Restaurants in Georgia

Laila Restaurant is consistently regarded as the best dining option in Mestia, the main town of Upper Svaneti and gateway to Georgia's highest mountain villages. Set within the Laila Hotel, the restaurant brings authentic Svan cuisine to a comfortable setting. The menu features kubdari (Svan meat bread) made fresh daily, tashmijabi (potato and cheese fondue), chvishtari (cornbread with cheese), and dishes seasoned with svanuri marili (Svan salt). The hotel garden faces the dramatic Svaneti tower-house skyline and glaciated Caucasus peaks.

Lile is a family-run guesthouse and restaurant in central Mestia offering home-cooked Svan cuisine in an intimate setting. The Lile family has been welcoming trekkers and travellers for two decades, and the kitchen is run by the family matriarch whose kubdari recipe is considered among the best in Svaneti. The menu is simple: kubdari, mchadi, fresh cheese, matsoni, and mountain honey, with whatever seasonal vegetables and herbs the Svaneti highland summer provides.