Tbilisi at Night: Where to Go for Dinner, Bars and Clubs

Below are three different scenarios, because "an evening in Tbilisi" means something very different to a couple with a glass of wine and to a group heading to Bassiani at 4 am.

• A quiet evening as a couple or with family — lights, views, dinner, home before midnight → see "An evening walk" and "Where to eat".
• A group of 20–35-year-olds after bars and music → see "Bars and neighbourhoods" and "Clubs and the electronic scene".
• You want Georgian atmosphere — a feast, polyphonic singing, wine → see "Where to eat" (the Georgian supra).

An evening walk: a two-hour route

Start at Europe Square, at the entrance to Rike Park. From here you can see the Bridge of Peace and the Old Town on the opposite bank.

1. Rike Park → Bridge of Peace (5–10 minutes on foot). The bridge's dynamic LED lighting switches on after dark — in August roughly between 8:30 and 9 pm, but there's no exact schedule, so if you arrive while it's still light, just wait a quarter of an hour.
2. Narikala by cable car — decide before you cross the bridge. If you want to ride up to the fortress, the lower station is right here in Rike Park, where you started. In summer the cabins usually run until midnight; from 1 November, winter hours apply and the last ride is around 10 pm. The fare is 2.5 GEL one way, paid only with a Metromoney card — no cash at the turnstile. Don't go up later than 30–40 minutes before closing, or you'll have to walk down a path in the dark. Details are in our guide to Tbilisi's cable cars.
3. Narikala Fortress is open around the clock, and the view of the city and the Bridge of Peace is especially striking after dark.
4. Going down — either by cable car (if you make it in time) or on foot through Sololaki (15–20 minutes downhill through lit-up streets). Walking is the safer bet if you're short on time.
5. Across the bridge into the Old Town, to Abanotubani and the sulphur baths (10 minutes). Here you can either stay for a bath (they're open late) or carry on to dinner.

A separate note: Mtatsminda is reached by a different system, from a different part of the city — the historic funicular (lower station at 22 Daniel Chonkadze Street) or the Rustaveli–Mtatsminda cable car (52 Rustaveli Avenue). It has nothing to do with the route above. At the top are a panoramic restaurant, an amusement park and views over the whole city. If you plan to go up in the evening, treat it as a separate part of your night rather than an add-on to the Rike walk — you can't realistically fit two climbs and dinner into one evening. Check closing times in advance: the cable car's standard hours end at 9 pm, and the funicular's hours change with the season.

Views and sunset

Proven options that work in the evening:

• Narikala Fortress — see the route above. The most accessible viewpoint, with a cable car and no detour.
• Turtle Lake (Vake) — a view of the sunset over the city, reached by the Vake–Turtle Lake cable car from Vake Park. Better if you're already based in that part of town than as a separate trip from the centre.
• Mtatsminda — the highest viewpoint in the city, but it needs its own evening: getting up and back, including the queue at the ticket desk, takes more than an hour, so it's hard to combine with dinner down in the centre on the same night.

The rule for all three: arrive 30–40 minutes before sunset to catch both the daytime and the evening view, rather than fumbling in the dark with your phone looking for the right angle. Sunset times by month are in our guide to Tbilisi viewpoints.

Where to eat

Dinner with a view. Tsiskvili Terrace at 80 Zviad Gamsakhurdia Embankment — an 800 m² terrace with a panorama over the city and live music in the evenings; the kitchen is open until 11 pm. Book a table on the terrace in advance, especially for sunset.

A Georgian feast with live music. Meidani, 6 Rkinis Rigi Street, by the Metekhi Bridge in the Old Town — a cellar dining room with the Maidan jazz band and the Urmuli folk ensemble every evening, plus a show on Saturdays. Open 12:00–00:00 (or until the last guest leaves).

Quick and cheap late at night. The Daphna khinkali house in the Orbeliani area stays open until 2 am on weekdays and until 6 am at weekends — the classic trio of khinkali, khachapuri and lobiani. Near Khidi club is the 24-hour Machakhela with a classic menu. On Rustaveli Avenue, in a basement, is the 24-hour House of Khinkali, with an average bill of around 20–30 GEL.

Vegetarians and vegans. Kiwi Vegan Cafe is the city's oldest vegan café, rated 4.4 on Restaurant Guru (2,255+ reviews), with reasonable prices and big portions. Hummusbar in Marjanishvili serves chickpea dishes, hummus and Middle Eastern food, in a pleasant neighbourhood full of Turkish cafés.

Bars and neighbourhoods

Fabrika (Chughureti/Marjanishvili, 8 Ninoshvili Street). A former Soviet sewing factory converted in 2016 into a hostel, co-working space and four bars around an inner courtyard, with plenty of street art. During the day people come for coffee; in the evening, especially on Fridays, it becomes the main hangout for Tbilisi's young crowd. The easiest way there is from Marjanishvili metro.

Sololaki — for a quiet glass of wine. A dense network of wine bars in the old streets: Vino Underground (Galaktion Tabidze Street), natural and organic wines, one of the first places in the city to pour only organic wine; Chacha Time (5 Geronti Kikodze Street), chacha and infusions made with blackberry, oak and apricot; Iasamani (33 Lado Asatiani Street), modern Georgian food and cocktails, known for its Negroni; Soda Bar (20 Shalva Dadiani Street), an aperitivo bar a couple of steps from Freedom Square; Decanter (26 Rustaveli Avenue), a wine shop and bistro with limited outdoor tables — best to book.

Vera — also wine, but a bit more fashionable. Wine Not? (6 Petriashvili Street), an underground wine bar with long lists of amber, red and white wines; Sulico (27 Mikheil Zandukeli Street), cheese boards and a cosy courtyard in summer; The Pink Bar at Stamba (14 Merab Kostava Street, in the Stamba hotel), designer cocktails based on vodka and gin. Also here is the Wine Factory No. 1 complex (1 Vasil Petriashvili Street), a whole cluster of bars under one roof, including Cocktail Factory, which often hosts guest bartenders.

Marjanishvili — louder. Besides Fabrika, there's a dense network of cafés and bars around the square and the Kuki quarter, known for its Turkish places.

Clubs and the electronic scene

To be honest, Tbilisi's techno scene isn't a place to "pop in for a drink" — it's a subculture with its own rules. Go only if you're ready for that format; if you just want to dance to pop hits, pick one of the louder bars instead of the clubs below.

• Bassiani — the flagship of the scene, in a former Soviet swimming pool beneath the Dinamo stadium. Open only on Fridays and Saturdays, 23:00–9:00. You need to register on bassiani.com before your visit (name, ID, a link to your social media profile); approval takes a few days, so don't leave it until the day of your visit. The door policy is strict: you'll be asked how you heard about the club, who's playing tonight and why you've come — answer calmly and honestly. Photography inside is forbidden, and phone cameras are covered with stickers.
• Khidi — under the Vakhushti Bagrationi Bridge, on the embankment. A heavier, more industrial techno sound, and easier to get into than Bassiani. Entry is roughly 20–50 GEL (this may be out of date).
• Mtkvarze — in Vake, in a former Soviet restaurant on the water, with panoramic windows onto the river. Softer music — house, disco, experimental electronica — and a calmer crowd.

For all three, event schedules are published on the venues' social media rather than as a fixed timetable on their websites: nights are built around a specific line-up, and on an ordinary weekday the club may simply be closed.

Theatre, concerts and cinema

The programme changes every week, so instead of a list, here are the places to check what's on:

• yolo.ge/posters — a combined Tbilisi listing: theatre, concerts, cinema, exhibitions.
• tkt.ge — tickets for concerts and events.

If it's raining

• The Abanotubani sulphur baths are open late, and rain outside only adds to the contrast with the hot water inside. See our guide to Tbilisi's sulphur baths.
• The Funicular panoramic restaurant on Mtatsminda — ride up in the enclosed funicular carriage and stay for the whole evening, whatever the weather.
• The wine bars of Sololaki and Vera (see above) are all indoors; the summer courtyards simply close in bad weather while the bar carries on.
• Cavea cinemas show current releases, with some screenings in English or with English subtitles — a handy fallback for a rainy evening.
• Fabrika — the courtyard is open-air, but the bars and co-working space inside the buildings work in any weather.

Practical tips

The metro runs from 6 am to midnight. It's the only transport in the city with a clear closing time, so use it to plan when to head home.

Taxis at night. After the metro closes, it's app-based taxis only. At night — especially at weekends and when the clubs close — prices rise with demand. That's normal dynamic pricing, not a scam. More in our guide to taxis in Tbilisi.

Safety. The centre (Old Town, Sololaki, Vera, Rustaveli, Marjanishvili) is generally calm and busy in the evening and at night. One thing worth knowing: since 2024, pro-EU protesters have gathered every evening on Rustaveli Avenue outside the parliament building — as of August 2026, for more than 600 days in a row. The atmosphere is usually peaceful, but on some days the avenue may be blocked and there have been isolated incidents. If your route takes you along Rustaveli in the evening, be prepared for part of the avenue to be taken up by the demonstration — no reason to change your plans, but allow time to go around it.

What's closed on Sundays and Mondays. Some small bars and independent cafés take Monday off. If you're heading for a specific place early in the week, check its social media before you go.

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