The Georgian - London

Extremely good food, well balanced in terms of spice and good quantities. I recommend.

The food was horrific. I’m Polish and I live in Warsaw where we have A LOT of Georgian restaurant that I visit regularly. First of all, the price-quality ratio is totally outrageous. £18 for a Khachapuri that resembled low quality langosh is just outrageous even for London. Secondly, we came to try Chinkali with broth and meat only to be told there are non available ?! . I thought it’s a staple? Service was terrible, the waitress disappeared as soon as we got food did I mention we were the only guests in the restaurant? and the only instance that got her off the phone was me getting up to use the loo, I suppose to make sure we don’t walk out without paying the bill. She even had audacity to put “service charge” on the bill…. Not to mention that soft drinks and beer have no pricing on the menu and I only found out when paying that I was charged £7 for mediocre draft. Honestly, avoid, avoid and don’t bother. There is a lovely Indian place just 10 min walk toward Balham Bombay Bicycle Chef where you will be treated as a guest is supposed to and on top of that you will get some exquisite food.

This is a fantastic restaurant. The food is amazing and the dining area is super clean and tidy. I had Tsiteli Pkhali for my appitizer, which was a lovely spicy beetroot dish full of flavor. Then I had Chakhokhabili, which is a lovely traditional chicken and rice dish from Georgia. I was the only person in this restaurant. I couldn't fault the food, everything was amazing and I highly recommend this restaurant. They do only accept Credit Card payments, no Caah.

Decent Georgian food for those who have never tried it but still behind some of the Georgian restaurants in London in my opinion. I thought their Khachapuri wasn’t great although they made up for it with some great Kinkalis (Georgian Dumplings). They were out of Georgian salad which surprised us as it’s literally tomatoes, cucumber, walnuts. The aubergine starters stuffed with walnut paste was excellent. Finally, I thought it was super expensive for what it was. We shared 3 starters and 1 main and paid 60£ total with service charge. Service was average, food took ages, not everything came, drinks arrived late. But seemingly if you want Georgian south of the river, this might be the only place.

Not many options and quite pricey (i.e £11 for a tuna sandwich) and the spices of it overpowered the tuna, the presentation of the food was good but the place was empty at peak lunch time and the servers swapped in the middle of our order and at one point the lady on till was watching a video out loud on her phone.