Grand Café — Restaurant at Telegraph Hotel, Tbilisi

In short

Grand Café is the all-day restaurant of The Telegraph Hotel, on Shota Rustaveli Avenue in central Tbilisi. The hotel describes it as a restaurant that blends European elegance with Georgian tradition, serving breakfast in the morning and a European and Georgian dinner menu through the evening, with tableside flambé service and dessert as part of the draw. The restaurant has been included on La Liste, the international gastronomy ranking, according to the hotel.

The concept, the chef and the room

Grand Café sits inside The Telegraph Hotel, a 239-room property occupying the former central post and telegraph office of Tbilisi. The building was designed in the 1960s by Georgian architects Lado Alexi-Meskhishvili and Teimuraz Mikashavidze, served as a landmark of Soviet-era Tbilisi, and received the National State Award in 1983 for its Soviet modernist design. It has since been restored under the direction of Silk Road Group’s George Ramishvili, with interiors by design studio Neri & Hu, who worked to preserve the original mid-century character of the building while introducing a more contemporary layer of design.

Within this setting, the hotel describes Grand Café’s own atmosphere as having a “luxurious vibe”, built around what it calls “warm hospitality” and a menu that sets Georgian culinary tradition alongside European technique. The signature table-side element is flambé service, prepared in front of diners, which the hotel highlights alongside its dessert offering as a defining part of the experience. No executive chef is named on the hotel’s own pages for this particular restaurant.

What to order

• Tableside flambé dishes — prepared and finished at the table, described by the hotel as one of the restaurant’s refined, theatrical signatures.
• Creative desserts — part of the kitchen’s stated focus, pairing European pastry technique with the hotel’s broader modern-and-heritage theme.
• Georgian dishes with a modern approach — the hotel describes a menu that draws on Georgian culinary tradition reinterpreted through a European lens.
• European dishes — alongside the Georgian repertoire, the menu covers European cooking, in keeping with the restaurant’s billing as a “European, Georgian” kitchen.

Grand Café publishes separate English- and Georgian-language main menus, plus a dedicated breakfast menu, all available through the restaurant’s page on the hotel website; the hotel does not list individual dish names or prices on these pages.

Menus, hours and prices

• Breakfast: Monday to Friday, 08:00–11:00; Saturday and Sunday, 08:00–11:30.
• Dinner: served daily, 17:00–00:00.
• Three menus are listed by the hotel: Main (English), Main (Georgian), and Breakfast.
• No set prices or price ranges are published on the hotel’s website.

Reservations and practical details

Bookings are made through the “Book now” function on the Telegraph Hotel website, the same channel used for the hotel’s other restaurants and bars. Grand Café is one of several dining venues inside the property, alongside an Italian restaurant, a jazz club, a Thai restaurant, a steakhouse, a rooftop bar, a courtyard bar, a café, and a wine library. Guests and diners can also take part in Silk Rewards, described by the hotel as Georgia’s first hospitality loyalty app, which the hotel says allows points to be earned on payments and redeemed across Silk Hospitality venues, including Grand Café.

Location and getting there

Grand Café is located at 31 Shota Rustaveli Avenue, 0108 Tbilisi, inside The Telegraph Hotel, on one of the city’s principal thoroughfares in the historic centre. The hotel states it is 18 km (11 miles) from Tbilisi International Airport (TBS) and offers to arrange airport transfers on request. For guests arriving by car, the hotel provides paid, uncovered on-site self-parking with EV charging points. Being on Rustaveli Avenue, the restaurant is within walking distance of the city’s main cultural and shopping landmarks, and reachable from the Rustaveli metro station.

Good to know

• Grand Café operates inside The Telegraph Hotel, a restored 1960s building that once served as Tbilisi’s central post and telegraph office.
• Breakfast and dinner are served at different hours; there is a gap between the end of breakfast service and the start of dinner.
• Separate English and Georgian versions of the main menu are available, plus a breakfast menu.
• The hotel states the restaurant has a place on La Liste, an international restaurant-ranking platform.
• Reservations can be made through the hotel’s official website booking tool.
• The restaurant participates in the Silk Rewards loyalty programme, which the hotel says allows points earned on dining to be redeemed at other Silk Hospitality venues.
• Paid on-site parking with EV charging is available for guests driving to the hotel.
• Grand Café is one of several restaurants and bars within the same hotel, including an Italian restaurant, jazz club, Thai restaurant, and rooftop bar.

Questions travellers ask

Is Grand Café open to non-hotel guests?

The hotel’s materials present Grand Café as one of its public restaurants, bookable through the same “Book now” system used for its other dining venues, which are listed as being open to diners generally rather than restricted to overnight guests.

What type of cuisine does Grand Café serve?

The hotel categorises it as “Georgian, European”, describing a menu that combines Georgian culinary tradition with European dishes and techniques, including tableside flambé preparations and dessert courses.

What are the restaurant’s opening hours?

Breakfast runs Monday to Friday from 08:00 to 11:00 and Saturday to Sunday from 08:00 to 11:30. Dinner is served every day of the week from 17:00 until midnight.

Does Grand Café publish its prices online?

No. The hotel provides English and Georgian main menus and a breakfast menu as downloadable or viewable documents on its website, but it does not list prices for individual dishes on its public pages.

How do I get to Grand Café from Tbilisi airport?

The restaurant is inside The Telegraph Hotel at 31 Shota Rustaveli Avenue, which the hotel states is 18 km (11 miles) from Tbilisi International Airport. The hotel can be contacted directly to arrange an airport transfer.

Sources

• Grand Café — official website (telegraphhotel.com)
• Grand Café: About
• Grand Café: Rooms & Suites
• Grand Café: Restaurants & Bars
• Grand Café: Meetings & Events
• Grand Café: Fitness & Wellness
• Grand Café: Offers

Profiled in depth by the GTour desk on 28 October 2026 from the property’s official website; photographs are the property’s own, from its official website, credited under each image. Not sponsored; tell us if something has changed.