From above, a supra table: cheese bread with an egg yolk, pkhali, aubergine rolls, beans in a clay pot and a hand pouring amber wine

Supra on Betlemi

A Georgian table for twenty-eight, once a month

On the last Saturday of every month we lay one long table in a courtyard off Betlemi Street: twelve dishes, four qvevri wines from a family cellar and a tamada to lead the toasts. Seats are GEL 140 with wine, booked by WhatsApp.

Supra No.

31

This month's table: 9 of 28 seats left. We sit down at 19:30.

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dishes

qvevri wines

seats

tamada

The cold table

Dish	What it is
Pkhali	Beetroot and spinach pounded with walnuts and herbs, topped with pomegranate seeds
Badrijani nigvzit	Fried aubergine rolled around walnut paste
Lobio	Red beans slow-cooked in a clay pot with coriander
Jonjoli	Pickled bladdernut flowers, sharp and green
Sulguni and herbs	Fresh cheese with tarragon, purple basil and green onions
Mchadi	Small cornbreads, warm from the pan

From the fire, then something sweet

Dish	What it is
Khachapuri adjaruli	Boat-shaped cheese bread with an egg yolk and butter, torn at the table
Khinkali	Pleated dumplings full of broth; mushroom ones if you ask when you book
Mtsvadi	Pork skewers grilled over vine cuttings
Chakapuli	Lamb stewed with tarragon and sour green plums
Churchkhela	Walnuts on a string, dipped in thickened grape juice
Pelamushi	Grape juice pudding under crushed walnuts

Four short glasses of qvevri wine on a walnut board, three amber and one red, beside a clay jug, a candle, tarragon and walnuts — From one family cellar in Kakheti, fermented in clay jars underground

Four qvevri wines

Rkatsiteli: amber, apricot, walnut skin
Kisi: amber, quince, dried orange peel
Mtsvane: amber, pear and green tea
Saperavi: red, black cherry and plum

A long table laid with clay plates, jugs and candles in an old Tbilisi courtyard at dusk, under vines and a blue wooden balcony — The courtyard off Betlemi Street, an hour before the first toast

Reserve by WhatsApp

GEL 140 a seat with wine. Send the month and how many; pay the deposit within two days.

Find the courtyard

Betlemi Street, Old Tbilisi

Ten minutes on foot from Freedom Square; the door number comes when you book.

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Before you book

Is there enough for vegetarians?

Yes. Nine of the twelve dishes have no meat, and we make mushroom khinkali if you ask when you book.

Can we bring children?

Yes, and children under 12 pay half. Most families leave by 21:00, before the longest toasts.

Do I have to drink?

No. Water, tarragon lemonade and tea go round all night, and a toast counts with any glass.

What if we cannot come?

Tell us by the Wednesday before the table, and we refund the deposit of GEL 40 a seat or move it to the next month.