The vaulted limestone dining room at STR·EAT, tables set under stone arches and warm lamplight

Whisky Bar & Bistro · Valletta

Winter is downstairs.

Stone vaults, one hundred and sixty single malts, and the kitchen on until eleven.

STR·EAT is a whisky bar and bistro in Valletta, with two doors — one on Strait Street and one on Old Theatre Street. Upstairs there is a bar and the terrace. Downstairs, under the vaults, are the whisky bar and the bistro. We have been here since 2013.

The backbar at STR·EAT, tiers of whisky bottles lit warm beneath a stone vault

The whisky

160

single malts, by the glass

Speyside through Islay, and a good deal in between. The list is long on purpose — it is there to be worked through slowly, not admired from across the room.

Ask for something you have never had. That is the whole point of keeping this many.

The whisky bar See the menus

The rooms

Two rooms to book. Three to walk into.

The bistro at STR·EAT, restaurant tables laid for dinner beneath a limestone barrel vault

The Bistro

Under the vaults

The warmest room in the building, cut into the rock, and the one to book when the weather turns. Dinner from 17:00 on weeknights and from 13:00 at weekends. The kitchen runs until 23:00.

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A shelf of single malt whiskies at STR·EAT, Speyside, Islay, Japanese and Highland bottles side by side

The Whisky Bar

Sit with the list

Downstairs too, next door to the bistro. This is where the single malts live, and the room to take if you want to spend an evening working through them properly rather than ordering once and leaving. Walk in.

Tables out on Strait Street at night, lit warm along the alley

The Whisky Terrace

Tables out on Strait Street, by the cellar door. Good most of the year — and if the weather turns, we move you inside.

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A drink in a cut-glass tumbler on the bar, tealights burning behind it

The Bar

Upstairs, serving the terrace. Cocktails, wine and beer — and from three until seven, every day, any two for €8.50. Walk in.

The STR·EAT terrace in the evening, tables under lit umbrellas

The Terrace

Tables on both streets, out from noon every day. Walk in.

A fillet of Mediterranean sea bass, crisp skinned, with rocket and tomatoes on a white plate

The kitchen

On until eleven, every night

Every menu on this site is the live one — the same list the floor is working from tonight, not a PDF from last season. Whisky and drinks, wine, and the food menu.

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The STR·EAT sign lit above the entrance at night, gold lettering on navy

Find us

Come in from either street.

The gold letters face the square, on Old Theatre Street. The other door is black, on Strait Street. They are the same building — terrace and the upstairs bar one way, stairs down to the whisky the other.

Old Theatre Street

The door facing the square. Terrace and the upstairs bar. Walk in from noon.

Strait Street

The black door. Stairs down to the lounge, the whisky bar and the bistro.

Hours and bookings

Where and when

Address
STR·EAT, Strait Street, Valletta, Malta
Second door on Old Theatre Street.
Phone and WhatsApp
+356 7778 7328
Bar, bistro and whisky terrace
Sunday to Thursday, 17:00 – 00:00
Friday and Saturday, 13:00 – 00:00
Terrace, St George's Square
Every day, 12:00 – 23:00
Kitchen
Closes at 23:00, every day
Happy Hour
Terrace, every day 15:00 – 19:00
Whisky Bar, every day 17:00 – 19:00

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