Restaurant guide survey results out this month

Prizes have been presented to the winners of The Definitive(ly) Good Guide to Restaurants 2004 Survey sponsored by Vodafone.

The first prize was a Q loyalty card worth Lm100 in conjunction with The Westin and Riviera Resort, the second prize was an Air Malta ticket to any European destination and the third prize a hamper of Marsovin private estate selection wines.

Prizes were given to those reviewers who returned their surveys with ratings and included the funniest, relevant and most informative comments.

The fifth edition of the guide incorporating results of the 2004 restaurant survey will be published this month and will include the top rated 150 restaurants out of over 1,000 restaurants on the Maltese islands. There was an excellent response to the survey, with 600 people rating an average of 20 restaurants each, an equivalent of 60,000 dining experiences.

On December 13, a restaurant award ceremony gala dinner will be held at the Radisson SAS when the top rated restaurants for food, service, ambience and overall will be presented with awards by the Minister of Tourism Francis Zammit Dimech.

Awards will also be presented for other categories, including the top rated Maltese food restaurant sponsored by the Ministry for Tourism, top rated Best Value for Money Restaurant sponsored by Medairco, top rated Best Business Entertainment Restaurant sponsored by Peugeot, Most Romantic Restaurant, Children Friendly Restaurant and the Best Restaurant Toilet sponsored by Josies Bathrooms. For the first year, Wine Awards sponsored by Delicata will also be presented.