15 Best Halal Restaurants in Tbilisi

This is the kitchen to know when your table splits between Jain vegetarians and people who want mutton curry. It's an Indian, Arabic and continental restaurant on Galaktion Tabidze near Liberty Square, holding a 4.9 rating across 306 Google reviews. Kind staff is the thing reviewers name most, 8 times, and a caring chef has 2 mentions of his own. Come here on the night nobody can agree what to eat. Doors are 11 AM to 12 AM every day, and it delivers if you would rather not move.

Mr Kabab runs a Persian kitchen on Gagarini, with a courtyard of traditional takhts and a cosy hall indoors. Halal food is named in 26 of its 516 reviews, the rating sits at 4.8, and the listing counts families, groups and tourists among the crowd. It takes reservations, and its own description offers a DJ and full celebration service for birthdays. Come here when the table is long and 1 of you has a birthday. It's open 12 to 11 PM daily, and cash only has 7 review mentions.

You go down off Grigol Khandzteli into a stone cellar with an arched ceiling and art on the walls, and a family cooks for you. Cafe Nice is a Georgian kitchen in Old Tbilisi that its Google listing also files as a halal restaurant, rated 4.9 across 214 reviews. Home cooking is named 12 times, the owners 8 and the room 4. Come here when you have eaten Indian and Turkish all week and want the Georgian version. It shuts Monday, Saturday and Sunday, so this is a midweek plan.

A menu can be halal, Lebanese and vegetarian at once, and Google files Kava under all 3. It's a cosy basement room in a historic Sololaki building on Geronti Kikodze, with a private dining room for the group that needs one. Lebanese food is what 52 reviews name, more than any other subject, and the kitchen keeps vegan plates alongside the grills. Bring the group and work through the mezze, or take a mint lemonade at a table on your own. It runs 1 PM to 1 AM daily.

1,619 Google reviews is enough that a 4.7 rating stops being an accident. Al Madina Cave serves Indian, Pakistani and Arabic food on Gia Tetelashvili in Old Tbilisi, and its own listing promises curries, biryanis and tandoori dishes in a family-friendly room. Halal food is the subject reviewers raise most, 92 times, welcoming staff follows at 27 and Pakistani food sits at 25. Come here when the hour is late and somebody wants biryani. It runs 12 PM to 2 AM every day.

It's 1 AM, you want mandi and something hot to drink, and this is the room still doing both. Karak House is an Arabian and Indian kitchen on Erekle Tatishvili in Old Tbilisi, casual and cosy, 4.8 from 330 reviews. Indian food is named 32 times, welcoming staff 14 and huge portions 4. A late solo dinner and a table with kids both work here. Hours run 11 AM to 2 AM daily, and parking nearby is usually difficult.

Not every good meal needs a dining room of its own. Istanbul Kebab's is a Turkish grill on the 2nd floor of the Bazari Orbeliani food hall on Vekua, casual and quiet by the listing's own account, with a 4.7 rating from 526 reviews. Lahmacun is named in 41 of those reviews, shawarma in 23, adana kebab in 21 and lamb in 16. Come here for lunch between errands rather than for a long dinner. It opens 11 AM to 10 PM daily and the car park is free.

Station 1984 is where a falafel lunch turns into dinner, and the fireplace is partly to blame. It's a Lebanese restaurant on Davit Aghmashenebeli, cosy and quiet, with free Wi-Fi, live music and a tea selection the listing flags as a highlight. The owner is called friendly in 14 reviews and kind in 6, and halal food is named in 15. It suits a family dinner that runs long, or a solo lunch with a laptop. Hours are 12 PM to 12 AM, with Sunday running 12:30 to 11:30 PM.

Most shawarma in Tbilisi is an afterthought on the way home. One reviewer drives 50 minutes for it, twice a week. Nawras Aziz is a tiny shop on Atskuri in Isani-Samgori, 4.8 from 130 reviews, where the owner works the spit himself and has 8 review mentions of his own. Come here when you want shawarma done properly and you don't mind eating standing up, because 4 reviews call the place small. It runs 10 AM to 9 PM daily.

You come off the cable car, walk past the Mother of Georgia statue, and there it is. Grilisi is a terrace bar and restaurant next to the monument, 4.6 from 231 reviews. The view is what 59 reviews talk about, the kind staff what another 13 name, and the stray cats come up more than once. Come here after Narikala, when you want to sit down and look at the city rather than eat a full dinner. Doors shut at 10 PM.

Order biryani in Tbilisi often enough and you end up here. Spice Garden is an Indian and Pakistani kitchen on Aghmashenebeli, 4.5 across 2,493 reviews, with halal food named in 85 of them. The listing carries a private dining room, a salad bar, vegan plates, high chairs and free parking, and puts students, families, groups and tourists in the crowd. Bring the group, the kids and the vegetarian, and this is the room that copes. It takes bookings and runs 11:30 AM to 11:30 PM.

Dinner at midnight is a real problem in this city, and this kitchen solves it. Masha Allah cooks Indian, Pakistani and Arabic food at 112 Aghmashenebeli, 4.5 across 266 reviews, with halal food named in 12 of them. The kitchen runs to 2 AM every night of the week, and Friday is the day it opens late, at 1:30 PM. Come here when you land at 11 PM and want a plate of something hot rather than a shawarma on the walk home.

Halal in Tbilisi usually means India, Turkey or the Levant. This kitchen comes from Xinjiang instead, and says so on its own listing: northwest China, beef as the main meat, everything halal. It sits out in Isani-Samgori, 4.5 from 85 reviews, and one reviewer counts a laminated 40-page menu in 3 languages, a round table for 8 in a separate room and a hot pot table. Come early, because the doors shut at 7:30 PM, and call ahead for the dishes the listing says need booking in advance.

Golgappy is on the menu here, which narrows the field considerably. Al Mecca cooks Pakistani, Indian and Arabic food on Gia Tetelashvili in Old Tbilisi, 4.5 from 103 reviews, and serves until 2 AM every night. Halal food gets 5 review mentions and fresh food 4. Come here when you want curry at midnight and a quiet table rather than a queue. Eat in rather than order delivery, because 3 of its 1-star reviews are Wolt or Glovo orders with items missing, and note Friday opens later, at 2 PM.

Not every shawarma stop has a drive-through. Sky Way sits on Kaloubani out in Isani-Samgori, a Turkish grill at 4.4 from 156 reviews, with shawarma named in 38 of them and friendly staff in 12. The listing calls the room casual, cosy and quiet, and puts it as good for kids. Come here when you are out that way with the car and would rather eat properly than at a petrol station. It runs 10 AM to 11 PM daily, in a 10 to 20 GEL band.