Stamba Hotel opens in former Soviet-era publishing house in Tbilisi

Adjara Group Hospitality, the largest and the fastest growing company in Georgia’s hospitality sector, has opened a new hotel in the country’s capital of Tbilisi.

Stamba Hotel, a five-story sister property to Rooms Hotel Tbilisi built in the same building of a Soviet-era printing press, opened in Tbilisi on May 1 and at this moment the hotel features 42 rooms.

An additional 108 rooms are planned for the hotel.

Stamba’s "Lobby Jungle,” will be full of exotic plants and trees. Photo: Stamba Hotel.

Housed in one of Tbilisi’s most important 20th-century landmarks on Kostava Street, the new Stamba Hotel takes on the spirit of this former publishing house by showcasing the brutalist splendor of the original structure, including rediscovered printing paraphernalia that has been imaginatively restored and repurposed.

Stamba Hotel guestrooms look out onto the lush, rambling courtyard gardens dotted with gazebos and trellises where the garden bar resides. Photo: Stamba Hotel.

The post-industrial marvel will also include an upscale, ground-floor casino called Aviator, a hip subterranean cocktail bar, gallery spaces, a state-of-the-art fitness club and spa, and a terrace offering tremendous views of the city. Stamba’s "Lobby Jungle,” will be full of exotic plants and trees dispersed through the structure’s exposed industrial framework, while an antique German Printing Machine, produced in 1925 and used to make newspapers in the building throughout the Soviet era, will be the design centerpiece of the basement bar.

Today hotel features 42 rooms but an additional 108 rooms are planned for the hotel. Photo: Stabma Hotel.

Stamba Hotel has been attracting curiosity for a while now. In its blog section, Design Hotels wrote an article about a Stamba Hotel, saying in the headline: "This spring, a towering new reason to visit Tbilisi”.