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Reviews of The Residence Hotel This rating is a reflection of how the property compares to the industry standard when it comes to price, facilities and services available. It's based on a self-evaluation by the property. Use this rating to help choose your stay!

Grljevačka 2b, 21312 Podstrana, Croatia

#291 of 395 vacation rentals in Podstrana

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Review Score

Based on 53 hotel reviews

8.1

Score breakdown

  • Cleanliness

    8.7

  • Comfort

    8.8

  • Location

    8.3

  • Facilities

    7.9

  • Staff

    8.9

  • Value for money

    7.4

  • Free WiFi

    7.0

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  • Reviewed: August 12, 2023

    7.0
    Summer visit to Split
    • Leisure trip
    • Family with young children
    • One-Bedroom Apartment with Patio
    • Stayed 5 nights
    • Submitted from a mobile device

    Rooms, including outside spaces, should be made smoke-free. You can smell the cigarette in the room if someone is smoking outside.

    We were allowed a late checkout due to the late departure time of our return flight. This was very much appreciated.

    Stayed in August 2023

  • Reviewed: August 7, 2023

    8.0
    very nice room and good location, but should also have tea/ coffee sachets.
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Double Room with Balcony
    • Stayed 4 nights

    the view of the sea/ beach was only partial. No tea or coffee in the room - had to go and buy this! no breakfast included

    location on ground floor from reception. near the beach - less than 200m. very clean and the room was reset and cleaned every day :-) Aircon working really well.

    Stayed in August 2023

  • Reviewed: August 1, 2023

    8.0
    Great value for money. Perfect location.
    • Leisure trip
    • Family with young children
    • Two-Bedroom Apartment with Balcony
    • Stayed 8 nights
    • Submitted from a mobile device

    If the floor in the apartment had been cleaned everyday, it had been perfect

    Great value for money. Kitchen was very nice! Breakfast in the restaurant was ok. We liked better to eat breakfast in the nice kitchen

    Stayed in August 2023

  • Reviewed: July 26, 2023

    8.0
    Nice :-)
    • Leisure trip
    • Family with young children
    • Two-Bedroom Apartment with Balcony
    • Stayed 7 nights

    Small pool and had to bring own towels to beach or rent. Rental of sunchair was 40 euro on beach located near hotel.

    Borderlining excellent. But pool in very small, looked bigger in pictures. Appartment was nice and very clean.

    Stayed in June 2023

  • Reviewed: May 31, 2023

    7.0
    Ok for a short stay.
    • Leisure trip
    • Group
    • Two-Bedroom Apartment with Balcony
    • Stayed 3 nights
    • Submitted from a mobile device

    Entrance was a car park, very small pool area, only 6 sun beds, people queuing up to 1 hour before. we booked a 2 double bed room and one room was very small with 2 tiny single beds. (very small for 2 adults). We arrived at 10pm and there were no shops, bars, restaurants to eat or even to buy water despite being advertised that there’s a 24 hour shop at reception, restaurant on site serving breakfast for €15 per head, nowhere else within walking distance.

    Lovely apartment, very clean and well maintained, comfortable double bed, good shower, polite helpful staff.

    Stayed in May 2023

  • Reviewed: August 27, 2022

    7.0
    Good
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • One-Bedroom Apartment with Balcony
    • Stayed 7 nights
    • Submitted from a mobile device

    AC was broken and leaked the entire week

    location was 10/10

    Stayed in August 2022

  • Reviewed: August 23, 2022

    9.0
    Very comfortable, relaxing place to stay. we will return
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • One-Bedroom Apartment with Balcony
    • Stayed 7 nights
    • Submitted from a mobile device

    The pool is a little small, but the beach is only 50mtrs away so it’s fine

    The staff are very welcoming and extremely helpful, there is a small supermarket at the top of the steps going up to the main road which is great for stocking up on essentials, it’s so close to the beach for chill days and it’s equal distance for day or night trips to split and Omis.

    Stayed in August 2022

  • Reviewed: August 11, 2022

    7.0
    Nice apartment with a beautiful view
    • Leisure trip
    • Group
    • Deluxe Two-Bedroom Apartment with Balcony
    • Stayed 3 nights
    • Submitted from a mobile device

    door couldn’t close

    the terrace

    Stayed in August 2022

  • Reviewed: August 2, 2022

    7.0
    Good
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Superior One-Bedroom Apartment with Sea View
    • Stayed 2 nights
    • Submitted from a mobile device

    pool was very small - not as it appears on advert key very difficult to operate no hotel feel to this place

    lovely well presented apartment very nice restaurant staff very kind and helpful driver available for any trips

    Stayed in August 2022

  • Reviewed: August 1, 2022

    8.0
    Very Good
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Double Room with Patio - Ground Floor
    • Stayed 1 night

    While knowing upfront, the rooms in the basement have a limited view as we actually looked onto a stone wall, But to be fair, this was mentioned somewhere in the booking fine print I think.

    Nice hotel next to LeMeridien Lav, but you cannot use for obvious reasons their properties. Room was big enough, clean, good bath room. Ladies at reception were nice, but the reception area is just a small room with limited options. Close to the beach, the marina around the corner is very nice, too.

    Stayed in June 2022

  • Reviewed: July 17, 2022

    8.0
    Great value
    • Leisure trip
    • Family with young children
    • Double Room with Balcony
    • Stayed 5 nights
    • Submitted from a mobile device

    Great location right beside Le Meridien which has awesome facilities

    Stayed in July 2022

  • Reviewed: July 8, 2022

    9.0
    Very nice and modern accommodation but no beach facilities included
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Double Room with Balcony
    • Stayed 5 nights
    • Submitted from a mobile device

    The Residence hotel has only a minuscule pool with a few (6) sun beds and no shade. Neither do they have their own beach area with sun beds and umbrellas. All these services/facilities are owned by the neighbouring Méridien hotel. If you want a real pool and beach facilities, you have to register there. In June 2022, they charged 300 Kuna (40 €!!!) per person per day for guests who stay at the Residence- which in my opinion is impertinent. Everyone can use the beach though but you have to bring your own towels, sun chairs etc. And please note, there’s no shade - bring your own umbrellas!!! The Residence hotel should also offer these services for their guests, either for free or a nominal fee.

    Just two minutes walk to the beach (which is mainly occupied by the neighbouring Le Méridien hotel). Very clean and modern rooms with comfortable beds. We stayed five days in a studio room which has a fridge, microwave, egg cooker, toaster, water kettle an a Dolce Gusto coffee maker, and a large balcony. There’s a small supermarket on the main road behind (above) the hotel, about five minutes away. There are also many restaurants, either on the main road or in both directions on the beach. The ladies at the reception were very nice and friendly. Split is approximately 10 kilometres away and can be reached by public bus from the main road or by BOLT/UBER services. All in all, we can recommend the Residence for a beach vacation.

    Stayed in June 2022

  • Reviewed: June 27, 2022

    7.0
    We had a lovely time in Croatia but would not stay at this hotel again.
    • Leisure trip
    • Family with young children
    • Deluxe Two-Bedroom Apartment with Balcony
    • Stayed 9 nights

    The Residence Hotel is not a hotel in the traditional sense. There was a breakfast in a small restaurant on the ground floor of the building which was not accessible from reception. There was no access to food or cold drinks outside of breakfast hours. There were no hotel facilities. On the last day we discovered that there was a library in the basement. It was not advertised or talked about by the staff.

    The apartment was beautiful. Fabulous views and cleanliness was excellent.

    Stayed in June 2022

  • Reviewed: June 20, 2022

    8.0
    good stopover
    • Leisure trip
    • Family with young children
    • Two-Bedroom Apartment with Balcony
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted from a mobile device

    pool very small and shallow

    really comfortable- top standard

    Stayed in June 2022

  • Reviewed: August 10, 2021

    8.0
    very nice apartment
    • Leisure trip
    • Family with young children
    • Two-Bedroom Apartment with Balcony
    • Stayed 2 nights

    I thought there would be more facilities. Just the small pool.

    The rooms and apartment were excellent, better than expected. The staff were very helpful and friendly

    Stayed in August 2021

  • Reviewed: December 7, 2023

    3.0
    Poor
    • Business trip
    • Solo traveler
    • Double Room with Patio - Ground Floor
    • Stayed 5 nights

    Although the personal was very nice, but following points was not good: - Warm water: not controllable, sudden change from hot to very cold and from cold to very hot. This was really bothering. - Internet: connection was not stable and bad quality. I lost my time because of this. If you should do your work in Hotel, then avoid this Hotel. All in all, I do not recommend the Hotel.

    Stayed in December 2023

  • Reviewed: October 12, 2023

    3.0
    Terrible
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Double Room with Patio - Ground Floor
    • Stayed 3 nights
    • Submitted from a mobile device

    My room was by the restaurant a lot of noise at night

    Terrible only one small restaurant, arrived on Sunday the offices was close left at 6am offices was close

    Stayed in October 2023

  • Reviewed: September 27, 2023

    2.0
    Bad
    • Business trip
    • Solo traveler
    • Double Room with Balcony
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted from a mobile device

    Yes

    There.waa no breakfast they charge me a lot.of.money couseni stayn1 hr after chek out

    Stayed in September 2023

  • Reviewed: September 10, 2023

    5.0
    Fair
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • One-Bedroom Apartment with Balcony
    • Stayed 3 nights
    • Submitted from a mobile device

    Some of the rooms very dated and no air con in all bedrooms. The reception is hard to find, just a little office with no clear sign.

    The staff were really helpful when an issue occurred.

    Stayed in September 2023

  • Reviewed: August 7, 2023

    10
    Exceptional
    • Leisure trip
    • Family with young children
    • Two-Bedroom Apartment with Balcony
    • Stayed 4 nights
    • Submitted from a mobile device

    Beautiful location. A little tricky to find but worth it.

    Stayed in August 2023

  • Reviewed: June 26, 2022

    2.0
    Very misleading description and photos.
    • Leisure trip
    • Family with young children
    • Two-Bedroom Apartment with Balcony
    • Stayed 3 nights
    • Submitted from a mobile device

    This is not a Hotel. Broom cupboard reception, no bar, no restaurant apart from overpriced breakfast. Swimming pool that is kids paddling pool located in the car park. Access to a beach where the attendants from next door hotel move you on bruskly if you don’t pay their €40 per person daily charge to use sun umbrella. Total lack of info on any local amenities as well as rip off prices for excursions. Booked for a week but moved out after 2 days.

    Apartment was clean and well equipped.

    Stayed in June 2022

  • Reviewed: June 19, 2022

    2.0
    Great spot, midnight wake up from staff
    • Leisure trip
    • Family with young children
    • Two-Bedroom Apartment with Balcony
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted from a mobile device

    We were not asked for a payment at the time that we checked in. We assumed that there was already a card on file. At around midnight before our 6 am flight, we were woken up by staff frantically requesting a payment. The staff was aware of our early checkout because they were helpful at scheduling an early airport taxi at the time of check in.

    Clean, spacious, great location!

    Stayed in June 2022

  • Reviewed: June 6, 2022

    6.0
    looked nice on your site, experienced outage of water during stay, phone in room didn’t work
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Double Room with Patio - Ground Floor
    • Stayed 3 nights
    • Submitted from a mobile device

    too much like a concrete jungle, no view to speak of, poor signage

    it was clean

    Stayed in June 2022

  • Reviewed: September 1, 2021

    10
    Exceptional
    • Leisure trip
    • Group
    • One-Bedroom Apartment with Balcony
    • Stayed 3 nights

    The location is perfect, the beaches in Podstrana are beautiful! The hotel has distance from the activities and guests at the Hotel Lav (Meridien), so it was quiet & allowed me to sleep with no problem. I definitely recommend staying here if you're visiting Split, its nice to decompress in Podstrana in the morning and charge up before heading out at night.

    Stayed in August 2021

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