Coffee LAB | Kazbegi Ave — Restaurant in Tbilisi

Extremely rude service from one particular female barista — and possibly discriminatory toward foreigners.

I ordered a black coffee (americano-style) and received it hot. When I asked at the counter if it could be iced, one staff member said yes. But then the girl who served me the hot coffee came over and aggressively confronted me, repeatedly pressing: "Did you say iced? You didn’t say iced, did you?" — refusing to change it unless I paid for another one. Her tone was hostile and unprofessional — like she took it personally, leaving me absolutely no room to feel respected as a customer.

Eventually, they did replace it, but the iced coffee was shockingly bad: extremely sour and astringent, and worst of all, there was actual coffee grit in my mouth on the first sip. This wasn’t Turkish coffee — it should have been filtered. I’ve never encountered anything like this from an espresso-based drink, unless the machine was dirty or it was made sloppily — maybe even intentionally.

What made it worse was that I had taken two subway lines to come here after seeing all the glowing reviews and beautiful photos. The place itself was charming — relaxed locals, cute dogs, and a comfortable setting. Sadly I have to leave a review like this, because of one specific person’s attitude.

Travelers, beware if you don’t want to be treated...

Don't come here if you are a true coffee lover! Coffee is of low quality. Service is slow and not friendly.

I had the tasting menu with espresso, aeropress and flat white. The espresso was ok, but the aeropress was very watery and tasteless. The flatwhite was too milky. My girlfriend ordered syphon coffee that arrived 15 minutes after mine and tasted like dishwashing water and smelled like old socks. We told the waiter and asked to exchange it for americano. Unfortunately that one was not good either.

We also ordered two avocado toasts with eggs. They took a long time to arrive and the second one arrived 10 minutes later than the first one and 25 after the coffee. Not a great breakfast experience. Also the price of 16 lari for a simple avocado toast is way to high. That's what you pay in a 5 star hotel here in Georgia.

We told the waiters that the coffee was not good and asked to discount the siphon coffee which they first refused but then called the owner and he agreed to discount it. Still the waiter said they have specialty coffee and most people like it, insinuating we don't know how to appreciate good coffee. She made us feel bad. We have been drinking specialty coffee around the world in many places. But this one is really one of the worst. If you are looking for good coffee in Tbilisi check out Double B or...

Great coffee spot in town, letting you to choose from a variety of coffee options as well as the way they are made.Their food options are very delicious

What to expect here: TASTING 3X - Espresso, With milk, Aeropress ESPRESSO - they only do doulbe espreaso shots

AEROPRESS - prepared under preasure and characterized by relatively higher intensity, medium even slightly only body and sharper taste. Nevertheless it is quite soft to drink.

SYPHON - (or vacuum pot) is arguably the most beautifull and flashy way to make delicious coffee. Syphon brewnjg allows fpr both a stepped continually heated brew time amd a speedy filtered extraction that delivers a lower intensity, light body, clean and fruit cup.

FRENCH PRESS - stands closest to the "Traditional" coffee taste compared to other brewing methods. French press is characterized by relativwly higher intensity, full oily body, rich and complex taste, yet smooth to drink

V60 - is the most widely used brewing methods in specialty coffee industry. V60 is characterized by low medium intensity, light body, cleqn amd balanced flavors that very well reflects flavor profile of the...