Ghumeli — Restaurant in Tbilisi

Edit: I visited this place again after 3 years and I’m changing 2 stars to 5 stars this time. We tasted Caesar salad, pizza and quesadillas. I loved every dish, Caesar salad was very different from what I tasted before, chicken was very juicy and I loved sauce. We ordered cocktail and lemonade and everything was delicious. Service was very fast, atmosphere excellent. Prices are still high, but everything is expensive in Tbilisi now :d

I'm giving 2 stars only because of environment, view and good service. BUT! Prices are high and food isn't tasty. My 2 friends tried Spaghetti with mushrooms and one liked it and second said that it was regular Spaghetti with mushrooms and cream and nothing special, but it costed 25 lari (if I remember correctly). Pene was normal as well, not bad, but could be better with different flavours. Mushroom cream soup was without croutons and that's one big minus. It was tasty. Caesar salad and salad with blue cheese and pears... both of them had potential to be the best, especially blue cheese and pear salad, but lettuce had veeeery strange taste in both of the salads and it ruined everything and also, both of them had too much lettuce. Also, chicken was way too dry in Caesar salad. Marakuja lemonade was tasty, as well as Classic Mojito and Berry Mojito, but homemade lemonade wasn't sweet, it had bitter taste that I didn't really enjoyed. It could be thousand times better, if it had more sugar or any other kind...

אני ובעלי הלכנו למסעדה בשנה החדשה , אמרו לנו ישיבה במסעדה 130 לארי לבנאדם . רק ישיבה . אבל אפשר גם לשלם 300 לארי לבנאדם וזה אכול כפי יכולתך , מגישים לנו מלא מנות במהלך כל הערב. אז בחרנו באופציה של ה300 לארי לבנאדם (600 לארי לשניים) ראינו מעשנה במרכז המסעדה הינו בטוחים שיפנקו במלא בשר (בכל זאת 600 לארי) הוציאו לנו 3 מנות ראשונות קטנות ברמה של ביס (אחד מהם ירקות חתוכים גס) והמנות העקריות היו שיפוד עוף (5 חתיכות קטנות) וחצ׳פורי , נראה כמו פיצה . ובסוף נגיעות של קינוח. שאלנו את המלצרית איפה הבשר . היא התביישה ובעצמה אמרה לנו שזה לא פייר ולא שווה את המחיר . בפועל שילמנו 780 שח עבור חצ׳פורי (שעולה במסעדות אחרות בגאורגיה 14-20 לארי) . פשוט רימו אותנו, בסכום הזה בגאורגיה הינו אוכלים ב5 מסעדות (והינו במלא מסעדות בגאורגיה , מכל מסעדה יצאנו בהוצאה של מקסימום 150-200 לארי (כולל בשרים) . פשוט רמאות, גניבה! נוכלים , אל תפלו בפח כמונו. דרך אגב , כולם היו תיירים במסעדה , זה מסעדה של המלון הם פשוט עוקצים תיירים .

My husband and I went to a restaurant on New Year’s Eve. They told us that seating alone costs 130 GEL per person. Just for sitting. But there was also an option to pay 300 GEL per person for an all-you-can-eat experience, where they would serve us a variety of dishes throughout the evening.

We chose the 300 GEL option per person (600 GEL for both of us). We saw a smoker in the center of the restaurant and were sure they would treat us to plenty of meat (after all, we were paying 600 GEL). They served us three tiny appetizers, barely a bite each (one of them was roughly chopped vegetables). The main courses were a chicken skewer (five tiny pieces) and khachapuri, which looked like a pizza. For dessert, we got small bites of something sweet.

We asked the waitress where the meat was. She was embarrassed and admitted that it wasn’t fair and definitely not worth the price. In the end, we paid 780 shekels for khachapuri (which normally costs 14-20 GEL in other Georgian restaurants). They totally scammed us. With that amount of money, we could have dined at five different restaurants in Georgia! We visited many restaurants during our trip, and the maximum we ever spent, even including meat dishes, was 150-200 GEL.

This was pure fraud—daylight robbery! Don’t fall for this scam like we did. By the way, everyone in the restaurant was a tourist. Since it’s a hotel restaurant, they just take advantage of tourists.

ჩემი მეუღლე და მე ახალი წლის ღამეს რესტორანში წავედით. გვითხრეს, რომ მხოლოდ ჯდომა 130 ლარი ღირს ერთ ადამიანზე. უბრალოდ ჯდომა. თუმცა, იყო მეორე ვარიანტიც – 300 ლარი თითო ადამიანზე და “შენი შესაძლებლობების მიხედვით ჭამე”, ანუ მთელი საღამოს განმავლობაში სხვადასხვა კერძებს მოგვართმევდნენ.

ჩვენ ავირჩიეთ 300-ლარიანი ვარიანტი თითო ადამიანზე (600 ლარი ორზე). რესტორანში ცენტრში მოვწევარი დავინახეთ და დარწმუნებული ვიყავით, რომ ბევრი ხორცით გაგვიმასპინძლდებოდნენ (საბოლოოდ ხომ 600 ლარს ვიხდიდით). მოგვართვეს სამი პატარა აპეტაიზერი, რომელთა რაოდენობა ერთ ლუკმას უდრიდა (ერთ-ერთი იყო უხეშად დაჭრილი ბოსტნეული). ძირითად კერძებად მოგვიტანეს ქათმის მწვადი (ხუთი პატარა ნაჭერი) და ხაჭაპური, რომელიც ვიზუალურად პიცას ჰგავდა. ბოლოს კი რამდენიმე პატარა ნაჭერი დესერტი მოგვიტანეს.

მიმტანს ვკითხეთ, სად იყო ხორცი. ის შერცხვა და თვითონაც დაგვთანხმდა, რომ ეს არც სამართლიანი იყო და არც ღირდა ამ თანხად. საბოლოოდ, 780 შეკელი გადავიხადეთ ხაჭაპურში (რომელიც სხვა რესტორნებში 14-20 ლარი ღირს). უბრალოდ მოგვატყუეს. ამ თანხით ხუთ სხვადასხვა რესტორანში შევიდოდით! უამრავ რესტორანში ვიყავით საქართველოში და მაქსიმუმ 150-200 ლარს ვხარჯავდით, თანაც ხორციანი კერძების ჩათვლით.

ეს იყო ნამდვილი თაღლითობა! არ მოტყუვდეთ ჩვენნაირად. სხვათა შორის, რესტორანში ყველა ტურისტი იყო. ეს სასტუმროს რესტორანია და უბრალოდ ტურისტებზე...

לא להתקרב למסעדה הזאת! כמעט7 אף פעם אני לא משאיר ביקורות לעסקים ובטח לא ביקורות רעה, אבל כן זה לא פחות ממסעדה שבנתה מערכת לרמות את הלקוחות! כשתכנסו למסעדה ישאלו אתכם איזה מסלול תרצו 120 לארי (כ160 ש"ח) רק על זה שאתם יושבים במסעדה לאדם ומעבר לזה מה שתזימנו. 370 לארי ( 480 ש"ח) לאדם ויגישו לכם חופשי אוכל! (שקר מוחלט)!!!

בחרנו במסלול השני (2 סועדים אני ואישתי) כי ראינו מעשנה גדולה במרכז המסעדה ציפינו לבשרים טובים ולערב שנה חדשה מדהים ואז בעל המסעדה ביקש שנשלם לפני כ 900 ש"ח (זה כבר היה מוזר מי משלם צלפני במסעדה) ואז הגיע בקבוק יין ומים מינראלים סלט (עגבניות ומלפונים חתוכים גס)לאחר מכן 3 כדורי פירה חצפורי , צלחת קטנה של ציקן (עוף) 5 יחידות קטנות עם צל סגול גס וקינוח, זהו!!!

עשינו חשבון קטן יצא שלמנה אחת כ 180 A"ח אכלתם פעם סלט ב 180 ש"ח? וזה בלךא אכול כפי יכולתיך אלא הם מגישים רק את הדברים האלה, סתם שתדעו המחירים בגאוריגה מאוד זולים מול ישראל מה ששמו לנו בשולחן עולה לא יותר ב 100 ש"ח בגאורגיה, ערב לפני כן היינו באחת המסעדות היוקרתיות בגאוריה אכלנו קרוב ל 8 מנות בשולחן בשר ברמה הכי גבוהה, הופעה עם ריקודים ובאמת רמת שירותץ יוצאת דופן שילמנו בקושי 300 ש"ח, וטכן שילמנו 900 ש"ח על 3 סלטים חצפורי ו4 חיתכות קטנות של עוף.

ואז הבנתי למה משלמים לפני ואפילו מוותרים על טיפ למלצר הרי אםפ משלמים לפני איך ניתן לתת טיפ שעוד אל קיבלת שירות, כי הם יודעים שאנשים מתעצבנים.

חייב להודות שזה חלק קטן מאוד מהחוויה הלא ענימה שחווינו! אגב המשענה הענקית שם היא רק תצוגת הונאה.

אל תדרכו במסעדה!

Do not go near this restaurant! I almost never leave reviews for businesses, especially bad ones, but this is nothing less than a restaurant that has built a system to scam its customers!

When you enter the restaurant, they ask you to choose between two options:

120 GEL (~160 ILS) just for sitting at the table per person, plus the cost of whatever you order. 370 GEL (480 ILS) per person for an "all-you-can-eat" experience (a complete lie!). We chose the second option (two diners: my wife and I) because we saw a large smoker in the center of the restaurant and expected high-quality meats and an amazing New Year's Eve experience. Then, the owner asked us to pay upfront—about 900 ILS ($230)—which already felt strange (who pays before eating at a restaurant?).

After that, we received a bottle of wine, mineral water, a salad (roughly chopped tomatoes and cucumbers), three small balls of mashed potatoes, khachapuri, a small plate of chicken (5 tiny pieces with coarse purple onions), and dessert. That’s it!

We did a quick calculation and realized that each "dish" cost about 180 ILS. Have you ever eaten a salad for 180 ILS? This was not "all-you-can-eat"; they serve only these specific items. For reference, prices in Georgia are very cheap compared to Israel. What we received at the table costs no more than 100 ILS in Georgia.

The night before, we dined at one of Georgia's luxury restaurants, where we enjoyed nearly eight courses of top-quality meats, a live dance performance, and exceptional service—all for barely 300 ILS. And here, we paid 900 ILS for three salads, khachapuri, and four small pieces of chicken.

Now I understand why they make you pay upfront and why they don't even suggest leaving a tip for the waitstaff—if you pay before you’ve received any service, how can you tip? They know people will be angry.

I must admit that this is just a small part of the unpleasant experience we had. By the way, the huge smoker is nothing but a scam display.

Do not step foot in...