Feature · Paceville, Malta · August 2026
Slow-marinated gyros, fresh pita baked every morning, and a kitchen in St Julian's that has quietly become Malta's reference point for authentic Greek food.
Inside Kreta
There is a version of Greek food most of Malta has settled for — a wrap with a Greek name on it, made fast, made anywhere. Then there is Kreta: a restaurant in the middle of Paceville, on St George's Road, built around the idea that a gyro is worth twelve hours of marination and a pita worth baking fresh every single morning. It is, without much noise, the best restaurant in Paceville — and consistently rated the best Greek food in Malta.
The Ethos
Kreta's own line for itself is blunt: authentic, vibrant, Greek. Not a fusion menu chasing every trend in Maltese dining, not a shortcut version of a taverna — the genuine recipes of the Greek streets, brought to Paceville and held to the same standard a real gyradiko in Athens would hold itself to.
That is a harder promise to keep than it sounds, and it is the one that has made Kreta the most-talked-about restaurant in Paceville and one of the best places to eat in St Julian's, Malta.
St George's Road, Paceville — the terrace at service
“The best restaurant in Paceville isn't the one with the biggest sign. It's the one that's been marinating since yesterday.”
The Kitchen
This is where most Greek restaurants in Malta cut the corner Kreta refuses to cut. The meat goes into marinade a full twelve hours before it ever reaches the vertical spit — long enough that by the time it is shaved for a pita gyro, the seasoning has worked all the way through the cut, not just across the surface.
The pita is not delivered frozen and reheated. It is baked in-house, every day, and served warm off the grill with the char marks to prove it. These are not selling points — they are the daily minimum the kitchen sets for itself.
The standard
Twelve hours of marination. Pita baked every morning. The kitchen open until 4AM — at the same quality as noon.
Behind the bar — service runs until the early hours
The Menu
Gyros is the door most people walk through, but the menu is built wider. Souvlaki skewers, charcoal-grilled sea bass, garides saganaki, a full mezze spread — and one dish most visitors have never heard of: the skepasti.
Signature
Slow-roasted pork or chicken marinated 12 hours, tzatziki, tomato, onion, fries in warm pita baked this morning.
Must Try
Double pita pressed and grilled with your choice of meat, melted cheese, and all the toppings. The kitchen's standout.
For the Table
Four charcoal-grilled skewers — pork or chicken — with fries, tzatziki, and a soft drink.
The Space
Kreta sits in the middle of Malta's busiest strip, but the terrace does not compete with the noise around it — olive trees, warm pendant lighting, and a design that feels closer to a Cretan village than a Paceville bar. It works for a quick pita on the way somewhere else, and equally for a two-hour table with mezze, cocktails, and company.
That range — serious food in a space that does not take itself too seriously — is part of why it has become the default answer to “where should we eat in Paceville tonight?”
Mezze spread · Terrace at night, St George's Road
The space — St George's Road, Paceville
Open When Others Aren't
On Friday and Saturday nights, the kitchen keeps cooking — fully, to order — until 4AM. Long after most of Paceville's food options have quietly shut. But the late hours are not the identity. The identity is the twelve-hour marinade and the pita baked every morning. The 4AM is just proof the standard does not slip once the sun goes down.
Still on the grill — well past midnight
“True Greek hospitality isn't about complexity — it's about the perfect pita, the freshest ingredients, and a table shared with friends.”
Kreta — Meet the Greek · Paceville, St Julian's
Quick Answers
Kreta Greek Gyros & Grill on St George's Road is widely considered the best restaurant in Paceville, Malta. 4.9-star rating, authentic Greek food, open until 4AM on weekends.
Kreta marinates its meat for 12 hours before it reaches the spit, bakes its own pita fresh every day, and serves gyros, souvlaki and skepasti from one kitchen in Paceville — a level of daily craft most Greek restaurants in Malta do not attempt.
The pita gyro (€9) is the signature order. For something heavier, the skepasti (€12), a pressed double-pita loaded with meat and melted cheese, is the kitchen's standout.
Yes — Kreta cooks its full menu to order until 4AM on Fridays and Saturdays, and until midnight Sunday through Thursday.
Yes, tables can be booked directly online at kretamalta.com. Kreta also delivers through Wolt and Bolt Food.
Experience It Yourself
Slow-marinated gyros, freshly baked pita, charcoal souvlaki, mezze — made the way it should be. In the heart of Paceville.
St George's Road · St Julian's, Malta
Sun–Thu 12:00 – 00:00 · Fri–Sat 12:00 – 04:00
+356 2149 5594