Lela Grzybowska, PR and Communications Manager at La Boheme
I moved to Tbilisi three years ago. My mother is Georgian and my father English, so I was always in Tbilisi during the summer holidays, and it was really nice to come here and see such a developing place, which is why I decided to stay and be a part of it.
I love Georgian food and I've always grown up eating khinkali and mtsvadi, and I absolutely adore it. But I also think that Tbilisi has a lot of new and fantastic restaurants. Here’s my top five.
This is a very new Georgian-European restaurant that opened at 45b Kostava Str. The chef David Tavernier is French and is very good at what he does. All his dishes are extremely delicious. In fact, I went today there for lunch. You absolutely have to try their Caesar salad, totally different to what you might expect and all extremely fresh. The interior is something very unique, too. Well worth a visit!
At 34-36 I. Abashidze Str., La Boheme is also something very unique. The food is contemporary Mediterranean, so everything that you choose here is very authentic. If you choose calamari, expect something like what you’d be served in Greece. The pizza is genuinely Italian; the pasta fresh. We don’t use any fatty foods, but a lot of fresh ingredients. La Boheme is also great for its cocktails, ideal for a night out with friends or a drink with colleagues after work.
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Also new to Abashidze Street (number 43), its Chef Guram Baghdoshvili is fantastic at what he does and is very popular for his Portuguese and Spanish fusion dishes. I definitely recommend going.
This restaurant in Rooms Hotel, at 14 Kostava Str., was the first restaurant I was taken to in Tbilisi and I was pleasantly surprised by the modern interior, which is retro New York with a bit of vintage. And the delicious European cuisine is stunning! The staff is extremely friendly and multi-lingual, and the wine is highly recommended!
This is my personal favorite, at 4 Ingorokva Str. I discovered this restaurant when I was wandering through Old Tbilisi. It’s very sweet and cozy, ideal if you want to go and be by yourself or just relax or catch up with some friends. I recommend their Rosé wine, it’s the main reason I go there! The cuisine is very modern and European and on Sundays they have delicious khinkali.
