Suliko — Restaurant in округ № 78

Any tourist visiting Russia should try Georgian cuisine, which is widely available in Moscow and St. Petersburg. Suliko is a restaurant where excellent Georgian food is served at a very reasonable price, in a pretty central location in the city.

I particularly liked some of their appetizers such as the grilled cheese, dumplings and meat pie in particular. Also, their main courses are really good and include kebab and a variety of grilled meat, vegetables and potatoes. Desserts looked good as well, the Napoleon was one example, although I was too full to try those.

This place gets very busy so make sure to make a reservation beforehand. Also, service was somewhat slow so plan to spend about 2 hours minimum during rush hour. Finally, limited English is spoken and they have English menu's, which makes things a lot easier...

The food was mostly great!

We had the BBQ which was fantastic, tender and full of flavour! The stewed veg which was, again, packed with flavour! The bread boat (khachapuri) was soft and lovely. We weren't big fans of the dumpling parcels (khinkhali) - probably our own fault as we got the cheese ones.

Service though... not great. Ordering took a while, food was a bit of a wait (probably because of how full the restaurant was - so not entirely their fault). But even when the place calmed down, it took asking 3 times to get our bill, and even then we were stood in the middle of the restaurant with coats and bags on, waiting for someone to appear...

Food was good but ended the dinner on a bad note with dubious service. A miscommunication resulted in me having an extra pint of beer which i informed the server immediately. She promptly took it back but it appeared on my bill without pointing it out. I raised the issue and she mentioned that i was charged since the draft was poured. Well, if you're gonna charge me, at least let me know and i'll have the beer? Not very ethical to try to charge me for something and not even gonna let me consume it. Eventually, they removed the cost of the beer from the bill but was given a cold stare on...