Tonight my boyfriend and I just decided to eat somewhere in the area and stumbled across this gem on yelp for Georgian food. The outside of the restaurant looks a bit sketchy because of the area and its surrounding buildings but you should definitely go inside and give it a shot. There is a very stark contrast and its inside is nothing like you would expect. While it did seem a bit weird to have banquet style seat covers in such a small place, it did look very nice and cozy for decor. We ordered the Imeretinskoe Hachapuri, Khinkali, Chanakhi and Kupati.
Imeretinskoe Hachapuri, the cheese bread specialty of the Georgian province of Imereti, was suggested to us by the waitress and I am so glad we got it. This was absolutely delicious! We only ate 2/4 slices so we would have some room for the rest of the food and some really tasty leftovers as a midnight snack or lunch tomorrow.
Then there's the piping hot Khinkali. Like another reviewer said earlier, they do seem similar to the siu long bao. It's just that the pastry layer is much thicker and the dumpling itself is about the size of half my fist. People sure weren't kidding when they say that it's bigger than you'd think. In hindsight, I realize that I should have probably included a fork for comparison but you can get a sense of its size by looking at the base of the wine glass in my photo. We should have probably ordered only the Imeretinskoe Hachapuri or the Khinkali rather than both. If there weren't a minimum order or 5 dumplings then we probably would have just gotten 2 so we could have the entire cheese bread and the dumplings without ending up too full.
The Chanakhi veal stew was indeed unbelievably tasty as the menu described. The meat was so tender! The Kupati plate was basically 3 sausages with veggies and potato. This dish I didn't like as much as the others but it was beautifully presented.
Overall the food was delicious and beautifully presented. Oh, and remember to bring cash because the restaurant doesn't accept debit or credit.