Name: de Mondion
Address: Mdina, MT

A one-star dining room on the top floor of The Xara Palace, a 17th-century palazzo set into the bastions of Mdina, Malta's old walled capital, where the kitchen cooks the island's produce with a light modern hand.

By Dimitris Stathopoulos

The cooking

Mediterranean cooking with a few French accents, built on seasonal island produce, much of it grown in the Xara Gardens below. Executive chef Clint Grech and head chef Gabriel Caruana keep the plates precise and let the ingredient lead, rather than dressing it up.

Why it is in VANE

It is the island's benchmark table, holding a star since Malta's first Michelin guide in 2020 and keeping it in the 2026 edition, in a setting most capitals cannot match: a room on the walls of a medieval city with the whole of Malta below.

Where

Top floor of The Xara Palace, Council Square, Mdina

Kitchen

Executive chef Clint Grech; head chef Gabriel Caruana

Michelin

One star, held since 2020, in the Guide Malta 2026

Style

Modern Mediterranean, French accents

Best for

Dinner on the bastions, with the island below

VANE selection. Chosen with a critic's eye and judged independently. It's here because we judged it, not because it paid.
On this profile: a researched profile, drawn from the restaurant's own record and reporting, not a claim of a first-hand visit. Where we have eaten there, the review says so.
Image: Photo: de Mondion / The Xara Palace (official site)

de Mondion

The cooking

Why it is in VANE

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