Shopping in Georgia: Malls, Markets, Electronics, Furniture and Clothes

Most everyday shopping in Georgia's cities happens in malls, which are open from 10:00 to 22:00 seven days a week, Sundays included. For cheap clothes, locals head to the Lilo market and secondhand stores; for building supplies, to the Eliava market. Furniture comes from Gorgia and JYSK, because there is no IKEA in Georgia.

Electronics cost no more than in Europe: a 256 GB iPhone 17 sells for 2,849 lari. Beyond the malls, there are the markets, the phone and furniture chains, clothing stores, online stores, and a consumer protection law for when something you bought turns out to be faulty.

Malls in Tbilisi

Galleria and Tbilisi Central are an easy metro ride away. The metro doesn't reach East Point or Tbilisi Mall, so you'll need a bus or a taxi in Tbilisi booked through an app.

Since 26 September 2025, Tbilisi Outlet Village has been open off the airport highway, selling past-season stock from Nike, Adidas, Levi's, Tommy Hilfiger, Calvin Klein, Lacoste and other brands. It's open 11:00 to 20:00 on weekdays and until 21:00 on weekends, with free parking.

Batumi and Kutaisi

Batumi has two large malls. Grand Mall on the New Boulevard (29 Khimshiashvili St) opened in late 2023 and has about 100 brands, a cinema and a bowling alley. Batumi Mall is at 88 Gorgiladze St, and both are open 10:00 to 22:00.

Kutaisi's main mall is West Mall at 2 Shartava St. Rustavi, Zugdidi, Gori and Telavi also have electronics and clothing chains, but the selection is much smaller.

Markets: Lilo, Eliava and the Dry Bridge

The Lilo market sits at 112 Kakheti Highway on the way to the airport. Its roughly 6,500 stalls sell clothes, shoes, textiles and household goods, both retail and wholesale. Trading starts early and winds down around 16:00 or 17:00, so go before lunch.

The Eliava market near Tsereteli metro is where anyone doing a renovation ends up: building materials, tools, plumbing, electrical supplies, car parts and tradesmen for hire. Stalls keep their own hours, roughly 9:00 to 18:00.

The Dry Bridge flea market sells antiques, Soviet badges and electronics, paintings and books. It runs from about 10:00 until 17:00 or 18:00 and is at its best on a dry weekend. Taking antiques out of the country requires a permit from the National Agency for Cultural Heritage Preservation of Georgia that costs 14 lari.

Markets run on cash in lari, ideally small bills, and haggling is normal. Cards are rarely accepted, so change your dollars or euros in town beforehand, where currency exchange in Georgia costs under 1% at street exchange offices.

Phones and electronics

Electronics are sold by the chains Zoommer (about 20 stores nationwide), Alta, Elit Electronics, Megatechnica and Kontakt Home, and nearly all of them have branches in the big malls. Apple's official partner iSpace has stores in Galleria, East Point, Tbilisi Mall and both City Malls, and Xiaomi runs its own stores in Tbilisi Mall and Galleria.

The iPhone 17 is cheaper in the US, where it costs 899 dollars before sales tax, while the Galaxy S26 Ultra costs less in Georgia than in the US. In the EU both phones cost more than in Georgia. In Germany, for example, the iPhone 17 costs 1,099 euros. Prices are as of October 2026.

Watch for the "e-SIM Only" label: it marks US-version iPhones that have no slot for a physical SIM card. All three carriers (Magti, Silknet and Cellfie) issue eSIMs, so the phone will work once you set up mobile service in Georgia on an eSIM. There is no need to register the IMEI of a phone you bring into Georgia.

Outlets are European types C and F at 220 V, so devices from the US and the UK need an adapter. Georgian Post won't ship a phone or laptop abroad because of the lithium battery, so use a courier service instead.

Furniture and home goods

There are no official IKEA stores in Georgia. The Gorgia home improvement chain sells IKEA furniture and home goods in a separate section of gorgia.ge and has branches in Tbilisi, Batumi, Kutaisi and other cities. For Scandinavian-style furniture and mattresses there's JYSK, and for renovation supplies Domino next to East Point and Nova.

Gorgia prices in October 2026, including current promotions:

• sofa: 499-1,608 lari;
• double bed, 160 cm: 599-699 lari;
• 150×200 mattress: 319 lari;
• full-size fridge: 1,249-1,799 lari;
• washing machine: 649-949 lari.

Gorgia delivers within Tbilisi in 2 business days, free on orders over 500 lari. JYSK takes 5 to 10 business days to deliver furniture in Tbilisi, and getting it up the elevator plus assembly costs 100 lari on orders under 2,000 lari.

An unfurnished apartment usually rents for less than a furnished one, so if you're renting an apartment in Georgia long term, work out what furnishing it will cost before you sign.

Clothes and shoes

The malls carry Zara and other Inditex brands, H&M, Mango, LC Waikiki, DeFacto, Koton, Marks & Spencer, Nike and Adidas. Prices are close to European ones: Levi's jeans cost about 268 lari, Nike sneakers about 300 lari, and a summer dress from a chain store about 104 lari.

Georgia is full of secondhand stores. The Humana chain has 15 stores in Tbilisi, Batumi, Kutaisi, Rustavi and Zugdidi. At Megahand, markdowns deepen every week after a new shipment arrives, from 10% all the way to 90%.

Online stores

The biggest local marketplace, Extra.ge, delivers in 1-2 days within Tbilisi and 3-4 days to the regions, with the delivery fee based on weight. The chains have their own websites: Zoommer delivers free in 3-5 business days, or the same day for 5 lari.

Some stores, such as Gorgia and Zoommer, ask for an ID number at checkout, and Gorgia won't process an order without one. Residents use the personal number in Georgia printed on their residence card; if you don't have one, ask the store's support team whether a passport number will do. Extra.ge's terms have no such requirement.

Orders from AliExpress, Temu and Trendyol arrive as international parcels, and parcels to Georgia worth up to 300 lari and weighing up to 30 kg are duty-free.

Paying and installment plans

Visa and Mastercard cards, as well as Apple Pay and Google Pay, are accepted at every chain and online store, while American Express works only at some of them. Extra.ge, for example, takes it both online and from the courier at your door. If the terminal offers to charge you in your card's currency, choose lari: the store's conversion costs 3-5% more.

Installment plans for electronics and furniture are arranged through a bank using a personal number and proof of income. TBC states outright that its online installments are for Georgian citizens only, and Bank of Georgia and Credo don't publish terms for foreigners, so don't count on paying in installments.

Returns, warranties and Tax Free

Georgia's consumer protection law has been in force since 1 June 2022. You can return an online purchase without giving a reason within 14 days of receiving it, and the store must refund you within 14 days.

The warranty on defective goods lasts 2 years, and for the first 6 months any defect is presumed to be a manufacturing fault unless the seller proves otherwise. The law gives you no right to return a working item bought in a physical store, so that's up to the store. Check your purchase before you leave the register and keep the receipt.

If a store refuses to repair or replace a faulty item, you can complain to the Competition and Consumer Protection Agency (GCCA) at 1520.

Foreigners can reclaim part of the 18% VAT through Tax Free. You need a receipt for over 200 lari before VAT from a store displaying a "Tax Free Shopping" sign, and you must take the goods out of the country within 3 months through Tbilisi, Batumi or Kutaisi airport. The bank and the Revenue Service keep a share, so you get back less than 18%.

Opening hours and sales

Malls are open daily from 10:00 to 22:00, and the chains' street stores usually close at 19:00-21:00, with no day off. Some stores keep shorter hours on 1 and 2 January, two of the public holidays in Georgia.

iSpace, Gorgia and clothing stores run Black Friday sales at the end of November, and big discounts also come before New Year.

Key takeaways

• Malls are open every day from 10:00 to 22:00; markets run from early morning until about 17:00.
• Cheap clothes: the Lilo market, Humana and Megahand secondhand stores, and Tbilisi Outlet Village.
• There's no IKEA in Georgia; Gorgia sells its products, and JYSK has similar furniture.
• A 256 GB iPhone 17 costs 2,849 lari, less than in the EU but more than in the US; "e-SIM Only" means the phone has no SIM slot.
• Online purchases can be returned within 14 days, defects are covered for 2 years, and complaints go to the GCCA at 1520.
• Installment plans require a personal number, and TBC offers online installments to Georgian citizens only.