Restaurants
Malta

Farm-to-table restaurant in Dingli serving rural Maltese dishes made with produce grown on its own fields. It also offers cooking classes, an online shop and a deli in Rabat.

Traditional Maltese restaurant now located at 154 Triq ix-Xatt, Gżira, after the closure of its original Sliema address. The menu combines slow-cooked classics, fresh fish, pasta, salads and daily specials.

Opened in Valletta in 1906 as a confectionery, Rubino is now a restaurant serving classic Maltese and Italian dishes. The menu changes regularly and may include fried rabbit (fenek moqli), braised lamb or red mullet en papillote.

Family restaurant founded in 1964 in Mosta, combining old and new Maltese cooking with rabbit, seafood and local meats. Folklore dinner shows with traditional dance are held on selected evenings.

Seafood restaurant on Xatt is-Sajjieda, the fishermen's quay of Marsaxlokk. The menu highlights the catch of the day alongside dishes such as prawn carpaccio and fried bream.

Mediterranean seafood restaurant at the foot of Fort St Angelo on the Birgu waterfront, in the Three Cities. It serves seasonal wild fish and offers tasting menus.

Family-run seafood restaurant and grill on Msida Road in Gżira. The menu brings together oysters, raw dishes, ceviches and local fish that are pan-cooked, grilled or fried.

Restaurant in a centuries-old farmhouse with a courtyard and herb garden, just off the road from Victoria to Marsalforn. Open for almost forty years, it serves Mediterranean cuisine with a wine list.

Restaurant at Mġarr Harbour, Għajnsielem, led by chef Paul Buttigieg and listed in the Michelin Guide since 2020. Its Mediterranean cooking pairs fish, seafood and meat with herbs and Asian spices.

Café open since 1837 at 244 Republic Street, in the heart of Valletta. Its counter offers Maltese sweets such as ricotta or pistachio kannoli, the honey ring (qagħaq tal-għasel) and nougat.

Confectionery founded in Msida in 1933 by Censu Friggieri and still run by his family. Known for its ricotta-filled kannoli, it now has coffee shops in Msida, Sliema, Mriehel and Fgura, plus a gelateria.

Café-bistro that opened on Independence Square in Victoria in 1998, followed by a Valletta branch two years later. The décor draws on 1920s and 1930s European bistros, and the menu includes vegetarian, vegan and gluten-free options.