Laan Thai — Restaurant at Telegraph Hotel, Tbilisi

In short

Laan Thai is the Thai restaurant inside The Telegraph Hotel on Rustaveli Avenue, Tbilisi’s main boulevard. The hotel describes it as bringing “the soul of Thai home cooking” to the city, with a menu built on traditional Thai techniques applied to fresh Georgian ingredients. The kitchen is led by Chef Rose Chalalai Singh. The restaurant is open daily from noon to midnight and is one of several dining venues the hotel groups under its “Restaurants & Bars” programme, alongside a Georgian-European café, an Italian restaurant, a jazz club, a steakhouse and several bars.

The concept, the chef and the room

According to the hotel, Laan Thai’s idea is to pair the comfort of Thai home cooking with produce sourced in Georgia, rather than import a fixed, unchanged Bangkok menu. The restaurant is described as offering “authentic, elegant dishes, tea-based cocktails, and a warm setting,” positioned for lunch, dinner or what the hotel calls “a flavorful escape.” Chef Rose Chalalai Singh is named as the person behind the menu, though the website gives no further biographical detail about her background or training.

The restaurant trades under the Asian category within the hotel’s wider food and beverage offer, which also includes Grand Café (Georgian and European), Philosophico (Italian), Tatuza Jazz Club, The Grill (American steakhouse) and several bars, including a rooftop bar and a courtyard bar. Laan Thai sits within this larger ecosystem, sharing the hotel’s reservation system and loyalty programme.

The setting itself is part of a larger building story. The Telegraph Hotel occupies the former central post and telegraph office of Tbilisi, a Soviet-era landmark on Rustaveli Avenue designed in the 1960s by Georgian architects Lado Alexi-Meskhishvili and Teimuraz Mikashavidze. The building was celebrated for its Soviet modernist style and received the National State Award in 1983. It has since been restored under the direction of Silk Road Group’s George Ramishvili, with design studio Neri & Hu reworking the interiors to combine mid-century Soviet brutalism with contemporary comforts across the hotel’s 239 rooms and its restaurants, including Laan Thai.

What to order

The official website does not publish an itemised list of individual dishes; instead it points guests to separate menu documents (food, beverage, cocktails and tea) without naming specific plates on the main site. Based on what the hotel does state, the following are the categories and signature elements worth knowing before a visit:

• Main menu (English and Georgian versions) – the restaurant says this covers Thai home-style dishes prepared with traditional techniques and Georgian ingredients; no individual dish names are listed on the site itself.
• Tea-based cocktails – highlighted by the hotel as a defining feature of the drinks list, blending tea with cocktail-making rather than following a standard bar format.
• Tea Card – a dedicated tea menu, separate from the cocktail and general beverage lists, suggesting tea is treated as its own category at Laan Thai rather than an afterthought.
• Beverage menu – a general drinks list distinct from the cocktail and tea offerings, available alongside them.

Menus, hours and prices

Laan Thai is open Monday to Sunday, from 12:00 to 00:00, according to the hotel’s website. Five separate menu documents are linked from the restaurant’s page: a Main menu in English, a Main menu in Georgian, a Beverage menu, a Cocktails menu and a Tea Card. The website does not publish prices for any of these menus, nor does it describe set lunch or dinner formats, tasting menus or seasonal changes.

Reservations and practical details

The restaurant’s page includes a “Book now” function tied to the hotel’s own booking system. No phone number specific to Laan Thai is published; the general hotel contact line is +995 32 244 3131, with the email address meetme@telegraphhotel.com, both listed on the hotel’s contact page. The hotel also operates a Silk Rewards loyalty app, described as the first Georgian hospitality loyalty programme of its kind, through which guests can earn points on payments made at Laan Thai and redeem them at any Silk Hospitality venue.

Location and getting there

Laan Thai is located inside The Telegraph Hotel at 31 Shota Rustaveli Avenue, 0108 Tbilisi, on the city’s principal boulevard, known for its theatres, government buildings and shopping in the city centre. The hotel’s location page states the property is 18 kilometres (11 miles) from Tbilisi International Airport (TBS), with airport transfers available on request through the hotel. For guests arriving by car, the hotel says it offers paid, uncovered onsite self-parking as well as on-site EV charging.

Good to know

• Laan Thai is open every day of the week, from noon until midnight.
• The kitchen, led by Chef Rose Chalalai Singh, combines Thai home-cooking methods with Georgian ingredients, according to the hotel.
• Menus are available in both English and Georgian versions for the food menu, plus separate beverage, cocktail and tea menus.
• The restaurant is inside The Telegraph Hotel, a restored Soviet-era post and telegraph building dating from the 1960s.
• Bookings can be made via the hotel’s online “Book now” system.
• Diners can earn and redeem Silk Rewards loyalty points when paying at Laan Thai, as at other Silk Hospitality venues.
• The hotel offers onsite paid self-parking and EV charging for guests arriving by car.
• No prices are published on the official website for food, cocktails or tea.

Questions travellers ask

What kind of food does Laan Thai serve?

The hotel describes Laan Thai as a Thai restaurant focused on home-style cooking, with traditional Thai techniques applied to ingredients sourced in Georgia. The specific dishes are set out in a separate menu document rather than listed on the main website.

Who is the chef at Laan Thai?

Chef Rose Chalalai Singh is named by the hotel as responsible for the restaurant’s menu. No further background on her training or career is given on the official site.

What are the opening hours?

According to the hotel’s website, Laan Thai is open every day from 12:00 to 00:00, with no stated variation by day of the week.

Is Laan Thai inside a hotel, and does that affect access?

Yes, Laan Thai operates inside The Telegraph Hotel on Rustaveli Avenue, in the same building as several other restaurants and bars, including Grand Café, Philosophico and The Grill. The restaurant takes bookings through the hotel’s own reservation system, and hotel guests can use the Silk Rewards loyalty app there as at the hotel’s other venues.

How do you get to Laan Thai from Tbilisi airport?

The hotel states that The Telegraph Hotel, and therefore Laan Thai, is located 18 kilometres (11 miles) from Tbilisi International Airport, and that airport transfers can be arranged by contacting the hotel directly.

Sources

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