Magnolia

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Level 4 Local Expert

Great restaurant! Best khinkaly in Georgia. Great lobiany with bacon from Racha. Very beautiful view on the river. Highly recommend!

ирине д.

Level 2 Local Expert

Best ❤️❤️👏

Артем К.

Level 30 Local Expert

I really liked this restaurant! Located on the riverbank, the views for Kutaisi are excellent, the service is great, the food is delicious, the prices are adequate, the surroundings are appropriate! I really liked the khachapuri on a skewer, and the shish kebab in the photo on the menu seemed to be an ordinary skewer, but they brought a huge one! Kharcho and khinkali are beyond praise! By the way, kharcho is served with pomegranate (sort of) marshmallows.... I didn't think it was delicious, but it went right in! There are parking problems, but it's not critical! I definitely recommend it - delicious, beautiful, pleasant!

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Эльвира Сайфетдинова

Level 17 Local Expert

Very atmospheric: - a cave restaurant with a large selection of places for every taste (by the waterfall, overlooking the raging river stream, in a cozy covered corridor); - the staff is English and Russian-speaking, helpful and hospitable; - they cook fast enough. Adjarian khachapuri and dry white wine are incomparable; - the prices are reasonable. There are good discounts for those who live in the hotel of the same name. I recommend.

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Irina

Level 11 Local Expert

They came without any special expectations, but left well-fed and very satisfied. We took: salad with cucumbers, tomatoes and nuts, 2 types of kebabs, khachapuri, ojakhuri, and also a liter of homemade wine, chacha. We took kubdari and baklava with us. Everything was very fresh and delicious. The wine is delicious. Kubdari looked like Grandma was cooking! And I couldn't stop eating baklava. Thank you so much for such hospitality and for the highest quality of food! We will definitely come back once we are in Kutaisi!

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Михаил Бологов

Level 4 Local Expert

This place is amazing. The best seats are, of course, in the hall above the river, but they need to be occupied in advance. I was in a cave-like room, it felt unusual but pleasant. The design is beyond praise. The food didn't disappoint either

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Надотур Краснодар

Level 4 Local Expert

Great restaurant, everything is delicious! The portions are huge, for example, 1 serving of salad with vegetables was enough for 7 adults!!! Actually, the "basin" was brought at a price of 10 lari (three hundred rubles) Khinkali is delicious, shish kebab, pickles, tarragon soup, but I especially liked the red wine (saperavi). Before that, we visited several wineries in Kakheti, tried it in restaurants - Tbilisi, Telavi, Batumi, this draft was the best.

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Valentina Maslova

Level 18 Local Expert

The restaurant was recommended by the hostess of our guest house - the food is really delicious, the portions are huge. The only negative is the long wait due to full boarding in the evening.

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Алексей Семёнов

Level 17 Local Expert

Very tasty and generous portions. Rare case: good meat and delicious Ojahuri. The food is also excellent. Salads are brought in basins, carefully.

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Юлия Мельникова

Level 9 Local Expert

Perhaps one of the best restaurants in Kutaisi! This is the second time we've been here. Delicious cuisine, beautiful food, colorful interior and an unusual location with a fork across the river! The prices are slightly above average, but it's worth it.

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Тая Зверева

Level 9 Local Expert

We went to lunch with a friend, had a barbecue, salad, eggplant rolls, pomegranate juice and khinkali. Everything was delicious, except for the last one... the dough was thick and overcooked, the meat tasted bad. And the order is from 5 pcs. We ate one at a time… The most tasteless khinkali during the trip (( The restaurant itself is interesting, with many dishes of national cuisine.

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Дима Б.

Level 3 Local Expert

Very tasty khinkali, as well as dolma, after a week-long vacation in Tbilisi and Kutaisi, this is the most delicious place. The chicken kebab is very very juicy Cozy room, I recommend it

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Ольга Сребницкая

Level 4 Local Expert

I read about this restaurant on Facebook, it was recommended. It turned out to be the closest to the place of my arrival/departure. The food was brought to me quickly, and the lobio and wine were delicious. Lobio is a lot for me, but I mastered it) The waiters speak English. I am happy with the visit. There is Wi-Fi, a clean toilet.

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Вероника Захарьяева

Level 7 Local Expert

Service: for the first time, it is not clear where to go, where to sit with the hostess does not meet, there are no waiters in the area either. But there were 3 incomprehensible guys who were not employees of the institution, but occupied the aisle. Thank you for telling them what the waiter looks like in this establishment. Food: Lobiani with cheese - 10/10. I would have given him all 5 stars if I hadn't made a mistake with the barbecue order. Pork shish kebab consists of 5/6 pieces. They spared the meat, but they didn't spare the bones and fat. So it's not entirely clear which is the best meat in Georgia there was a review earlier. The Ojahuri was good. And the meat was great there, too. When hot, it's fire. I'm a little upset, because according to reviews and articles, the best restaurant in Kutaisi. But in fact, it's a little different.

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Шорников Юрий

Level 25 Local Expert

I couldn't put it above 3. Yes, this is a cafe-restaurant with an interesting design, a large menu, by the way, with pictures and a website. But! The speed of serving dishes is depressing. The service is not the best. Khinkali was told to wait 1.5 hours, but refused. We ordered soup with sorrel and beef - sour, terrible. Salad with tongue - poured with some kind of spicy sauce, it is also impossible to eat. Baked potatoes with chicken are fat. They forgot to bring khachapuri and it was served an hour later. The branded lemonade is obviously syrups-based, too sweet. The prices are high, but the dishes are not small either. So we sat and ... They tried to eat it.

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Konstantin Tkachev

Level 6 Local Expert

It's a terrible place. It's not delicious. They carry everything for a sooo long time (more than an hour). As a result, they brought the wrong thing, there was a "3 piece" hair in the salad. I don't understand why there are so many positive reviews here. In a place where smoking is prohibited, everyone smokes and ashtrays are brought especially for you. The salads are not fried and they are just solid fat. Once again, this is a terrible place. The only advantage is the view. And the prices are too high, you can eat an order of magnitude cheaper in about the same place.

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Ирина Панова

Level 10 Local Expert

It's a great restaurant. The cuisine is very tasty, the service is top-notch: fast and friendly. The interior is excellent. I definitely recommend it!

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Владимир К.

Level 5 Local Expert

The place is quite popular. Beautiful view from the veranda to the river. The feed is fast. We ordered a pumpkin salad, a tongue with some spices, and chicken. Somehow the dishes were unlucky - it was tasteless (the chicken was warmed up), even the white house wine was extremely mediocre.

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Б А М

Level 25 Local Expert

This is not an understandable place at all, in the morning we waited for 15 minutes, no one came up, a day later we stopped for lunch, if we hadn't barked, we would have just sat there, waited for food for a long time, asked for the bill in advance and waited anyway. The food is not very tasty. So I don't understand where such rave reviews come from. There are places in Moscow with Georgian cuisine that are much better in quality and excellent service.

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Алекс Г

Level 7 Local Expert

Twisted lobiani with buffalo sulguni - try it! It's very tasty! An atmospheric place by the river! If you don't eat much, check the portion sizes!)))

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Любовь Беседина

Level 15 Local Expert

The restaurant has a magnificent view of the river. The hostess of the hotel recommended the restaurant to us, we took advantage of the recommendation, but it's not that we were just satisfied, we found more interesting and tastier places. The music was too loud on the veranda. The prices are tourist, of course. We ordered different khinkali (with suluguni, beef and veal) and khachapuri in Adjarian style. Khachapuri was delicious, but we ate khinkali and tastier - we were disappointed. The photos are a view from a restaurant and some kind of corn tortilla. I didn't have time to photograph the rest - they were too hungry))

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tsapen3214

Level 7 Local Expert

In 2024, it was number 1 in the top establishments that we visited during our 20-day trip to Georgia. In 2025, something in them has not changed for the better. But it's still an institution worth paying attention to - delicious, reasonable prices, original interior, great view of the river. If possible, I would like to have a table for 6 people on the balcony))

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Eugene V.

Level 9 Local Expert

Extra-long service. There are vegetables in the salad that have been buried for three weeks. The Ojahuri is just burnt into the coals. The price is also higher than everyone else in the city. Parking is prohibited nearby. Terrible experience. Service takes forever. The salad was made from vegetables that should’ve been buried three weeks ago. The "ojakhuri" was nothing but a pile of charcoal. On top of that, the prices are the highest in town — and there’s no legal parking nearby. Avoid.

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Максим Наумов

Level 11 Local Expert

Very good cuisine. The portions are very large, calculate your strength. You can get enough of one pot of lobio so that you can no longer taste the splendor of other dishes. Take their wine, it's beautiful.

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Тати

Level 15 Local Expert

The food was delicious, the order was accepted and half was not brought, but we were glad because the portions were large and we ate! The staff speaks English))

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Toma P.

Level 6 Local Expert

I didn't understand the rave reviews at all. The food is mediocre, the service is lame, and the interior is not impressive. The restaurant has a menu in Russian. Neither the hostess nor the waiter speak Russian, but they also understand English with difficulty. It took a while or not at all to make out the phrases "could you please help me, where's WC", "non-alcoholic beer", "I need more time to think" and "may we have a bill". We have met many other places where the staff speaks English and speaks the language perfectly. If you understand "bill" in Russian, but you don't understand "bill" in English, it's not clear what this show-off is for. Also, be prepared for the fact that your appliances will lie on dirty oilcloths, a beer glass may have sediment at the bottom, and staff is constantly moving around the restaurant through a creaking door (the seating was small, 3-4 tables). About the food. The portions are large! But there was vinegar in the salad, and the ojahuri was a little dry. Chicken breast kebab, but pleased with the juiciness. Having traveled all over Georgia, I would definitely not have given this institution a top five, but maybe this is normal for Kutaisi

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Anna Gundorina

Level 9 Local Expert

I recommend visiting this restaurant! pleasant waiters, fast service and delicious food! the prices are higher than in other cafes, but the service is much faster.

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Екатерина Гвинджилия

Level 10 Local Expert

We were passing through Kutaisi, we wanted to sit in a specific place. We waited for 10 minutes to be seated at a table with a beautiful view. We took chashushuli, lobio, baklava, Kindzmarauli and homemade lemonade - all for 5 points! Khinkali was served with cheese, but they disappointed us, the khinkali was bland and unsalted, and the hot dough was the finest. I charged half a point for khinkali and half a point for waiting for the dishes, the drinks arrived when we had already eaten everything and then after we were reminded.

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олег аксенов

Level 2 Local Expert

On August 17, 2025, I ordered 2 servings of pork shish kebab at this restaurant. I waited for my order for about 1 hour! And my family and I have never tasted worse shish kebab! It wasn't meat, it was fat, bones, and veins, and it was all liberally sprinkled with onions! It was as if they had prepared some kind of dog trimmings for us! The photo on the menu looked completely different. As always, we were charged a 7% service fee and I paid 42 GEL for THIS dish. We were very disappointed! We do not recommend this restaurant!

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Александр Акименко

Level 14 Local Expert

I highly recommend visiting, you need to be prepared that the place in the center will not be cheap, but the view of the terrace is excellent, the portions are large, everything is delicious

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Critic A

Level 30 Local Expert

A beautiful place with a view of the raging river. The magnolia tree, which can bloom, adds its own chic. There are two halls in different styles and one hall with windows opening onto the river. But the cooking time can go up to one hour and they always say 5-10 minutes. It's not serious! The mutton vats were not very good, and there was little meat with veins. The chacha was not of the best quality and taste. The khachapuri on a skewer was good, but after waiting an hour, I didn't want to eat it so much.

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Елена Дубровская

Level 9 Local Expert

A pleasant, as they say, atmospheric place, we sat with the whole family, we were pleased with the presence of Russian-speaking staff. We tried national Georgian dishes, everything is delicious

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Ольга Ларина

Level 12 Local Expert

There were 2 times. I really liked it the first time, very tasty Imeretian khachapuri in a frying pan, we came a second time and regretted it. There was no khachapuri in the pan, it was served for a long time. On vacation, it is better to follow the principle of dining in a new place every time, so as not to be disappointed.

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Екатерина

Level 10 Local Expert

The restaurant was recommended to us by a local taxi driver and we are very glad that we followed his advice. In Magnolia, the best service from all the establishments of Kutaisi awaited us for four days of stay) The order was brought not only quickly, but instantly)) They answered all the questions nicely, asked if they liked everything. The food was very tasty, the online menu was very diverse, the prices were normal. The only thing we expected to hear was live music, but we didn't find it. We would definitely come back here next time😉

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Алёна Корченко

Level 2 Local Expert

We came here a second time. The service wants the best. The restaurant can't handle a full landing. The kitchen is being stitched up, and the waiters are even more so. Were you waiting for khinkali (it would seem so?) more than an hour. The food is delicious, yes, atmospheric. But the service.

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Юлия Юлия

Level 7 Local Expert

The best place for gastronomic tastes. Very tasty khachapuri. Quick serving of dishes. Very friendly staff. I recommend it 100%.%

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Андрей Н.

Level 8 Local Expert

Excellent restaurant of traditional Georgian cuisine. Russian-language menu, helpful staff. Thanks to Nana for the hospitality! I recommend the local cognac.

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YURIS MOURIS

Level 16 Local Expert

Yes, in general, nothing, but I didn't like two things: the menu says "A glass of wine", and they bring a glass of 100-150 grams. And potatoes with pork, fried or baked - overcooked and re-baked. Some pork rinds with dried and fatty potato pieces. The onion was spiced, and the bottom of the plate was all black. It was like being warmed up several times. You'll get a lot of different things, it seems like nothing, but if you take one dish, there's nothing to eat.

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Иван С.

Level 15 Local Expert

Unfortunately, this is a very long wait. We ordered 12 khinkali - we waited 1 hour! And this is on a weekday evening (boarding was half way) , keep in mind if you are ready to wait a very long time.

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Larisa Mashkova

Level 11 Local Expert

A wonderful place with a view of Rioni and a decent restaurant downstairs. The rooms are clean. Good mattresses. Friendly staff. The central square is a 5-minute walk away. Also, in 3 minutes, there is a delicious Argo restaurant, with a seasoned interior, where it is nice to run in for a snack in the morning or afternoon, and in the evening have a good time over dinner in a wonderful atmospheric atmosphere.

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Yana

Level 8 Local Expert

The food is not tasty: pork kebab is dry and tastes strongly of animals, khinkali is very spicy and salty. The child liked khachapuri in Adjara, but she didn't eat kharcho soup (not spicy), soup with lumps of fat, meat like snot. The eggplant rolls were eaten from extreme hunger, but I would not order a second time. Pickles at 3 with a minus, it feels like everything is soaked with jalapeno. The prices for the dishes are too high. The check also included the amount of 7% of the check of GEL 9.9. When I asked if it was a tip or a tax, the waiter said it was a restaurant fee, although they did not warn me about it. We waited for a place for about 25 minutes, although the seats were free.

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Дмитрий Егоров

Level 7 Local Expert

The food is of normal quality, without frills. The average order service is 25 minutes per weekday. The waiters' job is just to bring the dishes and the bill. If you need to remove used dishes, then you need to ask, they don't see it themselves. From the interior, dry cleaning of chairs is strongly requested, since they are upholstered in fabric and it has become greasy over time, dirty and it does not feel very pleasant to put your hands on the armrests. The receipt includes 7% of the order value, but it is not clear what kind of work or service you have to pay for. There is absolutely nothing to tip for.

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Дмитрий Клабан

Level 10 Local Expert

We were in October. I was attracted by a beautiful place on the riverbank. I wanted to drink good wine and have a delicious snack. As a result, it turned out that you just can't drink homemade wine, and what we then bought from them in a bottle is of very average quality and not worth your money (45lari) absolutely. Almost everyone understands Russian. There is a menu in Russian, the waiter is Russian-speaking. They chose dishes from the menu for a long time - it turned out that they didn't have any hot food today - the cook got sick!? Couldn't you tell right away? At the same time, there are khinkali and lobiani. We ordered a salad with dried quince and meat - very tasty and the price tag is correspondingly high. Khinkali is good, however, as everywhere else. In short, if you want wine, it's not here. I think they pour it from another place to the locals, they can just pile on the blame in Georgia for this. We came in again just to eat with a good view, took lamb chacapuli - you can't eat it either - hard undercooked meat. It remains to take lobiani and khinkali salads, like that. But the view of the river is simply the best in Kutaisi.

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Сергей С.

Level 7 Local Expert

A cozy and colorful restaurant. Delicious homemade wine, good chacha, excellent khinkali and shish kebab. Next to our table, guys were playing guitar, drums and singing Georgian songs in a moment. We just got high. A very pleasant impression.

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Mila.Peshko

Level 8 Local Expert

The cuisine is great, the service is great too. It's worth a visit - you won't be disappointed.However, only one waitress spoke Russian, just like everywhere else.

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Andrey Prokopenko

Level 3 Local Expert

Most likely, this is the place where we had dinner with our spouse with great pleasure. The dishes are delicious, quite moderately priced. We didn't prepare the order for a long time, good-naturedly. For those who feel insecure in communicating in English, a simple solution via smartphone in the main languages is the menu as in Ozone.Everything is simple. For residents of the hotel, the Internet is available on the network.

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Олег Л.

Level 6 Local Expert

The best place is very cozy, friendly, delicious incredibly! The most impressive thing is the volume of portions!

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Евгений

Level 3 Local Expert

Beautiful interior. I couldn't eat. I've traveled half the world, but I've never seen such a disregard. At first, I waited for them to let me sit at the table. Then the waitress ran by, studiously not noticing me. Fortunately, it was hot outside. The restaurant was empty, the waitress didn't notice. Others also didn't care that a client was sitting in the center of the room for 20 minutes and was bored. And so he left, slurping. They just trampled on the myth of hospitality. He behaved politely, dressed decently, had only brown hair, not black

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Владимир Сидоров

Level 11 Local Expert

It's so funny to read reviews about the service, you are in Georgia, gentlemen, there is another life here, people are not in a hurry, they are so used to living a measured life A pleasant place, beautiful and cozy, the food is on top!! Huge portions One of the best places in Kutaisi Thanks

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Anna Shishkanova

Level 12 Local Expert

It's just a bomb. Delicious food, pleasant service, the view is amazing.

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