Ribarska Koliba Resort

Accommodation is out on a limb at the edge of the resort. Ok if you have a car It is opposite a Stone Quarry that bangs continuously from 830-5 making it impossible to sit outside. Apparently it stops for August. Breakfast is limited but great for Coffee and a croissant, but you can still hear the stone quarry throughout the meal. The balcony was like a box as all the walks are solid making it a slightly sinister place. Shame you couldn’t see the boat but maybe it dulled the noise of the quarry!

Poor service at arriving, staff speaking only English only frew Croatian, in sauna only chairs to sit after coming out, we only get one sheet, they lock us in and then break in in the middle.. The pool, tiny, dirty so it was ok that it was cold that day.. In the sea nearby the resort garbage and some kind of foam.. Room full of mosquitoes, impractical glass door to bathroom, I hoped breakfast will fix the atmosphere but no, you have to sit and wait, you get what they bring you with few exceptions, fruit on the plate that was there for few hours, or days... I don't know what the vegetarians or vegans get there and even if they ask you.. it was said that i'll get a voucher for the restaurant I couldn't use because it was wed that night there, but don't bother... I'm not coming back..

At a glance: The facility is nicely located and looks quite good at the first sight, but: - we did not get the accommodation we booked and paid for, - the functionality of the accommodation was quite poor (shower cabin, bedroom- very tiny and you couldn’t darken it properly, because the bathroom right next to it has got a glass door and the window of the bathroom no shade, noisy A/C, etc.), - house keeping was quite poor - breakfast was poor - quality and variety like the one at a youth hostel - bar closed generally by 10pm, although at all advertisements it was announced that closing time is 12am, - no food available at the bar, although everywhere announced otherwise, - pool was very tiny, - pool bar was idle due to lack of personnel But at least there was one very friendly and attentive waitress at the restaurant.

To sum it up- because it's long- totally disappointing and absolutely overpriced to say the least, slow to non existent service! Horrible breakfast that had the 'flair' of a youth hostel- served at the table- which took forever on most days. A bar that mainly closed at 10 p.m. Incredibly bad house keeping( barely made up beds, cups that came with water kettle were never washed- tea and sugar never refilled) and a lot of 'unwilling' staff... In detail: We had booked an apartment in Ribarska Koliba Resort Croatia for 9 days with our son. The apartment was 38 sqm and had a living room, bedroom, bathroom.& terrace.- supposedly for 2-4 people. To start with the living room with sofa bed was about 7 meters long and 3 wide , one sofa bed , one tiny desk and one build in closet that didn't have space for the basic clothes of two people let alone 3 .( total waste of space) The bedroom had the size of a shoebox (~ 9 sqm)with a double bed and two tiny metal stools that functioned as bed tables. Off the bedroom was a small bathroom with shower and 2 sinks. It came with sliding glass ! doors ( our son was totally thrilled to travel through our bedroom every time he had to use our bathroom). Overall the apartment was recently renovated- but absolutely non functional- no room for clothes , no rails to hang wet towels or wet swimsuits. The balcony looked not at all like the pictures and was like a 'hit box'- and not even a clothes rack despite the big size.. The restaurant that advertises as 'high- end" and Michelin guide restaurant, was also totally over priced and some food was simple not edible ( sea food soup, brownish lukewarm and tasteless with a 'fancy edible cup' with icy cold mixed seafood that tasted like the remnants of a left over sea food salad... I could write more- but close it here... Absolutely no value for money- for ( a frequent customer) reduced price of 400 Euros a night, totally unacceptable!