Grain Street

Incredible experience in Malta. The servers were kind and attentive, and the vibes were lovely outside. The food was the best meal we had the entire trip. The black lasagne is a must order!

Went here to try out the Carte Blanche (suprise tasting menu) for €69 each and was not disappointed.
Staff were kind and professional, and the food was excellent from each course. You get starters, a pasta course, main course and then dessert.
They also catered for pescatarians.
With the amount of food you're getting it definitely justifies the price.

Went here for dinner on our first night in Valetta and had an amazing experience. The outdoor seating is quite nice. The servers were very warm and welcoming. We ordered the crispy pigs ears, arancini and black ink and white fish beignet and they were pretty good. For the mains we had the lasagna nera and the linguini with pistachio which were to die for. Overall it was a great experience.

Grain Street is a perfectly decent restaurant for the price point. Everyone around me seemed to enjoy their food, and the atmosphere is great.

I've taken two stars off, one each for a problem with a dish I ordered and the staff's response when I raised it, respectively.

The Cacio e Pepe pasta was so salty I couldn't finish it, despite it being the only thing I'd ordered and being quite hungry.

When our server asked how everything was, I offered genuine, constructive criticism. I was told that what I'd tasted wasn't salt but umami, since the dish uses Pecorino, not salt, and that my palate was simply unaccustomed to "real pasta." This is inaccurate: Pecorino Romano is a cured cheese with a high salt content. It was the salt that ruined the dish, not my palate, which (a quick scroll through my past reviews will show) is no stranger to fine Italian food, thank you very much.

The whole experience was amazingly enjoyable and I loved it.
Nice outdoor and indoor space. Beautiful design and detail. And the food itself was very well done. Creative execution and distinct texture and taste. In general, we liked it.

The only drawbacks are that the preparing time was a bit long. And the menu could be more varied.