DoubleTree by Hilton Malta

Staff are wonderful and always helpful. Always checking you are good. Lovely reception staff one and all. Special mention to the young german girl who stored my bags on first and last days. Great location and opposite the Cats Whiskers beach restaurant (try the swordfish and pistachio ravioli) AMAZING beach-club with comfy sun-beds and amazing views over the sea. Wonderful choice of pools and areas to relax. Beach towels provided too. Great choice of breakfasts and lots of it. Nepalese guy at the coffee stand did a great cappuccino every morning and was always smiling and chatty. Cleaning staff clearly hard workers and always stopped to say good morning. Nice to have a shop for food and drinks on site 24hrs. Very close to main centre but far enough away from it. A 15 min stroll to the super-fast ferries to Gozo, and Valetta. Bus service outside front door to Mdina and beyond, although the BOLT taxi app should be your first download as way cheaper than the white cabs. Definitely will return.

Queue for the real coffee machine and Nepalese guy was poorly managed and causes unnecessary congestion at breakfast every morning. Could be 2 of these points in the restaurant! Didn’t like being told I could not get my hop on hop off ticket cheaper than the 50€ I paid to then see two people we met on the boat buy them easily for 30€ on Gozo at the ferry port. Also, the green bus tour for Gozo was a disgraceful shambles with no commentary. So don’t believe anyone in the tour shop in the hotel. I complained to Lara at reception but was told it was nothing to do with them. A poor attitude from Hilton as clearly they take a cut but no responsibility, it’s why I gave 9/10. All in all a great hotel though. Had a great time there. Food at the beach bar was very good too.

The beach club attached to the hotel Sabi was the big bonus for me. Beautiful spot, great changing facilities, food & direct access to sea swimming in comfort. The hotel had good entertainment offering in the evening. The staff throughout the hotel were excellent.

I found the breakfast buffet very hectic. Adults can sit in more peaceful setting of ombré cafe but this is not clearly advertised. The bed in our room was extra high. I don’t believe it would be suitable for some individuals with a mobility challenge.

The location, the facilities and the friendly staff

Far too expensive for Malta

Hotel nuovo e ben curato. Posizione a nord dell’isola vicino alle spiagge più belle ma a mezz’ora da la Valletta. Belle piscine anche se un po’ troppo affollate nelle ore di punta. Pulizia impeccabile ovunque ma soprattutto grazie a Ser Karki che era attentissimo alla pulizia della stanza. Colazione buona per il salato ma poca scelta per i dolci, sempre gli stessi (due torte che si alternavano nei giorni e sempre gli stessi muffin).

La stanza nulla di che ma soprattutto dava su una strada laterale rumorosa per il traffico e per dei lavori in un condominio di fronte. Bagno piccolo e scomodo. Non valeva assolutamente il prezzo pagato.