The restaurants below have been classed into four different pricing categories:
$$$$ (over ML15)
$$$ (ML13 to ML15)
$$ (ML10 to ML12)
$ (up to ML10)
These prices are for a three-course meal for one without wine.
The Carriage Book a seat on the terrace for innovative French and international cuisine with fine views over the city.
Valletta Buildings, South Street
Tel: 21 247 828.
Price: $$$
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: 21 237 121.
Price: $$$
Ambrosia This recent addition (bistro-style venue) to the capital serves fine Maltese, Italian and Spanish lunches during the week, and doubles up as a wine bar at weekends.
137 Archbishop Street
Tel: 21 225 923.
Price: $$
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: 21 224 656.
Price: $$
Mange Tout Consistently voted best restaurant on the island,
Mange Tout is worth the journey to St Paul’s Bay (book well ahead) for its sublime French Mediterranean dishes.
356 St Paul’s Street, Xemxija, St Paul’s Bay
Tel: 21 572 121.
Price: $$$
Nightlife: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.
Trabuxu, 1D Strait Street is 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 the capital’s latest addition. It is run by one of the Malta’s top musicians and offers a variety of live music every night, from classical and jazz to pop and folk.
For nightclubs and a larger choice of bars you have to go to St Julian’s (8 km, or 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.
Axis, on St George’s Road, has been grooving since 1988 with state-of-the-party light and sound systems, glass dance-floors, VIP rooms and big name DJs from all over Europe.
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