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Reviews of Hotel Kennedy Nova

4 out of 5
Hotel Kennedy Nova
116, The Strand, Sliema Creek, Gzira, Malta

Reviews

6.2
Rating 10 - Excellent. 40 out of 444 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 139 out of 444 reviews" "
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Rating 2 - Terrible. 41 out of 444 reviews" "

7.0/10

Cleanliness

7.0/10

Staff & service

6.0/10

Amenities

5.6/10

Property conditions & facilities

6.8/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

4/10 Poor

Donna

Traveled with family
Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Amenities, property conditions & facilities
Staff were great. Bed was not changed once in whole stay. Advertised with pool but pool and terrace was closed whole stay so had to pay 20 euro each to go on pool opposite until Wednesday then went up to 35 euro each as summer started, not good to have to pay extra when advertised with pool and terrace
Stayed 7 nights in Apr 2024

6/10 Okay

Mustafa

Traveled with partner
Disliked: Amenities
Very basic hotel it is no way a 4 star rated hotel and the price was too high for our stay there. There were better hotels at lower prices. They show the swimming pool but this was not open to use. The room we were given was terrible with no external light coming into the room. We had to pay extra for a room that had external light coming in. The breakfast was poor it had not much option. Only Pork/ham items in breakfast for meat - this was not suitable for us as we do not eat pork. What about having chicken items as well?
Stayed 4 nights in Apr 2024

10/10 Excellent

Agata

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Clean everywhere, spotless .Staff at reception helpful, nice ,kind .Kitchen staff very nice. Location very convenient,/bus stop ,ferry, shops ,bars, restaurants./,just on the doorsteps .Amazing, friendly, helpful all of you .
Stayed 7 nights in Apr 2024

8/10 Good

James

Liked: Staff & service
Decent - serviceable.
Incredible location. So many bars, cafes, shops and restaurants around. Very close to all public transportation (to and from airport, as well as all over the island.) The lobby/breakfast area and bar are all gorgeous. The gentleman working at the front desk when I checked in was so friendly and helpful. The only thing I will say is the property (well, at least my room) is slightly worn down. The air conditioning didn't really work in my room and it was very warm. The toilet didn't flush properly and the water ran. The wifi in my room was very weak and barely worked. However - the place is still VERY serviceable for a quick stay. Price is right, and had way more positives than negatives. Those were more just minor inconveniences. Oh, if you get the "sea view", it's fascinating. The balcony in my room was divine. Highly recommend that.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2023

10/10 Excellent

Lana

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Great property staff amazing perfect location loved staying here
Stayed 7 nights in Aug 2023

6/10 Okay

kamran

Traveled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2023

8/10 Good

Wael

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
the location was great
Stayed 3 nights in May 2023

2/10 Terrible

Tamas

Stayed 7 nights in Apr 2023

2/10 Terrible

Slawomir

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 10 nights in Nov 2022

10/10 Excellent

Christopher, Houghton

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
There's a lot to like about the Kennedy Nova. It's conveniently located in Sliema, surrounded by many wonderful restaurants. It's located directly across the road from the sea, so the view is stellar. It's just a short walk to the Sliema-Valletta ferry for your eventual trip there. The room we had was comfortable, though not overly large. Unexpectedly, there was a breakfast buffet that was well-appointed and quite tasty. The staff was quite friendly and allowed us to securely store our luggage before we could officially check in, but also in the period after we had checked out but weren't ready to go to the airport. Pickups for ridesharing or taxis are easy, and there's a bus stop nearby as well. The only mild complaints were that the air conditioner in the room struggled a bit to keep things cool and while the water pressure in the shower was adequate, it wasn't great. Those things are definitely not enough to overwhelm a wonderful stay.
Stayed 4 nights in Sep 2022

6/10 Okay

Brian

Liked: Cleanliness
Internal Balcony Room
So when I booked a balcony room I wasn't figuring on a Juliet balcony looking across to other rooms. The room was clean, bed okay and shower was fine. Breakfast was fine and plenty of items to choose from including hot and cold food. Glad I only booked for a night before flight home though.
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2022

2/10 Terrible

Edmilson

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Was to much noise, couldn't sleep properly for 3 nights. Guest running around at the corridior, slamming the door, talking loud at 2am. Had to complain 4 times. Not happy, with the management, they should make sure silence after 10pm
Stayed 5 nights in Apr 2022

8/10 Good

Marko

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, amenities
I like the location. Not many options for breakfast. The pool was closed. Very croudy.
Stayed 7 nights in Apr 2022

8/10 Good

Jonathan

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
rooms overlooking harbour are very nice but road noise can be bad
Stayed 3 nights in Apr 2022

2/10 Terrible

Julie

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Worse hotel stay ever!
It started off badly from the second we opened the door to our room. The room absolutely stank of cigarettes and smoke. It was overpowering. We had to keep the door open for hours as so bad and it never went away. We booked a seaview room and paid more for this. The view was nice, road busy but expected that. There was no tea /coffee making facilities in the room which was disappointing. I used the bathroom and the tap on bath was very wobbly and the floor was covered in hairs. The dust behind the TV was thick. Only two pillows in bed. Both so flat, was like sleeping without. There was no duvet on bed, just a sheet. There was a blanket in wardrobe, but this was covered in both numerous human dog hairs, so we could not use that, so had to sleep with just a sheet. Well I use sleep loosely. We were kept awake all night by the students staying in the hotel running and screaming up and down the stairs and having a party in the room next door all night and I mean all night. There was an interconnecting door to our room and at some point in the night students came into our room!! We had come to the hotel for the night from Gozo where we live, as I had an operation at 0730 the next day so wanted to relax and get a good nights sleep, but this was impossible. My husband went for breakfast after dropping me off at hospital. He said was like a school canteen with all the students. So loud and noisy and running around. We ran a bnb for many years and was shocked staying here.
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2022

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2022

8/10 Good

Trevor

Business traveler
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2021

10/10 Excellent

Trevor

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 11 nights in Oct 2021

8/10 Good

Richard

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
Solo traveller on a budget
I was happy with the room and service it needs a bit of updating but for the price it was good vslue for money, the breakfast was adequate and one of the main things was the shower was decent the locstion was also good for buses and the water taxi
Stayed 5 nights in Oct 2021

6/10 Okay

Verified traveler

Traveled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Great location. Clean. Nice staff. Good breakfast.
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2021

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Traveled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great little place
The hotel is well situated opposite the marina it is basic and could do with some updating but it is perfectly clean and has most things. It is lovely and welcoming. The staff do their best to accommodate you and make you feel at home. The breakfast was varied enough and not over the top and the pool was small but sufficient.
Stayed 7 nights in Sep 2021

8/10 Good

Minaz

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Staff were brilliant but premises needs to be upgraded as there has no investment for years. Aircon is totally inefficient. Staff work very hard and are extremely helpful.
Stayed 11 nights in Jul 2021

8/10 Good

george

Stayed 3 nights in Aug 2021

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Reasonable for the price
Friendly and helpful staff, affordable accommodation in a central location with easy access to public transportation. Rooms basic, spacious and clean.
Stayed 10 nights in Jul 2021

8/10 Good

Marco

Business traveler
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2021

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2020

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Business traveler
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
It is quite and friendly atmosfer with nice breakfast
Stayed 3 nights in Oct 2019

8/10 Good

Trevor

Business traveler
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Overall very good.
Good clean hotel with helpful staff. Well priced and a great location on Silema strip.
Stayed 11 nights in Oct 2019

2/10 Terrible

Verified traveler

Stayed 3 nights in Oct 2019

2/10 Terrible

Verified traveler

Stayed 10 nights in Oct 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Good
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2019

8/10 Good

June

Traveled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, room comfort
Disliked: Staff & service
Reasonable overall for price. Reception poor.
Decent location with reasonable room. Breakfasts self-service with fair selection. Customer service poor, especially the receptionists (who definitely need customer care training) with the exception of the night manager who was most helpful.
Stayed 3 nights in Sep 2019

10/10 Excellent

Rose

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The staff where all friendly and helpful. The rooms and hotel was very clean. I had a problem with very noisy teenagers one night in the early hours I reported this at reception in the morning and they said they will have a word that night again a bit quieter but still to noisy and when I told them once again they where able to move me to another room which was heaven as no more noise. Though this is not the hotels fault and not a moan simply saying they moved me to another room which I was happy about.
Stayed 7 nights in Sep 2019

8/10 Good

Christine

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
The property was a traditional property, good position for people with no car unfortunately we struggled a bit to find car parking around and close to hotel, room was lovely on the front with city view a little tired in places but overall ok. The swimming pool area could look lovely at very little cost, a lot of the beds were broken and the bed cushions not very nice, my view of stacked up beds with polythene over need to be put away somewhere so the whole area is set out for sitting around pool with tables chairs and beds , some palms in pots would be good just to make it look more pleasing I would come back in same room
Stayed 3 nights in Sep 2019

4/10 Poor

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness
Disliked: Staff & service, room comfort
not recommend
Overall - old and dated Room - clean Staff are pleasant in general, however, I had two unpleasant visits, 1- a male staff came in without knocking the door and turned off the electricity supply without asking me, 2 - female manager to check the room condition Shower - AWFUL! very low pressure, not warm at all A/C - couldn't change the setting I wouldn't strongly recommend this hotel
Stayed 9 nights in Aug 2019

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Good location. Big difference in quality of rooms. Our first room was on 4th floor which was quite old fashioned and
Stayed 3 nights in Aug 2019

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 3 nights in Jun 2019

6/10 Okay

Ben

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Very helpful staff and affordable accommodation in a lovely area. Great view from the roof top pool. But the rooms are no thrills.
Stayed 3 nights in Jul 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Stayed 7 nights in Jul 2019

6/10 Okay

Jacqueline

Location was good. Bus stop just across the road. Views from the roof top bar amazing. Hotel in need of some TLC. Our self catering apartment had no cups or cutlery on arrival. The air conditioning is centrally operated and made a noise. It didn’t work that well in the bed room.
Stayed 7 nights in Jun 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Traveled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Well organized and clean. Staff very helpful and it was nice to be able to change money at the reception.
Stayed 3 nights in Jun 2019

6/10 Okay

Georgia

Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 3 nights in Jun 2019

6/10 Okay

Doc, Pennsylvania

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Disliked: Amenities, property conditions & facilities
Property has a nice charm to it, just needs a little tlc. Breakfast was available but at a cost, a very high cost. In my room the air conditioning did not work, and the thermostat said 35°C. The phone didn't work. There are random staff offices that open and close the doors at all hours, and the door always slams. Alarms went off every night. Was difficult to sleep with all the noises, and the high temperature.
Stayed 3 nights in May 2019

4/10 Poor

Verified traveler

Traveled with group
Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Amenities, property conditions & facilities
Pros. The location of the property was good. Staff were really nice and friendly. Cons: The room we had was very basic and nothing at all like the pictures. Additional costs for the use of the safe and to have tea facilities in the room. The TV only had 1 English news channel. There was construction going on next door which obviously wasn't mentioned when booking. The hammering and shouting from workmen would start around 7:30am including Saturday and Sunday. As a result, the rooftop bar and pool were closed due to dust which was one of the reasons we chose that hotel in the first place.
Stayed 5 nights in Mar 2019

4/10 Poor

Verified traveler

Disliked: Staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Good location. The hotel is NOT a 4 star. No hot water on arrival, we were moved to a refurbished part of the hotel that did have hot water, but this room had no hair dryer, no free Wi-fi, no tea/coffee making facilities, phone and air conditioner wasn’t working and no extractor fan in the bathroom. Restaurant area was very run down, breakfast was very poor and the same every day (tinned fruit, yoghurt, beans, bacon and scrambled egg), and the noise from building work made it impossible to sleep beyond about 06:45. Staff moved us only after a call from Expedia customer service person (who then credited our account by £25, which didn’t really compensate for the overall bad experience. We cannot recommend it.
Stayed 4 nights in Mar 2019

6/10 Okay

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Disliked: Room comfort
Stayed 4 nights in Oct 2018

8/10 Good

bob, toronto, canada

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
pleasant and helpful staff, very clean, great location, good food although limited breakfast variety,
Stayed 15 nights in Sep 2018

8/10 Good

Mohammed, Skowhegan, ME USA

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Hotel was very clean, but air-conditioner didn’t cool properly. Food (breakfast and dinner buffet) were good too.
Stayed 5 nights in Sep 2018

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
relatively close to Valetta with good views over harbour
Stayed 7 nights in Sep 2018

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 4 nights in May 2018