Café Leila — Restaurant in Tbilisi

I’ve had my expectations pretty high and chose this place by the amazing reviews. Honestly after trying the food I have no idea how they’ve gotten such a good rating. But I do hope that other meals are better then what I’ve tried.

I ordered Khachapurito, which was promised by the description in menu to be Lavashi bread baked with 2 types of cheeses and vegetables. In reality I received very badly tasting melted cheese. There were no sign of any Georgian amazing cheeses, only regular yellow cheese. It’s tasted like something made in the microwave very quickly with an old piece of cheep cheese found in the corner of fridge.

I’ve also ordered lentil soup and it’s just tasted like tomato, not lentils.

I politely communicated the issue with food to the waiter, but he didn’t show any understanding of the situation and didn’t try to make it better for me. I had to pay full price of almost 50 lari and left hungry and upset to eat in another place. Sooo disappointing.

I really hope my review can bring these issues to the management and this place will do better with their dishes...

Overall, it is a good restaurant with an amazing atmosphere, but there were a lot of minor details that disappointed : -the restaurant serves fish despite calling itself vegetarian. I was disappointed with that, because they use the same equipment to cook the food. Vegans will understand. Disinformation.

-The hummus was done unprofessionally, with very little tahini and lack of spices, the texture was bad.

I wanted to order a falafel but it contained eggs. I shared my thought that it is really strange, but waiter told me: it is vegetarian, not vegan restaurant. Ok. But falafels do not contain egg even in meat restaurants 😀 it is falafel.

On the other hand, we really enjoyed salads, phali, home made lemonade. A bit overpriced. But quality of these dishes is very good.

Overall , the place is good but needs to improve cooking traditional food like hummus...

There’s a quiet magic to Café Leila. Tucked into a corner of Old Tbilisi, it feels like stepping into someone’s memory — or maybe your own, from a time that never quite happened.

The place is modern in a soft, Georgian way. Faded colors, plants hanging low, mismatched chairs that somehow belong together. You sit down and time just slows. It’s perfect for everything: slow mornings, long talks, silent afternoons with a book.

The food is honest. Nothing fancy, just good in the way that makes you feel taken care of. Their lemonade tastes like summer used to. Or maybe that’s just the feeling the place gives you — like the past might’ve been better, though you know it probably wasn’t.

Café Leila doesn’t try too hard. It just lets you be — and in doing so, it leaves a little mark on your day. Maybe even your heart.

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