With a stay at Grand Hotel Excelsior, you'll be centrally located in Floriana, a 3-minute drive from Malta Experience and 8 minutes from Saint Julian's Bay. This beach hotel is 15.9 mi (25.6 km) from Mellieha Bay and 3.8 mi (6.2 km) from Sliema Promenade.
Pamper yourself with a visit to the spa, which offers massages, body treatments, and facials. After a day at the private beach, you can enjoy other recreational amenities including an outdoor pool and an indoor pool. This Art Deco hotel also features complimentary wireless internet access, concierge services, and babysitting (surcharge).
Grab a bite to eat at one of the hotel's 2 restaurants, or stay in and take advantage of the 24-hour room service. Snacks are also available at the coffee shop/cafe. Relax with a refreshing drink from the poolside bar or one of the 2 bars/lounges. Full breakfasts are available daily from 6:30 AM to 10:30 AM for a fee.
Featured amenities include a business center, complimentary newspapers in the lobby, and dry cleaning/laundry services. This hotel has 14 meeting rooms available for events. A roundtrip airport shuttle is provided for a surcharge (available 24 hours), and free valet parking is available onsite.
Make yourself at home in one of the 428 individually decorated guestrooms, featuring minibars and flat-screen televisions. Complimentary wireless internet access keeps you connected, and satellite programming is available for your entertainment. Bathrooms feature showers, complimentary toiletries, and hair dryers. Conveniences include phones, as well as laptop-compatible safes and desks.
"While the hotel has certainly seen better days, we still enjoyed a comfortable 3-day stay. We were looking for a location close to the city's main attractions and a nice outdoor pool, and the hotel delivered perfectly on both counts. The hotel's private beach option is also a big plus, and the overall poolside service was excellent. Our room was spacious – I believe it would also be ideal for extended stays – with ample storage, a comfortable desk, an armchair, a table, and a balcony furnished with a table and chairs. The room's excellent soundproofing was particularly important to us.
However, there were a few downsides:
1. We strongly advise against booking the room with breakfast. While there appeared to be a wide selection, nothing was truly noteworthy. The products were of very poor quality and heavily processed, including terrible white bread with no dark or wholemeal options. The cold cuts looked distinctly unappetizing (also heavily processed), and the powdered egg dishes were tragic. Even the fruit was either tasteless or from a can. Our daily saviors ended up being plain boiled eggs, tomatoes, and lettuce ;) We significantly overpaid and wasted considerable time queuing in the breakfast room. Given the chance, we would definitely skip it next time, head out for sightseeing earlier, and use the budget for breakfast in town or an early lunch.
2. Security Deposit – It's been two weeks since our stay ended, and the hotel still hasn't refunded our security deposit. We didn't incur any in-room charges, yet the hotel is still holding onto our funds. Contacting the hotel hasn't resolved the issue, and we are still awaiting the refund. For a 7-night stay, the deposit would amount to 350 euros, which I believe is a significant sum for many people."