Far from ‘activities’ but nice downtown area!!

Very hood hotel with average service

The 7th flr top deck swimming pool; friendly and very supportive staff

Nice hotel and staff, room was a little dark but very quiet, the evening buffet was surprisingly very good the quality of the meat and choices were excellent

The reception staff were excelkent. Friendly, knowledgeable, helpful and caring. The hotel facilities are great, including wifi. Great job Solana 👏

There are enough shops and restaurants you can find almost everything you need. And I felt safe to be this area.

After spending a lot of time researching hotels in Malta, we chose the Solana Hotel based on its location, facilities, price, and room photos. Check-in was smooth, and we were quickly given directions to our room. Unfortunately, the room we were assigned was on level -3 and had no window. The Expedia website described the room as “Internal/no balcony”, but it did not mention that there was no window at all. Since I am claustrophobic, I couldn’t stay in a room without one. I went back to the reception desk to see what could be done, but the only option was to pay an additional €160 to upgrade. After a long negotiation (and with no help from Expedia because it was high season), I managed to get the price down to €100. Putting that initial issue aside, the hotel itself was incredible. Our new room was spacious and clean, with an extremely comfortable bed and a wonderful shower. The hotel feels new and has excellent facilities, including a gym, a sauna, and multiple swimming pools—the rooftop one was a highlight. The included breakfast was also fantastic, with a wide variety of options. The staff were very helpful throughout our stay. I would absolutely recommend staying here.

Better than I expected.

Hotel was beautiful. Room was lovely. Staff were great. Perfect location

Good choice of pools, good choice buffet breakfast but fruit juice machine gave out weak watery juices. Nice size room but took three attempts to get the four towels we asked for. There were four of us (family room) and only got two sets if towels initially.

The hotel is nice The reception staff not so nice quite abrupt and not helpful but the restaurant staff very nice and always smiling very attentive too

The rooftop was very nice and large. The two pools, with one reserved for 16 and older made it feel much more relaxing.

Excellent service and staff, phenomenal experience! A fantastic view too!

Last minute booking. Managed to get an upgrade. Half board was a good value. Parking available on street nearby, in case hotel one is full. Great view from rooftop pool. Bar prices decent. Rooms clean and good size, with balcony. Coffee machine in the room.

Hotel is in an excellent central Position- beautiful rooms w/large bathroom and private terrace. All structure is new! Fantastic the roof pool facing the sea harbor. Excellent cocktails and 3 restaurants to choose from.

The property is ok, it’s clean and the rooftop pool area is a nice place to hang out. The room was clean but the furniture was most uncomfortable. The sofa/bed in particular was awful. In the main the staff were courteous and polite, but the women in the rooftop bar were rude and brusque without any need to be as they were hardly hard pushed. My wife was disappointed with the standard of the Spa and would not book it for a second treatment. On one night guests were running about the hotel like idiots slamming doors until about 5AM during which I wasn’t able to get any meaningful sleep. There are no soft close mechanisms on the doors to the stairs and corridors so they bang shut very loudly. Will not be back to this hotel.

Had a rather mixed stay at Solana. The room was a good size and comfortable. The rooftop pool is definitely the star feature of the hotel, plenty of shade and perfect water temperature with great view. There's a bar you can get drinks and good food too. We only had breakfast but there was plenty of choice. We had a strange experience with house keeping placing a do not disturb sign on our door, then posting a "we noted the sign and didn't clean" leaflet under the door. Unfortunately it took 3 days for them to confirm this which meant we didn't have peace of mind whilst there and no explanation as to why this would happen. There also is no shampoo or conditioner so come prepared! Despite this we did manage to have a lovely stay with easy walking distance to lovely restaurants.

There really wasn't anything much to do in this are that was walkable. The hotel itself was a great deal but I thought there would be more things to go in this town. All the action was in Valetta.

Wonderful hotel to stay in north of the island. Was a bit sad initially to see it was quite far from the beach but the wonderful views from the terrace top very much make up for that and the local bus network is spot on so you can get most places like the beach quite quickly. It is also very handy for local shops and restaurants. The main hotel restaurant shuts quite early but then we were probably out of season. The top restaurant remains open quite late I think. Any query I had was answered by the lovely and friendly staff. You are spoilt for choice with pools. The top pools are stunning and very refreshing. We backed onto the bottom garden heated pool which was lovely and quiet in the mornings. Was a shame we couldnt get direct access to it as they informed us our balcony gate stayed shut but otherise it was a bonus and local friendly cats that visit were also very sweet and a huge bonus- they only say hello if they know you're friendly! Lots of sweet little birds around too. Can honestly say it is one of the best hotels I have stayed. I really hope to return one day and make proper use of the spa. Thanks to all who make it a lovely stay!

Great hotel for the Mallehia area. Lovely roofdeck and front desk was super helpful and friendly. Buying breakfast option is a great idea and buying 2-3 of the buffet dinners (more affordable and more food options) than local restaurants. The indoor pool wasn’t heated until we asked about it. The roofdeck pool that was supposed to be headed was out of service. Bring your own beach towel for hotel. They give you a beach towel but then it’s €5 to exchange them out. I get that some people abuse the system but €5 is almost equavalent to buying a new towel at the beach. Charging €1-2 makes more sense. Overall had a nice stay in Malta and would stay at the hotel again if I was in this area again.