Villa Vela Luka

Lovely location, nice walk to nearby small port, remember to bring rash shoes as there are no sandy beaches. We were AI and had no complaints over the quality and variety of food which was good. Drinks at both lunch and dinner are by waiter service only. Staff were attentive and in fact we were often refusing the offer of more wines and beer.Staff at the lobby bar were lovely and as equally attentive. As always you can purchase premium brand spirits but the prices were comparable to those at the bars at the port. AI Beer was in bottles and was the same brand as the bars being sold for 3 euros a bottle. Room was more than adequate and spotless. Only criticism was the fact that sun beds had been packed away for the winter and the beach bar closed when there was demand for both. WE ended up paying 10 euros a day for sunbeds outside of the hotel confines. We stayed the second week at the sister hotel on Hvar where both sunbeds and beach bar were available so this was obviously a poor management decision . Enjoyed our stay

My friend and I booked and paid for a SUPERIOR ROOM WITH SEA VIEW AND BALCONY. We arrived and were allocated a double room (barely big enough to swing a cat in with a leaky shower and small double bed) but it did have a balcony with a view of the main road We complained and showed reception the booking confirmation to be told that there were no other rooms available as they were fully booked and basically had to take it - no apology offered. They offered to upgrade us from half board to all inclusive but we didn't really want that as we didn't want to be tied to the hotel all day every day. They told us to come back and check in 2 days as they had guests checking out then. We finally got a sea view but the room is barely bigger than the first one, but at least it has single beds! I'm not convinced this is a superior room as we had a peek in another room when it was being cleaned and it was much, much bigger and had a sofa in it as well. Food is OK but if you are only B&B or half board, at 30 euros each it's expensive for what is effectively a self service buffet. Quite disappointed with this experience and would not book here again. It came as no surprise to find that we were not the only guests to have this experience - we spoke to several other yellow band wearing guests.... It's almost like they deliberately over-book then blame the computer.

Very good hotel in a great location near the harbour and the beach. Buffet area is large, very good choice of quality food. Pool is too small with few sunbeds. Pleasant reception and outside area for drinks. Beautiful views at breakfast overlooking the sea and forest. Staff generally helpful albeit not overly so with some requests (e.g. change for tips, late checkout). Outside terraces on ground floor rooms have dirty gullies. Had to repeat request to repair aircon + safe, albeit first world problems.