Restaurants in Georgia
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Sans Souci
This quirkily attractive little restaurant makes a great place for lunch or dinner. It offers friendly service and a view of both the Anchiskhati Basilica and the Hangar sports bar. The food is Georgian with original twists – try the leek hors d’oeuvre for starters.
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Restaurant Diaroni
For a satisfying full meal with friendly, efficient service, look no further than this atmospheric cellar-like place. A full range of Georgian and Russian dishes is on offer and there’s an English-language menu.
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China Town
Colourful and consistently popular, China Town serves authentic Chinese dishes including tofu combinations and plenty of other options for vegetarians. There are meat dishes on offer too.
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Dzveli Sakhli
Down by the river, the expansive ‘Old House’ is one of the best places in town, serving authentic dishes – with a twist – from all over Georgia. There’s often excellent Georgian music and dancing in the main dining hall, which has long banquet tables, ideal for small groups with time to enjoy a full evening. If you fancy a quieter meal, choose the partly open-air riverside hall. Service isn’t rapid but the food is worth a wait. You can order wine by the jug.
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Iunga
There’s no better place than Batumi to decide whether you like khachapuri acharuli, Adjara’s large boat-shaped variety of Georgia’s national fast food with a lightly fried egg on top. And there’s no better place to try it than this tiny, neat place which specialises in it – if one of its four tables is vacant.
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Teremok
This cosy little restaurant in the style of an old Russian cottage specialises in scrumptious bliny, little round pancakes beloved of Russians and indeed most people who have ever tried them. You can enjoy them with mushrooms, meat, cream, jam, cheese, fruit or many other options. Other Russian and Ukrainian dishes are served too.
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Caravan
Interesting lounge-style restaurant-café with an East-meets-West literary ambience. Eclectic and well-prepared food – from Uzbek plov to French steak or Norwegian salmon – is served at low tables with cushioned benches in a relaxed space amid kilims, hookahs and assorted prints and posters of writers.
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Lunga
There's no better place than Batumi to decide whether you like khachapuri acharuli, Adjara's large boat-shaped variety of Georgia's national fast food with a lightly fried egg on top. And there's no better place to try it than this tiny, neat place which specialises in it - if one of its four tables is vacant.
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Privet iz Batuma
A fashionable café with a colonial Russian theme and sailor-suited waiters, ‘Hi from Batumi’ is good for ice cream, cakes, sandwiches, desserts and bliny (pancakes). The interior is air-conditioned and there are outdoor tables too, but you may still have to wait for a table on summer evenings.
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Europa+
The best restaurant in the centre, with neatly set tables and colourful murals. Go elsewhere, though, if you want to avoid live music with your dinner. It’s in the corner of a courtyard set back from the street, and a cocktail bar and a beer bar are part of the same establishment.
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Csaba’s Jazz-Rock Café
Anyone curious about what to expect from a Hungarian-Georgian restaurant will be pleasantly surprised by the excellent salads and meat dishes in this friendly little establishment with a wooden interior. Most nights live jazz or rock is an enjoyable accompaniment from 8.30pm to 10pm.
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Dzveli Metekhi
Across the Metekhi Bridge from the Old Town proper, this understandably popular place has sought-after balcony tables with superb views over the Old Town. The food is excellent Georgian and international fare, plus there’s a good wine list. Live music most nights.
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Nikala
Spacious Nikala, 400m south of Stalinis moedani, serves up tasty Georgian salads, cheeses, fowl (including quail) and meat dishes at very good prices. The khbosostri (veal stew with sour plums) is superb. It has an English-language menu and helpful staff.
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Club Almano
A smarter, modestly kitsch place just off Davit Aghmasheneblis moedani. It’s a restaurant-cum-bar with a blue-lit mezzanine and tasty Georgian dishes. For a solid main dish, the ojakhuri (made from roasted meat and potatoes) is a good bet.
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San Remo
A place with sailor-suited waiters, the picture-windowed San Remo serves Georgian and Russian fare on a pier at the southern end of the Boulevard. It’s a bit of a party place in the evening, with live music and a small dance floor.
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Taverna Nia
In a two-storey 19th-century house with attractive wooden balconies, the Nia serves very good Georgian cuisine. It’s popular with locals and packed on holidays, when it can be very loud – a great Georgian experience.
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Gori Restaurant
The restaurant at this modern hotel 4km from town (4 or 5 GEL by taxi) is the best around Gori, with satisfying, well-prepared Georgian dishes, and a nice outdoor terrace if you prefer to steer clear of the live music inside.
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Kafe Bari
This smart little place is a stone’s throw from Svetitskhoveli and serves up appetising lobio,mtsvadi,khinkali, khachapuri and more. The menu is in Georgian but staff speak a little English.
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Zakara
This two-level wooden local restaurant is widely reputed to serve the best beef and pork khinkali in town (if you aren’t sick of them already). It’s an animated place with plenty of beer flowing.
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Kafe Lotus
This vegetarian canteen is one of the best places for lunch on the run in Tbilisi. It’s cheap, cheerful and delicious, and the menu includes vegetarian versions of traditional Georgian meat dishes and oriental fare.
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Sachashnike
Straightforward and excellent-value place convenient for the Marjanishvili homestays. You can get khinkali for 0.40 GEL each, pork mtsvadi for 4 GEL and a carafe of Georgian wine for 3 GEL.
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Sanapiro/Bereg
Right on the waterfront facing the harbour, this open-air pavilion is one of Batumi’s best places to eat for its location alone. The food (mainly Georgian standards) and the service are fine too.
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Puris Sakhli
Puris Sakhli (Bread House) is one of Tbilisi’s most popular and lively spots for a meal. The menu is in English as well as Georgian, and a huge feast for two is unlikely to be more than 40 GEL.
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Delikatessen
This bright, new, brick-arched place specialises in good khachapuri and there are large photos to help you decide which variety you fancy. It also does cakes, desserts and Georgian pastries.
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Kafe Literaturuli
The Literary Café is a great stop near the Philharmonia for tea, coffee and sweet snacks. It’s calm and informal, with neat modern design and a mildly trendy, artsy atmosphere.
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