Boutique Hotels in Tbilisi: 14 Small and Design Hotels by Area

Tbilisi is known for its old balconied houses and its Soviet buildings, and some of the best of both are now small hotels. Here's what you need to know about the 14 boutique and design hotels I'd book, which neighborhood each one puts you in, and what a room costs in 2026.

Tbilisi boutique hotels at a glance

A boutique hotel in Tbilisi usually means one of two things. Either a small hotel of 7 to 24 rooms in a restored 19th-century house, with wooden balconies and a courtyard, or a design hotel in a converted Soviet building, bigger, but built around a cafe or bar that locals use too. Both kinds are on this list.

I've left out the glass towers. The Biltmore, with 214 rooms above Rustaveli, is one of the city's best five-star luxury hotels, but it's a big hotel with a spa, not a boutique one.

What a boutique hotel in Tbilisi costs

Small hotels here move their rates with the season, so these are the 2026 bands I'd plan with, in lari, with dollars for scale (1 GEL is about 0.36 USD).

The small Sololaki and Old Town houses on this list fall in the 120 to 300 GEL bands, and Stamba, Rooms and Monograph sit in the 300 to 700 GEL band. Under 120 GEL you're into guesthouses and cheap hotels in Tbilisi, and plenty of those are family-run houses in the same old streets.

The design hotels in Vera: Stamba and Rooms

Tbilisi's two famous design hotels share one address, Merab Kostava Street 14, on the edge of the Vera neighborhood. The building was a Soviet-era publishing house, and the two hotels fill its two wings. Both are about 5 minutes' walk from Rustaveli Avenue and its metro, and neither is small, so think of them as design hotels rather than boutiques.

Stamba Hotel

Stamba is the one I'd book if I had a single night in the city. It opened in 2018 in the old printing wing and kept the bones: raw concrete, steel and a five-story atrium planted with trees. The 150 rooms have freestanding brass tubs and McIntosh hi-fi systems, and the corridors are lined with bookcases.

The ground floor is why people keep coming back. Cafe Stamba, a bakery, a chocolatier, an Asian restaurant, a bookstore, the pink bar and an outdoor amphitheater all sit in the complex, along with the Tbilisi Photography and Multimedia Museum. Expect a busy lobby, because the cafe and the bar draw a crowd from all over the city.

Rooms Hotel Tbilisi

Rooms opened in 2014 in the red-brick wing next door, as Georgia's first design hotel. It has about 140 rooms with a vintage feel, and the upper suites come with private terraces. The courtyard is the best part, with the glasshouse Garden Bar, and The Kitchen restaurant is on site. There's a gym, and it's a four-star.

Rooms suits couples and anyone planning late nights, since Vera's bars and Rustaveli are both on foot. If Stamba is full, I'd book Rooms without a second thought. Of the two, it's the warmer, older-feeling one.

Boutique hotels in Old Tbilisi

This is where I'd stay on a first trip. The lanes of Old Tbilisi put the sulfur baths, Narikala fortress and the old churches on foot, and the hotels here are small, old and full of carved wood.

The House Hotel Old Tbilisi

My pick for a first trip. The House Hotel has 17 rooms at 15 Chakhrukhadze Street, set around a courtyard with open wooden balconies. The walls carry murals by local artist Musya Qeburia, the floors have handwoven rugs, and the fittings are brass. The Blue Fox restaurant and bar sits in the garden, so dinner is downstairs on the nights you're too tired to go out. Book it if you want to wake up inside the old city rather than look at it from across the river.

TbiliSee Hotel

TbiliSee is at 24 Betlemi Street, on the slope that climbs toward Narikala, in a restored heritage building that opened as a hotel in 2021. The blue balconies give it away from the street. Every room has its own terrace, and there's a rooftop sky bar and restaurant on top, so the view is part of the stay whether you're in your room or upstairs. The slope cuts both ways: great views, an uphill walk home. If it's full, Amante Narikala, also below the fortress, has a rooftop terrace and bar with city views and suits couples.

Bazzar Boutique Hotel

Bazzar is at 3 Pkhovi Street, by Orbeliani Square and the flower market, and it's a good base for walking everywhere. It has 20 rooms and suites with blue walls, tiled bathrooms and floor-to-ceiling windows, so the rooms feel brighter than the old houses around it. I'd pick it if you want the Old Town on one side and the flower market on the other.

Museum Hotel

Museum Hotel is on Orbeliani Street, a red-brick building with wooden balconies in the old Tbilisi style, and those balconies look over the river and the Dry Bridge market. Breakfast and brunch are at the Museum Cafe, and the Sirajkhana wine house pours the hotel's own red. It's a four-star. Book a balcony room for a weekend trip and the flea market is your first stop after coffee.

River Side Hotel

River Side sits on the Mtkvari, a short walk from the Dry Bridge market. The rooms are styled on 19th-century old Tbilisi, with vaulted ceilings and marble bathrooms, and it's a four-star. The draw is the Tiffany Bar, with live jazz and a riverside terrace, which is why I'd book it for a trip where the nights in matter as much as the nights out.

Hotel Abanotubani

Hotel Abanotubani is at 3/9 Ioseb Grishashvili Street, right in the bath district. Rooms have soaking tubs with views over the brick domes of the baths, and private bathhouses such as Gulo's and Chreli Abano are close by. This is my winter pick: a soak at the sulfur baths of Abanotubani, then back to a hot tub with the domes in the window. Ask for the Superior King Room, which has the tub with the view.

Sandali Metekhi Boutique Hotel

Sandali is at 23 Viktor Jorbenadze Street, by the river, with 24 rooms. The suites are the reason to come: one is 50 m² with its own terrace, and another is a glass suite. There's a pillow menu and a welcome drink, and the hotel has offered free airport transfers plus free early check-in and late check-out. I'd book it for an anniversary or a birthday, and ask about the transfer when you book.

Boutique hotels in Sololaki and on Rustaveli

Sololaki sits right by Freedom Square, and it's the quieter choice: residential streets, Sololaki's Art Nouveau entrances and Rustaveli Avenue a short walk away. The hotels here run from a 13-room townhouse to a five-star on the square.

Communal Sololaki

Communal Sololaki is a 13-room townhouse with bold colors and its original parquet floors. Guests share a communal breakfast table, and the rooms come with a Negroni trolley, which tells you the mood. Some suites have tubs or balconies, so ask for one. It's the boutique I'd book for a couple who want quiet nights and the center on foot.

Shota @ Rustaveli

Shota is at 1 Taras Shevchenko Street, just off Rustaveli Avenue by the Rustaveli Theatre. The hotel is full of art, and it has a pool and a sauna, which is rare in a hotel this size in Tbilisi. The restaurant, Melograno, does a weekend brunch. If you're in town for a show, the Rustaveli Theatre and the opera house are both an easy walk.

Monograph Freedom Square

Monograph is the splurge on this list, a five-star at Pushkin Street 5/7 on Freedom Square, in a building that has taken guests since the 19th century. There's art throughout, Sominee serves Georgian fine dining, and the rooftop terrace bar and a lounge balcony look over the square. Book it if you want five-star service in an old building, with the Old Town a few minutes' walk away.

Boutique hotels in Marjanishvili and Chughureti

Across the river, Marjanishvili and Chughureti are less polished than the Old Town, and the food is cheaper. The two small hotels here suit a second trip, when you've seen the postcard streets and want a neighborhood that's mostly locals.

Unfound Door

Unfound Door is at 111 Davit Aghmashenebeli Avenue and has just 7 rooms, with original frescoes on the walls. The house was once a gathering place for Tbilisi's creatives. With 7 rooms it's the smallest hotel on this list, and it's the one I'd pick for art lovers who'd rather step out onto a working avenue than a cobbled lane.

Communal Plekhanovi

Communal Plekhanovi has 14 rooms at 56 Egnate Ninoshvili Street in Chughureti, furnished with vintage pieces, and breakfast is included. Downstairs is Weller, a restaurant known for its brunch, which is the main reason I'd book it: on a weekend morning you're one staircase from brunch.

Fabrika, the budget design option

Fabrika is the design pick among the hostels. It's a former Soviet sewing factory at Ninoshvili Street 8, now a hostel with private rooms, and its private rooms cost about what a Sololaki boutique does: about 145 to 175 GEL with a shared bathroom and 185 to 210 GEL ensuite. The catch is noise: its courtyard of bars and cafes stays busy until 2 or 3 am on weekends, so ask for a room away from it.

Which boutique hotel suits you

• First trip to Tbilisi: The House Hotel Old Tbilisi, for the courtyard, the murals and the Old Town on the doorstep.
• Design and nightlife: Stamba, or Rooms next door, with Vera's bars and Rustaveli on foot.
• Couples: Communal Sololaki for quiet nights, or Sandali Metekhi's glass suite for an occasion.
• A pool: Shota @ Rustaveli, the boutique hotel with a pool and a sauna.
• Winter: Hotel Abanotubani, for a soak in the baths and a tub with a view of the domes.
• Food first: Communal Plekhanovi for Weller's brunch, or Museum Hotel for its own wine at Sirajkhana.

A boutique hotel is the wrong choice if:

• You want a big gym, a spa and everything around the clock. The five-star towers do that better.
• You're counting every lari. A guesthouse room at 60 to 100 GEL costs about half as much as an Old Town boutique.
• You have heavy bags or trouble with steps and you're eyeing the Old Town. The lanes are steep and cobbled, and many old houses have stairs, so ask about a lift before you book.

Booking a boutique hotel in Tbilisi

Small hotels fill first, because there are only 7 to 24 rooms to go around. For May, June, September and October I'd book 2 to 4 weeks ahead, and earlier if you've set your heart on one room, like Hotel Abanotubani's Superior King or Sandali's glass suite. The shoulder months, March to May and September to October, give the best mix of weather and rates.

Summer needs one extra check. July and August regularly go over 35°C, so confirm the room has air conditioning before you book, especially in an older house.

The airport is 18 km from the center, and a taxi from Tbilisi airport to the center costs 20 to 30 GEL to the Old Town or Vera. If you're still torn on the area, the Old Town is for atmosphere, Vera and Rustaveli for food and nightlife, and Sololaki for quiet. Those are the three best areas to stay in Tbilisi for a first trip, and every one of them has a boutique hotel on this list.