17 Best Tbilisi Food & Cooking Tours 2019

Highlight of our two week visit to Georgia!

What an amazing experience. My sister and I were invited into Levan's grandmother's home - several floors up in a tower block just north of the centre of Tbilisi. They asked us to let them know which dishes we would like to make the day before, and they gathered all of the ingredients and had spent time preparing things so it was all ready. We made a feast fit for a king! Operating out of a small kitchen, which was fun and traditional! Levan had homemade qvervi wine as well as chacha and soft-drinks, and we sat and talked, and drank and ate the food for hours. Further members of Levan's family turned up, his mother, and his grandfather, and it was quite magical to meet three generations of Georgians, surrounded by incredible food and drink!

If you are visiting Tbilisi and are considering this "tour", don't hesitate, it was heartwarming, memorable, and I even made my first Georgian walnut paste last week to great success.

Thanks guys
Dan & Emma.

Reviewed by Dan • April 16, 2018

Flavours of Georgia: Dinner at a Local Home in Tbilisi

Highly recommended!

We spend our last night in Georgia (our trip took two weeks) with Mariam and Levan and had a great time. Most Georgians are very hospitable, but because of the language barrier, having a more in depth conversation can be difficult. Mariam and Levan speak perfect English, so we really got the chance to discuss our observations and ask them about Georgian food, culture and history. We 'helped' with the cooking (meaning we mostly drank wine and cut some vegetables) so will hopefully be able to try some dishes at home.

Thanks again for a great night!

Reviewed by Anouk • September 30, 2018

Flavours of Georgia: Dinner at a Local Home in Tbilisi

What a wonderful experience

Mariam and Levan invite you into their home, they cook up the most delicious food for you and even travel to other regions of Georgia to get wine and ChaCha, which the Georgians drink themselves and which you can not buy in the supermarket.
About 5 min after you meet your two hosts, you feel as if you have known them for your entire life.
It was a fantastic and unique experience in Tbilisi and when I come back, I'll book dinner with them again. Yes- it was that nice and it was that good!!!!

Reviewed by Irmi • July 02, 2018

Flavours of Georgia: Dinner at a Local Home in Tbilisi

A-MA-ZING

Beka is the best tour guide in Georgia. Period. I spent 3 days with him exploring the entire country and it was an unforgettable experience to say the least. He has become a great friend now and I hope to see him in the Netherlands one day to return him the favor. If you come to Georgia and you're looking for a great guide to show you around, don't look further. You'll have a blast.

Reviewed by Wietse • June 01, 2019

Night Tbilisi Walking Tour

Amazing dinner!

I had some amazing foods prepared by the hosts at their place. They are both very friendly, great cooks, and good storytellers about Georgia and Tbilisi. It is such a unique experience to socialize with the locals and get a much better sense of their story and this great city of Tbilisi. I think it is well worth treating yourself to this tour. The food and wine were delicious!!!!

Reviewed by david • May 13, 2018

Flavours of Georgia: Dinner at a Local Home in Tbilisi

What an Amazing Experience

I had a wonderul opportunity to be invited by Marian and Levan for dinner.

We started at 4pm with dinner preparation to which I was able to learn how to make some of my favorite Georgian food - eggplant with walnuts, baje.

Had a delightful conversatiob with Mariam and Levan and I get a chance to drink from the horn.

What an amazing experience!!!

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Reviewed by Ley • May 20, 2018

Flavours of Georgia: Dinner at a Local Home in Tbilisi

Highly recommended!

Levan and Mariam are such a lovely couple! We joined them for cooking and they taught us the secrets to perfect Georgian dishes. The food was exceptional and the company was even better. We had a great evening, learning about life and tradition in Georgia and just enjoying ourselves. A true authentic local experience. Don't miss out!

Reviewed by Sasha • October 03, 2018

Flavours of Georgia: Dinner at a Local Home in Tbilisi

Like going to a friend's place

This experience is probably the most since and authentic experience we had in Georgia. Great food, but mostly its really about the warm welcome that Mari and Levan gave to us. Highly recommended to those seeking for everyday experience in Tbilisi, and those who seek for great conversations.

Reviewed by Anggakara • January 08, 2019

Flavours of Georgia: Dinner at a Local Home in Tbilisi

Interesting experience with locals

Mariam and Levan are a lovely example of a young Georgian generation: they are proud of their country, its history and love to present it to foreigners. Extra benefit is a fresh food prepared in front of you 👍
Thank you Levan and Mariam, kind regards from Slovakia 🙂

Reviewed by Dana • May 12, 2018

Flavours of Georgia: Dinner at a Local Home in Tbilisi

They're the best!

We had a khachapuri- and khinkali-making and eating session today and it was amazing, they are the nicest people and the food was really great. If I could give them more than five stars I would. Спасибо вам огромное, мы обязательно вернёмся!

Reviewed by Bernadette • July 28, 2019

Georgian Cooking Class: Make Adjaruli Khachapuri And Khinkali

Fantastic tour with Beka

I had a great time with him for this night tour! He guided me to visit all beautiful nightview spots! I will visit with friends and I will ask his service again for sure!

Alex

Reviewed by Alex • September 01, 2018

Night Tbilisi Walking Tour

Great hosts and experience

Loved our hosts! Very kind and we had a lot of fun cooking, drinking wine and eating. Bring your appetite!

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Reviewed by Sarah • July 12, 2019

Georgian Cooking Class: Make Adjaruli Khachapuri And Khinkali

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Great little adventure! Recommended!

We booked this trip last minute as we thought it looked like the most interesting of all day trips around Tbilisi. We liked that it offered a wide range of sites and a little wine tasting included!

Mariam and David (the best driver in Georgia) picked us up from the hotel promptly the next morning so that made it very easy. Mariam was full of stories and taught us lots about Georgia and all the things we were passing through the countryside. It made the journey really fun and relaxed.

Throughout the day we visited a beautiful monastery and learned lots, explored a stunning walled town and peered through the mist out onto vast fields below. We then got to see the amazing caves in which the traditional wine is stored. So big! There we also had great fun getting our hands dirty, making local bread, bbq pork, sweets and dumplings. A great way to fill up before we started our journey back.

A full day and great to explore outside of Tbilisi. We're really thankful to Mariam and David for making it a great adventure for us.

Georgian sense of humour is great :)

Do your trip with these guys. It'll be worth it.

J

Activity in Tbilisi: Gastronomy, Wine & Culture: Day Trip to Kakheti from Tbilisi. Photo by Jeremy who visited that tour.

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Reviewed by Jeremy • May 02, 2018

Gastronomy, Wine & Culture: Day Trip to Kakheti from Tbilisi

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A great experience with friendly & fun hosts!

We (2 Americans, late 20s) were not sure what to expect - but this turned out to be a wonderful addition to our trip itinerary! Mari and Levan are fabulous hosts who were excited to share their culture & experiences with us over the course of a delicious meal.

Levan picked us up from our hotel and brought us to Mari's home, where they had prepared an amazing meal - probably the best we had on our trip - with plenty of wine as well. We had requested a vegan menu, and they did a nice job of accommodating that request. We had a lovely evening chatting about their lives growing up in Georgia, sharing our questions & observations, and asking them a LOT of questions about their beautiful country.

At the end, Mari's father drove us to the funicula for an evening view of the city - it was a great way to cap off the evening. We can't recommend Mari & Levan more highly; they're genuine and hospitable hosts (with some awesome food too!). We were their first dinner guests, and we hope they get many more through this site!

Mari/Levan - Thanks again for a great evening!

Reviewed by Chris • March 17, 2018

Flavours of Georgia: Dinner at a Local Home in Tbilisi

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Georgian Cuisine at its' Finest!

We absolutely loved our evening with Levan and Mariam sampling several of the dishes we had tried on our two week trip around Georgia and helping out with the cooking too! We were also able to try out a couple of new things which was great as the walnut sauce was a delight.
Levan and Mariam were very accommodating and we were able to select the key dishes we wanted to make with them including churchkhela which was apparently a first request!
The whole experience was fantastic and with more food than we could ever eat and all washed down with homemade wine we left with full bellies and fond memories. We are so pleased we went for this experience and would fully recommend it to anyone staying in Tbilisi who appreciates Georgian food.

Reviewed by Janina • May 12, 2019

Flavours of Georgia: Dinner at a Local Home in Tbilisi

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We had plenty of fun and experience

We reserved the cooking master class as a surprise for my brother as he was visiting Tbilisi and it was a very great idea, we learnt how to make dumplings (khinkali) and an adjarian cheese pie with an egg called (adjaruli) and then we had them for dinner also we did order few things from the menu and everything tasted fresh, the atomphere was very cozy and relaxing we felt like we were at a home rather than a restaurant, we managed to buy walnut sweet sausages as suviners the place was easy to find its close to rooms hotel we walked up and took then second left, we will definitely come back again thank you we also live the black tea with thyme herb.

Reviewed by Burt / Tripadvisor • May 10, 2019

Georgian Cooking Class: Make Adjaruli Khachapuri And Khinkali

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Flavours of Georgia

It was an amazing dinner time. Mariam and Levan are not only highly knowledgeable of their city and heritage; but also of the importance to take visitors through a more in depth experience on Georgian flavours. They are both excellent guides and hosts, great people to hang out with.
We highly recommend this experience to those seeking a less touristy type of event, whereby you can experience the local culture full fledge through its culinary traditions. A great idea, greatly executed by Mariam and Levan.
Keep it up!

Reviewed by Aneth • June 19, 2018

Flavours of Georgia: Dinner at a Local Home in Tbilisi

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A great experience that we won’t forget!

We had a great time with Mariam & Levan. We learned a lot about Georgian food, culture and how to cook several dishes.

The thing that i appreciated the most was the communication before the evening. We had some specific request and there was no problem for them to adjust the menu after our needs.

Thy have a good level of English and it was nice to see a Georgian home and Mariam’s family.

I have only good things to say and highly recommend them :)

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Activity in Tbilisi: Flavours of Georgia: Dinner at a Local Home in Tbilisi. Photo by Ola who visited that tour.

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Reviewed by Ola • February 22, 2019

Flavours of Georgia: Dinner at a Local Home in Tbilisi

M

Lovely evening with awesome people and local food

Levan and Mariam are excellent hosts.

At first, we cooked some dinner (or to be more accurate drank wine and watched how Levan cooked 😀) and later we got to try a lot of different meals.

The food was great and the hosts were super friendly. A very good introduction to Georgian food and culture. I find that seeing and hearing how people live straight from locals is the best way to learn about the country.

I highliy suggest to everybody :)

Reviewed by Marko • July 11, 2019

Flavours of Georgia: Dinner at a Local Home in Tbilisi

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Highly recommended!!

Mariam and Levan are an extremely welcoming couple- really made us and our 6 yr old feel at home. We joined in when dinner was being prepared- super fun experience. Nice to see how most of the ingredients are home made!! This experience was certainly the highlight of our stay in Tbilisi. The atmosphere, the dinner itself, the hosts and their stories make this a highly recommended experience.

Reviewed by Arvind • January 01, 2019

Flavours of Georgia: Dinner at a Local Home in Tbilisi