The menu, explained
What's on the menu at Ta' Marija's folklore night — and how dietary needs work
The 4-course menu draws on Ta' Marija's sixty years of Maltese cooking, with a choice of starter and main. Here's the kind of food to expect, and how to handle dietary requirements before the night rather than at the table.
See folklore night tickets on GetYourGuide ↗Quick answers
| Question | Short answer |
|---|---|
| Format | A set 4-course Maltese menu |
| Signature style | Home-style Maltese cooking, including rabbit |
| Does it change? | You pick a starter and a main from set choices |
| Drinks | Check current inclusions on the listing |
| Dietary needs | Flag with the operator before you book |
A set menu, not an à la carte order
The dinner served on folklore nights is a set 4-course menu rather than a menu you order from at the table. It runs from an antipasto of Maltese sausage, goat's cheese and pistachios, through a choice of starter and a choice of main, to a layered dessert of custard, sponge and Maltese halva.
The kind of cooking to expect
Ta' Marija has spent six decades building its reputation on home-style Maltese food, and it's particularly well known for its rabbit dishes — Malta's own culinary signature, rooted in a tradition of slow-cooked, often wine- or herb-based preparations rather than a quick grill. Expect hearty, traditional flavours across the courses: the kind of cooking built for a long, shared table rather than a fast hotel-buffet turnaround.
What's on the menu
Starters are a traditional shellfish and garlic soup or gorgonzola-filled ravioli. Mains are baked stuffed squid with cuttlefish-ink linguine, a slow-cooked horsemeat stew, the signature stuffed rabbit in port wine sauce, or a stuffed chicken parcel, all served with roast vegetables and Maltese-style baked potatoes. It's traditional Maltese cooking across four courses, paced for a three-hour evening rather than rushed through in forty minutes.
Handling dietary requirements
A set menu means dietary requirements are a booking-time question rather than something to sort out with a waiter on the night. If you have allergies, a vegetarian requirement or anything else the kitchen needs advance notice of, raise it through the GetYourGuide listing or directly with the restaurant when you book — well before the 7:30pm start, not once you're already seated.
Drinks and what's actually included
Exactly what's included with the meal — wine, water, coffee — can vary between the different booking options for this evening, and inclusions are the kind of detail that's worth checking on the specific listing you're booking rather than assuming. The safest approach is the same one that applies to any set-menu evening: read what your chosen option actually includes before you pay, rather than after you sit down.