Ovo
Beer/Wine
Georgian
Non-veg

Serves meat, vegan options available. Typical, traditional Georgian food with a few vegan choices such as the bkhali (starter made from walnuts and eggplant) and dishes with mushrooms and potatoes. Staff speaks English and will direct you to what's vegan suitable. Nicely decorated space in the city centre, near the main square. Live music sometimes. Open Mon-Sun 10:00am-11:30pm.


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26 Reviews

First Review by Lampky

AsiaR

Points +244

Vegan
21 Nov 2023

Great local food

Very nice place with great atmospere and service. Few tasty vegan options.

Updated from previous review on 2023-11-21

hania.11

Points +250

Vegan
28 Aug 2023

Bardzo smaczne weganskie jedzenie

Całkiem sporo opcji wegańskich . Miła obsługa, przyjemny wystrój i pyszne jedzenie. Bardzo dobre bakłażany z orzechami włoskimi i potrawka z fasoli.

Pros: Obsługa , Klimat , Pyszne jedzenie

HelkeBaeyens

Points +113

Mostly Veg
28 Jul 2023

Super tasty food

We ate a delicious cucumber and tomato salad with walnuts, corn bread, pkhali (= assorted dips) and mushrooms in a clay pot. It was all very tasty, but we recommend the salad and the dips.

Pros: Great food in large portions , Friendly staff , Cozy venue

Cons: Airconditioning inside made it a bit too chilly

FernandaBalbuena

Points +226

Vegetarian
07 Jul 2023

Evening time in Palaty

I ordered a vegetable plate ( 1/2 portion) and a glass of wine. There is a nice and quiet vibe in this restaurant. Also, there was on live music, making the moment even more sweet.

Pros: Quality , Environment , Menú options

Cons: The bread was dull.

Tuulikan

Points +36

Vegan
05 Dec 2022

Best georgian vegan food

This restaurant was such a positive surprise. The staff spoke English and was extremely helpful explaining the vegan dishes available. This was our best dining experience in non-vegan restaurant in Georgia. The food is amazingly tasty and the dishes are big. We shared tomato cucumber salad, mexican potatoes, mushrooms and a bean soup. Everything was super lovely.

Pros: Amazing food, Lovely staff , Beautiful milieu

urzoth

Points +370

Herbivore
11 Nov 2022

Okay when you are hungry

Its an okay menu for vegans. They have few options. Portions are really big. Currently (November 2022) there arent a lot of vegan options in Kutaisi.

Pros: Big portions , Nice location, Lots of places to sit

Cons: Few vegan options

yumchadong

Points +4930

Vegan
04 Nov 2022

Limited options

We got a private table on the 1st floor balcony with a lovely view. The seats on the ground floor and inside the restaurant looked a less nice to us.

We ordered all the vegan options on the menu (there aren’t many). The staff was aware about veganism and the food was decent enough. We particularly liked the vegetable spread plate (kind of like a mezze plate). The tomato-cucumber salad with walnut was nice and fresh. The bean stew and the bean stuffed bread were alright but not very memorable. All in all it is nice for one dinner particulary given the limited options in Kutaisi.

Updated from previous review on 2022-11-03

gweneroo

Points +134

Vegetarian
01 Jul 2022

Perfect!

The absolute perfect way to start our trip in Georgia! We had a picture perfect meal here -- from amazing & interesting chats about Georgian wine with the owner, to super flavorful vegan pkhali & comforting khachapuri, to a really delicious pelamushi for dessert... Amazing! Would recommend with eyes closed! We really hope to revisit some day :)

Pros: Delicious pkhali & wine

mat_r28

Points +1686

Vegan
25 May 2022

Very tasty food

Great place serving local Georgian food. Very nice staff! The lobio was great and it was served with cornbread and some pickles.

ShonaSharma

Points +65

Vegetarian
02 May 2022

Not recommended! poor vegan food and terrible service

Super disappointed!!! My partner and I are vegan, after consulting with the waiter regarding our dietary requirements we order veg soup, bean stew and Mexican potatoes.... all 3 dishes where served after a 30 minute wait and separately from each other, I watched my partner eat the soup, then I received my strew (which was cold from the fridge) then the potatoes last! even though there was only 1 other couple in the restaurant.

- veg soup was salty water broth with 3 cherry tomatoes and a couple of pieces of broccoli and oil floating on the top... served with 3 stale slices of bread

- bean stew was ok, bland taste, but come cold and was returned to be heated as they forgot to warm it. The corn bread was inedible as it was rock hard.served with salted cabbage.

- Mexican potato, everywhere else in Georgia this is sautéed potatoes with onion and peppers, here it is fried potato wedges with 1 gherkin sliced through it with a mayonnaise dip! (Not vegan friendly!)

When we requested the bill they had charged us extra for a replacement bread for the hard, uneaten corn bread and 3.5 Gel for a tiny pot of ketchup!
We queried this and they just didn't say answer they just reproduced the bill accepting no charge for the ketchup!
They just try I think.... they took no responsibility for the fact they forgot to heat my dish and I had to wait again and eat separately from my partner!

Not recommended, there was chaos in the kitchen we could here 3-4 people constantly talking in loud voices.

By the time we left there was another 2 tables, one had their order taken twice then both times after 5-10 minutes where told it wasn't available and 1 where 1 person ate and the other person watched and waited for their food to arrive after 10 minutes.

CamilaSilvaL

Points +5889

Vegan
30 Mar 2022

Delicious

I got a lemonade and lobio (the bean stew) and it was amazing, a little bit spicy (I love it but in case you don’t), warm and filling. I wanted to try other things but I couldn’t even finish my dish. The cornbread is good if you like arepas 😁

san7iagonp

Points +172

Vegan
15 Jan 2022

Amazing place

I have been to Palaty every time I am in Kutaisi. By far my favorite restaurant in Georgia. Food is delicious, the home made wines are fantastic and the service is top.

I highly recommend getting the tomato cucumber salad with walnut paste here.i hace had it in many many restaurants and this is by far the best version of it.

Plenty of vegan options.

CaitLovesAvocados

Points +184

Vegan
12 Aug 2020

Palaty

We had the lobio, phkali, stewed mushrooms and fruit salad. Very tasty

Pros: Mushrooms and lobio were super tasty

peanutplans

Points +2711

Vegan
14 Nov 2019

As close to a vegan dream as possible in Kutaisi

We simply asked the waiter what to order as vegans and we ended up with a plate full of vegan pate's, bean stew with cornbread, bean stuffed bread, bread rolls (like garlic knots minus garlic or olive oil. Was simply scrumptious, especially the cold pate plate. Service perfect!

Pros: Lots of vegan options, Cold plate of vegan "pate/dips", Bean stuffed bread

AnemeA

Points +126

Vegan
13 Oct 2019

Charming

A very nice place. Friendly staff, speaks a little English. A clean and charming interior "shabby chic".
The food was less greasy, than other places I've eaten here in Georgia.

Pros: Several vegan options

Cons: A little hard to find

Clariice

Points +36

Vegan
25 Sep 2019

Delicious traditional food

We had a nice stay, super good and fresh food, they have a lot of vegan options and cozy place

Pros: Lots of vegan options , Super friendly stuff, They can tell you about vegan dishes

VeganRox

Points +649

Vegan
29 Jul 2019

Nice cafe good options

We shared a veggie platter, bread and pickles. All pretty good and we were even given a free shot of (very strong) chacha each! The service was friendly and the place itself is pretty cute!

Jacqueline2

Points +13

Vegetarian
04 Jul 2019

Great place

I was really happy to have found this place.
As already stated they have a lot of options for vegans.
I had a plate with vegetables, that were greatly cooked and delicious.
The waiter was super friendly and could explain all the dishes in detail.
I can definately recommend this place.

Pros: lots of options, healthy and great food, friendly staff

lotustummy

Points +1162

Vegan
08 Jun 2019

Awful. Really really awful

I hate to leave terrible reviews, but this was the worst food we ate on our entire trip. We had a ragout that was steam veg - not all local - seasoned perhaps with just salt. we had the saddest cornbread we are all trip - hard as rock, tasted like baking powder. The place just seems to be resting on a reputation that it may have deserved at some point. It was super busy but service was rude and disinterested. Diners looked as sad as us. Eat somewhere else - esp since the menu isn’t unique

Pros: Same veg options available on every menu, Outdoor seating

Cons: Awful food, Rude service.

JamesW76

Points +1288

Vegetarian
10 May 2019

excellent georgian fare

we enjoyed great service and food at palaty. the staff explained the options really well and encouraged us to try some delicious dishes. i particularly loved the bean stew with pickles that also came with fresh cornbread

TaraMurray

Points +271

Vegan
28 Mar 2019

The best Georgian food

I wish I could give 5 stars, this place was incredible (we went there 3 times in 2 days!)
We tried
- tomato cucumber salad with walnuts
- fried potato with mushrooms
- the entree with eggplant, spinach and capsicum stuffed with walnuts
- fasting pizza
- spaghetti with vegetables
- bean in pot (swap corn bread for normal bread)
And everything was really good and very cheap (our host told us this was an expensive restaurant!)
Just go, the staff are really lovely as well.

Pros: Lots of vegan options, Live music from 8pm , Lovely staff

Cons: None, just go here

YasminBehar

Points +1209

Vegan
03 Dec 2018

Cutest place ever!

This is one of the cutest places I've been to. There are very many vegan options and the food is AMAZING! I was there twice, I had their salad with walnut sauce, beans in pot, some spinach balls, mushrooms and it was all delicious.
Very recommended

Pros: Beautifully decorated, many vegan options

Naschi86

Points +112

Vegan
08 Aug 2018

Cozy & delicious

Many vegan choices or options. Good service and friendly staff. I love beans in pot and eggplants with walnuts. The turkish coffee is also a good choice.

BudaiGergely

Points +31

Vegetarian
31 Jul 2018

tried and was good

We ate spaghetti and stuffed egg plant and it was really delicious. The place has very good atmosphere and kind staff with good english. Awesome music, good place for vegetarians as well ;)

natalich

Points +256

Vegan
25 Jun 2018

Really cute place

We had a dinner here. It was really nice actually.
The place is really cute and the staff was nice and helpful.

We had corn bread ( we didn't like it but it doesn't mean it is not good we just like crunchy on the outside soft on the inside kind of bread and this wasn't it), stuffed mushrooms that were really nice and potatoes with mushrooms that we also enjoyed.

They had really good wines as well (unfortunately can't tell if they were actually vegan or not)

Lampky

Points +1610

Vegan
07 May 2018

really good

Had the stuffed mushrooms and corn bread. Can’t wait to try the fasting pizza. Good location. Large menu

Pros: many options , good location




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