We have just had the most wonderful holiday in Malta, staying at the Coastline Hotel, Salina Bay. The staff are so friendly and nothing is too much trouble for them. All the staff made us feel so welcome, we really felt that we were at home.

The views across the bay to Qawra are so peaceful and many boats and yachts can be seen everyday.

The hotel runs a courtesy bus daily to Bugibba, there you can locate any route bus.Going to most places on the island including Mosta, Mdina, Ta'Qali and Valletta to name a few. Outside the hotel you can catch a local bus to Sliema, St. Julians and many more places.

There is so much to do and lots of places of interest, but our favourite place has to be the Dingli cliffs. You feel as though you are on top of the world. (It's the highest point in Malta!). The views are breathtaking, we walked for hours. It was so quiet.

The hotel is always so clean and if you need anything, the staff are only too willing to help., our
There is always plenty of delicious food, and lots of different choices. We really enjoy the Maltese cuisine, our favourites are rabbit, fish and Maltese trifle.A must have drink, Kinnie!Its so refreshing.

We explored Malta at night, but not just to see the pretty lights on the churches for the festas and to see the fireworks. Mdina lit at night is awesome. We even saw the lights at Mdina as we returned home on the plane!

The entertainment in the hotel at night was enjoyed by everyone and the local bands were very good, you just had to dance and sing along.

We have been to Malta three times this year, and each time we go, we find something we didn't see before. So everytime is a new experience.

All the staff at the Coastline Hotel, are always so happy and welcoming.We have made so many friends.

We have already booked to return in December and are looking forward to meeting some more Maltese friends.

Our Best Wishes and Thanks to them all.

Booked direct on internet with Thomson's holidays about 2 weeks before travel for 2 of us, got it at

The hotel and grounds were spotless.

The food was very good considering the number of guests being catered for. No chips on the menu all week although they were available at the snack bar. A good variety offered each day with something for everyone.

The location is fairly remote but the hotel supplies a free minibus into the nearer towns, with a small charge for longer trips like Valetta.

I have never met such friendly staff, nothing was too much for them and it was a pleasure to be looked after by them.

Entertainment was of the normal hotel standard. Johnny Gee really works hard to ensure everyone is entertained and you can understand why he is mentioned in previous reviews.

Would re-visit and recommend this hotel

The purpose of our holiday was to completely relax for a week in the sun. The weather was great and due to the remote location, there was nothing else to do other than relax!

The hotel public areas and the bedroom were spotlessly clean and comfortable.

We opted for a double sea view room. The bathroom could have done with a refurb and the shower water pressure was non-existent. The towels were sometimes so old and threadbare that I thought they'd be more appropriately used to clean the floors!

I thought the food was OK but after a week became quite repetitive. Breakfast was buffet style and average for a 4* hotel. The pool bar and Pizzeria restaurant offer a good all inclusive snack menu for most of the day which included sandwiches, pizzas, burgers, scampi, salads etc and you could order as much and as often as you wanted. Unfortunately, eating outside was impossible when we were there due to all of the flies swarming around so we opted for the main restaurant or the Pizzeria each day. The all inclusive dinner was served in the main restaurant and had a large selection to choose from. Soup, hor d'oeuvres, main course (joint of meat each night, fish dish, vegetarian dish, pasta dish and one or two other meat dishes). You could also opt to eat dinner in the Pizzeria and select dishes at 50% of menu price.

The selection of all inclusive drinks were fine except the wine which came out of litre cartons and was drinkable but not great. You could purchase any non-inclusive drinks such as better wine and branded spirits at 50% of the menu price.

Overall, the holiday did what we wanted. More than a week though would have sent us crazy and we won't be going back to Malta again!

Nice enough hotel, was badly overbooked on our second week, which really spoilt it for us. There was a country and western group in our hotel, there is only so much achy breaky heart I can listen to!!!

As with most holidays the second week seems to let the first week down. The food got bland, there wasn't much choice, and some of the staff got a little bit rude as we were all inclusive and not self catering, which means they didn't get tips.

The pool was lovely, but freezing!!!

The smell from behind the hotel in the evening some nights was terrible, it smelt like a toilet after a rugby team had been in it!!!

We read the reviews on here before we went on our honeymoon to the Coastline and we were really worried about what we'd let ourselves in for. However, we have to say that we don't agree with a lot that we had read.

OK so the hotel does have a very big wasp and fly problem, this bothered me but didn't seem to bother others. Yes you can smell the tip on one or two days a week, but you ge used to it and it's not over powering.

We thought the food here in the restaurant was absoloutly gorgeous! By far the best hotel food we've ever had, it was as though we were eating out at an expensive restaurant evry night.

The AI drinks were OK. Obvioulsy you didn't get any good quality wines or imported beers on this, but the local beer was good enough for us, and the cocktails were a favourite of ours too.

Most of the bar staff were really friendly, chatting and joking with you. The restaurant staff were a bit less so, but ok all the same. The reception staff were good, and we felt like we were actually important customers to them, not just another tourist if you get what I mean.

The location for us was bad, but no different to how it was described in the brochure. We prefer to see a bit of local culture, but the only town near by was Buggiba which is basically a British tourist resort. The bus into Bugibba is good though, and we could get local buses from the station there to Mdina and Valetta etc.

The entertainment was so bad it was funny! I agree that it is not what you expect for a 4 star hotel. Normally we don't bother with hotel enetertainment but as it was AI we felt as though we wanted to get our moneys worth of drinks, so didn't venture off site much.

We were slightly disapointed that we didn't get a room upgrade with it being our honeymoon, and all we got was a free bottle of red wine in our room. Not ungreatful or anything but you normally expect a bit of special treatment for your honeymoon don't you. The view from our balcony was of a derilict building, so perhaps the etxra money for a sea view would be a good idea.

The only reason we would not stay here again is because we have decided Malta is not the place for us, but if we were to go there again we'd probably stay here.

Hotel was ok,clean,staff nice,location ok but the views were spectacular.

The rooms were big enough the big downside was the flies the place was infested with them,this is the reason we would not return. The staff continually sprayed the place but it was a waste of time,apparently there is a rubbish tip at the back which is to blame.

The the barman was one of the most pleasant people you could wish to meet.

As always, any opinion of a hotel is influenced by what you want from a holiday, and what you make of it. I've just returned from a week's stay at the Coastline, and my perceptions are:

Cleanliness is very good, amongst the best I've seen at a hotel;

Food - for a 4-star hotel, generally quite poor. Some good menu items, but on average, I've had better. The fresh-cooked omlettes at breakfast are superb, shame the fruit juice seems a bit watery. The pizzeria menu was good quality and very good value, the main restuarant was disappointing;

Location: Opinion will probably vary depending on how active you want to be on holiday. Bugibba is a long trek or a quick bus ride away. From Bugibba, buses can be picked up to most places on the island, and buses to Sliema (from where you can get to Valetta either by bus or ferry) go right past the hotel on the coast road. The hotel has a pool and large sun deck area, which would suit those who just want to soak up the sun.

Staff: On the whole, the staff are wonderful - friendly and efficient. One notable exception, sadly, who seems to only want to serve the women he fancied.

Entertainmet: As I was on a dance holiday, I didn't see much of the hotel's own entertainment, other than when heading for the bar. On the whole, it was no more tha adequate, but Johnnie Gee's act is worth catching, he know how to get a good atmosphere going,

A very nice hotel which directly overlooks Salina Bay, your room will either overlook the bay or if you are at the back of the hotel your balcony will overlook hills. The hotel is not greatly situated for those with walking difficulties or pushchairs - there is either quite a long steep slope or steep steeps down to the road. The hotel does however run a free bus into Bughibba - about 5-10 min trip, it would take about 30-40mins to walk, so if you like to have a stroll out after dinner you are not able to.

You are able to catch the local Yellow Bus service from the bottom of the hotel to almost anywhere on the Island for just 50 cents. Valletta and Silema are great for shopping. There is a waterpark just up the road which would only take about 5 mins on a yellow bus.

The hotel did not really cater for children, but does have an outdoor splash/paddaling pool and the inside pool, although not large, is not very deep. There are highchairs and a childrens menu, we were advised that if our 19month old did not like the food on the evening menu that they would provide something she would eat instead.

The hotel does not just serve English tourists.

The food was really nice, evening dinner saw a choice of usually two meat dishes, one fish and one vegetarian, along with salads, cheese, pasta and soup options, along with a few choices of dessert and icecream. The main meals, soup and icecream were served from behind the counter to you but the portions were generous and you could go up as many times as you liked.

The evening entertainment was not great but it was okay, mainly singing, but a couple of bingo nights were on the programme. There are plently of lounge chairs you can relax on though so you do not have to sit in the bar if you do not wish too.

The staff were freindly and all spoke english to a very good standard. On arrival we were missing the third bed in our room for our 19month old, it took reception less than 5mins to relsolve and within that time we have a third bed made up in our room.

We arrived at the Coastline hotel to see nothing around where we were about to spend a fortnight.

On arrival the hotel did feed us even though we did not arrive until 10.30pm which was good. Went out by the pool area and the smell hit us like a bus.

The hotel staff were not very friendly to all inclusive guests and much preferred paying guests as they thought they would get a tip out of the change!!! The all inclusive range of drinks were horrendous and tasted awful, watered down for profitability.

The entertainment was embarrasing for a four star hotel although we have got to say Johnny Gee was a star and we thoroughly enjoyed the last night out of the fortnight!!

My advice, got kids forget this hotel as it is really geared towards the older generation and when they say a quiet area, it means ghastly. Oops I mean ghostly. It was the longest two weeks of our life!!!!!