[Updated 20 March 2025]
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Nenu the Artisan Baker. Fully Maltese menu. Might require booking, as it fills up easily.
Beati Paoli. Small place, might require booking.
Ġużè.
Both Museum Café and Il-Ġifen are local, reasonably-priced places to eat. Much more "down-to-Earth" option than the previous. However, they're usually only open during the day, and in the work week with Saturdays included.
I Pupi, new place but very well received. Very close to our tour end location.
Pappanis is very good too.
San Paulo Naufrago, another very good pizza place in a very instagrammable setting.
Sotto Pinsa Romana is a great pizza place. Very close to our tour end location.
Kaiseki. Asian fusion, guests have come back raving.
Drunken Dumpling, great Chinese food.
Naan Bar, great Indian food.
N Japanese Bistrot, top Japanese food in a smaller more intimate setting.
AKI, another great Japanese restaurant with great sushi.
Lot 61 Coffee Roasters, possibly the best coffee in Valletta. Have all sorts of coffee extraction, filtration methods.
Coffee Circus Lisboa, another very good coffee shop. They have another new location in Valletta: Coffee Circus Hub, it's much quieter and further away from the main streets of Valletta.
Chocolate District, they have their own line of Maltese dark chocolate which they mix with Maltese ingredients. A very cool souvenir in my opinion.
But if you're passing, get the chocolate liqueur drink (they don't have a name for it). It's half melted chocolate, and half prickly-pear liqueur.
"Strait Street" has a lot of cozy bars, such as: Rumi, Rootz, and Yard 32 Gin & Tapas.
Trabuxù Wine Bar, very good wine selection and serious about wine.
Ta' Lonza. Small bar, with the owner serving drinks.
67 Kapitali. Craft beer.
Fat City Bar. Elegant, classic interior.
Kamy.
Café Society. Young & hip. So cool & trendy you sit on a cushion on the floor.
Ġugar. Alternative, hippy-ish, vegetarian food.
The Pub. Down to earth, excited about Oliver Reed.