Asian Grocery Stores in Malta
Indian, Pakistani, Filipino, Thai & Chinese Ingredients — Town by Town
From basmati rice and masala spices to Korean ramen, Filipino sauces and Chinese hotpot ingredients, Malta’s Asian grocery stores cover the whole continent’s pantry. This guide lists the verified shops, what each one specialises in, and whether you can order online or through Wolt.
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Malta’s Asian grocery scene is concentrated in a handful of towns. Gżira is the densest cluster, with several Asian supermarkets close together. Msida, Ħamrun and Birkirkara form the Indian grocery corridor, St Paul’s Bay and Buġibba serve the north, Fgura serves the south-east, and Gozo has its own branch of the island’s biggest Asian chain.
One distinction runs through this page. Most shops below are grocery stores first, selling spices, rice, noodles, sauces, frozen foods and fresh produce. Only Bismillah Pak Foods Halal pairs a full Pakistani grocery range with a fresh halal meat counter. The other stores make no halal meat claim, so where a shop stocks halal-labelled packaged brands, the card says so plainly — check the packaging in store.
Use this page practically: find the shop nearest you, check what it specialises in, and see whether it has its own online shop or delivers through Wolt. Where a detail could not be verified — a phone number found in only one source, or hours from a single listing — we left it out and wrote “check before you go” or “ask in store” instead of guessing.
Quick Answer
Where to Find Asian Groceries in Malta
Asian groceries in Malta cluster in Gżira, Msida, Ħamrun and Birkirkara, with further shops in St Paul’s Bay and Buġibba, Mosta, Swieqi, Fgura and Xewkija in Gozo. The main chains are Bismillah Pak Foods Halal (Pakistani grocery plus fresh halal meat), Namaste India (Indian grocery), Wenzhou Asian & Latin American Supermarket (the island’s biggest Asian supermarket operation) and Asia Food Store (Chinese, Korean, Japanese, Thai and Filipino ranges). For fresh halal meat as well as groceries, head to Bismillah; for online ordering, Bismillah and Wenzhou both run their own online shops and deliver through Wolt.
The Stores
Asian Grocery Stores in Malta, Town by Town
Eleven verified stores, starting with the strongest shop for HalalMalta readers, then the chains and independents.
Bismillah Pak Foods Halal — Gżira & Buġibba
The strongest shop on this page for HalalMalta readers, and the only one here where halal meat and grocery are the core offer together. The Pakistani grocery range covers basmati rice, including Shahi Qila 1121, spices, frozen foods and daily groceries. Alongside it, the shop sells fresh halal meat — halal is in its trading name, and its Wolt venue carries a “Fresh Halal Meat” category. It runs its own online shop and delivers through Wolt, so this is the easiest Asian grocery order in Malta to place from home.
Namaste India — Msida, Ħamrun & Birkirkara
Malta’s Indian grocery chain, trading wholesale and retail, with food and beauty products imported directly from India. Expect South Asian brands, spices, rice, dals and fresh fruit and vegetables, across three branches in the Msida, Ħamrun and Birkirkara corridor. Shoppers should know there is no real website here — only a Google business site for the Msida shop — so this is a walk-in shop, not an online order.
Wenzhou Asian & Latin American Supermarket — Gżira, Mosta, Swieqi & Gozo
The island’s biggest Asian supermarket operation, with four branches including the only Asian grocery branch on Gozo, at Xewkija. This Chinese-run chain imports from the Philippines, Thailand, South Korea, China, Malaysia and Latin America, so its shelves run from Filipino brands such as Mama Sita’s, UFC, Century Tuna and Lucky Me, through Korean Samyang Buldak and Bibigo, to Japanese and Thai lines such as Aroy-D, plus Chinese hotpot ingredients and noodles, fresh Asian vegetables, frozen foods, and a bubble-tea corner at Mosta. Its own e-commerce site offers home delivery.
Asia Food Store — Gżira & St Paul’s Bay
A Chinese-owned Asian grocery chain that also works as a wholesaler and distributor of Asian products, with two branches in Gżira and St Paul’s Bay. Its range is strongest on East and South-East Asia: a notably strong Korean selection with kimchi, tteokbokki, soju and ramen, Japanese sushi ingredients, Thai, Filipino and Indonesian lines including tempeh and ABC sauces, plus Indian spices, fresh and frozen foods, and rice in 10–20 kg sacks, alongside Latin American and African lines. Its own website is live and carries current customer reviews.
KL Suq / Maveli — Msida
An Indian grocery shop on the Msida waterfront side, trading under the KL Suq name with Maveli as its Indian shop name. It is a single-branch independent in the same Msida corridor as Namaste India and AWM. The range is Indian grocery, and shoppers should plan a walk-in visit: no verified website link is listed, and its phone number appears in only one source, so it is not printed here.
Orient Express — Fgura
The Asian grocery option for Malta’s south-east, in Fgura. It describes itself as an Asian convenience grocery store, stocking East and South-East Asian staples for everyday cooking rather than a single country’s range. That makes it the practical local stop for shoppers in Fgura and the south-east who would otherwise have to travel to Gżira or Msida. No website was found — only an Instagram location page — so treat it as a walk-in shop.
AWM Indian Food — Msida
Another Indian food and grocery store on Msida’s main grocery street, a short walk from Namaste India’s Msida branch. As a smaller independent, it is worth adding to a Msida grocery run: compare its spices and staples with the bigger chain nearby, and ask staff about anything you cannot find. Very little verified information exists beyond its name, category and location, so visit and judge the range in person.
Little India — Ħamrun
An Indian groceries and convenience store on Ħamrun’s high street, a few doors from Namaste India’s Ħamrun branch, which makes Ħamrun the second town after Msida where two Indian grocery shops sit almost side by side. The offer is Indian groceries plus everyday convenience lines, handy for topping up between bigger shops. It has no website — only an Instagram location page — and its phone number, found in only one source, is not printed here.
Malti Asian — St Paul’s Bay
An Asian grocery store in St Paul’s Bay, giving the north of Malta a second Asian option alongside Asia Food Store’s St Paul’s Bay branch. Little verified detail exists about its range beyond its Asian grocery category, so explore it in person: check the shelves for the brands you cook with, and ask staff about anything missing. Its record shows very long opening hours, but that comes from a single listing, so it is not repeated here as fact.
Spice Valley — Birkirkara
An ethnic grocery store on Valley Road in Birkirkara, in the same town as Namaste India’s third branch and Pinoy Sari Sari, which makes Birkirkara a useful third stop on an Asian grocery run after Msida and Ħamrun. Its confirmed category is ethnic grocery store, but sources do not state which cuisine or community it serves, so this page does not guess from its name — visit and see what its shelves carry. No website was found.
Pinoy Sari Sari — Birkirkara
A Filipino sari-sari convenience store in Birkirkara, listed here for completeness of the Asian grocery category: it serves Malta’s Filipino community with the small-store, everyday-essentials format familiar from the Philippines. It is the most lightly documented shop on this page — no phone number, website or exact street was found, only a record placing it near the St Helen’s parish area of Birkirkara — so treat the town as confirmed and the exact spot as something to check before you go. It makes no halal claim.
Quick Answers
Asian Grocery in Malta — FAQs
Where are Malta’s Asian grocery stores?
They cluster in Gżira, Msida, Ħamrun and Birkirkara, with further shops in St Paul’s Bay and Buġibba, Mosta, Swieqi, Fgura and Xewkija in Gozo. Gżira is the densest single cluster, Msida and Ħamrun form the Indian grocery corridor, and the north is served from St Paul’s Bay and Buġibba.
Which stores sell halal meat as well as groceries?
On this page, only Bismillah Pak Foods Halal pairs a full Pakistani grocery range with fresh halal meat, at its Gżira and Buġibba branches, with a “Fresh Halal Meat” category on Wolt. Every other store here is grocery-only and makes no halal meat claim, so for fresh halal meat beyond Bismillah, see our Halal Meat guide to Malta’s dedicated butchers.
Can I order Asian groceries online in Malta?
Yes, from some shops. Bismillah Pak Foods Halal runs its own online shop and delivers through Wolt, and Wenzhou runs its own e-commerce shop with home delivery and also delivers through Wolt at Gżira, Mosta and Xewkija. Asia Food Store has its own website to browse before visiting, while the smaller independents on this page are walk-in shops with no online ordering found — check before you go.
Is there an Asian grocery store in Gozo?
Yes — Wenzhou Asian & Latin American Supermarket has a branch at Xewkija in Gozo, the only Gozo branch among the stores on this page, and it delivers through Wolt with a 9.8/10 rating there. No other Asian grocery store on this page lists a Gozo branch, so Gozo shoppers should plan around Xewkija or stock up on the main island.
What do these stores stock?
Spices and masalas, rice including basmati and 10–20 kg sacks, dals and lentils, noodles and ramen, sauces and pastes, frozen foods, fresh Asian vegetables and fruit, and country-specific lines from Indian, Pakistani, Chinese, Korean, Japanese, Thai, Filipino, Indonesian and Latin American cooking. The mix varies by shop — Wenzhou and Asia Food Store are widest on East and South-East Asia, while Namaste India and Bismillah go deepest on Indian and Pakistani staples.
Which store is best for Indian and Pakistani ingredients?
For Indian ingredients, start with Namaste India, Malta’s Indian grocery chain trading wholesale and retail with products imported directly from India, and compare it with the Msida and Ħamrun independents, KL Suq, AWM and Little India. For Pakistani ingredients, Bismillah Pak Foods Halal is the clear first stop, with Pakistani basmati, spices and frozen foods plus fresh halal meat — no other shop on this page matches that Pakistani range.
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