B&B Giardin

Do not, I repeat, do not stay here!!!!!! The pictures look great. The location is good. But the shower worked for 2 minutes each morning and then turned off completely. We complained to the manager, but nothing happened. Booking.com will not help us and the owner says that the water works. Well, the water works for 1-2 minutes and then NOTHING! I got a partial shower, and my spouse go NOTHING. The owner will not give us any money back and booking.com will not respond after numerous tries. DON’T stay here. We were the only occupants for two nights.

Location was good! Mixed up our room in the beginning, next day we had to go to another room! The cleaner took the sheets off our bed and put them back on the bed in the other room they put us in, I have never heard of such a thing! We found out about this because we went back up to our room, and saw her doing this! I said are you putting the dirty sheets back on our bed she said yes saves the sheets from being washed! The owner told her to do this I couldn’t believe my ears! I told her I want to speak to the owner I want clean sheets considering they messed up our room! We got clean sheets eventually! My husband and I wouldn’t stay here again there were missing light bulbs, holes in towels, no fridge, Hand soap dispenser off the wall! The bed plank fell off! As for our last day, we went down to have breakfast and the staff wasn’t there to cook it! The young girl who cleans the rooms was there cleaning she apologize and seemed frightened of the owner saying there is nothing she can do , she’s not allowed to make coffee or touch anything, even though she was the one making the eggs, when we did have breakfast as she told us! We left had breakfast elsewhere! I’m not sure what the set up is! All I know is they are all in it together!

When we arrived at the restaurant to check in, it took some time for the waiter to get everything in order. As soon as we walked up the stairs to our room, we noticed there were ants crawling along the baseboards and chairs. We went back down and told the waiter who look puzzled. We got him to come upstairs and he said he would have to call the owner. A few hours later he returned with a powder pesticide that he poured around the room. After we took showers the first night (they didn't provide any shampoo/body wash, luckily there is a market next door), we noticed a foul smelling odor coming from the bathroom. We tried flushing the toilet several times and opening the window, but the odor became worse and worse. Even with the bathroom door shut, we were not able to sleep in bedroom due to the overpowering odor. We determined that the smell was coming from the shower drain and believe that it was some type of mold or mildew. When we told the property owner the next morning, she had an attitude of "I couldn't care less". We packed our bags and left Zadar early because of this hotel. Breakfast was included, convenient to access the old city, parking available (assuming you are able to find a spot in the lot)

The room was lovely with a beautiful vew in an amazing location, just across the water from the old town near the foot bridge. The staff were very helpful. The only reason I would not give 5 stars is that breakfast dis not start in the restaurant downstairs until 9 am so the days we went on a boat trip and were leaving it was too late. The breakfast was good but a little limited. I would stay again but not get breakfast included, there is an amazing 24hr bakery 2 mins walk away.

After a wonderful stay - huge, newly decorated suite, modern, comfortable, with a lovely view, perfect location, friendly staff etc. - I was a bit surprised to see the final bill on my credit card. To be fair, I was shown the amount to be charged in Kronas and asked to sign off on it while checking in. But I did not have a calculator handy to compare the exchange rate. Normally I would’ve had to pay €440 for our stay via Booking.com plus €10 city tax. The final amount was €469 instead of €450. The Exchange rate used was 7.5 Kronas to the euro instead of the more typical 7.1 Kronas on all other purchases. I wrote to the hotel asking for an explanation but never got a response. This is really too bad, because otherwise I found our stay fantastic. I still recommend this hotel, just watch the bill.

A lovely quiet B&B in a great area for exploring Zadar and the old town. Good food served all day in the restaurant and the breakfast was very nice. The room was comfortable and the place was nice and clean.