Khachapuri with pear and Dorblu — UZS 138,000; khachapuri with lamb shank — UZS 460,000
At Manana, the welcome is as warm as one would expect in a hospitable Tbilisi home. In its cosy interiors, a Georgian feast seems to begin almost at once: wine, toasts, every pleasure of the cuisine — and, on occasion, live music. An unassuming Wednesday lunch works just as well, though. The menu holds fast to the classics, while allowing itself a few departures. Alongside Megrelian khachapuri comes a version with pear and Dorblu, or a distinctly photogenic one with lamb shank. Khinkali receive a little experimentation, too: miniature versions filled with mushrooms and truffle. Read more in this article.
XXXL khachapuri — UZS 665,000; khachapuri with blue cheese and pear — UZS 135,000; khachapuri with Georgian-style chicken, herbs and stracciatella — UZS 97,000
At TKH, familiar Georgian traditions are given an occasionally extravagant turn — without apology. The room is contemporary, lively and just a little youthfully irreverent; the menu follows suit, particularly where khachapuri is concerned. A version with mushrooms, perhaps? Or the Tsar’s khachapuri with tomatoes and smoked sulguni? Maybe this is the evening for an Adjarian khachapuri with truffle. The kitchen’s defining invention, however, is khachinkali — part khachapuri, part khinkali — served with truffle sauce.
A note from the editorial wish list: a whole park where different kinds of khachapuri grow on trees. One could pluck the juiciest, eat it on a bench, then run off for another. Khachapuri Park offers other pleasures instead: warm hospitality, a cosy interior and a substantial menu devoted to Georgian staples.We counted no fewer than 11 kinds of khachapuri, including Imeretian, Khevsurian, penovani, Kakhetian and Megrelian versions — one extravagantly cheesy, another defiantly meaty. The Adjarian comes either in the classic style, with egg yolk and cheese, or with braised meat and button mushrooms.
English edition by Yevgeniya Yussupova
Photography: restaurant websites and social media; Yandex Maps
Adjarian khachapuri with braised meat and button mushrooms — UZS 109,000
Khachapuri with mushrooms — UZS 100,000; Tsar’s khachapuri with tomatoes and smoked sulguni — UZS 145,000; Adjarian khachapuri with truffle — UZS 160,000; khachinkali with truffle sauce — UZS 136,000
Shvili occupies a generous space in the Novye Kuranty building, where khachapuri and khinkali are made in full view in the open kitchen. The menu is grounded in Georgian classics, though certain dishes are plainly designed for a grand entrance — and a large table. The XXXL khachapuri arrives as an enormous boat filled with sulguni and Imeretian cheese, made to serve six to eight. For a more intimate arrangement — that is, you and a khachapuri, with perhaps one other person — there is the version with blue cheese and pear. Also worth noting: the more unusual combination of Georgian-style chicken, herbs and stracciatella.
