A first-timer's guide to Georgian dishes

Georgian cooking is generous, herb-heavy, and built for sharing. If it's your first time at the table, a few dishes show up almost everywhere — learn these four and you'll order with confidence. Tap any dish to read more and see the best-rated places.

Khinkali

Soup dumplings, twisted by hand and filled with spiced meat in a pool of broth. They're eaten with your fingers, broth-first — a small ritual worth getting right (we wrote a whole guide on it).

Khachapuri

Cheese-filled bread, and the dish most people fall for first. The Adjarian version is a boat of dough holding molten cheese, a runny egg, and a knob of butter you stir in at the table — rich, theatrical, and unforgettable.

Lobiani

Bread stuffed with seasoned mashed beans — humble, warming, and a staple of feast days. It's the comfort-food counterpoint to khachapuri's richness and a quiet favorite of regulars.

Mtsvadi

Georgian grilled skewers — chunks of meat cooked over grapevine embers and served with raw onion and tangy tkemali plum sauce. Smoky, simple, and the centerpiece of any outdoor gathering.

Start exploring

Read more about each dish and find the highest-rated places near you:

• Khinkali
• Adjarian khachapuri
• Lobiani
• Mtsvadi