Legligin

★ 4.7 · 2,050 reviews Valletta Opened Opening date unknown

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A Maltese wine bar serving a set parade of small plates

Legligin is a below-street wine bar on St. Lucia Street where dinner arrives as a fixed run of small Maltese plates rather than a menu you order from. The host pours local wine and brings dish after dish until you call time.

The format suits the vaulted cellar setting and the home-style cooking: rabbit, bragioli, local cheeses and vegetables, all tied to what is good that week. It is a set-price, sit-back kind of evening and one of the more characterful tables in the city.

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Elly Morientes 29 reviews · Local Guide 19 July 2026

The service, the generous portions, the atmosphere…. Everything about this place was great! This was one of the most delicious meals we’ve had in Malta. Highly recommend the set menu! Wish I had taken photos of each course…. they were all divine
Jerry Dickens 145 reviews · Local Guide 23 June 2026

Reasonably priced restaurant for seemingly traditional Maltese food. With the rustic atmosphere, pre set list of courses, and presentation style, it reminded us of eating at someones house -- where the cook is very good. Most dishes were tasty, with special mention to the rabbit pate, which was unexpectedly wonderful.
Luana Momm 34 reviews · Local Guide 10 June 2026

absolutely amazing! the best restaurant we went during our week in Malta. the food reminds home made food, the tasting is well served and very well seasoned, service was great and the wine pairing very generous. we loved it and definitely recommend!
Claire 214 reviews · Local Guide 10 June 2026

The best thing about this place is the price. The food is very very good but nothing amazing, but for €37 at lunch, you get to try lots of taster size Maltese dishes. You also get a huge basket of bread which helps ! Without this, we would’ve been hungry. We also did the wine pairing which has all Maltese wines comparable to a Michelin restaurant we went to on another day. A cozy and super friendly restaurant for amazing value.
KQ 166 reviews · Local Guide 10 June 2026

Traditional Maltese tasting menu. In a traditional style Valetta restaurant. My only negative here was one of the courses was Vegetable soup, that's not a proper course in my opinion. I want fish soup as a minimum to qualify as a course. Also they should have horse meat somewhere on the menu. Aside from that I would highly recommend this place, and for what you got I thought it was very good value. So this concept only really works if you have excellent service. Thankfully this place did have excellent service, and I must give a very special mention to the Maltese waiter, and Nepalese waitress.