[Updated 13 August 2026]
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Very local, affordable, and down-to-earth: Museum Café, Gambrinus. Only open Monday-Saturday for lunch, not dinner.
I Pupi. Very close to our tour end location.
Pizza Just Italy. If you want a cheap, authentic, pizza by the slice, this is the best you can get.
Sotto Pinsa Romana pizza place, very close to our tour end location.
San Paulo Naufrago, pizza in a very instagrammable setting. However frequently completely full.
Maltese-Italian restaurants (closed on Sundays): Rubino, Beati Paoli.
Drunken Dumpling, great Chinese food.
N Japanese Bistrot, Japanese food in a small intimate setting.
Tal-Kafé. Maltese-owned with authentic Maltese coffee, and other items.
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.
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.