Tbilisi Restaurant
“The khachapuri is a must, which comes baked from the oven or with an egg on top.”
“Its an acquired taste that I have acquired.”
“Georgians are also known for their bread, which can be eaten alone just by itself.”
Tbilisi Restaurant
Takes Reservations: Yes
Take-out: Yes
Accepts Credit Cards: Yes
Wheelchair Accessible: Yes
Good for Kids: Yes
Good for Groups: Yes
Waiter Service: Yes
Caters: Yes
Price range.
$$ Price range $11-30
3 reviews
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Georgian food comes in one brilliant shade. It's a burst of cream sauces, hunks of lamb and most importantly, cheese. Slavic, western and Arab traditions are thrown together with purely Caucasian inventions, including the walnut sauce.
I remember these foods fondly from my ten days in Georgia a couple years back, but wondered how it would translate to a visit with 12 friends, fresh from Western Brooklyn and lower Manhattan.
We arrived at Tbilisi in the middle of the evening and found a somewhat skeptical but ultimately very gracious hostess willing to create a large combination table to seat our party. Normally the restaurant has a $35 per person minimum after 7 p.m. on Saturdays (there's a keyboard player and singer who put on a show around 9 p.m. — unlike the food, the music is an acquired taste) but they let us stay and waived the requirement.
I'm not sure how you could eat $35 a person at this restaurant, which has no liquor license and is BYOB. Georgian food is so filling and satisfying that our party couldn't spend one-third that amount, and had leftovers to spare. We were at the end of a food tour, but still, you can get very full here for not very much money.
The khachapuri is a must, which comes baked from the oven or with an egg on top. All versions contain more than a pound of cheese. The khakali may be similar to dumplings elsewhere in Asia, but the Georgians and Tbilisi in particular make a very tasty version. We also had the roast eggplant with walnut sauce, which was nice, and mushrooms and cheese, which were a bit redundant after that glorious khachapuri.
On the long Q train ride back to Manhattan, my friends alternated between complaining about being stuffed and the awesomeness of that cheese pie. Much later, after several beers, we each had a slice as a late night snack, and it was glorious.
I like Georgian food a lot, and I have to say the food here is pretty good, especially their kinkalis and soups. However, the environment here is unattractive, very quiet, and not quite clean. The service is slow and not friendly, and they even charge service fee for it.
Calling all CHEESE lovers. This place has amazing Georgian food!! I loved the Acharuli Khachapuri! Who can resist the cheese boat? Yummy bread stuffed the Max with cheese with an raw egg on top that you mix in. The cheese is so hot that it cooks the egg. Totally delicious. We also got the Imereti Khachpuri (as if we needed more cheese bread) but it was sooo totally amazing that we had order a second one. It is a round bread filled to the max with cheese inside. Don't forget to order the Khinkali or their version of soup dumplings. Yummy thick dumplings with juices inside. The spinach mixed with their walnut mixture as well as their eggplant wrapped around their walnut mix were also super tasty. Watch out for cheese-tastic food coma that hits you soon after you take a bite of the awesome cheese bread.