Named after one of Georgia’s most revered painters, Niko Pirosmani, this rustically decorated restaurant located in a renovated warehouse beyond the Central Market also displays several reproductions of the starving artist’s colourful paintings of bearded men in wool hats feasting. The food is delicious and authentic from the savoury lamb stew to the hinkali (spicy meat dumplings), which are each nearly the size of a fist. The mountain nation’s best wine’s are also on offer, but you might want to order a whole bottle, and some traditional bread, as the chefs take their time preparing each meal.

(3 - 7Ls)