Preluna Hotel and Spa

We have stayed at this hotel many times and have never been disappointed. This year yet again very well pleased, from entering the hotel to be greeted by Erika who remembers us from last year with nice smile and a nice refreshing drink. Rooms are refreshed daily which is good to see as a lot of hotels have stopped doing this so keep this service going please. Plenty of choice at breakfast, all staff are friendly and helpful. Great stay have booked again for next year. Well Done Everybody.

5* The hotel is in a prime location, surrounded by charming cafés, street food vendors, and a wide range of shops, including Next, M&S, Boots, Zara, and many others.

On arrival, we were warmly welcomed with a traditional Maltese drink while checking in, which was a lovely touch. Every member of staff was attentive, friendly, and couldn't do enough to make our stay enjoyable.

There were plenty of quiet areas throughout the hotel to relax. Breakfast offered a wide variety of choices, and the all-you-can-eat dinner buffet at €30 was excellent value for money.

The hotel also has its own small beach club and swimming pool located just across the road. Getting around was easy and inexpensive, with both the ferry and local buses providing convenient and affordable transport.

Overall, we had a fantastic stay and would happily recommend this hotel to anyone visiting Malta.

Booked a week here with Tui, a family of four taking two "cheap and cheerful" rooms. First impressions were mixed, the check-in was quick but we were given rooms on separate floors and were told "the hotel is at maximum capacity" so we couldn't change anything. One of the rooms had a door that refused to close properly. We asked reception about both issues and hey presto a room opened up next to the functional room. Not sure what happened here.

During the stay, both rooms ran out of toilet paper despite being serviced. Also one room ran out of shower gel towards the end, and the other room had a power cut one night. The cheap and cheerful rooms had functional aircon (which absolutely was needed) as well as ceiling fans. TV showing mostly non-English channels. Very good showers in each room. The pillows are generously thick so bear this in mind if you want something thinner.

We were warned about nearby construction and sure enough there's a lot across Sliema and Malta as a whole. Outside the hotel and close to the room windows, they were plastering during a couple of days (standing on planks lowered by ropes!). There were occasionally stepladders in the corridors as well with open access panels nearby.

The hotel itself is in a very handy Sliema location, close by food places and a 10 min walk to the ferries. Inside the hotel, there's a spa with a pool, this surprisingly closed towards the end of our stay for a week or two, again, not sure what happened. I feel sorry for the people arriving to discover this. The breakfast is excellent with decent coffee and always a lot of choice. We didn't eat any meals in the hotel otherwise, apart from the attached Japanese restaurant (pretty good) and the Japanese Burgers (which was excellent).

Over the road is the connected beach club. The pool there is nice but not in any shade. Down the steps and you're in the public area with ladders down into the sea which was pretty good. We went snorkelling and there were some fish and urchins.

At reception, there's always a bowl of apples if you're peckish. The staff were friendly and helpful. Easy enough to walk to the local Lidl for bottled water and snacks which is close by and cheap. Bus stops just outside and you can buy multi-use card tickets from the vending machine or the booth by the ferries.