Hotel Pinija

It was a very good trip and I recommend this hotel specifically if you have kids and toddler. It is really family friendly. If the weather is not good enough to swimm outdoor pools,there would be many other options to do indoor. Nice indoor swimming pools,indoor playground and spa. The personnel were very kind. Specially thanks to Mr.Ali who helped me alot to find my lost gold earring. Enjoy!

The Pinija hotel sits right by the water. They have a small outdoor pool and a heated indoor pool. The rooms are very smart and clean, although I would have preferred a walk in shower than a shower over the bath. My shower lead was leaking heavily from the connection with the shower head so my water pressure was not great. The room had its own aircon but this was not working. Apparently everything is controlled centrally. Maybe because it was only May and the temperatures were not very high. I thought it odd that there were no free plug sockets in the room. If you wanted to charge anything you had to either unplug the kettle or the bedside lamp. Tea and coffee provided, but despite there being a fridge in the room there was no milk. Eventually sourced at the breakfast buffet in a cup and stored in the fridge. The food in the buffet was excellent with a huge choice, although my tip would be to get whatever you want to drink from the bar before you go in as ordering drinks once you were at your table was incredibly slow (around 10/15 minutes), there only seemed to be one waiter doing this among around 150 people. Prices in the bar were standard eg 2.50 for coffee, 5-6 euros for a beer, 8 euros for a G & T, wine around 25-30 euros a bottle. All in all an excellent place to stay

Whilst a taxi ride to Zadar is required, good rates can be obtained booking through reception and you can sort return journeys through them nothing too much trouble. Room overlooking the sea was comfortable and kept clean, bathroom large and shower amazing. Kristie hostess with mostest had the biggest smile and remembered us from the first moment we spoke making meal times a joy. Food quality was excellent and dining room spacious, our drinks waitress was also lovely but sorry didn’t get her name. Overall the staff across the hotel were lovely, friendly and couldn’t do enough and if you get a chance try out the alacart restaurant not over pricy great quality and again really welcoming… overall a lovely weeks stay and couldn’t thank the people of Croatia more.

Lovely hotel in a lovely setting. Fantastic staff and amenities, in a gorgeous little bay area. Perfect pool area and next to the sea.

We stayed for 5 nights in mid/late September. Although out of peak summer season the hotel was still busy, especially with several large conference groups and coach tours (who we felt got preferential service). Overall the stay was good, but it could have been better. We had a deluxe room (without a sea view which was my mistake when booking). The room was smart, a reasonable size and comfortable, but the shower room was cramped and the air conditioning never quite cooled the room enough. The access from reception to the bedroom wing (including the lifts) felt like we were in a service area and not appealing. The reception area though which includes the "Pine bar" was very modern and stylish, but given the size of the hotel and number of guests there wasn't enough seating in the bar or enough people serving. Food at breakfast and dinner was good and the dining area was smart, but quite noisy. There was a wide range (although not sure about vegetarian options), it was tasty and it was kept hot (unlike at some buffets we've experienced). The problem was that almost everyone went to dinner at about 7pm, meaning that it was extremely busy and hard to find a seat and not enough staff taking drinks orders, so service was slow. We tried eating later but the food options were noticeably reduced after 8pm and drinks service was no better. The pools were both nice, although we initially found both hard to find with different access routes and bad signage. The outdoor pool was nicely warm and had great views, but there was no service offered and spare towels were only available at the indoor pool. Overall the hotel has lots of good facilities and was reasonable value, but compared to other hotels we've stayed at, the service was not as good and could be improved.