The Best Hotels in Tbilisi: 20 Picks From Luxury to Budget

Tbilisi is known for hotels in buildings with a past: a Soviet publishing house in Vera, a 1915 grand hotel on Rustaveli Avenue, a 1960s tower that once sheltered refugees. This is my shortlist of the best hotels at every budget, with what a night costs in lari, which hotel suits which trip, and which part of the city to book.

How much a hotel in Tbilisi costs

Tbilisi has about 280 hotels, and the spread between a dorm bed and a five-star suite is wide. These are the 2026 ranges per night, before any seasonal bump:

The two numbers I'd keep in mind: Old Town boutique hotels sit around 150 to 300 GEL, and a double at the Biltmore runs about 180 to 300 USD. Mid-range boutiques in Sololaki come in at 120 to 200 GEL. If you'd rather have a kitchen, apartments and Airbnbs at 80 to 150 GEL beat a hotel of the same comfort on price.

My pick by trip type

If you only want a name, start here. Every hotel in this table gets its own entry below.

The best luxury hotels in Tbilisi

The five-star end of the city is a mix of grand old buildings and a few glass towers, and Tbilisi's luxury hotels cost 300 to 700 GEL a night. These are the six I'd book, all within a short ride of Freedom Square.

The Biltmore Tbilisi

The Biltmore opened in 2016 as the first Biltmore-branded hotel outside the US, at Rustaveli Avenue 29. You walk in through the 1930s Soviet IMELI building, with its stone colonnade on the avenue, and the rooms are in the glass tower that rises behind it.

There are 214 rooms, pools, a spa with saunas and a fitness center, and Xeme, the sushi restaurant on the 31st floor, has my favorite hotel view in the city. Doubles run about 180 to 300 USD. I'd book it for a special occasion or a business trip, not for old-town charm.

Radisson Blu Iveria

The Iveria was built in the 1960s, housed refugees from the war in Abkhazia for over a decade, and reopened in 2004 after a full renovation. Today it has 248 rooms over 18 floors, including 12 apartments, on Republic Square, 2 minutes' walk from Rustaveli Avenue. Filini does Italian, Umami does Asian, the Iveria Terrace opens in summer, and there's an Anne Semonin spa, an open-air pool and a casino. It's my pick for central big-hotel comfort, and the upper floors look out over the whole city.

Tbilisi Marriott

The Marriott at Rustaveli Avenue 13 opened in 1915 as the Majestic, built by Mikael Aramiants, and it still feels like it: marble, chandeliers and a long facade on the avenue. The Majestic Bar looks out on Rustaveli through stained glass, and the gym runs 24 hours. Pick it if you want old-world grandeur with the opera, the museums and the metro on foot. It suits a short city break where you walk everywhere and come back to a grand old lobby.

Sheraton Grand Tbilisi Metechi Palace

Built in 1991 at Telavi Street 20 in Avlabari, the Metechi Palace was the first international hotel in Tbilisi and the whole South Caucasus. It has 220 rooms, a spa, gyms and 12 conference rooms, and it has been renovated since. It sits on the left bank, so you look back across the river at the Old Town rather than living in it. I'd book it for a conference or a trip where you want a big, quiet hotel and don't mind crossing the river for dinner.

Ambassadori Tbilisi

The Ambassadori at Shavteli Street 17 started in 2004 as a seven-bed property and has grown to 121 rooms on the right bank of the Mtkvari, in the old district. The classic rooms have marble bathrooms, and a newer wing has a modern look. There's an indoor pool, a sauna and a gym, and the Mozaiko Terrace on the 4th floor has views over the river. It's the luxury hotel I'd pick if you want five-star comfort and the Old Town streets right outside the door.

Monograph Freedom Square

Monograph sits at Pushkin Street 5/7, where Pushkin Street meets Freedom Square, in a building that has taken guests since the 19th century. Art hangs throughout, Sominee serves Georgian fine dining, and there's a rooftop terrace bar and a lounge balcony that looks straight down on the square. It's a five-star at a smaller scale than the towers, and the best placed of them all: the Old Town, Sololaki and Rustaveli Avenue all start within a few minutes' walk.

The best design and boutique hotels in Tbilisi

Old printing houses, merchant townhouses and 19th-century homes have been turned into small hotels with real character, and Tbilisi's boutique hotels are where I'd spend the money on a short trip: around 150 to 300 GEL a night in the Old Town for a room you'll remember. These are my eight.

Rooms Hotel Tbilisi

Rooms opened in 2014 in a converted Soviet-era publishing house at Merab Kostava Street 14 in Vera, and it was Georgia's first design hotel. Expect red brick, vintage furniture, about 140 rooms and upper suites with private terraces. The courtyard and its glasshouse Garden Bar fill up on summer nights, and The Kitchen does the food. Rustaveli is about 5 minutes' walk away. It's my pick for couples and for anyone who wants nightlife close to the bed.

Stamba Hotel

Stamba opened in 2018 in the next-door wing of the same publishing house, also at Kostava 14, with 150 rooms. The builders kept the raw concrete and steel and planted trees in a five-story atrium.

Rooms have freestanding brass tubs and McIntosh hi-fi, and bookcases line the corridors. Downstairs there's Cafe Stamba, a chocolatier, a bakery, an Asian restaurant, a bookstore, a pink bar, an outdoor amphitheater and the Tbilisi Photography and Multimedia Museum. I'd book it if you'd happily spend a whole rainy day without leaving the building.

The House Hotel Old Tbilisi

The House Hotel at 15 Chakhrukhadze Street has 17 rooms in the Old Town, decorated with murals by local artist Musya Qeburia, handwoven rugs and brass fittings. The courtyard is ringed with open balconies in the old Tbilisi style, and the Blue Fox restaurant and bar sits in the garden. It's my first pick for a first trip: you step out of the door into Old Tbilisi, and the baths, the fortress cable car and the riverside are all a short walk away.

TbiliSee Hotel

TbiliSee opened in 2021 in a restored heritage building at 24 Betlemi Street, on the slope that climbs from the Old Town toward Narikala fortress. It has blue balconies, a terrace for every room and a rooftop sky bar and restaurant with views across the domes and the river. Pick it if a terrace matters more to you than a lobby. Skip it if you travel with heavy bags or bad knees: Betlemi is steep, and the streets around it are partly stairs.

Shota @ Rustaveli

Shota @ Rustaveli is at 1 Taras Shevchenko Street, just off the avenue by the Rustaveli Theatre. It's an art-filled boutique hotel with something rare for its size here, a pool and a sauna. Melograno is the restaurant, and it runs a weekend brunch. The value pick is the Traveler's Room, which gets you the same pool and the same address for less. I'd book it if you want a boutique stay and a swim on a hot afternoon.

Museum Hotel

Museum Hotel is on Orbeliani Street, with balconies over the Dry Bridge and the river. The red-brick facade and wooden balconies are built in the old Tbilisi style. The Museum Cafe does breakfast and brunch, and the Sirajkhana wine house pours the hotel's own red. It's a four-star that suits travelers who want the Old Town feel with a little more polish, and it puts the flea market at the Dry Bridge a few minutes from your room.

Communal Sololaki

Communal Sololaki is a 13-room townhouse in Sololaki, the quieter Art Nouveau quarter above the Old Town. Rooms have bold colors and the original parquet, breakfast is served at one communal table, and there's a Negroni trolley in the room. Some suites have a tub or a balcony. It's the hotel I'd book on a second trip, when you know the Old Town and want to live a few streets above it, among cafes and cocktail bars rather than tour groups.

Hotel Abanotubani

Hotel Abanotubani at 3/9 Ioseb Grishashvili Street sits in the bath quarter itself. Some rooms have soaking tubs with views over the brick domes of the baths, and the hotel arranges access to private rooms at Gulo's and Chreli Abano nearby. Book the Superior King Room for the tub with the view. This is a winter hotel: the sulfur baths feel best on a cold evening, while in summer the sulfur smell around the quarter is strong.

The best mid-range and budget hotels in Tbilisi

You don't need a five-star to sleep well here. A 3-star room costs 120 to 200 GEL a night, and budget hotels in Tbilisi and guesthouses go down to about 60 GEL. The six below all have something going for them beyond the price.

IOTA Hotel Tbilisi

IOTA is central, close to the Rustaveli Theatre, the opera and Freedom Square, and it's built for people who like modern minimalism over vintage decor. The two restaurants are the draw: IOTA Garden does Japanese fusion, and Ghumeli bakes khachapuri in a wood-fired oven. The honest downside is the rooms, which are sparse and gray. Pick it if you want a central, modern base and plan to be out all day.

Moxy Tbilisi

Moxy is at 1 Saarbrucken Square, by the Dry Bridge. The rooms are apartment-style, and there are separate work rooms, which makes it the most practical hotel on this list for remote workers on a week or two in the city. The Dry Bridge market and the riverside are on the doorstep, and Rustaveli is a short walk. I'd book it if you need a desk and a reliable routine more than you need charm.

Bazzar Boutique Hotel

Bazzar is at 3 Pkhovi Street, by Orbeliani Square and the flower market, where the Old Town meets Sololaki. It has 20 rooms and suites with blue walls, tiled bathrooms and floor-to-ceiling windows. It's small, bright and well placed. Pick it if you want boutique style on a mid-range budget and like being close to the Old Town without sleeping in the middle of it.

Unfound Door

Unfound Door is at 111 Davit Aghmashenebeli Avenue in Marjanishvili, and it has just 7 rooms. The house keeps its original frescoes, and it was once a gathering place for Tbilisi's artists and writers. Aghmashenebeli Avenue is lined with restaurants, and the metro takes you to Freedom Square in a few stops. I'd book it for a quiet, characterful stay away from the tourist center, with food on the doorstep.

Communal Plekhanovi

Communal Plekhanovi is at 56 Egnate Ninoshvili Street in Chughureti. It has 14 rooms with vintage furniture, breakfast is included, and Weller downstairs is known for its brunch. Fabrika is down the same street. It suits travelers who want a small hotel with character at a calmer, more local address, with the Fabrika courtyard a few minutes away when they want a drink.

Fabrika Hostel & Suites

Fabrika fills a former Soviet sewing factory at Ninoshvili Street 8, an 8 to 10 minute walk from Marjanishvili metro, and it's the biggest hostel in the region. It's on this list for its private rooms: about 145 to 175 GEL for a double with a shared bathroom, 185 to 210 GEL for an ensuite double or twin, and from about 255 GEL for an apartment-style suite that sleeps 4, with busy autumn weekends dearer still. The Fabrika courtyard of bars and cafes is busy until 2 or 3 am on weekends, so ask for a room away from it. If a dorm bed is enough, the hostels in Tbilisi charge 25 to 40 GEL a night, the cheapest beds in the city.

Which area to book

Choosing where to stay in Tbilisi comes down to four areas: the Old Town for a first trip, Sololaki for a quieter stay a few minutes above it, Vera for design hotels and cafes, and Rustaveli Avenue for the metro and the big hotels. Here is how the hotels on this page map onto the city.

On Rustaveli Avenue you trade the old-street atmosphere for flat walking and two metro stations, which matters more than it sounds in a hilly city.

Vake is the outlier: the Pullman in the Axis Towers has an indoor and outdoor pool under a retractable roof and the Weather Report sky bar, but you'll take a taxi to almost everything on a sightseeing trip.

When to book and how to get to your hotel

Spring and autumn bring the best weather, so they're also when hotels fill. Book 2 to 4 weeks ahead for May, June, September and October, and earlier if you want one of the small boutique hotels with fewer than 20 rooms. The best time to visit Tbilisi for most people is one of those shoulder months, so plan the room before the flight.

July and August are hot, regularly over 35°C, so a room with air conditioning matters more than the view. Winter is the quiet season, and it's when a hotel close to the baths makes the most sense.

The airport is 18 km from the center, and a taxi from Tbilisi airport to the city center costs 20 to 30 GEL to the Old Town or Vera. A Bolt to Fabrika runs 20 to 25 GEL and takes 25 to 35 minutes. On a one-night stopover with a night landing and an early flight out, one of the hotels near Tbilisi airport saves you the ride into town and back.