AC Hotel by Marriott St Julian's

Really clean and new hotel with modern amenities, really great pools and a good location in St Julians - close to Valletta, beaches in the north, other towns in Malta etc. Room was also very nice. Most of the staff very friendly - particularly the restaurant staff.

Although the room itself was very nice - people staying should be aware that if you are at the back of the hotel you are sandwiched between that and another hotel so your room will basically be dark and windowless. The only view will be of airconditioning vents and other peoples rooms. We were given essentially the worst situated room in the hotel, bottom corner with 0 natural light. This isnt anyones fault, just worth being aware of. Also the reception staff were often quite unfriendly and unhelpful, we had to ask three times for someone to fill the shower gel in our room for example.

The breakfast was delicious and plentiful. The rooftop pool was heated, which made it very pleasant, and we were able to enjoy swimming for a long time. Every single member of the staff was very kind and friendly.

I didn’t like that the room didn’t have a balcony and that the window overlooked a neighboring building, which made the room quite dark. I’m sure this was mentioned in the booking details, but I must have overlooked it. I would recommend that anyone booking in the future choose a room with a city view instead.

I love staying in an AC Marriott and it mostly matched my expectations from previous locations, however our first room barely had a window which was not clear at the time of booking, thankfully the hotel was able to move our room the following day which massively improved our experience. The breakfast was amazing as expected and the wait staff were so friendly and always so helpful and when we had an issue with an evening meal they went out of their way to rectify the issue. Loved the happy hour and ability to enjoy drinks by the rooftop pool. The pools were clean and never too busy so we were able to enjoy them during our stay. The hotel was happy to provide fresh milk for our rooms to use with the coffee machine. It is the small things that can make a difference. As expected the hotel was clean and we had a comfortable stay.

After moving rooms, we only experienced an issue with the bed not being as comfy, it was quite lumpy but we didn't want to move rooms again as we were able to sleep but it was a shame the bed wasn't the usual standard and our first room certainly had been more comfortable at night because of the bed. We also found the water refill stations were not the usual standard and the water tasted off so we had to buy our own water bottles for the duration of our stay. The only other note was the overall location of the hotel, it was great if you want the small beaches and night life of St Julian's, the hotel was quiet despite being pretty close to the main nightlife which was a massive bonus It was close to amenities and public transport routes however if we had researched more we may have chosen a different location in Malta closer to the North but this was more our personal preference of what we wanted to do once in Malta.

Very standard hotel, the funny thing with our room is the window is fake.

Nothing really except the fake window.