Restaurants, hotels, bars and wineries in St Julian's from the En Primeur Club guide.
Accolades in St Julian's
These rooms lead the city for structured dining, with Michelin recognition and tasting menus that sit alongside serious wine programs.
Rosamì in St Julian's holds the city’s Michelin star in our guide. The restaurant runs blind tasting menus of six and eight courses, and its wine list spans global labels and Maltese bottles. The setting is a historic Maltese villa overlooking Balluta Bay.
Caviar & Bull in St Julian's pairs modern Mediterranean fine dining with caviar, aged beef, and an open kitchen. It has an extensive wine list, sommelier-led service, and tasting menu, à la carte, and prix fixe formats.
Anima in St Julian's serves modern Italian-Sicilian rooftop fine dining with an extensive wine list. The menu is offered à la carte and as a tasting menu, and the kitchen frames the room around seasonal Maltese produce and local fishing traditions.
These restaurants and hotel rooms shape the waterfront side of St Julian's dining.
Sale e Pepe Tradizione Italiana sits in St. Julian's on Portomaso Marina and focuses on authentic Sicilian Italian cooking. The restaurant has an extensive wine list, with traditional regional dishes set against the marina views.
Blue Elephant Restaurant in St Julian's / Portomaso serves Royal Thai fine dining inside the Hilton Malta. The room has a wine list, craft cocktails, and an extensive wine list, and its set menu and à la carte formats appear alongside Thai village-style surroundings.
Bayview Restaurant in St George's Bay serves Mediterranean buffet dining with bay views and a live BBQ station. The room looks over St George's Bay and offers buffet service with panoramic waterfront views from above the bay.
St Julian's is the main neighbourhood for structured dining in our guide, with St George's Bay, Balluta Bay, and Spinola Bay adding bayfront restaurants and hotel rooms. Rosamì, Caviar & Bull, and Anima are all in St Julian's, while Zest sits in Spinola Bay and Cala Bar & Restaurant sits in Balluta Bay.
There is 1 Michelin-starred restaurant in our guide, with 1 Michelin star in total. That star is at Rosamì in St Julian's, where the kitchen runs blind tasting menus of six and eight courses and pours a wine list that includes Maltese bottles.
Tasting menus are at Rosamì, Caviar & Bull, and Anima. Rosamì serves blind six- and eight-course menus, Caviar & Bull offers tasting menu, à la carte, and prix fixe formats, and Anima pairs its tasting menu with an à la carte option.
Rosamì, Caviar & Bull, Anima, Sale e Pepe Tradizione Italiana, and Blue Elephant Restaurant all have wine lists in our guide. Hotels with Star Wine List recognition include Malta Marriott Resort & Spa, Corinthia St George's Bay, HOLM Boutique & Spa, The Londoner Hotel St. Julian's, Hyatt Regency Malta, Verdi St. George's Bay Marina, and Radisson Blu Resort, St Julian’s.
By Emmett Haley · Updated October 8, 2026 · Editorial standards
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St Julian's, Malta
Rosamì holds a Michelin star (2024) and sits within a Maltese-style villa overlooking Balluta Bay in St Julian's. The kitchen runs two blind tasting menus, six and eight courses, built around modern dishes with international range, local cheeses from small producers, and a wine list spanning global labels and Maltese bottles. Dinner is served Wednesday through Saturday from 6:30 PM, priced at €€€.
St Julian's, Malta
Anima occupies the highest elevation point in Malta, offering panoramic views that stretch across the island and Mediterranean. The restaurant frames its menu around seasonal Maltese produce and local fishing traditions, positioning itself as a destination dining experience where geography and ingredient sourcing drive the offer. Expect a format built for occasion dining rather than casual stops.
St Julian's, Malta
Blue Elephant Restaurant sits in St Julian’s, where resort dining, marina traffic, and late-evening social meals shape the rhythm of the table. The draw is less about quick dining than ceremony: a Thai-leaning meal format suited to shared dishes, measured pacing, and a room that belongs to Malta’s international hospitality corridor rather than the old-town tavern tradition.
St Julian's, Malta
Inside the Corinthia Hotel St. George's Bay, Caviar & Bull holds a 2025 Michelin Plate and a concept built around two luxury ingredients: aged beef on open display and a selection of caviars. The room functions as both dining room and private-club reference, with a cocktail bar and Cuban cigars extending the occasion beyond the meal itself.
St Julian's, Malta
Hammett's Mestizo brings a Meso-South American fusion format to St Julian's dining scene, drawing culinary influences from Central America through to Patagonia. The format combines food and drink in equal weight, positioning it as a destination for both eating and bar-led evenings on one of Malta's most active dining strips.
St Julian's, Malta
Le Majoliche sits in the Pendergardens side of St Julian’s, where residential towers, offices and late-night Paceville traffic compress Malta’s contemporary dining habits into a few walkable blocks. It is better read through place than spectacle: a street-level address in a district built for mixed use, useful for diners comparing polished neighbourhood restaurants rather than destination tasting rooms.
St Julian's, Malta
Zest brings Asian cuisine to St Julian's Spinola Bay strip at a mid-range price point, holding a Michelin Plate recognition in 2025. Housed within Hotel Juliani on Triq San Gorg, it occupies a rare position in Malta's dining scene: credentialled Asian cooking at accessible prices in one of the island's busiest dining neighbourhoods.
St Julian's, Malta
Lebanese cooking in St Julian's occupies a specific niche, and Al Kasbah is where the city directs that appetite. The kitchen anchors its identity in the mezze tradition, dips, flatbreads, and charcoal-fired plates that map closely to Beirut's neighbourhood restaurants rather than the westernised versions that dominate European capitals. For visitors working through Malta's dining options, it reads as the area's clearest Lebanese address.
St Julian's, Malta
Atrio Restaurant belongs to the Balluta Bay side of St Julian's, where Malta's dining culture is shaped by shoreline hotels, compact neighbourhood restaurants, and the island's dependence on Mediterranean produce. With no public awards, chef, price band, or menu format attached, it is better read through location and category: a St Julian's option for diners comparing bayfront convenience against the more defined creative and Asian formats nearby.
St Julian's, Malta
Bayview Restaurant sits over St George’s Bay in St Julian’s, a part of Malta where resort dining, seafront terraces, and late-night Paceville energy overlap. The draw is less about a documented chef-led identity than about setting: a bay-facing room in a city where the view often shapes the meal as much as the menu.
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Broadside Terrace puts St Julian’s terrace dining in its natural setting: sea air, hotel-quarter footfall, and a plate style that makes sense only when Mediterranean sourcing is treated as the main event. With few public signals on chef, pricing, or awards, the useful reading is contextual: this is a St George’s Bay address for diners weighing waterfront atmosphere against the more formal restaurant circuit nearby.
St Julian's, Malta
Cala Bar & Restaurant brings the resort-side, pool-adjacent side of St Julian's dining into focus: casual, coastal and built around Balluta Bay's social rhythm rather than destination tasting-menu theatre. Its value is in setting and ease, particularly for travelers comparing the bayfront dining circuit with more formal rooms across Malta.
St Julian's, Malta
CYANA brings Aegean cooking to St Julian's through charcoal-fired seafood and mezze-style sharing plates rooted in Eastern Mediterranean tradition. The kitchen leans on live-fire technique and market-driven seafood, placing it in a different register from Malta's Italian-leaning dining mainstream. A focused alternative for those who want the sea on the plate, not just the view.
St Julian's, Malta
Positioned along Portomaso Marina in St Julian's, Sale e Pepe Tradizione Italiana brings Italian regional cooking to one of Malta's most visible waterfront addresses. The marina setting places it within a dense cluster of dining options, yet the kitchen's focus on traditional Italian craft distinguishes its register from the broader competition. For visitors working through St Julian's dining scene, it represents a clear Italian-focused choice in a city that spans cuisines and formats.
St Julian's, Malta
Sessions in St Julian's operates as an all-day dining address in one of Malta's most active coastal strips, where the pace of eating shifts from morning coffee through late-evening plates. The format suits the neighbourhood's rhythm: unhurried enough for a long lunch, focused enough for a proper dinner. It sits within a St Julian's dining scene that now spans everything from Lebanese mezze to Aegean charcoal cooking.
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Selected entries from the current guide for St Julian's.
St Julian's, Malta
Set on the south shore of Balluta Bay, Malta Marriott Resort & Spa reopened in winter 2020 following a nearly $33 million renovation, earning Star Wine List recognition in 2026. The property's 12-floor tower places seafront rooms and the M Lounge terrace directly opposite the neo-Gothic Parish Church of Our Lady of Mount Carmel, with the Cala Lido pool complex and Myoka Lotus Spa rounding out a full-service offer at the centre of St Julian's social promenade.
St Julian's, Malta
Corinthia St George's Bay sits along the waterfront in St Julian's, earning Star Wine List recognition for 2026 and placing itself within Malta's top tier of resort hotels. The property combines a seafront position with the scale and facilities expected of the Corinthia group, making it a reference point for longer stays on the island's northeast coast.
St Julian's, Malta
Fitch Hotel on Wilga Street in St Julian's holds both the Regional Luxury Hotel award and the Country Luxury Design Hotel award, placing it among Malta's most recognised design-led properties. The address sits at a remove from the bay-front hotel strip, signalling a format that prioritises interiors and atmosphere over seafront position. Travellers comparing boutique options in St Julian's will find Fitch operating in a distinct tier from the large resort properties nearby.
St Julian's, Malta
Overlooking the Portomaso Marina in St Julian's, Hilton Malta is a large-format resort with 413 Mediterranean-influenced rooms and suites, a full spa, indoor and outdoor pools, and multiple dining and bar options.
St Julian's, Malta
A compact, art-filled boutique property on Fabri Lane in St Julian's, HOLM Boutique & Spa sits within walking distance of Spinola Bay and the Paceville dining strip. Its Star Wine List recognition for 2026 places it in a different competitive register from the large resort hotels that dominate St Julian's Bay. For travellers who want a smaller footprint without leaving one active part of Malta's coast, it represents a considered alternative.
St Julian's, Malta
At Triq Sqaq Lourdes in St. Julian's, Hyatt Regency Malta sits within reach of St. George's Bay, where modern design runs through the property from patterned common-area wallpaper to tiled entrance details. The hotel holds a 2026 Star Wine List recognition, signalling a drinks program that earns independent notice in a competitive Malta hotel market.
St Julian's, Malta
ME Malta is a MICHELIN Selected 2025 property on Triq Gort in St Julian's, bringing the ME by Meliá brand's design-forward, socially activated hotel format to one of the Mediterranean's most active hospitality districts. The property sits in a distinct tier from Malta's heritage boutique hotels, prioritising architectural drama and social programming over historical vernacular. It works best for travellers who want contemporary atmosphere alongside Michelin-verified quality standards.
St Julian's, Malta
Positioned on St. George's Bay in St. Julian's, Radisson Blu Resort is one of Malta's few large-format waterfront hotels with a recognised wine program, holding a 2026 Star Wine List award. The resort suits travellers who want direct bay access alongside the infrastructure of an international chain, within walking distance of Paceville and the broader St. Julian's dining circuit.
St Julian's, Malta
The Londoner Hotel St. Recognised by Star Wine List in 2026, it signals a drinks programme that goes beyond the expected for a neighbourhood already crowded with international hotel brands. For travellers wanting proximity to Paceville and the waterfront without sacrificing a considered wine offering, it earns its place in the conversation.
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Occupying a private seaside peninsula in St Julian's, The Westin Dragonara Resort holds a 2025 Forbes 4-Star rating. Its 408 rooms include 66 Luxury Bay suites in a dedicated waterfront annex. Among St Julian's larger resort hotels, it is one of the few properties where sea access is genuinely immediate rather than proximate.
St Julian's, Malta
Verdi St. George's Bay Marina occupies a front-row position on Malta's busiest waterfront strip in St Julian's, earning Star Wine List recognition in 2026 for its wine program. The property pairs contemporary interiors with direct marina access, placing it in a tier of St Julian's addresses where the harbour view is a functional feature rather than a backdrop.
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Selected entries from the current guide for St Julian's.
St Julian's, Malta
St Julian's, Malta
Eclipse is an adult-only rooftop cocktail bar in St Julian's, Malta, positioned within a Paceville-adjacent scene that has grown considerably more ambitious in recent years. The format suits an evening that begins late and ends later, with cocktails as the clear priority. Visitors looking for a drinks-led experience above the Mediterranean shoreline will find the rooftop format here fits that brief.
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