Writers' House Residency

If you seek mostly convenience, comfort and luxe amenities - there are better choices for you. This is not a hotel, it is a museum, a cultural center and a refuge for writers - especially those suffering under repression. They maintain a few rooms that are offered to such writers free of charge - and to other travellers at a price. The house is a Gilded Age mansion built by a cognac king and patron of art and literature. Its first and second floors celebrate the role of writers in maintaining culture and freedom. The top floor is a classy garret cluster of ornate guestrooms and common spaces. There is no elevator, but grand stairs in the lower floors and servant-stairs on the final flight. Breakfast is honest, abundant and authentic, ample but not excessive. The guest rooms are huge and well-appointed with antiques and similar. The staff is not omnipresent (we were frequently the only ones in the residency) but are very friendly and cheerful. When we met cultured Georgians in Tbilisi, they would infer some undeserved indication of intellectual merit from our presence in the residency. During our week here, we shared the space with only a few other travellers - and they all seemed more worthy than us: film directors, opera connoisseurs, cabaret singers.

I was comfortable and delighted to be here.

非常好的地方。感觉住进了作者的梦里。它楼下是博物馆，因此整个装潢其实与博物馆非常一致，很有格调。工作人员也非常友好，很温馨。早餐很丰盛，很美味

Hotel con buena ubicación. La habitación es muy espaciosa y cómoda.

El anuncio es algo engañoso, el hotel no es la casa , el hotel en realidad es sólo el último piso de una gran casa... y no tiene ascensor. El desayuno bastante básico.

צוות מאוד נחמד ולבבי, חדר נקי מאוד, המיטה מאוד נוחה. ארוחת הבוקר צנועה

המלון בקומה השלישית ואין מעלית.

If you’ll go over reviews in recent months alone - not only do I like it, but will absolutely got out of my way to stay here if I have any chance or opportunity to do so. The place is magical, BUT do note that it’s not a hotel-hotel. It’s writer’s residence in a historical building which holds both very bright and very dark history. It’s not about “how’s the breakfast” (it’s fine, it’s what any reasonable human may ever need), it’s not about “why is there no elevator”. The whole point is there is no elevator. John Steinbeck (et al.) walked the same stairs. Opened the very same doors. Admired the very same - though younger - trees in the garden. It’s not about 3-4-5-whatever-stars, it’s about experience, reflection and appreciation. It’s about silence, listening to the building itself breathe in and breath out. Reading. Writing. Making friends or acquaintances.

I love the place unconditionally. Fight me (JK).

非常美丽的房子，同时具有优雅和实用性。酒店管理人员非常友好，专业，让我感受到格鲁吉亚的热情和友善。非常喜欢这一次居住体验。希望每一位酒店工作人员都可以幸福快乐！

Понравился отзывчивый персонал и уникальная атмосфера Дома писателей.

Большое количество лестниц, куда сложно поднять чемодан.