Mona Farrugia wonders about smiling in restaurants but has no doubt that Sciacca's Marvin is the most innovative chef in Malta

...and is pleasantly surprised. Surprise! Mona Farrugia, restaurant critic of some seriousness, unleashes a happy rookie on Il-Parapett: This Charming Man on the wonders of the big €12 burger.

Finally - finally! - a restaurant serving authentic Maltese food in a modern setting opens. Mona Farrugia is excited about Gululu. But not excited enough.

Mona Farrugia falls head over heels for Profumo di...: a trattoria in, of all places, Paceville.

Its food packs a punch, and the view is lovely. Yet Peppino's lacks style and still serves sweetcorn in its side salads.

The concept of non-stop skewers, Brasilian-style is meant to be copious, non-stop and on an open fire. At Do Brasil they do it in a humungous oven, sparely and charge...

British? This is the review where Mona abuses of the decades-long friendship between the two isles and really makes fun of your obsession with the weather. Don't say we didn't...

Mona dreams of Mauritius but ends up eating at Hugo's instead

Lulu's: mildly posh, mildly stylish and every so mildly harking back to the nineties with a ridiculous €1.25 cover charge

Snoopy's has the best food in the area. Pity you really can't get the staff these days [Downstarred from 4 to 3 stars following several reader gripes which now go...

Life may be sweet when the set Sunday Lunch costs just €20. Does the level have to swing up and down like a stock market, though?

It's in Paceville, which puts a lot of people off, yet Mona finds herself bewitched by the purity of the Sicilian food she is greeted with at Tana del Lupo.

Gozitan is supplying honest, genuine food in as dishonest and manufactured a town as could be. Forget the under-age drinking and the pool halls and revel in the joy of...

Is it a bird, is it a plane or is it a restaurant? Mona finds a highly sought-after chef, a half-finished restaurant and much scope for training at Lo Spago

It got all the frills right: the decor is sumptuous, the food is fine, but Mona finds Al Molo's booking and billing 'policies' go one crunch too far