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No. 6 in the world · November 2026

Pasanauri

Old Tbilisi · Tbilisi, Georgia

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

The one to order

Khinkali kalakuri (pork and beef with herbs), five to start, plus one filled with cheese

The line to expect: No line most days; Friday and Saturday nights fill up after 8pm.

Named for the mountain village where khinkali were born, with every kind on the menu, cherry ones included.

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Make it at home

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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