Garden City Hotel Konjic

I went for a pool day at this hotel last weekend, while my friends were at the rafting. The entrance fee is 20 BAM (around 10€). The water was FREEZING cold - I don’t know was it because it was freshly changed for the day and filtered from river Neretva (which you can google and see that its temperature is usually 7°C and it is one of the coldest rivers in the workd - if not the coldest!) or is it always like that. That is why everyone took a short swim and got outside 5 mins later at most. I didn’t have any meals at the pool area, only coffee and ice cream, which were ok. Sunbeds are for free and you can occupy them when you arrive at the pool. In the first row of the sunbeds next to the pool, there are large umbrellas that in a certain part of the day shade the entire surface of the sunbeds, but in the afternoon the shade passes behind the sunbeds and it is necessary to take smaller umbrellas (I don't know if they are paid for separately, I didn't take them because I was sunbathing). I brought my own towel, I don’t think you can get them at the hotel if you’re not actually staying at the hotel (but check this on your own!). Later that night, my friends and I went to the restaurant of the hotel (we were not staying at the hotel) to celebrate friend’s birthday and they told us that they didn’t receive any reservation (and my friend reserved a table for 10 people days ago with the manager!). She also reserved a cake, but didn’t get that one either. They have arranged a table after our request and we were lucky that not mamy people were at the restaurant that night. When I have ordered the main dish, the amount of food that came on the plate was ridiculous - so small and pricy for the amount. And on top of that - one of the side dishes didn’t come at all and when I asked where is it, one of the waiters told me that it is nit supposed to come because that is from another meal (that wasn’t what the menu said!). When I crossed my cutlery on the plate according to table etiquette, non of the waiters have asked what is wrong with the meal, which means that they do not have basic knowledge of waiter job/tasks, so do nit expect them to read your mind. Desert was great, I have ordered crepes with vanilla ice cream and hot raspberries sauce - the amount on the plate was huge. I have stayed at the hotel a year earlier around the same time and the ohtaide pool was closed due to colder weather, but we went for a “swim” on the inside pool which is very small. We booked one night with breakfast option through a coupon website, but the first room we got was small and honestly bad (for the price we have paid). We then asked for another one with a balcony few minutes later, if they have available, and they have transfered us to a bigger one with the balcony. That room was ok. Breakfast was various and tasty, so no complaints on that one. In general, the hotel has a nice garden and restaurant look very posh.

I did not expect to find such a good hotel in this relatively small town. It was good and my group enjoyed our stay, nice rooms, very friendly receptionists, breakfast was tasty and the hotel is well kept and clean. - I am a tour guide from Israel, a great lover of BIH

Everything was perfect. Room was so clean and spacious with free complimentary water,coffee and tea. View from the balcony provides amazing perspective on Neretva River in it's full beauty. Food is also delicious with various local products.

From what I can tell by reading previous reviews, they've improved a lot. The rooms are nice enough and the bed is comfortable. That's a few basic but very important boxes ticked. The WiFi is OK, so that's another important box ticked. But, if you prefer your restaurant and hotel lobby smoke free and you don't eat meat, this isn't the place to come (only one veggie mains option - which came with seafood in it...).