The Valletta Waterfront Restaurant Awards

A premium wining and dining location in Malta.

The winning restaurants for 2015:

The Blue Riband Restaurants:

Pintonino Restaurant ; Nan Yuan Cantonese Restaurant; Brown’s Restaurant; Q Bar & Restaurant and Pepe Nero.

Pintonino and Pepe Nero have retained the WRMC Blue Riband Award from 2014 and have been presented with the WRMC Blue Riband Plaque to display along with the 2014 certificate.

Nan Yuan, Brown’s and QBar & Restaurant have been conferred with the WRMC Blue Riband award this year and were presented with the 2015 certificate.

With its nineteen historical 250-year-old warehouses, built by Grand Master Pinto at the height of the baroque period in Malta, stretching along the water’s edge and the historical Quay Wall where the Knights of St John and European merchants used to unload their wares … the impregnable Old Power Station that serves as a testimony to the eclectic and heroic history of the Grand Harbour … the Forni Stores, dating back to 1626 and constructed by Grand Master de Vilhena – the Valletta Waterfront invites you to discover its complete mix of retail, dining and leisure experiences.

The Valletta Waterfront is also the gateway to Malta’s capital city, Valletta – a city built by gentlemen for gentlemen. In fact, as one of the most successful Mediterranean ports, the Port of Valletta welcomes more than half-a-million cruise passengers into this open air museum.

All this comes with an added bonus – the majestic setting within the Grand Harbour, a natural deep water port, for many thousands of years the epicentre of Malta’s maritime activity, a truly exceptional and outstanding backdrop.

At the Valletta Waterfront one can now wine and dine both inside as well as in the al fresco areas of eleven restaurants, most of which have been upgraded and refurbished to provide perfect dining experiences for every taste, pocket, and dining genre, from Chinese, to Spanish, Mediterranean - fish, pizza, pasta; to the best grills and specialised restaurants, bringing together an array of top class chefs to make this venue an outstanding dining location for the whole family and the most discerning diner.

Valletta Cruise Port plc, is the WRMC’s (Wines and Restaurants of Malta.Com), Commercial Partner in our efforts to upgrade the Valletta Waterfront even further, by creating a special WRMC restaurant award titled:

THE BEST RESTAURANTS AT THE VALLETTA WATERFRONT

2015

BY CONCEPT

Pintonino best for fish and seafood and for the most exotic wine collection and cellar.

Nan Yuan Cantonese Restaurant best ethnic restaurant for Cantonese Chinese cuisine.

Brown’s Restaurant best concept restaurant - family, casual and up-scale dining.

Q Bar and Restaurant best for Mediterranean cuisine.

Pepe Nero best for Pizza and beef dishes.

Bistro 516 best for Gluten free and family dining.

which awards have been awarded during the WRMC’s Gala Awards Presentation Dinner, held on:

MONDAY, THE 26TH OF JANUARY, 2015,

AT THE PORTOMASO SUITE, HILTON MALTA.

The Restaurants of the Valletta Waterfront ( listed randomly) are:

Q-Bar & Restaurant; China Garden; Bistro 516; Pintonino

Brown’s; Lava Lounge; Crave;

Nan Yuan; Pepe Nero; Hard Rock Bar Malta; Tal-Kaptan.

All of the above restaurant have been under adjudication during 2014, and the inspections were completed by the 15th of January, 2015, by our initial survey teams as well as by our appointed, professional, anonymous inspectors, to arrive at the final decisions on the finalists. Inspections and adjudication are carried out in the most professional and internationally accepted manner and quality assurance criteria, which takes into consideration the complete dining experience with adjudication targeting primarily: Cuisine quality - freshness of ingredients; preparation and presentation of individual dishes; attention to detail, use of fresh seasonal ingredients and taste; harmony of menu and concept; ambience; atmosphere and decor of both the al fresco s well as the internal restaurants; cleanliness and condition of restrooms; management - attitude and attention to clients’ needs; service - individual waiter service and efficiency; wine list - choice of good wines and reasonable mark-ups especially on local wines; overall value for menu.

Reno Spiteri WRMC Executive Director; M’Grace Borg WRMC Director; Mr. Stephen Xuereb CEO of Valletta Cruise Port plc and Mr. Pierre Balzan Demajo Director of Valletta Cruise Port plc .

Awards are not simply conferred for the sake of giving an award, but the finalists to receive the accolade of:

THE BEST RESTAURANTS AT THE VALLETTA WATERFRONT 2015

must have received not less than 8.5 points through the consolidated results of all inspections carried out in each particular restaurant.

The WRMC Restaurants Quality Recognition Awards are the ultimate indication of the utmost quality of the top restaurants in Malta, which are subjected to a thorough adjudication criteria by professional inspectors and reviewers.