Why Sunday is easy in Tbilisi
Georgia has no MICHELIN Guide and no closed-on-Sunday convention. Dining here is the supra, a feast that runs for hours under a toastmaster, and the weekend is its high point rather than a night the kitchen rests. The practical result for a visitor is that nearly every serious room in Tbilisi opens on a Sunday, so the work is not finding a table but sorting the rooms that cook with intent from the tourist khinkali halls along the river. The credentials worth tracking are the World's 50 Best Discovery list, the Gault&Millau Georgia selection and the Star Wine List for the natural-wine cellars. The order below leads with the modern-Georgian rooms, then the rooftop, the heritage kitchen, the natural-wine table and the design-hotel café. Hours are checked against each restaurant's published schedule. Every name links to its full review. For the rest of the week, start with the Tbilisi dining guide.
The Sunday list
Modern Georgian · Sololaki · ₾60–110 pp
Sunday hours: Sunday, 13:00–23:00
Tekuna Gachechiladze, the chef who pushed Georgian cooking past the standard menu, runs Café Littera in the garden of the Writers' House at 13 Ivane Machabeli Street, and it opens every day including Sunday afternoon. The cooking reworks the canon with a light hand: a famous take on badrijani, lamb with tkemali, dishes that read as Georgian but taste sharpened. The garden under the trees is the seat to ask for, and a full dinner with wine sits around ₾60 to ₾110 a head. It is the best Sunday table in the city for a relaxed, unhurried meal that still cooks at the top level.
Rooftop modern Georgian · Avlabari · ₾90–160 pp
Sunday hours: Sunday brunch 11:00–15:00, dinner 17:00–01:00
On the tenth floor of the Sheraton Grand Tbilisi Metechi Palace, ATI is the city's grand-view room, a glass-walled rooftop looking across the old town to Narikala fortress. Sunday is a full day here: a brunch from eleven, then dinner from five into the small hours. The kitchen plates a modern, polished Georgian menu built for the setting, and the bill runs higher than the old-town rooms at ₾90 to ₾160 a head. It is the Sunday booking when the view is part of the plan, and the best in town to mark an occasion or to impress a visiting guest. Reserve the window tables ahead.
Heritage Georgian · Marjanishvili · ₾60–100 pp
Sunday hours: Sunday, from 14:00
Barbarestan, at 132 Davit Aghmashenebeli Avenue, is built on a single nineteenth-century cookbook: the recipes of Barbare Jorjadze, brought back to the table by a family that found her book at a flea market. It is on the World's 50 Best Discovery list and opens daily, Sunday from early afternoon. The dishes are ones you will not find elsewhere, old aristocratic Georgian cooking with a deep wine cellar to match. Plan on ₾60 to ₾100 a head with wine. It is the Sunday room for diners who want the history rather than the view, and the cellar table is worth requesting.
Georgian / natural wine · Old Town · ₾60–100 pp
Sunday hours: Sunday, 12:00–00:00
Azarphesha at 2 Ingorokva Street is the natural-wine room at the centre of Tbilisi's qvevri revival, open Sunday from noon to midnight. The list runs deep into amber and skin-contact bottles, and it appears on the Star Wine List for the cellar; the kitchen turns out refined Georgian plates built to drink with rather than to dominate. Most tables land between ₾60 and ₾100 a head before the wine pulls it higher. It is the Sunday pick for anyone who comes to Georgia for the wine first, and the staff will pour through the list if you let them.
Georgian bistro · Old Town · ₾40–70 pp
Sunday hours: Sunday, from 07:00
Culinarium Khasheria, the old-town bistro near Abano Street, is the other Tekuna Gachechiladze room, named for khash, the restorative tripe soup Georgians eat early to settle a long night. It opens at seven on a Sunday, which makes it the rare upscale-ish kitchen serving a proper Georgian breakfast as well as lunch and dinner. The cooking is comfort-led and ingredient-driven, and a meal here is the most affordable on this list at ₾40 to ₾70 a head. It is the Sunday booking for an early, honest Georgian meal rather than a grand one, and the morning khash is the order.
Modern Georgian / all-day · Vera · ₾50–90 pp
Sunday hours: Sunday, 08:00–00:00
Inside the Stamba Hotel at 14 Merab Kostava Street, a converted Soviet-era printing house, Café Stamba is the design-district all-day room, open Sunday from eight in the morning to midnight. The menu is modern Georgian with a global twist, served under towering ceilings and a vertical garden that make the room itself the draw. Expect ₾50 to ₾90 a head across the day. It is the Sunday option that flexes from a long breakfast to a late dinner without changing tables, and the easiest of the six to wander into without a booking.
How to book a Sunday table in Tbilisi
Most Tbilisi rooms take walk-ins on a Sunday, but the best seats still reward a call ahead. Book the garden at Café Littera for a long, conversation-easy afternoon; it suits a first date better than almost anywhere in the city. Reserve a window at the ATI rooftop when the view is the point, and the cellar table at Barbarestan for the history. Coming for the wine? Azarphesha will walk you through a Sunday flight of qvevri bottles. Eating alone or early, Culinarium Khasheria and its 7am Sunday opening is the easiest solo-dining seat in town, while Café Stamba is the all-day fallback. Tipping is modest in Georgia, with a service charge often already on the bill, so check before you add more.
Frequently asked questions
Which upscale restaurants are open on Sunday in Tbilisi?
Sunday is easy in Tbilisi, because Georgian dining runs on the supra and the best rooms open seven days. The upscale Sunday picks are Café Littera, Tekuna Gachechiladze's modern-Georgian room in the Writers' House garden, the ATI rooftop at the Sheraton Metechi Palace, the heritage-recipe Barbarestan, the natural-wine Azarphesha, the old-town Culinarium Khasheria and the design-hotel Café Stamba. All six are confirmed open Sunday.
Does Tbilisi have Michelin-starred restaurants?
No. The MICHELIN Guide does not cover Georgia, so there are no stars in Tbilisi. The credentials worth tracking instead are the World's 50 Best Discovery list, which includes Barbarestan and Café Littera, the Gault&Millau Georgia selection, and the Star Wine List for the natural-wine rooms such as Azarphesha. Sunday service is the norm rather than the exception here.
Where can I get Sunday brunch in a good Tbilisi restaurant?
The ATI rooftop at the Sheraton Grand Metechi Palace runs a Sunday brunch from 11am to 3pm with a view across the old town, before its evening service from 5pm. Café Stamba in the Stamba Hotel opens from 8am for an all-day weekend table, and Culinarium Khasheria starts at 7am on Sunday for an early Georgian breakfast. All three take a relaxed weekend crowd, and the ATI rooftop is the one to book ahead.
Are restaurants in Tbilisi open on Sunday?
Yes, almost all of them. Georgian dining culture is built on the supra, the long feast, and the weekend is its busiest stretch, so the city's restaurants overwhelmingly open seven days a week including Sunday. The question in Tbilisi is not whether a room is open but which ones rise above the tourist khinkali joints, which is what this list is for.
What is the best Georgian wine restaurant open on Sunday in Tbilisi?
Azarphesha in the old town is the Sunday pick for Georgian wine, open from noon with a deep list of qvevri and natural bottles alongside refined Georgian cooking. It appears on the Star Wine List for its cellar. For a broader cellar in a grander room, Café Littera also keeps a strong Georgian wine list and opens Sunday afternoon in its garden.
Hours verified against each restaurant's published schedule as of May 2026; confirm directly before travelling, as Tbilisi kitchens adjust hours seasonally. Restaurants for Kings is editorial, not sponsored. Some reservation links may earn an affiliate commission, which never affects a ranking or a score.