Satchashnike — Gastronomy in Tbilisi, Georgia

In short

Satchashnike is a restaurant, pub and grill at Merab Kostava Street 60 in central Tbilisi. The website brands the venue as “Satchashnike. Restaurant, Pub, Grill 1969” and presents an extensive menu built around Georgian staples — khinkali, khachapuri, kupati, mtsvadi — alongside beer-hall snacks, grilled steaks, and a long list of beers, wines and cocktails. The site also publishes a separate night menu, with khashi and nightcap cocktails served from 21:00.

The concept, the chef and the room

The official website does not include a written concept statement, a chef’s name or a description of the interior; the information available is confined to the menu pages themselves. From the structure of those menus, the restaurant positions itself as a hybrid of a traditional Georgian tavern and a grill-and-beer pub: the day menu runs from beer snacks and salads through soups, khinkali, bread and pastry, mains and large sharing boards, grilled meats, garnishes, sauces and desserts, while a separate drinks list covers draught and bottled beer, sparkling, white and red wine, spirits, coffee and tea. A dedicated night menu adds a “before khashi arrives” section, khashi itself, khinkali and nightcap cocktails, indicating the restaurant also operates as a late-night, after-hours stop.

The address, Merab Kostava Street 60, places the restaurant on one of central Tbilisi’s principal arteries, which runs from the area near Rustaveli Avenue toward Vake, through a district of offices, embassies, cultural venues and residential blocks. No further detail about the dining room, seating capacity or design is given on the pages reviewed.

What to order

• Khinkali, city style or mountain style (6/10 pieces) — the restaurant’s dumplings, offered in two traditional shapes alongside a beef-filled version.
• Mezze board — a shared platter with seasonal pkhali, chopped pork mujuji tartare with garlic rye bread, home-fermented cucumbers and onions, fermented red cabbage, baby chilli pickle, smoked cheese sauce, spiced olives and shoti bread chips.
• Crispy smoked Sulguni cheese sticks — smoked Sulguni served crumbed and fried with a truffle aioli sauce.
• Salmon gravlax — the restaurant’s own marinated salmon, served with dill mustard.
• Chicken drumstick lollipops — chicken drumsticks glazed in a spicy barbecue-teriyaki sauce.
• Satchashnike’s Ajapsandali — whole grilled eggplant with a spicy tomato sauce and fresh greens.
• Czech-style pork shank (1kg) — served with pickled white cabbage, warm potato salad with bacon, honey demi-glace and horseradish sauce.
• Mibrasa-grilled spicy pork brisket ribs (1kg) — ribs cooked on the Mibrasa grill, served with a four-style cabbage garnish.
• Big grilled meat board — pork mtsvadi, kupati, kebab, half a chicken, spicy potato wedges, tkemali and smoked tomato sauce, meant for sharing.
• Grilled half chicken with Shkmeruli sauce — half a chicken finished with Georgia’s garlicky milk-and-cream sauce.
• Mibrasa-grilled lamb cutlets — served with grilled colourful peppers and a strained spicy matsoni sauce.
• Basque cheesecake — served with a beer salted-caramel sauce.
• Nightcap cocktails (from 21:00) — a short list including a Chacha Sour with mint, Margarita, “Nikusha’s Cosmopolitan,” Pepper Gin & Tonic with cucumber, Smoked Bloody Mary and Whiskey Sour.

Menus, hours and prices

The website publishes three separate menus: a main “To Eat” menu, a “To Drink” menu, and a “Night Menu.” The main menu is organised into beer snacks, soups, salads, pastry and bread, khinkali, mains and big sharing boards, grilled dishes, garnishes, sauces, pickled/fermented items (“fermentation”) and sweets. The drinks menu lists draught beer (including a Georgian craft beer called “Taati,” plus Hoegaarden, Leffe, Stella Artois, London Pride, Heineken, Schneider Weisse and Guinness), bottled Belgian beers, sparkling and still wines (including several qvevri wines), soft drinks, coffee and tea, chacha, vodka, tequila, gin, rum, whisky and cognac/brandy.

The separate night menu repeats a shorter selection of snacks, soups, khinkali and grilled meats, adds a dedicated khashi section (“classic” and “experimental” versions), and lists the nightcap cocktails as available from 21:00 onward. No other opening hours, service times or seasonal variations are stated on the pages reviewed.

Prices are given on the website as numbers only, without an explicit currency symbol; given that the restaurant operates in Tbilisi, these figures are presumably in Georgian lari (GEL). Dish prices on the main menu range from single digits for a shoti bread or sauce up to 132 for the large grilled meat board and 98 for the beef tenderloin steak or grilled sturgeon. Drinks range from 6 for a small Georgian lemonade to 55 for a bottle of Nikka Japanese whisky and up to 330 for a reserve qvevri Saperavi wine.

Reservations and practical details

The menu pages reviewed for this profile do not include a telephone number, an online booking link, stated opening hours (other than the 21:00 start for nightcap cocktails), or information about payment methods, accessibility or dress code. Travellers wishing to confirm table availability, exact hours or reservation procedures should check the restaurant’s website or social media channels directly, or ask their hotel concierge to call ahead.

Location and getting there

Satchashnike is located at Merab Kostava Street 60. Kostava Street is a well-known central Tbilisi thoroughfare that connects the area near Rustaveli Avenue to the Vake district, running through a mixed zone of offices, embassies, apartment blocks and cultural venues. Visitors arriving from Rustaveli Avenue or the Rustaveli metro station can reach the street within easy walking distance or a short taxi ride; a taxi or ride-hailing app is the most straightforward option for visitors coming from other parts of the city, such as the Old Town or Vake Park.

Good to know

• The restaurant publishes separate day and night menus, with the night menu built around khashi and nightcap cocktails from 21:00.
• Several dishes are explicitly designed for sharing, including the mezze board, crispy snack board, mixed sausage board and big grilled meat board.
• Khinkali is offered in three styles: city, mountain and a beef-filled version, each available in portions of 6 or 10 pieces.
• The beer list combines a Georgian craft beer (“Taati”) with well-known Belgian, English, German and Irish imports, both on draught and in bottles.
• The wine list includes several qvevri-aged Georgian wines, such as Khikhvi, Kisi and Saperavi, alongside more familiar Badagoni labels.
• A Mibrasa grill is used for several signature dishes, including the pork brisket ribs and the lamb cutlets.
• Prices on the website are given as plain numbers without a stated currency, presumed to be Georgian lari.
• No opening hours, reservation contacts or payment details are listed on the menu pages reviewed.

Questions travellers ask

What kind of food does Satchashnike serve?

According to its own menu pages, Satchashnike serves a mix of traditional Georgian dishes — khinkali, khachapuri, kupati, khashi, lobio — alongside grilled meats, beer-hall snacks, salads and desserts such as Basque cheesecake, set within a pub-and-grill format that also offers an extensive beer, wine and cocktail list.

Is there a late-night menu?

Yes. The restaurant publishes a separate night menu that includes a “before khashi arrives” snack section, two versions of khashi, khinkali and grilled meats, plus a list of nightcap cocktails available from 21:00.

Can large groups order sharing platters?

The menu includes several boards designed for sharing, such as the mezze board, the crispy snack board, the mixed sausage board, the Czech-style pork shank and the big grilled meat board, which combines mtsvadi, kupati, kebab and half a chicken.

Does Satchashnike have vegetarian options?

The menu lists some vegetarian-leaning dishes, including the grilled Ajapsandali (whole grilled eggplant), various salads, pkhali, cheese boards and a range of garnishes and pickles, though the overall menu is centred on meat, poultry and fish dishes.

How do I get to Satchashnike from central Tbilisi?

The restaurant is on Merab Kostava Street, a central thoroughfare linking the Rustaveli Avenue area to Vake. It is within walking distance or a short taxi ride from Rustaveli Avenue and the Rustaveli metro station, and easily reached by taxi or ride-hailing app from other parts of the city.

Sources

• Satchashnike — official website (satchashnike.ge)
• Satchashnike: EN
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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.