Grand Hotel Excelsior in Valetta

I would definitely not rate this hotel as 5star, expected a little luxury but was very disappointed. Room was spacious but looked more like a 3 star travelodge very dated with basic amenities. Shower was far from a power shower with cheap shower curtain. Loose floor tiles without grouting. Phone had obviously fallen of at some point and just plastered back on with paint. Light didn't always work in the room so make sure you have a light on your phone. Bed frame peeling 😩
If you go for a swim in the pool there are no showering facilities or changing rooms prepare to pay €15 to use them along with the small sauna or walk back to your room with wet swimming costume.
Breakfast was very basic and not very tasty just mass produced cheap produce. If you want an espresso you need to pay extra only standard filter coffee and tea available.
Floor 4 was near to the Indian restaurant and the cooking smell became very over bearing at times.

We stayed here for four nights during our trip to Malta, and it’s safe to say that while this hotel may have been five stars last century, it’s surely not worthy of that ranking now. Firstly, we arrived and we had booked two rooms online, but the hotel couldn’t find our reservations (or had some error where our reservations were under a different name) for over half an hour. It wasn’t a great start, but passable. We arrived late and so we had a quick dinner at the hotel, and it took forever even though we were one of the only tables. We saw the food and drinks waiting near the kitchen, but no one gave them to us (and the waiter disappeared for periods of time). Then, the rooms were just average. They had the basics, but they looked a bit bland and dated, and the WiFi was far from great. Next up, breakfast. The selection seemed large, but they clearly prioritized quantity over quality. Besides the made-to-order pancakes and eggs, everything else wasn’t very good. Additionally, the cleaning situation at breakfast was interesting to say the least. Numerous times we saw how the attendants would just brush off the crumbs and leave stains on the white tablecloths. I didn’t expect this level of laziness from a five-star hotel, and it made me wonder how they cleaned our rooms… Everything else was also just not up to my standards. The elevators were very slow and often overcrowded, and entering the stairs seemed wrong as they were hidden in the staff area. The interior looked very old and the checkout had a 30-minute line. Overall, it felt stuck in the 90s and definitely not up to par with newer five-star hotels.