Vegan meatballs created by the chef upon request! at Barbarestan in Tbilisi
Outside at Barbarestan in Tbilisi

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Pizza
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Georgian
Non-veg

Serves meat, vegan options available. Wine bar and restaurant offering items that can be made vegan on request. Staff will accommodate vegans. Open Mon-Sun 2:00pm-11:00pm.

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5 Reviews

First Review by mamba

Avatar dangerrouse

dangerrouse

Points +30

Vegan
24 Aug 2024

Fantastic Georgian meal in one of the world’s best restaurants!

I didn’t find a lot of vegan options in Georgia, but my vegan friend recommended this place and it was a highlight of my trip. There are no vegan options on the menu, but the excellent waiter spoke with the chef who was more than happy to curate a 3-course vegan meal specifically for me. It was superb! Really authentic Georgian experience in a restaurant that’s been voted one of the world’s top 50!

Pros: Curated 3-course vegan meal, Authentic Georgian experience, Value for money

Cons: No vegan options on menu

Vegan meatballs created by the chef upon request! at Barbarestan in Tbilisi

Avatar NelliA

NelliA

Points +49

Mostly Veg
19 Oct 2019

Beautiful place, first class service

Not many vegan options on the list, when we went in the spring I think only one or two options. However the bean stew was very good indeed.
They have a menu that is based on traditional recipes.

Staff here was super professional and the place was quite fancy. More expensive than other places in the city, but a highlight of our Tbilisi stay.

Contacting the restaurant about diet restrictions beforehand might be a good idea.



Updated from previous review on 2019-10-19

Pros: Food quality, Atmosphere, Service

Cons: Not many vegan options, Pricy, Reservations needed in busy season

Avatar natalich

natalich

Points +349

Vegan
25 Jun 2018

It was ok

We had a dinner here one night.
The food was ok, little bit overpriced compared to the other places we ate at in Georgia.

We had lobiani which was really big and tasty, baked potatoes were really nice, grilled vegetables that we didn't really enjoy as they were little bit too burned for our liking and some kind of vegetables in the pot which were really overpriced at 18 GEL for such a small portion.

There was no vegan khinkali option :(

The place overall was really nice, but for a vegan not that much choice so we didn't come back again.

Updated from previous review on 2018-06-25

Avatar runsten

runsten

Points +249

Vegan
16 Mar 2018

Georgian Restaurant? Not a serious vegetarian restaurant

First of all, if this restaurant is added than you can add all Georgian restaurants because all Georgia.

Second, there are several other restaurants in Tbilisi with real vegan and vegetarians options.

I would not recommend any vegan to eat Khinkali in Georgia because they are most likely boiled in the same water which is used the whole day for boiling khinkali with meat as well.

Pros: Georgian food

Cons: not a real vegetarian restaurant

Avatar mamba

mamba

Points +1359

Vegan
21 Oct 2016

Delicious!

Very good restaurant, that is ideal to get to know Georgian food, as they have an English menu that indicates which dishes are vegan or can be made vegan, and the staff speak very good English and can explain everything to you.

The ambiance is really special, with much attention to detail. You can even sit in the old wine cellar! So it is the perfect place to spend an enjoyable evening!

The food is excellent. We had a selection of different starters, which all tasted very good, salad and lobiani (a pita bread filled with bean puree) and the mushroom khinkali (Georgian dumplings). All recipes are recipes from an 19th century cookbook.

For Georgia, this is a very expensive place, but well worth it. When you are used to Western European prices, you will find it cheap.

Georgia is a great place for vegans. Many Georgians are very religious, and the Georgian-orthodox church has very strict fasting rules. During fasting times people should not eat any meat, eggs and dairy. And there are many fasting occasions per year, e.g. every Wednesday and Friday, before Easter, before Christmas, when someone has died…. So it is very easy to get vegan food in every restaurant that offers Georgian cuisine, not only in the places listed on Happy Cow. Many dishes rely on grounded walnuts instead of cream. Popular vegan dishes are ajapsandali (stewed vegetables, mostly eggplant), sweet peppers or eggplant with walnuts and spices (badridjani nigvzit), lobio (spicy beans). Mushroom dishes are also very common, salads are always on offer (tomato and cucumber, beetroot…). Georgians use lots of herbs and spices, so that even seemingly simple salads and vegetable dishes taste great!

Pros: Great atmosphere, Great food, Helpfull staff

Cons: Expensive

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