Best Restaurants in Tbilisi By a Local, Tbilisi, Georgia

Georgian cuisine is very diverse, much like its landscape. Every region here has a special meal that is authentic to that area. In the capital, you can find some of these regional meals in some of the best restaurants in Tbilisi without leaving the city.

While there are plenty of suggestions on the internet, I decided to share my favorite Tbilisi restaurants. I like to go there as a local when I crave contemporary or traditional Georgian food.

Georgian food staples include Khinkali (meat dumplings), Khachapuri (cheese pie), Pkhali (vegetable appetizers with walnut paste), and Mtsvadi (grilled meat or a skewer), which can be found in pretty much every eatery.

However, Georgian cuisine has much more to offer than that. This post will help you identify some of the best places to eat in Tbilisi for famous and unknown Georgian dishes. And if you want to see the whole list of meals, refer to my best Georgian food guide.

The post is divided into sections and provides lists of the best Georgian restaurants in general, specific places for the best Khachapuri and Khinkali, and regional food spots in Tbilisi before providing eateries for modernized Georgian cuisine.

This section provides all the essential tips when choosing Tbilisi restaurants, including meal times, tipping, service charges, reservations, Georgian eating etiquette, and much more. ...... (follow the instructions below for accessing the rest of this article).