Tamada

I enjoyed going to the Tamada when visiting London and everything my friends and I had there was awesome. The portions were great and ambiance was warm and friendly. I recommend the rich and delicious house Special “Jarkoe Tamada” featuring hefty pieces of baked layers of properly tendered veal with special Georgian sauce among other exceptional ingredients of side dishes. Cold Georgian starters were very delicious as well - especially we favored 'badrijnis salata' and 'ispanakhi'. From wine list we ordered a bottle of Saperavi for £20 and an overall bill for three of us was less than £80. Great people works there and they have great service. I recommend the Tamada to everyone who is serious about food - they will have truly exceptional experience at this cozy Georgian restaurant.

Attended one of Tamada's cooking classes hosted by Tamara. Four hours of good fun learning to cook some of the most popular dishes from the menu. Tamara's enthusiasm and guidance allowed our group of 4 to quickly pick up the basic skills. Lots of fun and good opportunity to relax afterward with a bottle of wine sampling some of the efforts...

Lovely place which gives a great understanding on what Georgian food is like (if you want to try something unusual which you never tried before, go for it). The food is delicious (better than the other Geogrian restaurant in town I've tried) and the personnel is lovely. I was seriously impressed that they suggested to open one hour earlier to satisfy my request. Well done and all the best!

Lovely ambience and food. Regardless of a number of visits my favourite is still cheese bread and meat dumplings. Tried these dishes in other Georgian restaurants and they tasted fine, but at Tamada they taste special, like  they’ve been prepared with lots of  effort

We keep coming back to Tamada every time we want to impress our friends. It is amazing how many people still don't know about this restaurant. This time we went with new dishes on the menu, dolma and cheese dumplings along with famous lamb and veal stews. Starters as always were mouthwatering and cook to perfection. Our friends who always take us to some very expansive places were very pleased wondering how could they compete with this experiences as the next time was their turn to take us out. Thank you each and everyone at Tamada for giving us such a wonderful night out.

Went to Tamada last week. Great place with romantic atmosphere and professional but not uptight service. The food was worth a trip from South London where we live. Already reserved a table for the Valentines day. Tasha

We are lucky enough to live close to the Tamada and it's one of our favourite, but last Monday I tried something different and took a girlfriend to one of the owner Tamara's cookery classes. I have always enjoyed the walnut based starters so we signed up to learn to cook three of them, stuffed aubergine,spinach balls and redbean puree. Two hours passed in a flash we had a great time, Tamara was a good teacher, interesting and informative, we did not need great culinary expertise. At the end we sat down to nibble a little of our labours and some delicious cheese bread cooked for us specially. A glass of gorgeous Georgian wine to sip while we chatted. (Classes are for a max of four) and we took home enough for the first course of a supper party enjoyed by all.

Georgian food is my favourite and I feel very fortunate to have found Tamada in St. John's Wood. Everything here is exactly like I remember from old days when we could visit Georgia and enjoy wonderful food and wine not to mention local hospitality. I was surprised to see such resemblance with dishes as it should not be that easy to find all ingredients outside of Georgia. Good job Tamada and thank you to all there! Nina Ruskina

Went to Tamada last Tuesday. Was quiet only 3 tables, so we were not sure whether or not to go in. However the display menu looked very tempting so we decided to risk and where not disappointed at all. As soon as we entered it felt like we came to visit a friend. We received very warm welcome from the waitress accompanied by lots of advice on the dishes to order. We were told that a cheese bread and stuffed aubergines were something to be tried. Very good advice indeed! For the main we shared dumplings. If you order dumplings make sure you don't use any cutlery, they must be eaten by hands. We had real exotic gastronomic experience! Elli Ash

I am surprised that this place is not packed every day. I suppose it is the worst time to run a restaurant as the recession has hit us badly. Tamada is an excellent place with great choice of authentic Georgian dishes. You can order selection of starters and be happy with your meal. Don't hesitated to try the wine and will be pleasantly surprised. Very reasonable pricing, but we ordered only five starters and a bottle of wine accompanied with a cake to share for only £52.60 for two. Will be back for a dinner on my next pay day J, Sarah