Qawra Palace Hotel

10 readers found this review helpful

We spend Christmas and New Year at the Qawra Palace on an all inclusive deal. For the price we paid I thought the deal was excellent. The staff were first class, the food was good but there could have been more variety, especially at breakfast. The evening entertainment was first class. I woul definitely go again, but would not pay extra for a sea view room as it was very noisy, the noise coming mainly from the coffee bar underneath.

8 readers found this review helpful

just returned from a week here, lots better than i thoght it was going to be after reading other reviews. yes it could do with updating but food and drink was good and the room was clean. definatly pay extra for a sea view but be prepared to be kept awake every night until midnight by the entertainment which was very loud and often off key!!

23 readers found this review helpful

My girlfriend and I are both 19, and stayed at the Qawra Palace Hotel last week.
After reading plenty of reviews on this website before our holiday, we were very nervous about our stay. I can safely say how wrong a lot of the reviews are on here. The hotel is very clean, the rooms overlooking the Courtroom are not exciting but at the same time you wouldn't expect that. Our room was fully air conditioned, had a safety deposit box which was very cheap for the whole stay, a fridge which we used for our own drinks and sandwiches and very spacious indeed. Sheets were changed every day and maid service was very good.
The outdoor pool is seawater, but very good for the skin. Indoor pool lovely and warm. Lovely views from Pool side.
The food was fantastic. This hotel cuts no corners just because it is buffet style. Huge choice of salads, a different soup every night, four choices for main meal, and different potatoes, pasta and vegetables to choose from. Breakfast choice was good again with Bacon, Sausages, boiled, scrambled, fried eggs, tomatoes, baked beans, cereal, fruit, yoghurt, cold meat and cheese. All sorts of bread to choose from as well. Can't really complain! The pool bar served sandwiches, burgers, chips, hot dogs and ice creams as part of all inclusive between 11:00 - 23:00.
The drinks on all inclusive were very comprehensive. Stella for beer, with all soft drinks, and most spirits included. You would struggle to find a drink that wasn't included.
The system of handing your card over to receive a receipt, and then have to hand the receipt back over to be served was ridiculous and would be one thing I would suggest changing.
The resort is lovely - Malta is so small that you can get on and off the buses for about 1.16 euro. Lots of places to see and well worth exploring. Valletta, Silema, Mosta, Gozo, Blue Lagoon are all worth a visit.
Ignore the reviews that are below 5 stars - they were probably disappointed that McDonalds was more than a 5 minute walk.
It's not a palace but it's a very nice hotel. We may return in the future.

11 readers found this review helpful

Not a palace but it did prove good value for money. The staff were friendly & accommodating. They met our request for a high floor & it was well worth paying the extra for a sea view because the view was wonderful. More than I can say for the court yard view!
There were Italian students at the hotel during our stay, and they were occasionally boisterous, but their behaviour was tame compared to an English family who appeared unable to control their children or themselves. At one point the adults even resorted to a stand up fist fight at the pool side! Fortunately this was an isolated incident.
Although our room was clean it was in need of modernising & redecorating. The bathroom was the smallest I’ve ever seen in a hotel, and the air conditioning in our room just about managed to cope.
One thing we did find particularly annoying was having to pay one euro a day for a sun bed mattress.
But overall we spent an enjoyable week’s holiday at the Qawra Palace. The all inclusive package was good value for money. A family friendly hotel.

9 readers found this review helpful

to be honest,this isnt a 4star hotel but its not far away from it.my wife and i returned yesterday with no complaints about the staff,the food,the hotel or the resort.we found people were moaning about the food but you seen the same people going in the restaraunt every day and sometimes having 2 or 3 helpings.i suggest if you go to this hotel in the right frame of mind you will enjoy yourself if you want to be waited on hand and foot,then go elsewhere.this is a popular hotel in the summer and very busy with english italians ,french & spanish,but caters for all.If you want a bed by the pool then you must be up early as you get the same idiots every day putting towels out at 6am.all in all we have stayed in better hotels but we have stayed in a lot lot worse.

6 readers found this review helpful

This is the sixth time we have been to Malta,and the fifth time staying at the Qawra Palace...most likely the last.About eleven years ago was the first time we stayed there and it looks as if nothing at all has been updated.The beds were a total disgrace..hard, ancient,stained mattresses,noisy air conditioning,leaking toilet,to name the most obvious.
The restaurant is clean and spacious,though the choice each night was extremely dissappointing.Entertainment was very poor,couldnt subject my little girl to Martin Elvis or Joe Carr(or is he pronounced Joker).The real sore point for us was the weekly influx of mainly Italian language students.They shouted across balconies on a nightly basis,blocked stairways and would not move when asked,caused a nuisance at the pool which forced us to alter our times there,and were a total nightmare altogether with absolutely no respect for other hotel guests.The hotel did little or nothing.We would not be recommending this hotel to anyone and will be staying elsewhere in future.

2 readers found this review helpful

If someone offered me a free holiday in this "hole" I wouldn't give it to my worst enemy. We returned last week (August 20009) from the worst holiday we have ever had.
The hotel smells of bad drains and sulphur...everywhere.
The bed was broken, the air conditioning system leaked all through the ceiling, down the wardrobe and onto my clothes. The TV sprked because of the water on it. The remote control to operate the contraption had to be hired, has did the kettle and safe key.
The shower had no nozzle on it, the bathroom door handle came off in our hand, the patio doors did not shut correctly, the drawers had bottoms cracked or missing and teh noise level from the air con at night was ridiculous.
We picked the top floor so that we would not be disturbed by the entertainment (if you can call the birdy song, achey breaky heart and simply the best on repeat all week) entertainment, but as they host this extravaganza in the pool area outside yoour hotel the noise stays with you till gone midnight.
The tables are set in groups of 4 so if there are 5 or 6 in your party you cannot sit together.
The worst thing of all was the food. It was so bad, that we had to eat out every day and night which used up most of our spending money.
The All Inclusive is limited and they only treat you nicely if you are a paying customer. If you have already paid your all inclusive and they have your money they do not want to know. The staff are bad mannered and ignorant and too many things were closed. The Nightclub, ballroom, sauna and indoor pool never opened. The ;pool table had balls missing and the whole hotel is run badly.
This is the worst hotel I have ever stayed in. Malta is like Beirut with an ice cream van - Never Again.

Have just returned from a week's stay at Qawra Palace and all I can say is that it was not at all what we were expecting! It was definitely not a 4* hotel and should either be 2* or a youth hostel for all the Italian students who were a nightmare, very rude, noisy, disruptive and had no respect for the other guests. We had to hang around for about 45 minutes before we were checked in and the staff were stressed because it was so busy. We requested 2 seaview rooms for myself and husband and my two daughters (aged 16 and 13) but when we got there were offered courtyard rooms. We were told if we wanted to upgrade it would cost us another 205 euros which we paid and were given two rooms on the 3rd floor. The view was lovely but it was very noisy from the busy main road and the shocking nightime entertainment, which was very dated and consisted of mainly Elvis nights or Sixties music. My daughters were not impressed and nor were we for that matter!! The food was bland and there was not much choice especially vegetables and the cutlery and crockery were usually dirty so you had to search to find clean ones (they need a new dishwasher!). Some of the staff were pleasant but some were rude and acted like you were a nuisance rather than a paying guest. The pool was salt water which we were aware of before we came, but it was rather small for the amount of guests and there weren't enough sunbeds. You were told not to reserve beds but people were putting their towels on them from 8am onwards! The rooms were a good size but the air conditioning was poor and the bathrooms were too small. However, we had clean towels every day and the maids were efficient.
On a plus side, the weather was fantastic, the hotel location was good with plenty of shops, restaurants and bars in the area and it was right by the sea. Although there was no beach, the sea was clear and lovely to swim in. There was also a good range of water sports to try.
We will not be going back to Malta anytime soon and definitely not to the Qawra Palace!

5 readers found this review helpful

Dont know what every1's moaning at, i thought this is one of the best all inclusive hotels ive stayed in the food and drinks were great could get anything you wanted, staff lovely and friendly, yeah the rooms were a little small and the itallian students were rather loud but what do you expect there were loads of them never bothered me. was our first time to malta and loved it booking to go back again.

1 reader found this review helpful

We have just returned from 2 weeks holiday in Malta staying at the Qawra Palace Hotel, and my advise to anyone thinking of booking to stay there is 'DO NOT'. We did not have the correct room on arrival and had to stay the first night in a dingy small room overlooking the 'courtyard' which is awful just like a prison or ghetto setup, where all the rooms overlook each other and balconies meet. Italian students stay at the hotel and accounted for over half of the people staying there, it should be called a 'hostel' not hotel! The Italian students spent all night shouting across to each other, so we didn't get any sleep the first night. We got a room change to 7th floor overlooking pool/sea, which we had to pay a supplement of £205 Euros for. The beds were awful in our room, matresses stained and torn - more like what a tramp would sleep or dumped in a skip, not a paying guest in a supposedly 4* hotel. The restaurant was very noisy, Italian students ruled, pushing & shoving in front - mealtimes were like a rugby scrum!! Staff were not friendly either. The hotel is badly in need of re-decorating and refurbishing. This hotel is definately not a 4* - it should be down-graded to a 1 or 2* hotel - or changed to a 'hostel' for the students. Worst holiday accommodation we have ever had!!!