The Best Bottomless Brunches In Malta Worth Booking
The phrase bottomless brunch has suffered a little in Malta.
For a while, it became the hospitality equivalent of frozen yoghurt. Everyone needed one. Restaurants that had no business serving brunch suddenly found themselves pouring unlimited prosecco at 10am. Some survived. Quite a few quietly disappeared.
What’s left is actually much better.
Malta’s bottomless brunch scene is smaller than it once was, but the venues still doing it have largely figured out what they’re good at. Some lean heavily into the food. Others know exactly why you’re there and keep the drinks coming accordingly. One takes place inside a 17th-century palazzo where ordering Champagne before midday somehow feels entirely reasonable.
If you’ve been searching for the best bottomless brunch in Malta and ended up somewhere that confused quantity with quality, consider this your corrective.
In no particular order.
Elba — Bahar ic-Caghaq
Set inside a restored 18th-century building in Bahar ic-Caghaq, right by the beach, Elba is one of those places that manages to feel historic without feeling formal. Better known for its pizzas, the family-run restaurant also serves a surprisingly strong brunch — and unlike most places on this list, it’s available every day.
Expect classics like eggs Benedict, shakshuka and French toast alongside house favourites, all paired with two hours of free-flowing Prosecco, Bellinis or Mimosas. The sort of brunch that can very easily become your entire afternoon.
Bottomless Brunch: €27 per person · 2hrs free-flowing Prosecco, Bellini or Mimosa + any brunch dish
When: Daily
Elba
Bahar ic-Caghaq
Website
NAAR Restobar — St Julian’s
Some bottomless brunches are really about the drinks. NAAR at least has the decency to make an effort with both.
Sitting directly on Balluta Bay, the view is doing a fair amount of heavy lifting before the first cocktail arrives. Fortunately, the kitchen keeps up. Eggs, toast, omelettes and taco pancakes built to order make up the food side of the equation, while Ocean’s Kiss, Lychee Spark, Gin Fizz Royale, Bellinis, Mimosas and Aperol Spritzes handle the rest.
Two hours is included. An extra hour can be purchased for €10. A dangerous level of administrative efficiency.
Bottomless Brunch: €35 per person · 2hrs unlimited drinks · Option to extend 1hr for €10pp
When: Saturday & Sunday, 11am–1pm
NAAR Restobar
Balluta Bay
St Julian’s
Website
Contessa at The Phoenicia Malta — Floriana
Contessa solves one of the biggest problems with bottomless brunch: eventually somebody has to leave.
The Phoenicia makes that surprisingly difficult.
Between the conservatory, the gardens and the bastions beyond, this is less “quick brunch” and more “there goes your afternoon.” The spread itself is extensive without becoming overwhelming. Fresh breads, charcuterie, seafood, cheeses, salads and pastries occupy the table before mains even enter the conversation.
Then come dishes like eggs carbonara with crispy guanciale and hollandaise on a crumpet, saffron-battered sea bream or lasagnetta. Desserts arrive from a trolley, because apparently walking to a dessert station would be too much hardship.
Pricing varies according to your relationship with prosecco, rosé or Champagne. If you want to make a full day of it, the Bastion Pool offers day pass access on the same grounds.
Bottomless Brunch: From €70pp (Prosecco) · €88pp (Rosé) · €101pp (Champagne)
When: Saturday & Sunday, 12pm–3pm
Contessa at The Phoenicia Malta
The Mall
Floriana
Website
Kingsway — Valletta
Kingsway runs its bottomless brunch seven days a week, which is either admirable or slightly concerning depending on your lifestyle choices.
Located in the heart of Valletta, it manages to feel relaxed while simultaneously encouraging decisions that normally require a group chat. The menu is one of the more interesting on the island. The Dame arrives as a truffle croque madame loaded with ham off the bone and truffle béchamel. The Knight leans into beef brisket, poached eggs and truffle hollandaise. The Queen keeps things lighter with avocado and local goat cheese, while Lord combines cured salmon, asparagus, feta cream and dukkah.
Alongside that comes two hours of free-flowing prosecco, beers, mimosas, Aperol and wine spritzers, plus tapas to share.
Bottomless brunch seven days a week is either excellent customer service or a cry for help. Either way, we’re listening.
Bottomless Brunch: €40 per person · 2hrs free-flowing drinks + tapas to share
When: Daily, 9am–2pm
Kingsway
57 Republic Street
Valletta
Website
The Cisk Tap — Birkirkara
Not every bottomless brunch needs marble staircases and Champagne upgrades.
Sometimes all you need is a rooftop, a Bellini and absolutely nowhere to be before lunch.
The Cisk Tap sits on Level 5 of The Brewhouse and quietly offers one of the best-value bottomless brunches on the island. The format is simple: choose your brunch dish, settle in for two hours of prosecco, Bellinis or Mimosas, and enjoy the view.
At €26 per person, it remains one of the most accessible bottomless brunches currently available in Malta, which makes it particularly dangerous for people who enjoy saying things like “let’s just have one.”
Nobody has ever meant it. They also do a seriously good World Cup screening if you want to make a day of it.
Bottomless Brunch: €26 per person · 2hrs prosecco, Bellini or Mimosa + brunch dish
When: Saturdays, 10:30am–12:30pm
The Cisk Tap
Level 5, The Brewhouse
Mdina Road
Birkirkara
Website
Palazzo Parisio — Naxxar
There are venues where Champagne brunch feels excessive.
Palazzo Parisio is not one of them.
The 17th-century palazzo has spent several hundred years perfecting the art of making people feel underdressed. Ornate interiors, formal gardens and enough baroque grandeur to make your average brunch spot look like a bus shelter.
The menu moves through starters, mains and desserts, with dishes such as smoked salmon and tzatziki rolls, eggs carbonara with crispy guanciale and hollandaise on a crumpet, beer and saffron battered sea bream and tiramisu of the day.
Bottomless prosecco, Bellinis and mimosas are available, while the Champagne package exists for those unwilling to do things by halves.
Frankly, if there was ever a venue where Champagne before noon could be defended in writing, it’s probably this one.
Bottomless Brunch: €49pp (bottomless prosecco, mimosas & Bellinis) · €99pp (bottomless Champagne)
When: Friday, Saturday & Sunday
Palazzo Parisio
Victory Square
Naxxar
Website
Six venues. Unlimited refills. Several entirely avoidable life decisions.
The best bottomless brunch in Malta isn’t necessarily the one with the most drinks. It’s the one that makes you look at the clock three hours later and wonder where the afternoon went.
