Old Tbilisi Bar Restaurant — Restaurant in Tbilisi

The restaurant is close to my hotel and had some decent reviews, so I went in for a local experience on my first night in Tbilisi. The restaurant was empty, but maybe so since it's a Sunday. The lady who I assume is the owner gave me a bland look and handed me the menu. The menu is in English and offers traditional food. I ordered the Khinkali Kalakuri, which is the traditional dumplings with minced lamb along with the chicken chicken chikirtma, which was a chicken soup flavoured with dill. The soup was good with a strong flavour of dill, though the meat could be slightly better cooked. The khinkali was good, too, but bland and served without any accompaniments. Affordable food costing me 20 GEL, including a 10% service charge. The people are cold as ever, and that's something I have come to expect after my trip to Eastern Europe and the hangover in this part of the world. They also only take cash...

It is an amazing, traditional Georgian restaurant, located in a basement. They serve besides original Georgian food also amazingly tasty french fries. On my request they prepared home-made garlic sauce (my simple Russian: "mayonez i chesnok"). The languages spoken here are Georgian and Russian. The menu is also written in English. It is the best place for good food (with affordable prices) near the big Sameba church in Avlabar. Close to the metro station Avlabari, walk towards the big church and after about 100 meters right down the stairs, enter the "sous-terrain". Good wine, good draft beer and super-cosy. Be happy if the table next to you starts a...

Lot's of positive reviews for this place, so obviously some people like it. For us, it was kind of a mixed bag. The staff were unfriendly and gruff: no 'hello', no smile, no 'thank you'. The food was ok, not great. Overcooked, dried out chicken in one dish, bland, watery filling in the momo's, but the chicken with garlic sauce was quite good. There are several other cafes in the area and we won't be going back...