The best restaurants Valletta

This restaurant can be used as a stopping-off point after visiting The Malta Experience, which is located right next door. First of all, you'll appreciate the restaurant's large, long terrace, with its breathtaking view of the sea and the three cities. Depending on the time of day, you can opt for a full breakfast, savour a traditional Maltese ftira or opt for the excellent homemade pasta. Those with a sweet tooth may be tempted by the carrot cake.

This small restaurant is discreet and has a rather dark room, but it offers a nice terrace where it is nice to sit in the evening, when the cars are no longer circulating. A la carte, you will be able to appreciate excellent seafood and good fish such as lampuki, in season. The philosophy of the house is to bet on market cuisine, well cooked and served at an affordable price, which will be tested through a wide selection of daily dishes. A good address that can be savoured from the delicious bruchettas offered to accompany the aperitif.

You will discover a Mediterranean-inspired cuisine prepared by Christopher, the chef and owner of the restaurant. Given the quality of the preparations, the prices are very honourable. The dish of the day is displayed at the entrance to make you salivate. Fish and pasta are the main courses and hot starters (such as the delicious goat cheese soufflé) are highly recommended. We also recommend a Maltese speciality, rabbit with dates, which is very successful. The décor, which mixes ancient and modern, is very pleasant. An excellent address.

It is the King's Own Band Club headquarters and a very recommendable address for those who want to taste Maltese cuisine in a local atmosphere and at very soft prices. You will soon recognize those who come to talk, watch television or play. It is family with good and plentiful Maltese cuisine, fish specialities and continental dishes. The servings are more generous (large salads and risottos), the more wanted dishes and the very careful presentation (the whole hippurus and the rabbit in stew take advantage of large coloured plates). And the rates were still very modest. Recommended by Petit Smart and several readers.

On the first floor, a small restaurant with good Maltese pasta, in an original setting, since it is a space of the first Maltese political party. Photographs of politicians adorn the stairs. «Tourists Welcome», dixit the sign. Two noisy televisions. Billiards, bar.

Close to the Grandharbour Hotel, this Italian restaurant is open only at noon with a clientele of businessmen and office staff who give it a nice club atmosphere. The terrace in height is very pleasant. A reduced card and simple, well-made dishes, including fish. Excellent pasta and good desserts. Small prices.

An interesting address. The restaurant is located just a stone's throw from the Grand Masters Palace. Under elegant vaults, you can enjoy huge pasta or risottos dishes accompanied by sometimes original sauces (at Amaretto, Pernod, fresh vegetables, etc.). The dish of tortellinis scatolati surrounded by a delicious crust is particularly rich. Huge and varied pizzas are also on the menu.

The cheapest restaurant at the Waterfront Promenade. Basic dishes (pasta, pizza, salads…), but rich. Decorated like a large boat, the frame will please children. Good service.

It combines the ambience of an old bistro with an arty decor, featuring weathered woodwork, vintage bottles, antiques and contemporary art. The menu features exceptional spontaneous market cuisine, with dishes that vary according to the season and the inspiration of the chef, who favors local sourcing. The restaurant also boasts a top-notch wine list, as well as a very small terrace, which is much sought-after and often crowded in fine weather.

Sisters Ramona and Roberta Precca are much talked about in Valletta's gastronomic scene with this restaurant, and two other culinary addresses, all new in the area. The Palazzo is a rather chic place where local Italian-inspired, contemporary and refined cuisine is served. On the menu: lots of fresh fish that will be presented to you before being cooked, seafood and also meats. For example, try the octopus carpaccio or the traditional rabbit accompanied by garlic and wine.

It will be difficult to forget its address, since that's what it says right off the bat. As far as location is concerned, it couldn't be better: right in the center of Valletta, a few steps from the Palace of the Grand Masters. And that's where, since 2017, it offers a high-end restaurant in a decor that is just as high-end. No flagship dish but a menu that changes every 8 weeks and gives priority to local and seasonal. In short, more of a culinary experience than a meal. The terrace of this multi-awarded restaurant is logically taken by storm.

This old pastry shop has been tastefully transformed into an elegant restaurant and enjoys an excellent reputation among the inhabitants and employees of the capital. The cuisine is remarkable and the Maltese and Italian menu is frequently renewed. The local products (pickled vegetables, bigilla, goat cheese, rabbit, Maltese sausages) are well highlighted. The changing menu offers on some days a more pronounced detour to Sicily or even North Africa. It is, of course, quite expensive, but it is justified.

You will be discouraged from this restaurant because the dishes are not good, taste, and the freshness of food, more than questionable. It is tempting to stop there because the location is very nice, on Merchant Street, with this nice terrace, a smiling welcome and competitive prices for a restaurant in the sector. Make a stopover to take a drink…