Aminess Vival Port9 Resort

Having read the mixed reviews on here, my wife and I were a bit anxious on arriving. Those giving negative reviews for this place need a reality check in my opinion! Example, complaining about the rooms being 'standard' and plain....when staying in a setting like this, you shouldn't be spending much time in your room! I'll admit we have stayed in swankier and more polished places but we were more than satisfied with this resort. Pros: Location is picturesque and quiet, staff are great (especially the guy in the G&T bar), beach is right in front of the pool, the resort is basically the only accomodation of note around (so feels very private), breakfast is a great buffet with lots of choice, water taxi is €3 each way and every half hour until 10pm, large supermarket right across the road, lovely waterside promenade for an evening stroll, lots of amenities, in-pool bar, relaxed vibe Cons: Dinner is a fairly average buffet (recommend getting the water taxi over to Korcula old town for dinner), only bottled water at dinner which you have to buy is a bit stingy (versus tap water dispensers available at breakfast) Recommend getting a taxi from the port when arriving as although it's lovely arriving by boat, reception is at the front of the resort so lugging your cases from the back where the water taxi drops you is effort (taxi was €12). Early June during the week seemed a good time too as it wasn't too busy. There were no charges for loungers either (1 review said there was).

While I want so greatly to give this property a better review, it just did not meet expectations. HUGE kiddos to the marketing team and photographers. They made this property look amazing. Unfortunately, the photos are TOO good as the property did not live up. The property is a bit drab and felt old. The pool is small and felt old. There are no cabanas at the pool and hours of service at the pool and all food/drink places are extremely limited. If you have a kid, it makes it very hard to get them fed. There is a grocery store across the street. The final straw was the location. It is a €15 cab ride from old town. And there is nothing around! They did have a water taxi that comes every hour but was inconsistent and stops running after 16:00ish. I will say that everyone was kind and did try to help. We did end our stay here early but was helped by the incredibly understanding staff to change to a sister hotel in old town.

Short Sea taxi from main town (every 20 mins and €3)..

Lovely stay, our room was gorgeous, the overall property has great facilities and a short walk from the old town. Would definitely do it again

Warm welcome , confortable and clean .

Overall we enjoyed our stay at this Hotel. The overall facilities are really good: great pool area (although the water temp is cooler than the sea) and lovely beach area for really safe swimming with crystal water. Incredible views! The restaurant is also a really nice area, however the evening food really lacked- It felt really mismatched items (but breakfast was good.) Our room I was really underwhelmed with on first impression I wouldn’t call it a “superior room” by any means and I would be very hesitant to see the basic room. The room was comfy, but it felt straight out of a bland city hotel with zero character or charm- such a shame when the outside surrounding are so beautiful! So yes I would recommend this hotel for the beautiful scenery and location but don’t expect to be blown away by the hotel rooms (think standard travelodge.)

Wonderful staff, had an amazing time!

Staff was excellent (especially Bojana and Božo), food OK, but everything else was quite disappointing. Rooms are not even close to the 4* level hotels (smelly, small showers, partitions between rooms are not existing etc...). Overall overpriced hotel.

Overall was a decent hotel .. the breakfast was good but the dinner needs to be improved .. Staff works long hours .. probably more people needed especially at the pool area, the lady there though was amazing tried her best to keep everyone happy.

Lovely location, amazing clear sea that we swam in every day. Breakfast buffet was excellent. It’s a shame there were not enough sunbeds and that tuna pasta regularly featured as the vegetarian option for dinner but overall a great place for a week of relaxing