The Best Italian Food in Malta
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The best Italian food in Malta, according to the experts: the Michelin Guide and 50 Top Pizza have both weighed in, and their honors are what rank this list. Rosamì comes out on top, and the good stuff runs deepest in St. Julian's and Valletta.
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Rubino and Aaron´s Kitchen hold the next two places. The Michelin Guide shows up on more of this list than any other guide, with 50 Top Pizza next.
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Rank 1. Rosamì
Contemporary Italian
A Michelin-starred tasting menu restaurant tucked into a Maltese villa above Balluta Bay, where the first-floor dining room feels deliberately removed from the street and tourist noise below. An Italian chef runs the kitchen, putting out six or eight course surprise menus that lean contemporary and international without losing the thread back to Malta, including local cheeses from small producers that show up late and earn their place.
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: 1 Star
- Michelin Guide 1 Star
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Rank 2. Rubino
Sicilian
The menu is a blackboard on the wall, and the room has been old-school Valletta for longer than anyone working there can remember. This is a no-fuss traditional restaurant in the heart of the historic centre, the kind of place that earns a Michelin Bib Gourmand by cooking rabbit braised in red wine with a sweet-and-sour finish rather than by impressing anyone with the decor. Regulars already know what they want; first-timers are taken care of by the owner.
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Bib Gourmand
- Michelin Guide Bib Gourmand
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Rank 3. Aaron´s Kitchen
Italian
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Restaurant
- Michelin Guide Selected Restaurant
A Tie
Four places have the exact same Score, so they share #3. We don't pick a winner we can't back up.
- #3 Aaron´s Kitchen (this place) 68.544
- #3 Anima 68.544
- #3 Le Majoliche 68.544
- #3 Osteria Scottadito 68.544
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Rank 3. Anima
Italian Sushi
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Restaurant
- Michelin Guide Selected Restaurant
A Tie
Four places have the exact same Score, so they share #3. We don't pick a winner we can't back up.
- #3 Aaron´s Kitchen 68.544
- #3 Anima (this place) 68.544
- #3 Le Majoliche 68.544
- #3 Osteria Scottadito 68.544
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Rank 3. Le Majoliche
Sicilian Trattoria
A display case of the day's catch greets you at the door of this Sicilian trattoria tucked into a business centre in St. Julian's. The menu leans Mediterranean and generously so, with house-made pasta doing a lot of the heavy lifting. The front-of-house team is the kind that notices things. It draws a lunch crowd worth knowing about, so a reservation is the sensible move.
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Restaurant
- Michelin Guide Selected Restaurant
A Tie
Four places have the exact same Score, so they share #3. We don't pick a winner we can't back up.
- #3 Aaron´s Kitchen 68.544
- #3 Anima 68.544
- #3 Le Majoliche (this place) 68.544
- #3 Osteria Scottadito 68.544
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Rank 3. Osteria Scottadito
Italian
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Restaurant
- Michelin Guide Selected Restaurant
A Tie
Four places have the exact same Score, so they share #3. We don't pick a winner we can't back up.
- #3 Aaron´s Kitchen 68.544
- #3 Anima 68.544
- #3 Le Majoliche 68.544
- #3 Osteria Scottadito (this place) 68.544
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Rank 7. Sally Port Pizzeria
Pizzeria
The name comes from the old city gates cut into Valletta's baroque fortifications, and the pizza here leans into that setting without making it a theme park. This is a Neapolitan-style pizza restaurant where the dough is taken seriously and the toppings run from quiet classics to slightly bolder combinations. Drinks lean Italian, with coffee and aperitif cocktails both on the table as legitimate options.
The awards
- 50 Top Pizza 50 Top Pizza Europe Excellent Pizzerias