TUI BLUE Jadran

Dear mr hotel manager, you should be rightly very proud of what you and your team have here in making the holiday magic happen. What a great hotel!! Have just returned from a superb week, our first in Croatia. We had high hopes given the really good TA reviews. The new immediate entrance was a bit underwhelming , but we were tired and it was, very unusually, raining. But the sun soon came out and our smiles broadened - Our two twin rooms were great and next time I will pay a little extra for the sea view. The mountain (garden view) is stunning but the air con machines, cash machine and car park a little less so and whilst the logia type balconies which predominate on this side of the hotel are good , the sea view was lovely and from a proper balcony was preferable. Everything is spotlessly clean, room service is quick, efficient and comprehensive- usually done by the time we got back from breakfast. Full marks to the chambermaids who were helpful and friendly. Love the novel bathroom arrangements. Bar service and Restaurant service excellent all round with a shout out to Maria on welcome and the guy on the evening meat grill station and the cheese and ham lady who was soooo enthusiastic and knowledgable. Food quality and choice was excellent (a little more fish /shellfish would have been even better. Love the croissants and bread choices. Pools very clean and not overcrowded, Plenty of sun beds . Umbrellas clearly get a bashing but quickly sorted if broken . Pink Cricket food and staff spot on. The Spa was wow!! 2 great treatments at reasonable price. We came with 2 well travelled teenage girls who are sometimes a little ‘fussy’ and we really couldn’t fault anything here at all. I’m sorry if they took all the lovely ritual shower products at the end🙃 After years of sensatori Crete we have found our new ‘go to’ holiday destination. I can’t wait to book for next years sea view!! Anyway that’s a very long review to say how lovely it was. Please don’t let your obviously high standards slip ! Thank you and look forward to seeing you next year 🙏

One of the rares 5* star hotels from Split to Dubrovnik with superb service. Hotel is recently renovated and rooms are decent size (we are on 3rd floor) with amazing sea view and sunset in the evening. There are two pools (one infinity) and not too crowded as rocky beach is just below the hotels, with lots of natural shadow and coffee bar just behind. We opted for breakfast and dinner and food is superb, despite the fact this is big hotel and you expect average hotel food. They are focused on local dishes, especially fish and vegetables which is excellent if you are vegeterians like us (couple).

Arrival. We had been travelling for 5 hours when we arrived and instantly our weariness was removed with a welcome hot towel and cold drink. Check in was swift and well managed. Room We had two rooms for our family. I elected to upgrade one of the rooms to the sea view and use this as our main room. They had placed the other room on the opposite side just down the corridor. The sea view was spectacular and probably the nicest I ever had. It was a delight and well worth the upgrade. The other room had a view of the Mountains to the rear which while nice I would say the sea view is a must. The rooms are well appointed and have all standard needs (mini bar, coffee, tea etc etc). The rooms are cleaned well everyday, mostly when we left for Breakfast by the time we returned it was clean, there was never any awkward knocking or interruptions (not sure if this was luck or magic). Breakfast A full range of offering probably more than I had experienced elsewhere. Egg station, hot food (bacon, sausage, waffles, pancakes French toast etc). the restaurant has its own BAKERY!!!!!. This was amazing, selection of breads and pastries freshly baked was very nice. There was also a cheese and cold meet with someone working a traditional cutting wheel slicing the hams fresh. We took Breakfast on the terrace which was so close to the turquoise sea it felt like it was over the water. Dinner The dinner had a full range of options. The same bakery and cold meat offering was similar to breakfast. There was a also a fish grill, meat grill, usually a roast meat and some type of stew offering. I would defy anyone not to be able to eat a pleasant meal everyday here. I would say the layout and offering was a little formulaic everyday (ie. two fish, two meat, a roast meat, pizza and some type of stew / pan dish). However this is only a very minor gripe as within this formula they were able to offer a lot of variety. Beach / pool. The Beach is a pebble / stone beach with sunbeds. I would recommend a short walk along the path to the shop to buy wet shoes. This made the beach and sea a really nice place to be. The sea is crystal clear and snorkling is recommended. The beach is not entirely private but certainly feels like it. There are two pools which were mostly quiet and not to busy. There is a sunbed/towel (provided by hotel) code in operation but there were always sunbeds available and nobody seemed to abuse it by blocking unused sunbeds all day. I read some reviews on Tripadvisor complaining about nudity on the beach but apart from the odd topless sunbather I did not see this and was not an issue. Other guests. There was enough space that you never felt on top of anyone. Behaviour was good, no loudness, and queuing, dinner, etc was respected. There is some desire of some to sit on certain tables for dinner (especially on the terrace) which was a minor irritation. Staff & Departure. All of the staff where very helpful and knowledgeable about the area. We had a 6AM start to leave but checkout was swift and efficient and unasked for they had arranged for 2 large bags of food for us to cover make up for the lack of breakfast. Thank you! Only a few very very minor suggestions for improvement: - A few of the umbrellas around the beach and pool were broken and could do with updating (the staff was very responsive to drag over a working one) - We noticed that a couple of times for breakfast and dinner some of the food cooled too much on the hot serving plate at the front of the kitchen, These were times that we were early in the session so I suspect it was not turned on enough in advance. - You are not alone in this world, but I do not think it is too much to ask for a inclusive post dinner coffee facility. The machines that are available for Breakfast are off for dinner. A great stay, a spectacular view and I look forward to returning one day!