Georgia Restaurant — Restaurant in Montreal

Was absolutely !worst! restaurant experience in my life. Here is why: when we (group of 12) showed up in the restaurant at 7, there was already another group of 18 people. We were the only two tables. Nothing wrong with that except that it looked like it was a private party tailored to the OTHER table. They obviously came earlier and were already tipsy(drinking alcohol that must have brought themselves, probably had a deal with the owner) and the DJ(if i can call him that) started blasting music at highest volume so they can dance. I wouldnt mind music after 9 or 10 but at 7pm??? We still didnt have water in our glasses but were not able to hear the person sitting next to you! Asked the waitress to bring the volume down and got a kind of unwelcomed response. Basically, we had to go outside to be able to talk to each other. While reserving the owner asked me what are we going to drink, I said house wine. Well when we wanted to order a second bottle of white wine, turns out they are out and the only white wine available is georgian whine at 39$. Shouldnt you offer a discount in this case? No excuse or explanaitons given. One of the girls got her order after everyone finished eating. The explanation we got "well the cook drank a bit too much , you should understand". As if this is ok. No apologies, no explanation.

This is no way to treat customers nor conducting business. The food was ok in general but nothing special.

Suggestion to the owner, dont be greedy, if you cant accomodate dont!

All in all avoid...

I never write reviews but had to share this one. I am originally from Georgia so it’s the food I’m the most familiar with. The decor of this place is so old and outdated and dusty. When I used the bathroom downstairs I tried to look away when passing by the kitchen because I could see that it wasn’t clean. Ordered soup that usually comes with a sour cream. When asked the waitress for it , who is extremely shy , she says they just run out of it. The next dish , grape leafs rolls with meat and rice always comes with sour cream or at least plain Greek yogurt. She brought somethings in a jar and when asked if it’s sour cream she said it’s mayonnaise. And let me tell you , I don’t care if you run out of it , but never ever serve this dish with meo and act like this is normal. Then it was hachapuri , in the menu you have options of large and small sizes. Ordered small one , thinking it would be regular looking hachapuri but it was just one small slice. That would never happen in traditional Georgian restaurant. Hinkali where ok but tiny. It’s only the Georgian name on a sign , but no one working there including the chef is actually from Georgia....

Dining in this restaurant, you truly get a sense you are having your meal in Russia or one of its satellite countries, the design and the decorations plus the waitress make you feel like to be in Tbilisi. We were lucky enough to have some native Russians or Georgian next to our table and they sang a few famous folklore songs together which made the taste of the food stronger and more pleasant. We ordered eggplant garnished with pomegranate beautifully as an appetizer and also a soup which had something very similar to ravioli and or small dumplings in there. Don't forget to order Khatchpouri which is literally bread and cheese like pizza but prepared in a very traditional manner although I expected in a different shape ( which looks like a crescent ) it was yummy and appetizing. I wish I was there one more time if someone guaranteed I have those...