Georgia · Cooking

Tbilisi Food Tour in a Local Family

3 Hours Round trip from Tbilisi Easy pace

The journey

Trip highlights
  • 01 Visit a traditional local family home in Tbilisi
  • 02 Join a hands-on cooking masterclass with a local cook
  • 03 Make Georgian favourites like Khinkali and Khachapuri
  • 04 Taste Eggplant with Walnuts, Georgian Salad, and Mchadi
  • 05 Enjoy Sulguni cheese, homemade wine, and Chacha
  • 06 Round-trip transport from the meeting place to the local family

Discover Georgian hospitality through a hands-on evening food experience in Tbilisi. Meet your guide at Avlabari Metro Station, then head to a traditional local family home for a cooking masterclass focused on some of Georgia’s best-loved dishes.

During this 3-hour tour, you’ll prepare classics such as Khinkali, Khachapuri, Eggplant with Walnuts, Georgian Salad, and Mchadi, then sit down to enjoy what you’ve made. Along the way, taste Sulguni cheese, homemade dry white wine, and Georgian Chacha for an authentic introduction to local flavours and family traditions.

Meet your guide at Avlabari Metro Station, then head to a traditional local family home for a cooking masterclass focused on some of Georgia’s best-loved dishes.

From the itinerary

At a glance

What this trip includes

Duration 3 Hours
Tour type Shared
Activity level Easy
Accommodation Not included
Transport Included
Wheelchair access Not applicable
City Tbilisi
Languages English

Day by day

The itinerary

1
Day 01

17:30 Avlabari Metro Station

At 17:30, our guide meets you in front of the Avlabari metro station with our company's branded flag.

18:30 Arrive at a local house

Duration:  2 hours and 30 minutes
Food and drink-tasting cooking classes in the local kitchen are some of the best things you can do in Tbilisi. Food is one of the reasons people visit Georgia.
You visit a traditional local family, where a local cook lives. She gives you cooking classes on how to make the most famous traditional dishes, Khinkali(dumplings), Khachapuri(bread with cheese), Eggplant with Walnuts, Georgian Salad, and Mchadi(cornbread), and you make all of them by yourself. You will have famous Georgian cheese Sulguni, homemade dry white wine, and the famous Georgian vodka Chacha. After cooking all the food with your hands, you try all of it. 
To meet a local family, study how to make the most famous traditional dishes, try to eat and drink more than you can, and get the local food recipe is the best thing you can do in Tbilisi in 3 hours.

21:00 Finish the tour

We finish the tour with a local family at 21:00.

The route

Where you'll travel

Tour route map
Round trip from Tbilisi 1 city · 3 Hours

The fine print

Trip details

What's Included

  • A certified tour guide's service.
  • Six different food in a local family.
  • Homemade wine.
  • Homemade Vodka (Chacha).
  • Water.
  • Cooking master classes in a local family from a local lady.
  • Transportation from the meeting place to the local family.

What's Not Included

  • Transportation from the local family to a hotel.
  • Gratuities.

Know before you go

  • Don't be late.
  • Vegetarian food is also available upon request.

Logistics

Meeting & route

Meeting point
Tbilisi, GE
Tour start
Tbilisi, GE
Tour ends at the same location as the start point.
End of the journey

Your 3 hours finish where they began, in Tbilisi.

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