Open nowOpen nowOpen nowOpen nowClosed now in Is-SwieqiCroissants, just outPasta, and the Sorrento bakeCake counter and a CappuccioneSpritz on the terraceBack at 07:15
Good morning.Good afternoon.Good afternoon.Good evening.See you tomorrow.From the first espresso to the last spritz.
Fourteen hours and a quarter, every day, on the corner of Triq il-Qasam. Fabio, Pia and Jonathan are usually in it somewhere.
Follow the day07:15—21:30
Who is in
A family business, with the family in it.
Restyle is run by Fabio and Pia with their son Jonathan, in the Revamp Building on the corner of Triq il-Qasam and Triq l-Imgħażel.
Most of what people remember here is not on the menu. It is being recognised on the way in. The same faces behind the same counter, year after year. A coffee that arrives the way you like it, before you ask. You come in for ten minutes and stay for an hour, and nobody minds — being that kind of room is the part this family loves most.
It has never been anything but a family business — not a detail about Restyle, but the whole of it. Jonathan grew up in this room and is still in it. There is no group behind them, no head office, no second branch: just a corner in Is-Swieqi that opens at a quarter past seven in the morning and takes its last orders at half past nine at night, seven days a week. The kitchen leans Italian. The coffee is Marsali, roasting since 1929. Simple ingredients, turned into something you think about on the way home — that is Fabio, doing it again today. The consistency is not a policy. It is the same family, here again.
A taste
Some of it. Not all of it.
There are a hundred and twenty-one dishes on the real menu. These are the ones people order twice.
Breakfast & brunch
The ovens are on before the road is awake. Croissants baked in, not bought in.
- Baked Croissant Pistacchio€4
Baked here, filled with pistachio.
- English Breakfast€15
The full plate, done the traditional way — special sausage, grilled tomato, the lot.
- Croissant Dealcombo€11
A coffee, a croissant and a juice. The regulars' order.
- Ring Doughnuts€4
For the walk to school, or the desk.
Coffee
Marsali, roasting since 1929. Italian customers order a second one — that is the review that counts.
- Cappuccino€3
Heart on top, most mornings.
- Espresso€2
Standing at the counter, ninety seconds.
- Cappuccione€4
The bigger one. No apology needed.
- Iced Coffee€4
For the terrace, from June onwards.
From the kitchen
Pasta approved by Italians, which in Malta is a high bar. Pizza, focaccia and burgers besides.
- Cannelloni With Ricotta€16
In a creamy pesto sauce, pistachio on top.
- Gnocchi Porcini & Zola€15
Potato gnocchi, wild porcini, blue gorgonzola.
- Lasagna Ragù, classic style€18
Bolognese and white sauce, baked in the oven.
- Penne N'dujaspicy€14
Creamy cottage cheese and n'duja.
- Margherita Pizza€15
Tomato, mozzarella, basil, good oil.
- Focaccia Toscana Caprese€21
Real pizza bread with rosemary and sea salt, fresh tomato.
- Jim Bourbon Burger€17
200g patty, caramelised onions, smoked provolone, bourbon sauce.
- Salad With Prawns & Octopus€18
Beans, olives, dried tomato, croutons.
The room
White shelves, loud tables, hard island light.
Inside is bright and plain so that everything else can be colourful — the tabletops, the cake counter, the wall of Italian bottles. Outside, the terrace holds the winter sun until late afternoon, which is why those tables go first.
Regulars
What people actually write.
Best cafe in the neighbourhood. Like Hotel California — you can check in anytime but you can never leave. I like their high, consistent quality, which is rare… thanks to Danillo and Jonathan.
Owner Fabio, his wife and all the team are exceptional… They turn simple ingredients into an explosion of flavour and memorable taste… so welcoming that we continue to visit on a weekly basis.
Fabio & Pia with their son Jonathan run the most amazing family business… Dani is the star of the show — always cheerful, singing and welcoming customers.
Good Italian coffees, nice selection of snacks… large terrace with a few tables in the winter sun. Cosy inside.
Good food good service always.
Yummy.
Around 834 Google reviews, overwhelmingly five star. These are quoted as written, trimmed only for length.
Wine, beer & aperitivo
A wall of Italian bottles, Maltese labels beside them, and a Spritz that arrives before you finish asking.
- Aperitivo Milanese, for twofor 2€45
Cold cuts and cheeses, tagliere style, with marinated vegetables.
- Bottle FeniciMalta€22
Maltese, and on the shelf where it belongs.
- Chianti, Tuscany€23
One of the reds off the white shelves.
- Prosecco, extra dry€23
For the table that is celebrating something.
- Cisk, 500mlMalta€6
Cold, local, obvious.
- Fresh Orange Juice, 400ml€7
Squeezed when you order it.
Sweets
The cake counter is the reason a lot of people never make it out the door.
- Cannolo Siciliano€8
Filled to order, never before.
- Cheese Cake & Pistacchio Sauce€9
The pistachio runs through this whole menu.
- Babà€9
Rum babà, custard cream.
- Marlenkagluten free€8
Honey cake. Gluten free.
- Black Forest Fruit Cake€9
From the counter you walked past on the way in.
Find us
On the corner, with the terrace.
Address
Triq il-Qasam 61, corner with Triq l-ImgħażelRevamp Building
Is-Swieqi SWQ 3021
Malta
Hours
07:15—21:30
Seven days a week, including Sunday.
- Monday: 07:15–21:30
- Tuesday: 07:15–21:30
- Wednesday: 07:15–21:30
- Thursday: 07:15–21:30
- Friday: 07:15–21:30
- Saturday: 07:15–21:30
- Sunday: 07:15–21:30
- Large terrace, with tables that hold the winter sun
- Free parking — car park and on-street
- Dogs welcome
- Wheelchair accessible
- Gluten-free options across the menu
- Fine for one person, a laptop and two hours
35.92112, 14.47930
Or stay where you are
Have it sent over.
Delivery and takeaway run through Wolt. Everything else — a table, a birthday, catering, the guesthouse next door — is a phone call.
Order on WoltRated 9.6