Batumi
Shabby chic in decor and favoured by cool, arty folk (though not exclusive to them), Fanfan also prepares delicious food – especially the seafood and the…
Must-see restaurants in Georgia
Mestia
This pint-sized cafe is perfect for a relaxing meal. Its handwritten menu offers Georgian treats such as shkmeruli (chicken in a creamy garlic sauce) and…
Batumi
A welcome break from Georgian standards can be had at this straightforward and friendly noodle bar with a large menu that runs from kung pao chicken to…
Southern Georgia
This cosy chalet-style restaurant serving large portions of Georgian food is popular for an evening meal and some après-ski, and it can get very crowded…
Southern Georgia
Named after a delightful Soviet comedy about an amiable Georgian pilot, Mimino is a charming and friendly place with good home cooking, English-speaking…
Southern Georgia
The most polished restaurant in town, with a pleasant streetside terrace as well as the bright indoor dining room.
Batumi
The Literary Cafe is a great stop for hot drinks and indulgent cakes and pastries, with a mildly artsy ambience.
Southern Georgia
Mtskheta's best-value and most popular restaurant is 5km out of town along the road towards Tbilisi (the marshrutky pass the door). It's a rambling place…
Tbilisi
This simple little restaurant with clean, modern design serves Ossetian food, which is similar to Georgian, and it’s some of the best-value fare in town…
Tbilisi
One of Tbilisi’s last duqani (cheap and traditional basement eateries), Racha serves tasty home-style staples such as khinkali (meat dumplings), mtsvadi …
Tbilisi
Shavi Lomi is the eponymous restaurant of Georgia's best-known craft brewery, and has been instrumental in transforming Tbilisi's culinary scene in the…
Tbilisi
There are branches of this well-known Georgian chain all over the city, but the outlet on Meidan is probably the most useful for visitors seeking an…
Western Georgia
Friendly, cosy and low-key, El Barco was set up to help refugees from Abkhazia and is a charming place for a meal of local Megrelian specialities such as…
Svaneti
This neat wooden cafe overlooking the town from its large terrace serves good basic fare such as mtsvadi, khachapuri and salads. Check out its spectacular…
Gori
This place is popular with tour groups and has expanded to quite a size in recent years. While its terribly translated menu makes choosing a challenge,…
Mestia
Favoured for its good kebabs, this friendly guesthouse has all the main Georgian favourites including delicious khinkali and plenty of vegetarian choice…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Kutaisi
This pleasant, brick-arched place does good khachapuri (cheese pie) and other dishes, including kubdari (a khachapuri-like pie with minced-meat filling)…
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…
Telavi
Chadiri does good Georgian dishes including specialities like veal khashlama (meat braised with herbs and onions) and foil-baked trout. It has great…
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.
Kutaisi
A plain but neat and clean central spot for good Georgian favourites like lobiani (bean pie), khinkali and mtsvadi (shish kebab).
Tbilisi
A large branch of this useful chain serving reliable Georgian dishes with a helpful picture menu, and copies of Pirosmani paintings on the walls.
Sighnaghi
A decent little place on the main street for Georgian fare, including plenty of bean, mushroom and salad options.
