The Embassy Valletta Hotel

Lovely moden hotel, clean and ideally situated. Staff friendly and attentive and a very nice breakfast included. Perfect place to stay for a trip to valletta

The Embassy Valletta is a stylish hotel in an excellent central location, but unfortunately our stay didn’t quite live up to expectations, particularly given the price. There are certainly some positives. Our room was spacious, modern and elegantly designed, and well appointed with lovely L’Occitane amenities. The location is fantastic for exploring Valletta, and the views are beautiful. The rooftop restaurant and pool area are particularly impressive, and the staff we encountered were friendly and helpful. However, there were a number of issues that really detracted from the experience. There was a strong and constant sewer smell in the lobby, along with visible mould on the hallway walls and around the air-conditioning vents in the lobby. The hallways themselves were not air-conditioned, which was uncomfortable in Malta’s summer heat. There was also no bellboy or assistance offered with luggage, which was surprising for a hotel positioning itself at this level. The pool deck had screws protruding from the decking in places, which felt like an unnecessary safety hazard. The bathroom in our friends room also seemed poorly thought through. The shower flooded the bathroom whenever it was used, and there was visible mould on the ceiling. Another small but frustrating detail was the lack of bottled water in the room. Instead, guests are expected to go to the lift area and fill water from a communal fountain. While I appreciate the environmental reasoning behind this, at this price point I would expect a more convenient solution in the room. Overall, the hotel has a lot going for it—particularly its location, rooms and rooftop—but the maintenance issues and lack of some basic services made it difficult to justify the price. Our stay was okay, but unfortunately I wouldn’t choose to stay here again.

Stayed for a week at the Embassy Hotel Valletta. The only positive thing about this hotel is it’s location. The hotel smells very strongly of waste and sewage, They try their best to mask it with very strong perfume but you can still smell it, made us feel sick. The rooms are dark with discoloured old bedding and very uncomfortable beds, we struggled to get a good nights sleep. The shower room was badly designed, every time we used the shower it flooded the bathroom floor and even part of the bedroom. The pool area is very small, squashed next to the dinning room. We didn’t feel comfortable to use it and even if we did there was no space! Dinning room and roof terrace were also very small, we felt like there was not enough room to service the number rod guests staying at the hotel. We could never get a table on the rooftop. Terrible week, very expensive, ruined our visit to Malta!