Visited for the second time - STILL AMAZING!

I know my food. It's very difficult to reach my standard where I can genuinely say that the food is great and one that I can't stop raving about! NONI delivers a perfect meal: perfectly seasoned, on-point temperature, complete with the perfect balance of textures, and perfectly cooked food. Your experience does not end with food - from the moment you walk into the restaurant, you will be taken care of by the staff who are attentive and will make sure that you will have a top class dining experience. The ambience is very modern, perfect lighting, the seats and table are very comfortable. A well-deserved Michelin star!

I love their small one bite wonders, served in the beginning of the tasting menu. The parmesan tuile that is perfectly thin so the cheese will not overpower the other components in the tuile and when you take that one bite, it sings in your mouth!

The first time I visited Noni was with my two girlfriends during Spring/Summer of 2021 and had the tasting/degustation menu. I always choose to have the tasting menu instead of the Ala Carte menu because I want to be surprised and be taken on a journey personally prepared and crafted by the chef for me, from beginning to end. And it did not disappoint! Food was amazing - I was humming all throughout the courses "hmmm...... hmmmmm.....hmmm" as I pick through each and every component on my plate. Loved all 7 courses, they are all outstanding - but special mention to the pre-dessert pickled dates and orange blossom - super simple but packed with powerful flavors, and of course, I have my top favorite that is the Hobz Biz Zejt. This is their modern interpretation of the very simple, traditional Maltese dish. This probably was the one dish that totally blew me away. It is so far from looking like the traditional dish: very modern and neat plating, and the humble ingredients such as tomatoes, ricotta, basil sing together in perfect harmony without losing their identity! Definitely tasted like Hobz Biz Zejt, but more refined!

I went back to NONI 2 days ago, 8 Dec 2021 and they still delivered! Still took their tasting menu and I love, love, love it! The summary of this visit? Ingredients we initially hate, we now love because of NONI <3 Two dishes stood out for me were the Red Bream - perfectly cooked fish, glistening in the middle as I cut through it, with mussels that are cooked to perfection (and my husband who does not eat seafood said he'll eat mussels from now on :D ), with an amazing sauce that if I had bread, I would have wiped it clean, and the chocolate dessert. This dessert is heavenly! When I order a dessert, my first instinct is to stay away from fresh fruits with chocolate or anything mousse-y or anything that seems to be cloyingly sweet. But this has all the things I hate in my dessert but I loved it! The dessert is a perfectly set chocolate mousse at a perfect temperature. It has banana with it (it kinda tasted like mushed fresh banana) but the banana does not overpower the chocolate, again perfectly balanced. In the middle there is caramel with miso and hazelnuts - perfect level of sweetness and complements the flavor and the crunch you get from the hazelnuts. Of course, this is NONI, this dessert did not stop there. At the bottom, there is this biscuit-y crunch that you get - not sure if it is cereal that is coated with chocolate. One bite: with the mousse, banana, the caramel center and the crunchy chocolate, it will just take to heaven! The perfect way to end the meal. :)

Congrats NONI on being the #1 Restaurant in Malta, and thanks Chef Jonathan for an amazing food and for Ritienne for making sure we are well taken care of during our stay! Can't wait to be back! :)