The Best Rooftop Bars in Tbilisi

Tbilisi is known for its views. Narikala Fortress lights up on the ridge, Metekhi Church sits above the river, and the old town roofs turn gold just before dark. Here's what you need to know about the 7 rooftop bars I'd pick for that view, what a drink costs up there, when to arrive for a good seat, and where to go when every rooftop is full.

The best rooftop bars in Tbilisi at a glance

Most of the good rooftops are on hotels, and nearly all of them let non-guests up for a drink. They split into two camps: small Old Town terraces that look straight at the fortress, and taller hotel bars that show you the whole city. Here is how my 7 picks compare.

The 7 best rooftop bars in Tbilisi, ranked

My order runs from the rooftop I'd send a first-time visitor to at sunset, down to the more specific picks. The ranking weighs the view first, then how easy it is to get a seat and enjoy it.

1. Point Terrasse

This is my first pick for a sunset drink in Tbilisi. Point Terrasse is a hotel rooftop at 15 Anton Catholicos Street in the Old Town, and the bar is open to non-guests. The view runs about 180 degrees: Narikala Fortress on the ridge to one side, and Holy Trinity Cathedral on its hill across the river on the other.

What sells it for me is the calm. It is noticeably quieter than Amodi, so you can hold a conversation and actually watch the light change. Expect hotel-bar prices rather than old town bar prices. Skip it if you want music and a crowd; this is a place to sit down, order a spritz and stay until the fortress lights come on.

2. Amodi

Amodi is the busier rooftop of the Old Town pair, and the one with more energy. You reach it on foot, climbing through the narrow cobbled lanes of Old Tbilisi, and the reward is a view over Rike Park and the Mtkvari River.

The drinks and food list is decent, and it suits a group that wants a lively table rather than a hushed one. Its fame works against it at golden hour: the good seats go early and the terrace fills up fast. If you arrive after dark you still get the lights on the river, but you miss the reason most people come. I'd pick Amodi for a Friday sunset with friends and Point Terrasse for a quiet one.

3. Ati at the Sheraton Grand Metechi Palace

Ati sits on the 10th floor of the Sheraton Grand Tbilisi Metechi Palace, and it is the rooftop I'd book for dinner rather than a single drink. It works as a bar, a lounge and a restaurant in one, with modern Georgian food, signature cocktails and a fire pit for the cooler evenings.

Inside, a long glass wall holds the wine, which tells you how seriously the list takes Georgian bottles. Being a restaurant rooftop, it expects you to eat; a drinks-only visit is fine at the bar, but the best tables go to diners. It suits couples and anyone celebrating. If all you want is one cocktail at sunset, the Old Town terraces are simpler and cheaper.

4. Rolling Stone Rooftop Bar

The newest name on my list opened in September 2025 on the roof of the Telegraph Hotel at 31 Shota Rustaveli Avenue, and it was Rolling Stone's first rooftop bar anywhere. It sits right on Rustaveli Avenue, so you can walk up after the museums or the opera with no taxi needed.

This is the rooftop for a night that starts at sunset and does not stop there. It pairs cocktails with music and keeps serving drinks and dancing into the early hours, long after the quiet Old Town terraces have wound down. Dress smart casual and you will fit in. It suits groups and anyone who wants the view as a warm-up for Tbilisi nightlife rather than the main event. For a quiet glass, go elsewhere.

5. Art Café

Art Café is a cafe bar spread over several floors at Betlemi 13 in the Old Town, and the top two floors are the ones you want. They look out over the old town roofs, and the place doubles as a small party spot, with a DJ and a dance floor.

That mix makes it a good middle ground between the quiet terraces and the hotel bars. You get a real view and music without the hotel feel. It suits a group that wants to watch the sunset and then dance without moving venues. Betlemi Street climbs uphill from the Old Town, so wear shoes you can walk in. Skip it if you want table service and a long cocktail list.

6. 360 Sky Bar at The Biltmore

360 Sky Bar is on the top floor of The Biltmore, the hotel tower on Rustaveli Avenue, and it is the highest seat on this list. Where the Old Town terraces look at one or two landmarks, this one gives you a panorama of the whole city at once.

That height is the reason to come and also the limit. You see everything, but from far enough away that the old town loses its detail. I'd go here for a sunset cocktail in the city center, especially on a clear evening, then come back down to the Old Town for dinner. It suits anyone staying near Rustaveli and couples after a smart drink. For the close-up fortress view, pick Point Terrasse.

7. Carpe Diem Café

Carpe Diem is the small one: an artists' hangout at 5 Samghebro Street in the Old Town, reached by a steep climb, with a resident cat and a handful of seats. The view is weaker than the other rooftops on this list, and it knows it.

It makes my list because it is the friendliest and most low-key of the lot, and it never feels like a hotel. It suits solo travelers, slow afternoons and anyone who would rather chat with the person next to them than photograph the skyline. Come for one drink, stay for the cat. If you are going up mainly for the view, any of the first 6 picks beats it.

More rooftop bars in Tbilisi

Tbilisi has more rooftops than the 7 above. These are real places with a roof or high terrace, but I know less about the views from them, so I keep them as backups for when my top picks are full.

Rum Roof sits on the same street as two of the best cocktail bars in Tbilisi, 41° Art of Drinks and Ambavi, so it slots easily into a night around Freedom Square.

Sunset drinks without a rooftop

Some evenings every rooftop in the Old Town is full, or you simply want a cheaper, looser night outdoors. These are the open-air spots I go to instead.

• Fabrika, 8 Egnate Ninoshvili Street. The courtyard of a converted Soviet sewing factory, now a hostel, bar and restaurant that locals use as much as guests. Fabrika's courtyard has no view to speak of, but beer runs 7 to 10 GEL, cocktails 14 to 20 GEL, there is no cover charge, and DJs play from Thursday.

• Wine Factory N1, 1 Vasil Petriashvili Street. An 1896 wine factory in Vera, now a cluster of bars around a square. Black Dog Bar goes open-air in the warm months, Kikodze Bar has a patio on the square, and the wine bars of Tbilisi are well represented here by Sadzvele Wine Hub.

• Erekle II Street. A pedestrian Old Town street of bars and restaurants with outdoor tables and string lights overhead. No skyline, but a good street to eat on after a rooftop sunset.

• Davit Aghmashenebeli Avenue. The pedestrian bar strip across the river, easy to hop between terraces on a summer night.

For a sunset with no bar attached, the fortress walls and the hill above the city beat every rooftop on height. Narikala and Mtatsminda Park both give you golden hour from higher up than any bar, which is why they top my list of the best viewpoints in Tbilisi. Watch the sun go down there, then head to a rooftop bar after dark.

What drinks cost at a Tbilisi rooftop bar

Tbilisi is cheap to drink in by Western European standards, and even the rooftops are rarely painful. What moves the price is where you sit: the same cocktail costs more on Shardeni Street than in an ordinary bar, and hotel rooftops price at the top of the range.

I budget the Shardeni column for any hotel rooftop and a little more for Ati or 360 Sky Bar. A sunset round for two at Point Terrasse or Amodi will cost more than the same round downstairs, but you are paying for the seat and the view that comes with it.

Rooftop bar or rooftop restaurant: how to pick

Tbilisi's rooftops come in two formats, and picking the wrong one is the most common way to have a bad evening up there.

• A bar-format rooftop (Point Terrasse, Amodi, Art Café, Rolling Stone) is fine for drinks only. Order a round, stay an hour, leave.
• A restaurant rooftop (Ati, Xeme, ATMOSPHERE) expects dinner. You can sometimes sit at the bar for a drink, but the view tables go to people eating.
• Check what it looks at. The classic Tbilisi view takes in Narikala lit against the hills, Metekhi Church above the river and the old town roofs below. Old Town terraces give you that up close; the tall hotel bars show more of the city from further away.
• Ask about the music. Some rooftops are calm at sunset and turn into a DJ set later. If you want to talk, ask when the music gets loud and plan to leave before.

A sunset-to-late evening on Tbilisi's rooftops

Here are the two evenings I'd plan around the rooftops, one in the Old Town and one on Rustaveli Avenue. Both start before sunset and both are walkable until the last stop.

Order a car in an app when you leave the last stop. Bolt and Yandex Taxi run around the clock and a ride within the center costs 8 to 15 GEL, while the unlicensed cars waiting outside late venues tend to overcharge.