After visiting a lot of places, at the end of our first day tour,
as per the schedule we had visited the Tbilisi Mall and it was a nice
experience. Though shopping malls are not new for me still it helped me a lot
for my observation about the social life of Georgia!
In Tbilisi Mall, I found two things were sold out at reasonable
prices and they are (1) All eatables and (2) Garments! Regarding the eatables,
I would go further and say that they are sold-out at lowest prices!!
Last night [2nd Nov 2016, Wed] I visited an Indian restaurant in
Tbilisi and had few small pieces of fish, yogurt, and a bottle of water for
around 25-Lari [around 10$], but today in Tbilisi Mall I’m able to buy a
delicious and sufficient chicken roll for just 1.35-Lari and a water bottle for
0.60-Lari, which means a lunch was comfortably completed with less than 2-Lari
i.e. for around 0.80 USD!
When I probed with Irakli about the price difference between a restaurant and a
mall, he informed me that not only in Tbilisi Mall but throughout Georgia the
prices of eatables in malls and super markets are much cheaper compared to
restaurants and I experienced the same throughout my journey!
Therefore
including "Tbilisi Mall" wherever we found a mall or supermarket I
started purchasing more eatables, which includes varieties of fruits,
chocolates, cookies, jellies, and much more!!
Unlike in India, you can trust and exchange the foreign currencies at best rates in Georgia as they do not play any tricks to get more margins out of you and they do not quote varying prices for every different customers!
In
Tbilisi Mall I found the service center of a bank and I remember it as
"TBC Bank", which also buy and sell currencies at a reasonable price!
From a very small 'currency exchange store' and up to a service center of a
national bank, everywhere the best exchange rate is guaranteed for all major
foreign currencies in Georgia!
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