Guest User
November 2, 2021
We stayed here three nights. Wonderful room. Large with a balcony that over-looked the Adriatic. They even had an automatic blind system that you could lower at night to block out the light from the street and the noise. The hotel does sit right on the main north/south coastal road in Istria and so there is traffic for most of the night. With the shutter down, it was quiet. Unfortunately, the shudder broke the second day but the staff was very good about it and moved us to a nicer room one-floor up with a better view. Staff was very friendly and knowledgeable. Wonderful location. Bed was a bit uncomfortable and the pillows were rather small. The only real problems we had was that one, there is limited parking and if you don't get back to the hotel in time, it will all be used up and then you're screwed. I was screwed. Second, there was a tour bus here that stayed two nights. This was both a good thing and a bad thing. Bad thing was that the stupid bus parked right in the front of the hotel, right under our balcony and would run its engine in the morning -- yuck -- and the people from the tour, Germans I do believe, were rather rude and pushy. Good thing was that with that many people staying at the hotel, they had a buffet dinner that wasn't all that bad. Lots of food and choices. Problem was fighting with the tour group for the food. Dinner was included in the price for us. Breakfast was nice. Buffet also and well stocked. On the second night my wife and I ate somewhere else because it was her birthday. On the third night, the tour bus was gone and so was the buffet. We were offered two choices for dinner and it was basically left-overs from the buffet the night before. Waiters were rather surly and sloppy looking. I had the calamari which said it was to be grilled. It was fried and I've had better calamari in the US in land-locked New Mexico! Not the best of experiences for the money and the food wasn't even Croatian. I wanted to give this place a higher rating, but too many issues to allow for that. Not sure if we would stay here again.