Valletta The Oratory of St Francis Hotels

"Stayed five nights with family whilst attending a wedding. Ronaldo was great at check-in and most helpful. Rooms are spacious and well equipped with iron, hair dryer, slippers and robes. Restaurant offers great choice of food and drink with plenty of staff available to serve and clear up. Had a sea view room with view of pools and then bay. Overall can fault the hotel. Just a shame about all the building works in the vicinity but otherwise an enjoyable stay. May have had a slightly conscientious room maid for our son's room who seemed to have thrown away a bottle cap for one of his creams and plastic sleeves for a couple of his clothing items, but otherwise rooms were cleaned well."

"Breakfast is amazing and very friendly staff through out the hotel. The gym is a commercial one open to the public which means it was very well equipped and maintained, suitable for every type of gym user. The gym also has an indoor pool which we did not use so cannot comment on it. We had a room on the 6th floor with a view of the harbour and Valletta. The room was cleaned daily and refreshments (tea and coffee) replenished daily. Some of the rooms on the front of the hotel looked like they were in the shade all day and a view of the building in front. The outdoor pool looks like a rooftop pool from the pictures but is at sea level. This was not an issue and was excellent just thought it was going to be a roof top pool. Also, the outdoor pool does not belong to the hotel but is privately owned ‘Manta’ and only a limited number of beds are allocated to hotel guest. These beds are free to use but have to be booked the day before. The ‘Manta’ is an excellent venue we had snacks and poolside drinks there everyday, the staff were very friendly and welcoming. Overall the whole facility is well run and managed, the combination of hotel owned and privately owned facilities makes for an excellent 5 star experience. Thoroughly recommend. Will be returning when we can "

"Had our own Airport transportation sorted privately through Expedia. Very easy to find and efficient. The Hotel stay was really great. The staff, super helpful and efficient, Julia and Smriti both went over and beyond to ensure our stay was perfect. Julia suggested ideas for places to visit and helped us with our travel admin. Smriti dealt with our transfer details for the airport, even taking us to the collection point for the cab. Thank you ladies for your dedication and commitment to your work . The room was lovely and clean, the breakfast also very tasty and had everything you could ever want. Well done Hotel Palozzo Rosaria Boutique. A BIG thank you all round!!!"

"Great location near St John’s Co-Cathedral and city center,,yet the room was completely quiet because of thick walls. Great water pressure in the shower. Super friendly and helpful staff, especially Rana and Arnaldo. Lovely Maltese breakfast buffet on the terrace with views over the city. Highly recommend."

"Left my credit card at the front desk when charged the $2 tax and it was stolen. Luckily my card company caught the first charge as fraud but disappointed that the hotel kept and lost the card. Beyond that hotel lobby was small and chaotic, elevator was slow, AC was broken. Not as expected."

"Good breakfast options. Small but nice rooms. Good location "

"Excellent location with clean rooms. It is a small facility which is very quiet and does not have 24 hours front desk with one day reception was closed. Air conditioning was not on and temperature was fixed at 26 degrees on checking in. But next day it was set to 23 degrees which made daytime heat manageable. "

"Great breakfast. Wonderful, helpful staff. Outstanding location. "

"We visited around Easter and the majority of the hotel's features did not seem to be available. The outdoor bar was closed, as was the steam room and sauna. The hot tub was also more of a lukewarm tub. The "private beach" is also very small. That said, the staff we friendly, professional and courteous. The breakfast was pretty standard hotel fare, and the hotel is quite centrally located if you are interested in visiting Valetta."