Tbilisi
You're flying out of Tbilisi Airport, you have 90 minutes to kill, and you'd like to do better than a Pret. Good news: airport drinking has improved more in the last five years than the previous fifty. Pre-flight drinks at Tbilisi Airport range from chain reliability to surprisingly polished hotel-style bars in the airport hotels. This is barsforKings's editor-curated guide to drinking better at Tbilisi's airports.
Old Tbilisi · $$
Creative-class courtyard inside a converted Soviet-era sewing factory.
Vera · $$$
Cocktail bar with a tight rotating menu and a young engaged crowd.
Vera · $$$
Hotel cafe-bar inside the Stamba Hotel.
Vera · $$$
Wine bar with one of the world's deepest Georgian-wine lists.
Want a real drink before flying? The fastest play is to get to airport hotels next door — most run polished bars that beat anything post-security. We list them at the bottom. If you've got 60 spare minutes pre-airport, see our shortlist of bars in Tbilisi proper at the end.
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