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5 Best Date-Night Bars in Tbilisi

Dim rooms, serious cocktails and late doors: the 5 Tbilisi bars we'd send you to on a date, from the first round to the last.

  1. 1

    Crossroads Bar
  2. 2

    Ambavi
  3. 3

    Cocktail Factory
Mariam Beridze, Food & Drinks Editor

Mariam Beridze , Food & Drinks Editor

Updated

A date in Tbilisi rarely ends where it started. Dinner runs long, somebody suggests one more, and the bar you pick decides whether the night gets better or just louder. These 5 are for that second stop, and for the drinks-only dates that skip dinner altogether: dim cocktail rooms, a speakeasy, a bar laid out as a run of dark rooms, and an art deco gastrobar that keeps its kitchen going after midnight.

4 of the 5 sit in Sololaki and Old Tbilisi, close enough to walk between, and the other is in Vera. Most open between 6 PM and 8 PM, and at the weekend 4 of them pour until 3 AM or later, so there's no rush on the first round. The list runs 1 to 5, best first.

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#1. Crossroads Bar - The most iconic bar in Tbilisi

Cocktail bar Sololaki

Perfect for

  • Date night
  • Late drinks
  • Trusting the bartender
Long live-edge bar with multicoloured stools and a branch chandelier at Crossroads Bar
Photo: Google Maps

Keep the lights low and the drinks serious, and you've got the date most people are hoping for. Crossroads Bar is a dim cocktail bar on Shalva Dadiani Street in Sololaki, and one reviewer notes the bar gets crowded in the evenings but calls the lounge intimate and atmospheric, so that's where to sit. It's one of the few bars in Tbilisi where you hear more English than Georgian, which helps when one of you is new in town. Doors open at 8 PM every night and run to 3 AM on Friday and Saturday, so the bar won't be the thing that ends the evening.

Pale creamy cocktail on ice with a lemon twist in a cut-crystal rocks glass, beside a leather armchair at Crossroads Bar
Photo: Crossroads Bar

Known for: The cocktails are the reason to come. Order the Pinelet, the bar's bestseller: gin, pinecone liqueur, lime and simple syrup, which the menu calls crisp with a gentle pine aroma. For round 2, the Walnut Ember (bourbon, red vermouth, walnut bitters) comes finished with a touch of oak smoke, and the White Russian arrives with a smoking cinnamon stick. If you can't decide, let the bartender decide for you.

Frosted white cocktail with a stemmed cherry in a cut-crystal coupe on a wooden bar at Crossroads Bar
Photo: Crossroads Bar

#2. Ambavi - A run of dark rooms for the date that goes late

Late-night bar Old Tbilisi

Perfect for

  • Date night
  • Late drinks
  • Dancing
Carved wooden balcony over the street at Ambavi
Photo: Google Maps

Ambavi is the second stop, the one you suggest when dinner went well and neither of you is ready to go home. It's a women-owned bar on Galaktion Tabidze Street in Old Tbilisi, laid out as a set of dark rooms with different music in each and a separate room for smokers, so you can move when the playlist stops suiting the mood. Google tags the room cosy and the crowd LGBTQ+ friendly. Doors open at 7 PM, and Friday and Saturday run to 4 AM.

Cyan blue cocktail with a peel garnish and a straw in a tall glass at Ambavi
Photo: Google Maps

Known for: Cocktails do the work here: Google marks them as a highlight, with a beer selection behind them, and puts the range at 10 to 50 GEL. Eat before you come, since 2 reviewers say there's no food, only drinks. Live music is on the listing too. Save it for a Friday or Saturday, when the bar stays open as long as your date does.

#3. Cocktail Factory - One of Tbilisi's first cocktail bars, and quiet enough to talk

Cocktail bar Vera

Perfect for

  • Date night
  • Sitting outside
  • Trusting the bartender
Seating booth and illuminated wall art at Cocktail Factory
Photo: Google Maps

Some cocktail bars are built for a crowd 3 deep at the counter, and this one suits a table for 2. Cocktail Factory sits at 1 Vasil Petriashvili Street, and Google tags the room quiet, romantic and upscale, with greenery, lights and music doing the decorating. Its own description says it was one of the first cocktail bars in Tbilisi. There's outdoor seating for warm nights, and it takes reservations, which you'll want at the weekend. It opens at 8 PM and runs to 3 AM on Friday and Saturday, 1 AM otherwise.

Cocktail in a pineapple-shaped glass with mint and citrus at Cocktail Factory
Photo: Google Maps

Known for: Order the Feijoa: vodka, feijoa distillate, cacao, vanilla, kiwi and lemon. It's the drink the bar chose to open its newest menu with, so start where they did. The Bloody Mary has 3 mentions in the review topics, and one reviewer's advice is simply to trust the staff with your choice. Google puts the range at 20 to 60 GEL a head.

Frothy cocktail in a coupe on a wooden bar at Cocktail Factory
Photo: Google Maps

#4. Karada - A speakeasy with no set menu, just a bartender asking questions

Speakeasy Sololaki

Perfect for

  • Quiet conversation
  • Trusting the bartender
Lounge with vintage armchairs, a chandelier, framed paintings and shelves of books in Karada's original Atoneli Street room
Photo: Google Maps

A speakeasy has to feel like a secret you're letting someone in on, which is exactly the job on a date. Karada closed its original Atoneli Street room in September 2026 and announced 12 Shalva Dadiani Street in Sololaki as its new home, so check its Instagram for the doors-open date before you plan around it. The old room ran on vinyl from the 1930s, antiques and shelves of books you could borrow at your table, and the bar's own post says it's taking that atmosphere along to the new address.

Red cocktail with a foam top and an orange peel in a cut-crystal rocks glass beside a table lamp at Karada
Photo: Google Maps

Known for: There's no set menu to hide behind. One reviewer describes the bartenders getting to know what you like first, then building a drink around it, so describe the mood you're in and let them work. The syrups are homemade, and the bar's own Instagram has shown off a Hibiscus Negroni and an Aperol Spritz. Bring someone who likes a surprise.

Amber cocktail in a coupe with a cinnamon stick garnish, in front of palm fronds, at Karada
Photo: Google Maps

#5. Barbar'a - An art deco room upstairs, with a balcony and 3 AM cocktails

Cocktail gastrobar Old Tbilisi

Perfect for

  • Date night
  • Celebrating something
  • Late-night food
Cocktail bar seating and back bar under an archway at Barbar'a
Photo: Google Maps

Barbar'a is the bar for the date you'd dress up for. It's on the 2nd floor of a building on Kote Afkhazi Street, art deco down to the fittings, with a balcony over the old town for when you want air instead of the room. One reviewer calls it the perfect date place, and the bar was a finalist for Georgia's Best Bar Award in 2022. It runs 6 PM to 3 AM, Tuesday to Sunday, and it's closed on Monday, so don't promise anyone a Monday cocktail here.

Cocktails on the bar counter in front of the back bar at Barbar'a
Photo: Google Maps

Known for: Order the Pinky: pineapple-infused rum, grapefruit cordial, lychee syrup, lemon, bitters and egg white, which the bar's Instagram calls light and silky. The card of signature cocktails is long, so you'll get through a few before you've seen it all. The kitchen cooks as late as the bar pours, which means a cocktail at 1 AM can still come with baked camembert and truffle.

Cocktail in a coupe glass garnished with gold leaf at Barbar'a
Photo: Google Maps

Frequently asked questions

What's the best bar for a date in Tbilisi?

Crossroads Bar on Shalva Dadiani Street, our #1: a dim cocktail bar whose lounge one reviewer calls intimate and atmospheric, with drinks built on pinecone liqueur, smoked chacha and Svan salt. For somewhere quieter, Google tags Cocktail Factory's room quiet and romantic. If you'd rather be surprised, Karada has no set menu and builds your drink around what you like.

Is there a speakeasy in Tbilisi for a date?

Yes, Karada. It's a speakeasy with no set menu: the bartenders ask what you like, then build a drink around it. It closed its Atoneli Street room in September 2026 and announced 12 Shalva Dadiani Street in Sololaki as its new address, so check its Instagram for the opening date before you go.

Which date-night bars in Tbilisi stay open late?

Ambavi stays open latest, to 4 AM on Friday and Saturday and 2 AM the rest of the week. Barbar'a runs to 3 AM every night it opens, Tuesday to Sunday. Crossroads Bar and Cocktail Factory both close at 3 AM on Friday and Saturday. On weeknights Crossroads Bar shuts at 1 AM or 2 AM and Cocktail Factory at 1 AM.

Can you eat at these bars, or should you have dinner first?

Barbar'a and Crossroads Bar both run kitchens. Barbar'a cooks until 3 AM, with tartare, baked camembert and duck leg on the menu, and Crossroads Bar's kitchen runs 8 PM to 12 AM, with chicken liver pâté and potato pancakes. Ambavi is drinks only, by 2 reviewers' account. For a proper dinner first, our date-night food spots cover that half of the evening.

Do you need to book a date-night bar in Tbilisi?

Not usually, but it helps at the weekend. Crossroads Bar and Cocktail Factory both accept reservations on their Google listings, and Cocktail Factory's review topics mention it getting crowded. None of the 5 has an online booking link on Google, so message the bar on Instagram or call ahead.

How much do cocktails cost at date-night bars in Tbilisi?

Google's price bands put Crossroads Bar at 10 to 40 GEL a head, Ambavi at 10 to 50 and Cocktail Factory at 20 to 60. Barbar'a and Karada don't show a band on their listings. Cocktail Factory sits highest of the 3 with a band, so it's worth asking prices before round 3.

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