A blaze broke out at the popular Saddles Pub and Wine Bar, which overlooks Spinola Bay in St Julian's.
Five fire engines were seen battling the fire, in which no one is believed to have been injured. Enemalta personnel were also on site.
It seems no one was in the building when the fire broke out around 6am. Works had been underway on the building for some weeks.
The owner of the establishment was visibly stunned but grateful that nobody was inside the building when the fire broke out. Most of the bar appears to have been destroyed.
Saddles Bar, located just by the statue of St Julian's, is one of the oldest establishments in St Julian's. In the 1990s especially, it became somewhat of an institution for hundreds of youths.