Tbilisi
The extraordinary and elaborate meals served here are based on an antique cookbook discovered at Tbilisi's Dry Bridge Market in 2015. Of the 900 …
Must-see restaurants in Georgia, Armenia & Azerbaijan
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Tbilisi
Reservations are usually essential at this sumptuous Georgian restaurant serving extraordinarily good food at the top of a small hill overlooking the city…
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Yerevan
Fusing western Armenian and French cuisine, the seasonal menu at this fashionable basement restaurant includes salads, traditional village dishes such as…
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Armenia
This fish restaurant is so popular some Russians have been known to fly here to try the fish and fly back the next day. Seating is in open pavilions…
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Baku
It's hard to believe you're more than a few metres from the Champs-Élysées in this perfectly pitched French masterpiece. It hits all the right Parisian…
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Azerbaijan
Brand new in 2019, this multi-restaurant complex is ranged around a large stone courtyard featuring central fountains and the photogenic mechanical…
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Azerbaijan
Borani brings Lәnkәran an urban vibe with contemporary beats, good-looking hipster waitstaff and an airy modern sense of 21st-century style. Their thin…
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Tbilisi
A real treat, Littera serves simply superb 'nouveau Georgian' dishes in the lovely rear garden of the Georgian Writers' Union building. Don't miss trying…
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Azerbaijan
The most characterful restaurant for miles around, Calğalıq is packed with more antique handicrafts than the average museum and the enchanted garden is…
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Baku
On an unassuming backstreet, this enticing place started life as a 19th-century bathhouse but is now a veritable ethnographic museum of handicrafts and…
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Azerbaijan
At the top of the Yatmish Gozal cable car (L6), Chalet is not just a great place to sit amid the mountain scenery, but also serves the best-quality…
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Northern Armenia
Why the owners of this excellent cafe and bookshop chose to open in sleepy Stepanavan is a mystery, but it's a welcome sight for travellers passing…
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Baku
It's inconspicuous, comfortably unpretentious and the menu is short. But if you want perfectly cooked, top-quality steak, this German-Austrian yard-garden…
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Kutaisi
Becoming a Kutaisi essential in just a couple of years, Toma's offers you the chance to dine on traditional home-cooked foods that you'll be unlikely to…
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Yerevan
It’s tough to land a table without a reservation, but Lavash is worth the hype. The menu is fresh and highly Instagrammable, from the ghapama (stuffed…
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Armenia
This highly Instagrammable cafe is owned by Artush Yeghiazaryan, an Armenian who spent 18 years in Switzerland before returning home. Besides offering…
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Northern Armenia
One of the best restaurants in Armenia, Kchuch is located in the middle of a lush park in the heart of Dilijan. Most of the food is baked inside brick…
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Tbilisi
You have to know about this rather hidden boho brick-lined basement on the Mtatsminda hillside, but once you've been here you're likely to keep coming…
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Yerevan
Ask local foodies to nominate the best Italian food in town, and they inevitably choose this place. The chef uses seasonal ingredients to create pizzas,…
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Batumi
Owner Alexander decamped to Batumi from his native St Petersburg for the climate, and in doing so has gifted this rather charmingly bohemian place to the…
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Tbilisi
This super-stylish all-day bar-cafe-restaurant serves as the current meeting point for Tbilisi's various cultural elites, and is equally suited to a…
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Tbilisi
Totally unmarked from the street and behind a slightly anonymous door cage, this delightful courtyard spot has a deceptively simple and relatively short…
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Sighnaghi
This Georgian-American joint venture makes top-class natural wines by the traditional qvevri method at its vineyards in the nearby village of Tibaani…
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Stepantsminda
Hands down the best restaurant in town, the vast lounge bar of Rooms Hotel prepares gourmet Georgian, European and fusion dishes – the likes of local…
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Georgia
There's no English menu at this smart and friendly deli, which makes it a little tricky to negotiate without Russian, but it's a great spot for breakfast …
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Tbilisi
Yes, it's slap bang in the middle of Abanotubani and gets more than its fair share of tour groups, but Culinarium remains an excellent place to eat. Named…
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Batumi
The Old Boulevard has a refined atmosphere with deep sofas, floor-to-ceiling shelves of sculpture, and live classical guitar and piano in the evening. It…
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Sighnaghi
Perhaps one of Georgia's most surprising finds is this excellent and authentic Mexican restaurant in a tiny East Georgian mountain town. Owner-chef Shalva…
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Batumi
This big, buzzing, contemporary place, with large windows and a terrace facing the park over the street, is hugely popular with just about everybody. It…
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Kutaisi
Live piano music, pleasant low lighting and a semi-bohemian ambience make Palaty a top spot in Kutaisi. The menu includes several departures from the norm…
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Georgia, Armenia & Azerbaijan
This is the best option in Stepanakert, with friendly staff and a charming garden setting. The menu encompasses Karabakhti dishes such as tanov apur (a…
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Azerbaijan
Packed with imaginative decor that incorporates elements from Moorish stone arches to southern French shutters, this place really does base itself on the…
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Azerbaijan
Təbəssüm is a particularly appealing small-scale rural restaurant-resort that prides itself on not cutting down any trees. Indeed some foliage grows right…
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Northern Armenia
This restaurant is split into two. Downstairs there's Losh, serving mainly lavash (flatbreads), dips and starters. Upstairs is Tava (meaning pan in…
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Yerevan
Often described as Yerevan's best restaurant, Dolmama's is housed in a rustic 19th-century dwelling. The menu focuses on eastern Armenian dishes with…
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Armenia
This small heartwarming bakery run by the Emili Aregak support and resource centre employs Gyumri youth with disabilities and their mothers. The European…
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Yerevan
Entered through an artsy handicrafts shop, this cute-as-a-button tearoom has a whimsical decor reminiscent of a grandmother's living room. The menu is…
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Yerevan
Ask any Armenian child to name their favourite place, and they're likely to excitedly shout 'Grand Candy!' This sweets shop and cafe is painted in candy…
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Yerevan
Inside Yerevan's Tufenkian Hotel is this elegant room centred on a fireplace. Kharpert serves a seasonally driven menu including modern rifts on…
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Yerevan
This excellent cafe lining the Cafesjian Center's sculpture garden is an understandably popular place to sip a colourful cocktail from a skull-shaped…
