Valletta Lucente Guest House

Valletta Lucente is a wonderful, boutique hotel centrally located in the old section of Valletta. Unique rooms including ours which had TWO outdoor patios, one of which had a beautiful view of the old harbor and Senglea/Birgu. Helpful, helpful, HELPFUL front desk and staff ensure a great stay there. The street in front is hopping and you can enjoy a drink at a table on the street until you are ready for dinner at one of the MANY restaurants a few steps away. We can’t thank the hotel Valletta Lucente enough for making our stay in Malta such an amazing experience.

We stayed for 1 night in the Lunziata room and 4 nights in the Layla room. I would not recommend the Lunziata room as it is quite dark (no exterior windows), small, and noisy, but the Layla room was much nicer and more spacious. We enjoyed it the terrace, but the stairs were a bit hazardous and there are no lights on the second level so we couldn’t enjoy it at night. Additionally, the shower is next to the bed with no door and the bathroom is separate down the stairs, also with no door, so you don’t have any privacy. Also, reminder that they require the deposit in cash which is a bit of a hassle. The biggest issue we had is with the breakfast. There were so many flies on the food that my husband initially mistook them for seeds. The fruit was rotting. Dairy items like milk and yogurt were left sitting out, and tasted warm and sour. The coffee was undrinkable. Some of the other food was mushy and had clearly gone bad. I have never seen such an unsanitary food display, it was so bad I would think it would be illegal to serve food in that condition. We ate breakfast elsewhere after the first day so we wouldn’t get food poisoning.