Bled Rose Hotel

This Hotel has been refurbished to a high standard but works are not complete. I dare say the remaining works will easily take another month or two, at a glance. Ongoing construction works did not bother us much since it is not very noisy, although workers do start rather early and light sleepers might be affected. Management gave us free drinks, ice cream and vouchers to nearby pools/lido to to make up for the pool and A/C not being ready yet, and I was personally satisfied, especially since the alternative swimming facilities were all of the highest standard, so we got to sample different locations. All of the swimming facilities were just a short walk away, no big deal for us. I will be pleased to return to the hotel when it’s ready; location is great, and the staff are very friendly and do their best to help in every way. The ONLY reason that I am not giving full marks is that I was not made aware of the shortcomings in advance, otherwise I greatly enjoyed my stay.

Just returned from a week at this hotel. Very mixed feelings about writing this review as the staff in this hotel are the best I have come across in a long time and it seems hard to be critical when they were so pleasant and welcoming. However I have to be honest and say the work that was going on during my time there did impact on my holiday. In all honesty I would rather have stayed elsewhere. The noise levels from 7 am to 5 pm were absolutely awful, the work was not minor finishing off work, as was stated by my tour operator, it was major construction. I can't imagine that the work will be finished very soon so my advice would be to wait until the hotel is completed before coming. For those people who like air conditioning this is now operational. Can't say I had a very restful experience in Lake Bled, which was what I had been hoping for. The empathy, particularly from the restaurant staff, and the friendship of a lovely couple of fellow holidaymakers helped me to get through the week. Once the hotel is finished it will be a lovely place for solo travellers as the friendship it exudes will make you feel safe and welcome.

My wife and I had just spent 3 nights in the capital Ljubljana before arriving in Lake Bled at this hotel. We had been advised just before we travelled that the hotel pool and spa facilities would not be completed in time for our stay and judging by the state of the building works there are still several weeks to go. This was a shame but we were given the opportunity to use the pool and spa facilities at 3 other hotels in the area, which we did one afternoon, which was fine but not quite the same as popping downstairs from your room for that early morning swim. Anyway lets start with a positive. The check in was wonderful as we arrived at 9:45am to be told our room was ready, happy days, however, the room was a little on the small size and so was the bathroom but no biggie but there was very little room to store our suitcases, no shaving mirror (just the arm), nowhere to hang up our wet towels after a shower and no air con, not great considering the temperatures at 30 degrees. The shower itself only has glass partition half way along the unit so unfortunately the bathroom floor can get a little wet when taking a shower. The room did come with a balcony, handy for seeing those building works close up or enjoying some cool fresh air as the rooms got very hot at night and with no air con made sleeping difficult. We had half board here and have no complaints about the food, plenty of it and of a good standard and the staff we very polite, friendly and spoke great English. The building works started bright and early most mornings which didn't bother us and they'll be over within the next month, hopefully!! The location of this hotel is good and would have great views of the lake if not for the huge trees in the way. In summary the hotel is in a good position, the staff are great as is the food but we were the unfortunate guests having to put up with the final few weeks of building works and the teething problems associated with a hotel refurb that just lacked the final few issues sorted before guests arrived. We will be keeping an eye on the hotel website to see what the final building works produce. The minor issues above certainly didn't spoil our holiday, thankfully the great staff employed there made up for the shortfall elsewhere.