Restaurant · Valletta
Ta' Nenu
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- Valletta
Open every day at midday and in the evening. The booking on the website is a request that they confirm by phone or email; for the same day, call.
An old bakery turned Maltese restaurant
Ta' Nenu is the house that for years was called Nenu The Artisan Baker: a traditional Maltese restaurant on St Dominic Street, in a restored building in one of the oldest parts of Valletta, the one that slopes down to the Grand Harbour. Although the name recalls a bakery, it is a restaurant with tables and service, and its house dish is the ftira: Maltese bread dough, flat, topped with ingredients and baked. It also has a branch in Mġarr.
Open every day, at midday from 12:00 to 14:30 and in the evening from 17:30 to 22:00, and serves early dinners, which suits children and arriving from a flight.
The menu
2026 menu prices:
- Ftajjar (ftiras), €13.50 to €15.50. The Ta' Nenu has sun-dried tomato, black olives, Maltese cheeselets (ġbejniet), artichoke and Maltese sausage; the Ta' Żeppi ċ-Ċirwilla, roast beef glazed with carob; the Tal-Baldas, roast chicken with sage and local honey. The qassatat, half-closed ftiras in the shape of a bag, are filled with rabbit or horse stew.
- Starters, €7.25 to €10.75: fish soup (aljotta), snails in tomato sauce, fresh sheep's cheeselet, fried rabbit liver. The Maltese platter for two costs €19.50 and brings together broad bean paste, sausage, cheeselets, stuffed olives, caponata and water biscuits.
- Pasta, in half or full portion: spaghetti with rabbit sauce (€10.50 / €16), spaghetti with octopus (€12.50 / €17), sheep's cheeselet ravioli.
- Mains: the fried rabbit with garlic (fenek moqli, €20.50; whole rabbit, €46.50), horse stewed in red wine (€19.50), grilled swordfish (€23.50) or corvina (€24.50). All come with roast potatoes.
- Desserts at €6.75: a trio of Maltese sweets, imqaret (fried date pastries) with Maltese ice cream, tal-ħobż bread pudding.
There is a children's menu at €6.75 (spaghetti with cream and cheese, ricotta ravioli, nuggets, ftira with tomato and mozzarella), and the menu marks the allergens of every dish and the vegetarian and vegan options.
Booking and getting there
The website has a booking form that asks for the number of adults, children aged 3 to 12 and babies; it is not a confirmed booking until they call or write to you. For the same day, call +356 2258 1535. It is about five minutes' walk from St John's Co-Cathedral, downhill. Groups can book a ftira workshop on weekdays, by writing by email.
What to order: a ftira to share, such as the Ta' Nenu or the pork one with Maltese sausage, and the fried rabbit with garlic (fenek moqli); for dessert, imqaret with ice cream
Practical details
- Phone
- +356 2258 1535
- [email protected]
- Opening hours
- Mon–Sun12:00–14:30 and 17:30–22:00
- Cuisine
- Maltese
- Bookings
- Book a table on their website
House specialities
- Ta' Nenu ftira
- Fenek moqli (fried rabbit with garlic)
- Aljotta (fish soup)
- Maltese platter for two
- Imqaret with ice cream
Tips
- Share a ftira It is enough for two as a starter, or for one as a single dish.
- Rabbit, yes It is the Maltese national dish and here they make it fried with garlic, island style.
- Call if you are going the same day The website form is a request; by phone you confirm at once.
Frequently asked questions
Is it open on Sunday?
Yes, every day, at midday and in the evening.
Does it have a children's menu?
Yes, at €6.75, and the booking form counts children and babies separately.
What is ftira?
A flat Maltese bread dough, topped with ingredients and baked, similar to a bread-dough pizza.
Are there vegetarian dishes?
Yes, the menu marks them, as it does the allergens of each dish.
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