These Are the Sports Bars & Pubs Where You Should Watch the Premier League in Malta

There are two types of people looking for somewhere to watch the Premier League in Malta. Those who want seven screens, cold pints and absolutely no possibility of missing a goal. And those who want all of that, but would also quite like the furniture to be nice.

Fortunately, Malta caters remarkably well to both.

From proper old-school pubs where football is practically part of the licensing agreement to dedicated sports bars, gastropubs, breweries, seafront terraces and considerably more polished places where you can watch Arsenal ruin your weekend over a decent dinner, there are plenty of places showing Premier League football across the island.

This guide rounds up some of the best sports bars and pubs in Malta for watching Premier League football, whether your priorities are enormous screens, atmosphere, good food, craft beer, aesthetics or simply being surrounded by people who understand that attempting conversation during stoppage time is unacceptable.

Check the official Premier League fixtures before making plans, and it’s worth confirming the individual match with the venue too, particularly if several games are happening at once.

Right. Pick your screen, choose your allegiance and prepare to spend the next nine months developing extremely strong opinions about VAR.

Salisbury Arms, Sliema

If your preferred football-watching habitat involves wooden beams, scarves hanging from the ceiling and a bar that feels reassuringly British, Salisbury Arms has understood the assignment for years. This family-run Sliema pub regularly shows football, serves proper pub food and has the sort of lived-in atmosphere that cannot be ordered from an interiors catalogue.
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The Sweet Spot, Gzira

Malta’s first indoor golf lounge is also a useful wildcard for Premier League matches. The Sweet Spot has large screens around the venue, a full bar, pool, darts and shuffleboard, plus multiple TrackMan golf bays if half-time inspires a sudden and deeply misguided belief in your sporting ability. Food can even be ordered in from outside and served on proper plates. Civilisation.
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Flamin’ Joe’s, Birkirkara

Malta has plenty of places claiming American inspiration. Flamin’ Joe’s actually commits to the bit: red-and-white diner booths, vintage Americana and enough retro detail to make you half expect somebody from Grease to walk past carrying a milkshake. Recently reopened after closing down a few times, it’s showing Premier League matches across multiple screens, with burgers, wings and a children’s play area for anyone attempting football with family logistics attached.
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Crosskeys Gastropub, Mellieha

For the northerners, Crosskeys is the sort of neighbourhood gastropub where live sport, cold beer and comfort food all coexist quite happily. There are screens around the pub, pool and darts for pre-match distraction, and pizzas, burgers and sharing food once somebody inevitably decides that watching football is exhausting work.
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King’s Gate Gastropub, Msida

A proper neighbourhood gastropub rather than a giant sports complex, King’s Gate works well if you want the match without feeling as though you have accidentally entered a fan zone. Expect burgers, ribs, local and imported beers and screens for the football. Straightforward, comfortable and refreshingly uninterested in turning every kick-off into a pyrotechnic event.
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Rapid Sports Lounge, Qawra

This one was essentially built for people who take televised sport seriously. Seven screens, including a 98-inch main screen with amplified sound, more than 90 seats, plus food and drinks throughout. It is one of the more straightforward choices on the list if the actual match is the priority rather than pretending you came out for dinner and football just happened to be on.
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The Dubliner, St Julian’s

The Dubliner does exactly what you want an Irish pub to do: major sport on screen, draught beer, pub grub and staff who make the place feel far more local than its St Julian’s address might suggest. Their fish and chips have developed something of a following too, which feels like an entirely sensible accompaniment to 90 minutes of shouting at a television.
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The Chapels Gastrobrewpub, Birkirkara

Football with considerably better beer than the average sports bar. Set inside the old Farsons Brewhouse, The Chapels has more than 20 craft beers brewed on site, food, an outdoor terrace and a rooftop beer garden. Industrial architecture, pints made approximately six metres away and Premier League football. Quite difficult to object.
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Charles Bar, Swatar

You cannot really talk about sports bars in Malta without Charles Bar coming up. A Swatar institution that has been around for decades, it has an old-school community feel, multiple screens and a large projector for the bigger matches. Drinks are reassuringly no-fuss, little complimentary appetisers still appear at the table, and the burgers have earned a reputation around the area too.
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The Brew Grill & Brewery, Sliema

Part brewery, part grill, part extremely convenient place to watch football on The Strand. The Brew pairs live sport with its own beers and the sort of menu designed for people who believe match day requires something involving meat, carbs and possibly several napkins. It is busier and more restaurant-led than some of the traditional pubs here, which may be exactly the point.
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Sports House, Attard

One of the newer dedicated sports bars in Malta, Sports House opened this year and wastes very little time explaining what it is. Screens line the walls, Premier League matches are a central part of the programme, and there is billiards when you need something to do with your hands other than gesture furiously at VAR decisions.
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The Londoner, Sliema & SmartCity

Sometimes you do not require conceptual hospitality. You require several screens, a pint and somewhere that understands why nobody should attempt meaningful conversation during stoppage time. The Londoner has two Malta locations and is reliably built around exactly that sort of afternoon, with British pub food, drinks and plenty of live sport.
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The Crossbar Sports Lounge, Mosta

One of the newest names on the list, The Crossbar only arrived in Mosta in February. It is very much a sports-first operation, with multiple screens around the room, plenty of tables, cold pints and a relaxed neighbourhood-bar setup. They also run quizzes and music nights when 22 men are not monopolising everyone’s attention.
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Balluta Bar, Balluta

A neighbourhood option for anyone who wants football without committing to full sports-bar theatre. Balluta Bar regularly screens matches and has the sort of easy local atmosphere where you can turn up for one drink and discover two hours later that you have acquired opinions about a team you do not support.
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Cheeky Monkey, St Julian’s

Cheeky Monkey sits firmly in the louder end of the spectrum, with live sport, food, drinks and enough energy to make a quiet afternoon highly unlikely. It is a good option if you want the Premier League with more of a social bar atmosphere rather than the traditional pub setup.
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Surfside Bar & Grill, Sliema

 

Three floors on the Sliema promenade, 180-degree sea views and screens everywhere you look. Surfside has been doing sports screenings for years, with a purpose-built middle-floor sports bar surrounded by screens on all sides. Add burgers, grills, sharing plates and the Mediterranean sitting directly outside and suddenly losing 3–0 feels marginally less bleak.
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The Cavern, Msida

The Cavern keeps things pleasingly old-school: Premier League football, drinks, a billiard room and the occasional karaoke night thrown into the equation. It is more local pub than polished sports lounge, which is rather the point. Come for the match; stay because somebody has apparently decided the evening now requires Bon Jovi.
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Hugo’s Pub, St Julian’s

Hugo’s Pub is one for people who prefer their football with a bit more volume. Right in St Julian’s, it combines multiple screens, pub food and a lively crowd, making it a particularly good shout for the bigger fixtures when watching quietly was never really part of the plan anyway.
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Eighteen venues, several hundred screens and approximately one season’s worth of completely rational emotional instability. The Premier League is back. Choose your venue accordingly.