David Gareja Monastery Complex

I must admit I was apprehensive about the location as the taxi took us through some pretty rundown looking streets, but don’t let this worry you after a days walking in Tbilisi this is just part of the city’s charm and development. Never felt unsafe in any of the areas we walked in. The location was very good, a 2 minute walk to shops, restaurants and travel companies, within easy walking distance of so many of Tbilisi’s sights. The hotel is fresh and new and is deservedly described as boutique, the room was comfortably furnished, not huge on space, but as we only really slept there this never became an issue. The staff were friendly, welcoming and helpful. Only BBC news in English on TV but again Tbilisi has more than enough things to do to keep you busy. The bed surprisingly was comfortable, no aches and pains after sleeping. Although we did have to put a T-shirt behind the headboard to prevent it knocking every time we moved, did disturb my sleep the first nights, this could be an easy fix. The bathroom, was small, which made the space the shower compact, which generally is ok, but drove my 6foot3 husband to distraction as he would fight with the shower curtain during every shower and towards the end of the vacation was beginning to annoy me. Would I stay here again, simply Yes

The hotel, staff and restaurant was great. The area around is perfect everything was in a reasonable walkable distance. The staff have gone beyond to help us with PCR test, taxi and all our other needs.

Great Old Town location, but hard to find, even for locals. Don’t get me wrong, they have been walking by it for decades, but it wasn’t a hotel then and the name of the street was different. That has to do with the Old Town being completely reinvented. In late 1800s most of the streets had Russian names as it was a major regional trading hub that brought together people native to Caucasus. Later, those names changed to Georgian revolutionaries and then to others. Even people who used to live in that area in 1970s hardly recognize parts of the Old Town. The hotel is well-built with nice materials. The hall is nice and spacious, but the rooms are small and minimally furnished and the bathrooms are inconvenient (one needs to step into the shower area to be able to open the bathroom door). On the positive side, the rooms were spotless, the climate control worked well and the breakfast was very good, with quite a few choices. The hotel staff was exceedingly polite and pleasant – be it the front desk, the cafeteria ladies or the cleaning crew. All of them, besides their native Georgian, spoke good English, Russian and some – in addition – Armenian and other languages. I’d like to specifically mention Lali and Tekla from the front desk, Elene from the cafeteria and Elsa from the cleaning crew. Overall, we are happy to have stayed at the Strofi hotel and won’t mind returning there if those drawbacks with the minimalistic furnishing and layout of the rooms are addressed and resolved.