Where to eat deliciously in Tbilisi? What dishes do you need to order?

What to try from the national Georgian cuisine and where to eat tasty food in Tbilisi for tourists with a gastronomic addiction? Let's consider the TOP of traditional dishes that are worth trying first of all on vacation and find out where to eat deliciously, which are the best places to choose. It will also be important to find out the prices of products for independent travelers who are accustomed to cooking with their own hands.

It is proved by experience: everyone who comes to Georgia falls in love with it. Having visited here once, every tourist is faced with such sincere hospitality that he does not leave the desire to come here again. National Georgian cuisine is one of the oldest cuisines in the world. Her dishes and drinks have come down to us through hundreds of centuries and even millennia in an almost unchanged form. Many Georgian dishes are world famous and have become practically international.

The combination of spicy and pungent taste, the abundance of greens and vegetables combined with meat make Georgian dishes special, unlike others, which the Georgian people are rightfully proud of. From what to try in Tbilisi, everyone will find food to their liking: meat dishes, sweets, and vegetarian delights that have a rich taste and unusual serving. And the abundance of sauces, cheeses, delicious flour products will make you forget about all diets!

What to try in Tbilisi?

It will not be difficult to have a tasty meal in Tbilisi. All dishes are original and tasty in their own way. We offer the most popular dishes from the category of "what to eat in Tbilisi from the national cuisine":

• Puri - bread, which everyone who comes to the city knows about, thanks to the special form and baking in clay ovens "tone".

• Khachapuri - cheese bread, also very famous outside Georgia. Depending on the region, it happens: Imeretian - round with cheese inside, Megrelian - also round, but with the addition of butter and cheese inside and out, Adjarian - in the shape of a boat with an egg, butter and cheese inside. There is also khachapuri on a skewer, in which case the cheese and dough are wound on a skewer and baked over an open fire.

• Suluguni - primordially Georgian cheese of salty taste, stretches well and has a layered consistency. It is consumed raw, smoked, baked or fried.

• Jonjoli - the most specific delicacy of Georgian cuisine from the flower buds of the shrub of the same name, which ferment along with the stems and, as a result, have a weak sour-pungent taste. Serves as a seasoning for a variety of dishes.

• Badrijani - a spicy eggplant appetizer stuffed with cheese, garlic and walnuts.

• Phali - cakes of different colors depending on the vegetables or herbs used: beets, nettles, spinach, cauliflower, radish tops. Served as an appetizer or a side dish for the main course and poured over with a spicy sauce based on walnuts, cilantro garlic, etc.

• Khinkali - large dumplings with meat, herbs and a lot of juice inside. They eat them with their hands, holding the tails.

• Chikhirtma - chicken soup with herbs, meat, egg, flour and vinegar. The unusual sour taste goes well with the rest of the ingredients.

• Mtsvadi - traditional barbecue with onions and pomegranate seeds, served with tkemali or satsivi sauce.

• Lobio - a dish of beans, onions and herbs is traditional in Georgian cuisine.

• Chashushuli - veal stew with pepper and onion.

• Satsivi - chicken fried and boiled in nut sauce.

• Kharcho - a spicy first course with beef, rice, garlic and hot pepper.

• Ajapsandali - vegetable stew of eggplant, pepper, onion, garlic, tomato, cilantro, basil.

• Churchkhela - a very tasty nut sweetness in a viscous caramelized grape syrup.

Street food in Tbilisi is high-calorie, filling, and won't do much to your budget. Throughout the city, you can find small shops and tents with dried fruits, donuts, pies, khachapuri, kebabs, chakhokhbili, burgers with kebabs, lobio and other gastronomic wealth.

Food prices in Tbilisi

In the capital of Georgia, prices for both food and restaurant dishes are quite reasonable. There is no big difference, so you can cook your own lunch or go to a restaurant. In Tbilisi (the cost of recreation), like any big city, there are huge supermarkets and small shops. In supermarkets on the shelves are the usual products from Russia, Ukraine, Turkey, Germany. For lovers of fresh farm products, we recommend getting to the Vokzalnaya metro station and visiting the big Deserter market.

The cost of food in markets and stores

• Water (1.5 l) - 0.3 €,
• Loose tea - 0.89 €,
• Coffee - from 1.24 €,
• Fresh bread - from 0.31 €,
• Sunflower oil (1 l) - 0.99 €,
• Butter - from 0.68 €,
• Milk 2.5% (950 g) - 0.96 €,
• Kefir 3.2% (900 g) - 1.09 €,
• Cheese (1 kg) - 3.57 €,
• Sausage (1 kg) - 4.24 €,
• Eggs (10 pcs.) - 1.04 €,
• Pasta (0.5 kg) - 0.76 €,
• Cucumbers (1 kg) - 0.2 €,
• Tomatoes (1 kg) - 0.56 €,
• Potatoes (1 kg) - 0.22 €,
• Onions (1 kg) - 0.28 €.

It is worth noting that there are very few cows in Georgia, therefore, almost all dairy products are imported and expensive.

Alcohol prices

To visit Tbilisi and not taste Georgian wine is an unprecedented experience. Khvanchkara, Kindzmarauli, Saperavi, Rkatsiteli, Tsinandali are world famous brands of delicious wines. You can buy them in small shops in the historical center of the Georgian capital Old Tbilisi, however, in supermarkets, alcohol prices are cheaper.

The cost of wine varies from 0.66 to 1 € per 1 liter, vodka is presented by imported versions for 8.25 €, Georgian fruit vodka (chacha), which is much tastier and more aromatic, costs 6.6-8.25 € per 1 liter. Georgian cognac is rather weak, but quite consumable. A half-liter bottle costs an average of 8 €, a very good one, like "Dugladze" - from 19 € for 0.5 liters.

First of all, we advise you to go to a wine tasting on your own or with the help of an exciting excursion with a local guide to try all the varieties and only then choose what to buy as a souvenir home.

The cost of the average check in restaurants and cafes

• Meals in an inexpensive restaurant per tourist - 4.84 €,
• Meals for 2 tourists when ordering three courses - 17.76 €,
• Burger in street food - 2.88 €,
• Homemade beer (spill 0.5 l) - 0.97 €,
• Imported beer (bottle 0.33 l) - 1.29 €,
• Cappuccino coffee - 1.44 €,
• Pepsi (0.33 liter bottle) - 0.37 €,
• Water (0.33 liter bottle) - 0.16 €.

Where to eat tasty and inexpensive in Tbilisi?

There will always be pleasant memories from visiting cozy and hospitable restaurants in Tbilisi. There are many national dukhans, modern restaurants, small cafes and small bistros.

Where to eat deliciously in Tbilisi?

• There are many places in the capital with a pleasant atmosphere and delicious Georgian cuisine. One of them is the restaurant "Funicular»On the Mtatsminda Plateau, which can be reached by the local funicular.

Differs in high quality of cooked dishes. Having tasted khachapuri, khinkali, lobio, carpaccio, duck with dogwood sauce, lamb with couscous, mushrooms with suluguni, you will never forget their taste. The average bill in a restaurant is 16 €.

• A restaurant Barbarestan on 132 David Agmashenebeli Avenue, not far from the Mardzanishvili metro station, it is one of the ten best restaurants in Tbilisi.

A two-storey building, the first floor of which retains a family atmosphere, while the second has a more lively atmosphere. The restaurant's menu contains mainly vegetarian dishes, but duck with quince and khinkali will be a worthy addition to them. Lunch is not cheap - 26 €, but the unforgettable taste of the dishes is worth it.

Where to eat inexpensively?

Inexpensive cafes in Tbilisi include “Khinkali House"On Rustaveli Avenue, 37.Traditional khinkali will cost 0.17 €, chikhirtma - 1.66 €, ojakhuri - 2.32 €.

Cafe "Machakhela»On 26 Meydan Square is famous for the best khachapuri, amazingly delicious khinkali and the most delicious kharcho. Large portions, inexpensive prices. On average, lunch will cost 5 €.

You can have a cheap and cheerful snack at cheburechnaya on Abanotubani, st. Grishashvili, 8 or small bar "Warsaw"On the street Pushkin, 19. All drinks here will cost 0.6 €, and food 1.65 €.

Where to eat in Old Tbilisi?

In the historical center of Tbilisi, among the cult buildings, there was a place for restaurants, cafes and bars. You can get here on foot from the Rustaveli metro station. Prices in the Old Town are slightly higher than in establishments located far from it - the influx of tourists affects.

One of the great places where we recommend to sit in the evening is the restaurant “Gorgasali"Located near the famous sulfur baths on the street. Abano, 3/8. A room with a calm interior and a beautiful view of the historical part of Abanotubani. Here they cook excellent Georgian phali and chakapuli, chakhokhbili and various grilled dishes. Lunch for two costs 75 €.

Where to eat inexpensive national cuisine in Tbilisi?

National Georgian cuisine is present in almost all of the many cafes and restaurants in Tbilisi. For budget tourists, in the capital, there are enough kiosks with khachapuri. For the more discerning, there are chain restaurants with a colorful Georgian atmosphere. These include the popular Tbilisi restaurant chain “Talagura". A restaurant "Tsiskvili"Is another very pleasant place that specializes in the preparation of traditional national Georgian dishes. Here you will have an unforgettable evening with live music and dance show.

Food reviews in Tbilisi say that you can eat very cheaply in the city if you don't choose cool restaurants. There are a lot of small cozy cafes with budget prices and very tasty food. And if you take into account that the portions are always served large and the food is high-calorie and hearty, then for tasty food, you will also spend less money.

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How to plan your trip cheaper?

We recommend using life hacks that have been tested in our experience many times:

• We advise you to install the RumGuru application on your smartphone, so you can choose any living space even upon arrival in the city, it is very convenient on a business trip or during an unplanned vacation in real time to find a free apartment, hotel or hostel.
• We advise you to economically insure your health and life while traveling through Tripinsurance, the service works only with trusted large insurance companies, which already inspires confidence. You just have to choose the most profitable option, but it's better not to save on health.
• Flights? We advise you to use Aviasales empirically.
• Perhaps our selection of useful applications for tourists will be useful to you.