Elephant Shoe

Elephant Shoe is a brunch café in Dar l-Emigrant on Castille Place, next to the Upper Barrakka Gardens. Attitude's 2025 Malta piece describes it as run by a gay couple; HappyCow lists the co-owners as Jesse Caruana (of Two Buoys), Kurt and Glenn. The menu is brunch food, and it is listed on HappyCow for its vegetarian and vegan options. It is a daytime place, so come for breakfast or lunch, not a night out. Google reviews average 4.6 from more than 1,200 ratings, and weekend mornings get busy, so expect to wait for a table. It is about five minutes' walk from City Gate and the bus terminus.