Whether it’s with family or friends, Sunday lunch at the Corinthia Hotel St George’s Bay – more specifically at the Fra Martino restaurant – provides a chance for a relaxing time while experiencing healthy and varied dishes ably prepared by a team of chefs always willing to meet with their clients’ demands.

Sunday lunch is often the only time during the week where families can get together and, free from the hassles of everyday life and tight routine, they can sit around a table and enjoy each others’ company. It’s also perhaps the only time when they can discuss the preceding week’s events and look forward to what will happen in the next one.

Fra Martino is a perfect venue for such encounters.

Overlooking the splendid sea in St George’s Bay while soft music by Vinny Vella and the sweet voice of Corazon Mizzi accompany in the background, Fra Martino offers an enchanting atmosphere of tranquillity, so much needed in a life that grows all the more stressful each day. What’s more, there are no parking problems as guests can leave their car in the spacious parking lot just outside the hotel – and, as everyone knows, traffic issues these days are a daily nightmare, so having easy access to free parking facilities makes it so much better

But, of course, a restaurant is not only about its location. It is also about the food it offers and, even here, Fra Martino excels.

The selection of international cold cuts that open up your appetite are just the beginning of a wide array of dishes that make it so hard for customers to choose. One must really go there with an empty stomach to be able to savour the mouth-watering variety available.

After the starters, which include sushi, one can choose between some warm soup or pasta, or both if one is hungry enough. The meat and fish dishes that follow – accompanied by cooked vegetables and potatoes – are a treat in themselves, as is the extensive wine list. The carving station is not to be missed and, for those with Asian tastes, a special table gives one the opportunity to savour flavours from the Orient.

But be careful. Make sure that you leave enough space for the dessert. Corinthia provides a selection of cakes, tarts, mousses, fruit and ice-cream that make one’s choices hard to make.