Sliema, St Julian’s & Paceville
Besides 100% gourmet beef, the menu includes 'Off the Hook' burgers with prawn and haddock, and the 'Maltese' with rabbit and sausage. All are tasty and…
Sliema, St Julian’s & Paceville
Besides 100% gourmet beef, the menu includes 'Off the Hook' burgers with prawn and haddock, and the 'Maltese' with rabbit and sausage. All are tasty and…
Southern Malta
A local favourite, with a huge menu and daily specials, at the heart of which are fresh seafood and classic Maltese cuisine. There's a set menu of four…
Gozo
Waterfront Otters has a glorious, shady, outdoor terrace overlooking the bay. The menu has some great Gozitan choices, including braised lamb shank with…
Valletta
This hidden-away, informal Valletta hub, all green woodwork and gingham tablecloths, is a local favourite, with something of an old boys' club feel, and…
Sliema, St Julian’s & Paceville
Offering water's-edge dining, this place has balconies overlooking Spinola Bay, where you can enjoy Maltese homestyle favourites such as aljotta (fish…
Valletta
In the flagstone interior of a 16th-century house, hung with antique chandeliers and decked with wooden tables, Guze offers a short menu of spectacular…
Southern Malta
Rustic mismatched furniture, an informed and diverse approach to both tea and speciality coffee, and healthy food including wraps and salads all make…
Malta
Fusion pan-Asian cooking by Filipino chef Karen Joy makes eating here a treat. Eat inside or out on the terrace. The menu covers all the bases from China…
Sliema, St Julian’s & Paceville
Always busy and lively, the sunny terrace here is a prime people-watching spot, almost jutting over the water, with a fantastic view of Spinola Bay. There…
Valletta
Cordina was established in 1837 and is now a local institution. You have the choice of waiter service at the sun-shaded tables in the square or inside, or…
Valletta
This place feels vaguely Parisian, and with dark red walls punctuated with paintings the setting entices you to linger. The Mediterranean menu is up to…
Gozo
D-Venue has blonde-stone arches downstairs, and a great glass-covered terrace on the 1st floor. Food is equally stylish, with choices like spaghetti with…
Southern Malta
This tiny bar-restaurant is set in a fisherman's boat hut, among fishing boats, just above the Għar Lapsi swimming hole, and is a splendid, simple place…
Malta
A lively, family-friendly poolside garden restaurant, prettily set, with fairylit trees, offering a good choice of pizza, burgers and tapas-style shared…
Gozo
Set high up to the east of the bay, family-run Arzella has a covered terrace with great views out to sea, and buzzes with locals who come for its fresh…
Sliema, St Julian’s & Paceville
This bright gelateria in the centre of St Julian's offers fantastic Italian ice cream in many different, delicious flavours using the best natural…
Northern Malta
Cheery, noisy and aqua-coloured Agliolio has an appealing Med-flavoured menu heavy on pizza, pasta and salads; nab a table outside overlooking the beach.
Malta
Here you can pick up samples of Maltese specialities such as nougat, delicious nut brittle and fig rolls.
Malta
This popular local restaurant serves traditional Maltese cuisine such as rabbit and snails.
North Country Bar & Restaurant
Malta
Local eatery offering generous portions of Maltese dishes such as rabbit and sausages.
Southern Malta
There is a cluster of restaurants around the launching point for Blue Grotto trips, and Step In is recommended for terrace views out to sea and over to…
Southern Malta
This 1950s-style restaurant has the look of a '50s municipal swimming pool, with a slightly crumbling exterior fronted by trestle tables, but inside is a…
Point de Vue Guesthouse & Restaurants
Malta
Point de Vue, just outside Mdina's city walls, is popular with locals for its tasty pizzas, traditional dishes and impressive selection of steaks and ribs…
Malta
Palazzo Castelletti, formerly used by the Knights of St John, has been converted into the appropriately grand restaurant San Andrea, with pale limestone…
Malta
Cosmana Navarra was the Maltese aristocrat who paid for St Paul's Church, and this restaurant is housed in her former home. It's a lovely old building…
Valletta
This place serves gourmet burgers, including the Obama, with bacon, onion relish and Marie Rose sauce. It's in a particularly good central location, with…
Valletta
Rampila serves Maltese food such as pasta with rabbit on a wonderfully set outside terrace that overlooks the City Gate – book ahead. There's also the…
Northern Malta
Porto del Sol is a family-run restaurant with a sunshaded outdoor terrace and views of the bay from its large picture windows. It's popular with locals…
Sliema, St Julian’s & Paceville
Wigi's is the Malti pronunciation of 'Luigi's'. This much appreciated, family-run Italian restaurant offers views over the bay through its large plate…
Sliema, St Julian’s & Paceville
This casual, family-friendly pizzeria has fabulous sea views; try to snare a coveted table on the enclosed balcony. Pizzas are crunchy and tasty – the…
Southern Malta
This pleasingly spacious restaurant, just above the Ħaġar Qim and Mnajdra car park, has a large open-air terrace shaded by a bamboo-slatted canopy, a…
Valletta
The cafe of the St James' Cavalier arts centre, Inspirations has a long menu of sandwiches, pizzas, ftiras (Maltese bread) and salads, but the main reason…
Sliema, St Julian’s & Paceville
This bakery was established in 1945, and unlike most pastizzerijas, it bakes everything on-site, rather than baking pre-prepared pastizzi. You can see the…
Valletta
With tiled floors and brick arches, this is an intimate cellar wine bar, serving Maltese tapas alongside a fine list of tipples. The name means 'glug' in…
Sammy's – Il-Kcina Tal-Barrakka
Gozo
In a great location by the harbour in a lively strip of restaurants, Sammy's is a popular family-run restaurant with a crammed and atmospheric outdoor…
Malta
By the entrance to the San Anton Gardens in Attard, Melita offers balmy outdoor seating, with sunshades, wrought-iron chairs and tables, and greenery. The…
Gozo
With tables so near the sea you may get splashed, this is a nice simple place to have a beer and pizza or ftira (Maltese bread), and it offers more…
Valletta
This unpretentious Sicilian-owned eatery fronts a tranquil little square. There are lots of hearty Italian pasta dishes, grilled meats and fish. However,…
Valletta
Cockneys, in a great location just next to the water taxi and ferry stop, is a Valletta institution. There's a boat-like wooden cabin with a cosy…
Southern Malta
Elegant Grabiel combines an upmarket seafood restaurant with a kiosk-style terrace cafe, which has less interesting food at cheaper prices. Wraps and…