The restaurants below have been grouped in four different price categories and are listed alphabetically:
$$$$ (over €38)
$$$ (€30 to €38)
$$ (€25 to €30)
$ (under €25)
These prices are for a three-course meal for one with half a bottle of wine or equivalent. Tax is included, tipping is the norm.
Ambrosia This bistro-style restaurant serves fine Maltese, Italian and Spanish lunches during the week, and doubles up as a wine bar at weekends.
137 Archbishop Street
Tel: 2122 5923.
Price: $-$$
The Carriage Book a seat on the
terrace for innovative French and international cuisine with fine views over the city.
Valletta Buildings, South Street
Tel: 2124 7828.
Price: $$$
Giannini Excellent Italian/Mediterranean cuisine in a modern restaurant on top of an elevated bastion enjoying great views over the city and out to sea.
23 Windmill Street, St Michael’s Bastions
Tel: 2123 7121.
Price: $$$$
Hibiki
Sit back and enjoy the spectacle of a knife juggling
Teppanyaki chef preparing the very best Japanese food on the island with great elan.
Fortina Spa Resort, Tigné Seafront
Tel: 2346 6666.
Website:
www.hotelfortina.comPrice: $$$$
Rubino Set in a century-old shop decorated in traditional Maltese style, Rubino’s serves up excellent modern Maltese/Mediterranean cuisine.
53 Old Bakery Street
Tel: 2122 4656.
Price: $$-$$$
Nightlife:The center of Valletta falls very quiet when the last office workers and shopkeepers leave for the evening and the only regular nightlife to speak of are events at the
Manoel Theater and the
St James Center (see
Culture below) plus a handful of bars. However, a buzzing new scene has just opened on the Valletta Waterfront by the cruise passenger terminal just below the city walls. Here warehouses and facades have been artfully renovated and are now home to fashionable bars, restaurants, two clubs and shops. Large outdoor seating areas face onto the harbor.
In the city center is
Trabuxu, 1D Strait Street, a classic underground wine bar, while just a few doors away
Maestro e Fresco, 8-9 South Street, is a more bohemian-style wine bar which hosts live music most nights.
Café Jubilee, 125 St Lucia Street, is a pleasant and friendly little bar decorated Parisian brasserie style, where you can get decent bar food and a late drink.
Sacha’s Bar & Bistro, 37 South Street, is run by one of Malta’s top musicians and offers a variety of live music most nights, from classical and jazz to pop and folk. On the Waterfront,
Q Bar is the best after-hours venue serving up Asian-fusion food, top DJs and live bands. Theme nights at neighboring
V5 include jazz, latino, country and western and classic rock.
For nightclubs and a larger choice of bars you have to go to St Julian’s 8km (5 miles) by road where Paceville (pronounced
patch-
ay ville) is the island’s nightlife hub. The vast majority of clubs and bars here are aimed at holidaymakers in their late teens/early 20s.
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