Saperavi

The Saperavi restaurant in Botanica, at 36/1 Independenței Street. Open daily from 11:00 to 23:00. One of the chain’s four locations in Chișinău alongside Râșcani, Centru and Buiucani.

The house profile is Caucasian cooking. Warm starters form the richest part of the menu: dolma with lamb and beef in vine leaves 125 lei, kuchmachi of chicken liver, gizzards and hearts 130 lei, Racha-style lobio served with Guria cabbage and corn flatbreads 130 lei, mushrooms baked with suluguni 130 lei, ajapsandali 110 lei, chirbuli — eggs in tomato sauce with herbs — 105 lei, plain lobio 85 lei. Soups run from zeama at 75 lei and cold matsoni soup at 75 lei to kharcho 95 lei, chikhirtma 110 lei, smoked salmon and cheese soup 110 lei, and lamb shurpa 150 lei.

Google reviews are very positive.

Part of the Saperavi chain