Bayview Hotel & Apartments  

I upgraded to a one bedroom apartment at the bayview with a balcony and sea view. The hotel and apartments are well located facing the sea and yachts and boats so every morning and evening we had great views. There is also a 2 mile beautiful promenade a long the sea shore right in front of the hotel/aptm. The bus stop is literly outside the front door with a regular bus service. It only cost 47 cent to get to Valletta (capital). The buses are well knackered, but did the job. We found a gem of a restaurant nearby called Maneri's. Lots of high street stores - next, bhs, debenhams, m&s etc.

Nice view on top of Bayview hotel over Sliema and Valletta and the bay area. Walking distance to many shops/cafe/restaurants and 5 min boat to Valletta center. The apartments up the hills (room 7905) are brand new (aug. 2011) and very nice and relatively quiet at night (opposite on The Strand). Bayview have many anexes in the city area, and they will not tell the adresses of them via mail. Only the hotel and some anexes 5 min walking.

No seaview (as sold) in room 7905. No free WiFi (only at McDonalds and a few others down the street). The noice from neighbour chairs moving, dogs, hens, cats etc. early in the mornings. But then again, it's city center and you can use earplugs.

Location

Housekeeping was very poor, almost non-existent. Reservations can be deliberately dishonest about what you are actually getting - asked several times for clarification and the reservationist lied (in writing!). Rooms are very basic but you get what you pay for - this is no excuse for lazy housekeeping however.

The bed wasn't comfortable at all. They should provide double bed for couple rather than two single as the mattresses were slipping away.

A good location, near to shops, seafront and restaurants. Glorious weather.

Although the apartment has everything you would need for basic self catering, it was very drab. The shower was tiny, any bigger that a size 12 and you wouldn't get in it. The balcony was tiny and overlooked a dumping ground for builders rubbish, scaffolding, a bath etc. Was very overgrown and had become a cats paradise.

Location straight across from one of the harbours

Full of teenagers of various nationalities,pushing and shoving you out of the way in the dining room, at the bus stops outside. Also on the afternoon we arrived we went straight onto the roof to have a swim; lucky we did because in 20 mins the place was heaving with teenagers who just filled the pool, (we counted 23 at one time), standing in the pool drinking lager out of glass bottles. All rules written up by the hotel are completely ignored eg only 18 in the pool at any one time/no smoking etc. Didn't make for a very relaxing 5 days, were glad to go out each day.Breakfast not up to much in the way of food, had to queue for a seat.

Our rooms were large, clean and comfortable. Location is good with lots of places to eat, and no late night noise. Bus stop is outside the hotel for Golden Bay and other places, boats to Valletta are 5 minutes walk. Breakfast and dinner buffets were ok and cheaper than eating out.

No kettle or coffee in the rooms!

Lovely view, nice room with air conditioning

The room was not very clean, there were some hairs here and there

It was a great price and location, our apartment was v comfortable with a lovely sea view. (It's worth paying a bit extra for this!) The pool on the roof was clean and the staff were nice and helpful.

It's not luxury but if you're looking for cheap comfortable accommodation in Sliema/Gzira this is a good option.

Helpful staff and good location of the main hotel on the frontage road. Apartments tucked away in nearby side roads (appeared to be at least a couple of separate buildings). Rooftop pool on main hotel with excellent views. Although staying in an apartment this was still cleaned daily.

Whilst the location of the apartment was generally quiet, a small taxi business appeared to operate from an opposite garage - which could be a bit noisy. The kitchen was generally well equipped - but a drying towel or cleaning cloth would have been useful - only minor issues.

My boyfriend and I enjoyed the spacious apartment and had a relaxing weekend. From the balcony we had a nice view of the Sliema city and in a five-minute walk we could reach the main road. We already miss our stay there!

I booked a luxury two bed apartment with sea view, and when we got there at no extra cost we were upgraded to the penthouse apartment, which consisted of a lift that opened up into the apartment, 3 double bedrooms a kitchen, a large flat screen two bathrooms, a lounge and a dining area with a massive terrace that overlooked the sea!!! What more could you ask for this was a fantastic apartment and luxurious!! A massive thankyou to the staff who throughout our stay were courteous, friendly and spoke fantastic english, we got left alone as we knew Malta so was not pushed into dining inhouse, but when we wanted a taxi there very own drivers took us to our locations for set prices!!Fantastic. The one and only qualm is that it isent walking distance to st julians were the nightlife is as previously thought, but that was no worry as we really got value for money!!

This hotel is the worst hotel in the world. The hotel’s staff is very arrogant. According to their web site, guests can use internet in their room, but the fact is that I could not use it at all even though I booked it beforehand. Also I could not use a hair-dryer because they had all been lent out even though I asked for one in advance. The staff never said “ I am sorry” I believe that they do not know the word “ I am sorry”. In addition I found a cockroach in my room! However, I did not want to talk with the arrogant staff any more, so I did not tell them about it.