Hotel Albatros Plava Laguna

Personal extrem nett,Essen sehr gut,Außenbereich und Pool sauber,Innenbereich auch sauber.Die Teppichböden sind etwas alt und nicht einladend

Currently half way through an 11 night stay with family and honestly can’t fault it here. I paid extra to have a sea view room and definitely worth it (photo below). Our room looks out over the pools and gardens. Great view from the balcony for the firework display on a Thursday night, which was like a firework display standard back home. Amazing!! Our room was spotlessly cleaned daily with fresh towels by the time we had returned from breakfast. All areas of the hotel and pool are kept very clean from what I’ve seen. I do get up to put the towels down but most hotels are like that. Breakfast - cereals, lots of different bread, biscuits, continental, cooked breakfast, fruit, yoghurts, decent coffee, variety of teas, juices, etc. All nicely presented and fresh. Lunch and dinner - two choices of soup, bread, pasta, pizza, fresh fish, meats, salads, cheeses, vegetables, rice, risotto, etc. Selection of cakes, fruit, yoghurts and ice cream for dessert. Nothing negative to say about the food, it’s been lovely. Decent wine and beer on tap too. If you like junk food then this isn’t the place for you I’m afraid. Not a chip or chicken nugget in sight thankfully! Good bar service with plenty of staff. There’s a coffee bar and snack bar, which does have chips available I believe. My 12 year old is in his element here with all the sports included. At least 12 quality clay tennis courts, eight table tennis tables, pedalos, kayaks, bikes, etc. We have taken full advantage of booking all this easily next to reception desk. The immediate area literally right outside hotel is great. All the sports on your doorstep, bars, restaurants and shops. Area is fairly quiet during the day. Does get busier in the evening. We’ve done a day trip to Slovenia (Lake Bled) which was absolutely stunning. Been on a BBQ boat trip to Rovinj which was a lovely old town with cobbled streets, harbour, lots of restaurants, etc. Day trip to Venice later in the week. We’ve used the bikes to ride into Porec which wasn’t far. It’s lovely there and worth a visit. It’s easy to get the little train into Porec for 4 euros each. You can also get a taxi or water taxi easily. It’s reasonably priced to eat/drink out everywhere we’ve been so far. Nice little bar across the road called Beach Volley I think. Great service and prices. The staff work really hard here to keep the place nice for the guests. We are having a lovely time and would definitely recommend. For the price we paid to come here I think it’s more than worth it.

I am currently here with my 12 year old daughter. It's not 4 star. Travel Lodge does better rooms. If you smoke, this is the place to be. You can't sit outside anywhere to enjoy the day by the pool, or the evening entertainment without every table around you sparking up. The food is the same everyday, I do mean everyday. There are no sun beds past 7am all reserved. The pools are tiny, cope with 25 people max. If you hire a car, then great, travel elsewhere to have a great time. Don't waste your money coming here. The entertainment evening wise is out of tune, evidently poor beyond belief. The sea view... is a faulty towers sea view. The place is a joke.

Hotel was decent but the hotel staff were excellent. In particular Sara Voeanec who works in reception was absolutely fantastic. So helpful and went out of her way to help. I don’t often write reviews but felt the need to as this lady was outstanding! Thank you Sara for all of your help and kindness.

Pros of this hotel, the fact that you can use a lot of the water sports, mini golf etc free of charge if you prefer book, and the views. Cons where doni start if you are English and staying in this hotel do not expect the same service as Germans who mainly stay in this hotel, some of the staff are rude, and actually very disrespectful towards women! The rooms are tiny we had a double room with and extra bed ( if that's what you can call it) our room had handprints all-over the walls, hooks falling off the walls and dirty carpets, the toilet you had to flush 3/4 timecard ceilings coming away outside the room! The pool areas are far too small for the amount of guests in this hotel and pools became very crowded and the sun beds are practically on top of each other. Food was awful very receptive and tasteless, we had to eat out most nights. The entertainment is absolute rubbish, with house bands which most the time was in German, most the shows are put on down by the water on the stage, but when you pay all inclusive you don't expect to have to go out to watch the entertainment and incur further costs for drinks etc! The beatles tribute band and the fireworks night however is worth a watch.

I read the reviews before I came and the negatives are true, the food options are very repetitive, with lunch/dinner very similar, with little change throughout the week we were there. What was there was not really to our taste and the local coke or “cola” was pretty horrible. Getting a sun lounger was a challenge unless you saved one pre breakfast and not helped by people holding up to 6 and then not using them all day! What the recent reviews I read didn’t really cover though were the positives. The hotel is clean and the location is great. A very short walk to a beautiful bay and options to walk along the coast. Porec is a cycle ride away (free use of bikes for one trip) or there are boat or train options too. The free sports options are also great for keeping kids interested in sport entertained, There is a fairly large sports setup immediately outside the hotel which can be used free of charge, based on some limits I.e you get either 2 hours free per activity (per week or stay I am not sure) or 2 times 1 hours and that includes a quality Tennis club, and the less quality table tennis, crazy golf, bikes (3 hours), kayaking, pedalos, squash, bocce. It’s also within walking distance to a good waterpark and a good location for day trips to Venice or Pula. We didn’t see much of the entertainment, but there was a good Beatles tribute band one night followed by fireworks while we were there. When I booked the hotel it was one of the cheaper option and overall it worked really well for us. I would recommend the hotel, however, would warn people to have low expectations on the food front in particular.