15 Best Bars in Tbilisi

It's a cosy cocktail bar shared by expats and locals, and one of the few in Tbilisi where you hear more English than Georgian. The gin in the cocktails comes from Flavora, a Georgian craft supplier. One reviewer calls the lounge intimate and warns that it gets crowded in the evenings, so arrive early. The week runs on a programme: karaoke with Albertos on Tuesday, the Foreigners & Friends Meetup on Wednesday, an open mic on Thursday and karaoke with Faisal on Sunday. Doors open at 8 PM and close at 3 AM on Fridays and Saturdays. Dogs are allowed, and there's chess for a slower night.

More than 300 gins line the back bar. Sit at the counter if you want conversation: that's where the staff talk with guests. Google files the atmosphere as cosy, and it's quiet enough for a date or for a drink on your own; one woman travelling alone wrote that she felt safe and comfortable here. The bar opens at 7 PM, or 7:30 PM on Tuesday, and closes at 2 AM, except Wednesday at 1 AM. It holds a 5.0 Google rating across 772 reviews.

Part wine shop, part bar, 8000 Vintages stocks around 2,000 wines by one reviewer's count. Vending machines offer about 16 of them, paid by chip card after you pour. Sommeliers pair wines with the food boards, and tastings are served with appetisers. It draws tourists and groups, and in the evening there's a view of the TV tower. Tables fill up, so book ahead on the website. Hours are 11 AM to 1 AM every day, and this Tabukashvili St bar is one of 4 branches in Tbilisi.

Megobrebi Brewery pours its own beer at this taproom, and there's seating inside and out. The pub calls itself the home of modern Georgian beer, and the range covers smoothie-style sours, mixed-fermentation sours, wine ales and hoppy beers, with some wine and food too. Come when you want a quiet beer rather than a crowd; one reviewer picks it as one of the best craft beer places in Tbilisi. Hours run 4 PM to 1 AM every day. Dogs are welcome, and the pub marked 5 years in August 2025.

A bottle you like at the table can go home with you, since Dadi is a shop as well as a wine bar. The list leans on artisan Georgian winemakers who use minimal intervention, and staff let you taste a couple before you commit. The kitchen cooks gastropub plates from fresh local ingredients and serves breakfast all day. There's a small outdoor area, where one reviewer spent an evening on 4 Dadi wines. It opens at 10 AM, or 2 PM on Monday, and closes at 1 AM. The bar turned 9 in May 2026, and 6 kittens turned up there that July.

Chacha Time bills itself as Georgia's first chacha museum, set inside a cosy gastrobar in Sololaki. The list runs to more than 40 kinds of chacha, made from grape, fig, mulberry, quince and feijoa, and the bartenders will tell you the story behind each bottle. Groups, tourists and students make up the crowd, and there's seating inside and out. Doors open at 2 PM daily and close at 2 AM. The open-fire kitchen cooks mangal and Georgian comfort food until 1:30 AM, so it works for a late dinner. Come on a Wednesday for cocktail night.

The sign is small and the entrance easy to miss. Inside, 41° is a small, dark room with a cosy feel. The name traces back to the Georgian Futurists, and art is still part of the bar: its walls have shown oil and acrylic canvases by Tbilisi artist Sopo Simonishvili. It draws groups and tourists, and it's open 8 PM to 3 AM, 7 nights a week. Thursdays bring Sound Music Sessions with a DJ, and jazz comes once a month with a new lineup each time. Bartenders ask which flavours you like before they pour; when one reviewer's first drink missed, they poured a replacement.

Georgian winemaker Nino Meris gives her name to this small wine bar and shop on Sioni Street, with a view of the church outside. It's built for travellers who want the story behind the glass. The draw is the guided tasting: staff ask what you like, build the selection around it, and explain the region, grape and fermentation behind each wine in fluent English. Doors open at 11 AM every day and close at 12:30 AM, so an afternoon tasting fits between sights. On rainy days, book a table ahead.

One reviewer calls Vino Underground the first bar in Tbilisi given over to natural wine. It sits near Liberty Square: a cosy room with good music, plus seating outside, and it holds a 4.5 Google rating across 505 reviews. New management took over in May 2026, and staff open bottle after bottle so you can taste before you pick a glass. Hours are 3 to 11 PM, or 4 PM to 12 AM on Fridays and Saturdays. Groups can book the whole bar; a party of 17 took it over for a private lunch on 19 May.

Up on the 2nd floor of 33 Kote Afkhazi, Barbar'a is an art deco room with soft lighting and a balcony over the Old Town. It's the room you pick for a date, a birthday or a night out with friends. It opens at 6 PM Tuesday to Sunday and closes at 3 AM, and the kitchen serves until 3 AM too; Monday it's closed. The bar was a finalist for the Best Bar Award (Georgia) 2022. In summer 2025 it launched the Sololaki Cocktail Mile, which around 1,000 people completed in its first year.

Hopa is tiny inside, with about 3 stools, so most of the seating is at the outdoor patio tables on a quiet stretch of Atoneli Street. Google tags the crowd as tourists, and one reviewer made new friends among them. It's open 12 PM to 1 AM every day, which covers a mid-afternoon beer as well as a last one. One small detail: the bartender collects banknotes and coins from other countries, so bring a spare one from home if you have it.

Process sits at 19 Merab Kostava Street: a small, unpretentious bar with a jukebox and lots of board games. Friendly staff come up 36 times in its Google review topics, second only to the beer selection, and English is spoken behind the bar. It's open 5 PM to 2 AM daily, so it suits a late start. Big matches get shown too, a World Cup semi-final included. The bar's own listing says staff will tell you about each beer and cider, so ask before you pick.

A 130-year-old baroque-style mansion on Lado Gudiashvili Square houses L'Ado, with a balcony and a green courtyard. DJs top its Google review topics, at 20 mentions. They play on Friday and Saturday nights, when the bar stays open until 4:30 AM. Those nights start at 7 PM, entry is free before 11 PM and the age limit is 21+; some nights charge 20 GEL per guest, so get there early if you'd rather not pay. Pets are welcome. Since late August 2026 the courtyard has held Flowers & Lovers, serving coffee, food, wine and beer from 10 AM to 11 PM.

Black Dog on Lado Asatiani Street is a small bar with limited seating, and dogs are allowed in. Groups and tourists are the crowd Google lists, and one review credits a waiter with briefing guests on Georgia. It opens at 2 PM every day; closing is 1 AM from Monday to Wednesday and 2 AM from Thursday to Sunday. For DJ nights and Champions League screenings, it's the second Black Dog at Wine Factory you want, with tables booked by Instagram DM.

On the 5th floor of the ibis Styles Tbilisi Center at 4 Galaktion Tabidze Street, Rum Roof looks out over Freedom Square. The bar itself is built into a Volkswagen van, which is the first thing you'll notice. Bar hours are 4 PM to 1 AM daily, and on some nights a DJ plays from 9 PM to 11 PM. Come for the cocktails and the view rather than a full dinner: several 2025 reviews report waits of an hour or more for food that arrived cold. The kitchen runs to 12:30 AM if you want something small alongside.