Georgia
This popular, three-floor, brick-walled establishment is friendly and its range of good Georgian dishes includes Megrelian specialities such as delicious…
Batumi
An old-world cafe with a pre-1917 theme, ‘Hello from Batumi’ is good for ice cream, cakes, salads, sandwiches and cocktails. The inside is air-conditioned…
Gori
A rattan-chaired cafe on one side of Stalinis moedani, Cafe 22 has a large menu taking in everything from Georgian classics to pasta and pizza, gooey…
Mestia
A lovely place to sit on the spic-and-span, timber-built, upstairs deck and enjoy a coffee, a cool drink or an inexpensive meal while looking straight out…
Borjomi
This simple but welcoming restaurant on the main road through town is a good place for a tasty meal and has a number of tables outside from where you can…
Borjomi
A smart, wood-panelled cafe, with sepia-tint photos of tsarist-era Borjomi, Inka does real coffee and reasonable khachapuri, omelettes, salads and cakes.
