We've had our first trip abroad for a while and also our first trip to Malta has meant we've been lucky enough to stay in the Cugo Gran Macina hotel which has the Hammett's Macina restaurant attached. We stayed in Valletta for our first night which was a slight disappointment in that the food offerings seem to be either high-end and not available if you haven't booked in advance or plastic menu/ happy hour outlets with nothing to recommend them. Our next three nights have been spent at the Macina and the restaurant has proved to be so good that after eating there the first night we immediately booked the following two evenings.... The staff are excellent- friendly and informative- but allowing us plenty of time to decide what we wanted to eat. As pescatarian eaters the menu was perfect for us with the emphasis on vegetable dishes which are both fantastic taste-wise but also, and particularly in the context of the quality of the adjacent hotel and Malta in general, incredibly well priced. Our average spend has been about €90 for two people with drinks with a main dish being €10-15. The idea is you share dishes so a selection of various starters and mains together with seasonal sides are brought to the table ( in an order to suit your pace of eating) and the desserts follow when you're ready. The roasted cauliflower is a thing of beauty- I would defy even the most dedicated carnivore to deny it's appeal and the cuttlefish tagliatelle- where the the fish us itself the 'tagliatelle ' is simply amazing. I can only hope that Mr. Hammett and his team decide they need to open a restaurant in the UK fairly soon and that somewhere in Cheshire would be a good place to start........