Ta' Ċetta Brasserie — Restaurant in Victoria

Ta Cetta Brasserie-Victoria Like many of the residents on the island of Gozo, we need to venture to the island's capital, Victoria (Rabat), from time to time. One of our frequent stops, for that all-important cappuccino, is Ta Cetta Brasserie. Ta Cetta is not just a coffee and pastry kiosk; this restaurant has a small but excellent menu for a light, delicious breakfast or lunch. The friendly service is quick with a smile and a homemade miniature, fresh-baked chocolate chip cookie with your coffee. Our favorite breakfast is the ham, egg, and cheese toastie. Perfectly prepared at a amazing price. Lunch offerings include a Maltese platter, pasta, salad, creative sandwiches, and burgers. I usually try the Chicago Dog, which is my lunch pick. Dinner at Ta Cetta is also a delight. Last night, I had the beef short ribs. The ribs were perfectly cooked and fell off the bone. The flavor of these succulent ribs was outstanding. My wife had Nicoise salad with a huge helping of fresh tuna. It consisted of ratte potatoes, green beans, beet and spinach leaves, egg, walnuts, and a split lemon dressing. The Brasserie has an excellent selection of salads. The Polenta salad is another favorite of ours. A selection of juicy burgers might be more to your taste. Try the spicy, crunchy, chicken burger fried in Panko crumbs with a fiery Harissa mayo. Six different Maltese pastas are all worth trying. Chicken, seabass, salmon, duck confit, steak, and the fabulous short ribs round out the main dishes. We enjoy coming to budget-friendly restaurant to try new lunch and dinner items...

A beautiful place in the middle of the bubbly and vibrant area of St. Francis Square (circle).

It's a great place for a little stop to sit down and watch people walking by. When our visits it's usually residents, expats and tourists. A colorful mix - and of what I saw, everybody got treated very nice and warm.

We like to visit for breakfast - if time allows it. I have to start with an amazing cappuccino because the "crema" is thick and fluffy. It's a MUST HAVE there. ❤️☕️

We only had breakfast at this little spot YET 😄 The breakfast menu includes a fine and small selection but you can add certain things like croissants 🥐. The staff is super flexible when it comes to special wishes. As for example I only like my eggs hard boiled. It wasn't an issue at all - I got my eggs exactly as I want them. You also can pick veggie /...

The hidden gem of Victoria.

Carbonara was excellent, served with thinly sliced, well-fried guanciale and enough pecorino to sate even a North-dweller with no realistic access to it (good luck getting pecorino in North Wales).

Smoked salmon sandwich was all fresh and delicious. Clever choice of the veg on top made it special.

We also got the Avocado Addict on the first visit and the beef baguette on the second. The former turned out to feature a healthy amount of bacon and nice runny eggs on top of the titular ingredient and the latter was a serious main course or a lunch in itself.

The brie bites didn't really have much of brie aroma but we hardly noticed.

All of this magnificence is sold at a price tag noticeably below Malta/Gozo average.

Do try...