What The Gin Corner Is
The Gin Corner opened as Tbilisi's first dedicated gin bar, on a corner one block from Meidani Square. The shelf holds more than 220 gins from around the world, including Georgian bottlings such as Malamo.
Owner and mixologist Geka built the room on the European gin bar model and staffed it with family. Madloba's listing credits the bar with remembering its visitors, and its 80 reviews average a flat 5.0.
The concept worked: in 2025 the team opened a second bar, House of Juniper, across the river in Chugureti.
Reading the Room
Around 15 seats. A wall of gin bottles, warm light, and a counter close enough that the bartender becomes part of the table.
Reviewers on Madloba describe shaking synchronized to the music and a farewell pour at the end of the night. Every round arrives with fish crackers and water, no charge.
What to Order
One warning travels through the reviews: the kitchen does not exist. Eat before you arrive.
Inside The Gin Corner
Who Shows Up, and When
Travelers who found it once and come back nightly, plus a steady local crowd from the Old Town. Multiple reviewers describe returning every evening of their stay.
The room is calm at 8pm and full by 10pm. With 15 seats, the math is unforgiving.
What Regulars Say
- Madloba reviewers call it the best gin and tonic between Tel Aviv and the UK, and the listing carries a flat 5.0 across 80 reviews.
- Wander-Lush includes it in its 26 best bars in Tbilisi for 2026.
- The repeated tip: reserve a counter seat or arrive at opening; the corner location takes walk-ins it cannot always seat.
Who It Is For
- Gin drinkers, obviously. Nowhere else in the Caucasus runs 220 bottles deep.
- Anyone who wants a bartender conversation, not a scene. The room is the host's living room.
- Avoid if you need food, beer taps, or space for a group of eight. None of the three exists here.
Before You Go
One block off Meidani Square, near the Sioni Cathedral end of the Old Town. Liberty Square metro is a ten minute walk.
Map the rest of the night with our Tbilisi cocktail bar list or the wider Old Tbilisi guide.
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