Pasanauri offers more than just Khinkali. Their soup Kharcho is exquisite, the best I’ve had anywhere in Georgia in the four months since living here. Their Khachapuri is equally excellent; so is their Ojakhuri, their kebab, their appetizers — even something as mundane as a vegetable salad is ludicrously tasty at this restaurant.

The only negatives are that they do not have a house wine, with their selection of bottled substitutes rather expensive compared to what’s on offer across the rest of the capital, and that — though unfortunately this applies to 99% of restaurants in this country — you are allowed to smoke inside. Thankfully, there is a small non-smoking room downstairs. Anyhow, make sure that, especially on weekends, you call in advance and make reservations, for a trip to Tbilisi is incomplete without a feast at Pasanauri.