Landmarks
Fantasy
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Café Fantasy, also called the Octopus, is a mosaic-clad coffeehouse on the Batumi seafront boulevard, opened in 1975 and restored in 2019.
Café Fantasy, nicknamed the Octopus, stands on the Black Sea boulevard beside Shota Rustaveli State University. Architects Giorgi Chakhava and Zurab Kapanadze designed the iron gridshell building, which is covered in colourful mosaic tesserae and decorated with sea-animal motifs such as dolphins and starfish.
The café opened in 1975 and closed in 2000. After restoration that began in 2018, it reopened on 14 August 2019. On 27 July 2020 the Adjara cultural heritage agency listed it as an immovable cultural heritage monument.
Sources
Facts checkedFacts checked by Kartvelio on 20 October 2026.
The guide text is written with AI from the sources below; Kartvelio checks the facts.
- Google Maps listing of the venue, consulted on 20 October 2026.
- Cafe Fantasy (Wikipedia), consulted on 21 October 2026.
- Visit Batumi, painting, sculpture and mosaic in Batumi, consulted on 21 October 2026.
