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No. 35 in the world · November 2026

Cafe Daphna

Sololaki · Tbilisi, Georgia

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A photo like it · Helen Owl (CC BY-SA 4.0) (khinkali, not from Cafe Daphna)

The one to order

Khinkali with pork and beef, and the mushroom ones

The line to expect: Busy weekend evenings; book ahead.

A small Sololaki cafe that many locals now name as Tbilisi's best khinkali.

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Georgian khinkali (twisted soup dumplings)

Georgian khinkali (twisted soup dumplings)

1 hr 30 min · About 16 large, 4 people. Big, juicy dumplings from the Georgian mountains, with spiced raw meat that makes its own broth as it boils. Hold the knot, bite, sip, then eat. The knot stays on the plate.

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