Royal Palm Hotel

“Very relaxing hotel”

Overall - this is a great hotel for a relaxing break. We really enjoyed the week here. Croatia (at least this part) is a beautiful part of the world. Rocky hillsides plunging to crystal waters. Glorious. It's not cheap though - Hotel: We were at the end of the season and it was pretty quiet; jud… more

Overall - this is a great hotel for a relaxing break. We really enjoyed the week here. Croatia (at least this part) is a beautiful part of the world. Rocky hillsides plunging to crystal waters. Glorious. It's not cheap though - Hotel: We were at the end of the season and it was pretty quiet; judging from other reviews, this is not always the case. For us this was perfect. We had a room with a mountain view - there's nothing wrong with that, but given that many rooms were empty I'm a little surprised they didn't upgrade us into a sea view room. The room was great. The room and whole complex was spotlessly clean and perfectly maintained. Cannot fault the room at all, nor the rest of the surroundings of the hotel. Breakfast. Really nice. I like a separate egg-station for omelettes etc. Also to have fruit juice and a coffee machine there takes pressure off the main area and means you can have a coffee while you wait. Good thinking. The bars - especially the rooftop bar are really great - all staff welcoming and could not be more helpful. Whilst mentioning the staff - I also include the cleaners, restaurant staff and reception - they were all great with us. Several pools - nice and quiet - again - we were late-season; some other reviews suggest that this is not always the case, but the best place to swim is in the sea and I'd feel it unlikely that this would ever get too busy. The sea right in front of the hotel is lovely to swim in. Just a note about pool-towels - every pool had towels readily available, but they weren't always in the most apparent place, and other reviews here have stated that they don't have pool-towels. They do - so perhaps they should signpost these a bit better - maybe at check-in, or at the pools. Overall its hard to fault the hotel - at least from our experience. Here are a couple of faults though: Firstly, they have a small but well-designed underground garage, but they charge €10 per day, and this includes guests. As a result it was more or less empty. There is free parking on the road immediately behind the hotel so that's where our hire-car sat for the week. It just seems silly - and petty - to charge guests for parking. I imagine that few guests actually have a hire car, but for those who do - to ask €70 for a week is totally over the top. Secondly, because the place is built on quite a steep slope down to the sea, there are quite a lot of steps. Not a problem for us but it might not be the most accessible place for people with limited mobility. There are ramps and lifts, but not to every place or they might be rather a long-way around. The sea-front walk to the town is about 0.9 miles - its probably a good thing that we did that a couple of times every day - keeps the steps up - but if you're a slow walker or find that difficult then be aware. Thirdly, the whole area is really expensive! If you come to Croatia thinking that eating-out will be cheap then think again. The restaurants on the main street in Lapad are all the same prices - you'll pay about €40-60 per person. Good news is that if you go off the main street - for example to the Trinity asian, or Scala restaurants, then the prices are a lot more reasonable. However, all the hotel restaurant and bar prices are at the high end - €14 for a Pina Colada. That's enough of the faults though. Two more good points to mention; The gym / fitness room is small but very well equipped with cardio machines, a few weight machines, a Smith-machine and also some free weights. There's a set of dumbbells - from 5kg to 50kg - but with a few missing. Where did they go? There's an olympic (20kg) bar, and free weights but not many small ones, so if you want to deadlift 200kg then you'll have no problem but if you want to adjust weight with 2.5kg and 5kg plates then no. Finally the wifi is free, fast, easy to connect, and covers the whole area including all-round outside. I call that an essential nowadays so top marks there. We'd be very happy to return here and fully recommend this (group of) hotels to anyone wanting a relaxing seafront holiday.

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“Nice hotel”

Had a king suite with a sea view which was beautiful. The area is lovely too. Opted for half board due to not knowing what was in the area. Breakfast was buffet style and lots of choice. There was an omelette station too where a fresh omelette would be prepared for you. Dinner was also buffet style… more

Had a king suite with a sea view which was beautiful. The area is lovely too. Opted for half board due to not knowing what was in the area. Breakfast was buffet style and lots of choice. There was an omelette station too where a fresh omelette would be prepared for you. Dinner was also buffet style the wait even for a glass of water was ridiculous and they would be better just putting water on the tables. Different themed nights throughout the week. Could get busy especially when it first opens and especially Italian night where there was a long queue. Good was ok and there was a choice of soup, salad, cold meat and cheese as well as cooked items. Dessert runs out quickly. If you are looking for a relaxing trip to the spa forget it. It’s like a kids club with kids playing with balls and jumping in while their parents sit on sun loungers oblivious. This really let the holiday down. The spa either needs to be adults only or times kids are allowed limited. Staff were really helpful and polite and rooms cleaned each day. Room service is available and there is a mini bar which is kept stocked. It is expensive but in line with the rest of Dubrovnik. The nearest supermarket is quite a walk. The beach bar is lovely and a really nice place to watch the sunset. Dubrovnik old town is about 15 mins away and an Uber was never more than 1 minute from the hotel. All in all an enjoyable trip but let down by what is actually a nice spa area.

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“5 Star Accommodation, 3 Star Food”

This is one of an impressive collection of hotels owned by the same chain along a beautiful stretch of coastline just a couple of miles outside Dubrovnik. They share several bars, restaurants, and pools. It’s only a few minutes’ walk to a bus stop with a service to the old town every ten minutes.… more

This is one of an impressive collection of hotels owned by the same chain along a beautiful stretch of coastline just a couple of miles outside Dubrovnik. They share several bars, restaurants, and pools. It’s only a few minutes’ walk to a bus stop with a service to the old town every ten minutes. The Palm is a beautifully-appointed hotel, with spacious and modern lobbies. Our room was a King Suite with sea view, and it was huge, with lovely furnishings and a wonderful sea view. The bath was surprisingly narrow, however. We could not fault the quality of the room and we were glad to have paid extra for a sea view - it really was worth it. There were two things that let it down and knocked this down to a four-star review. The main one was the quality of the food. We opted for half board as we did not fancy a walk to a restaurant in the evening (although there are several about ten minutes away), and the prices in the hotel restaurants looked steep. Unfortunately, the dinner offerings were unmemorable - everything was buffet style, but the range was narrow and the quality indifferent. Some of the hot dishes had clearly been sitting there for far too long and were dry and unappetising. Often it was a selection of lumps of meat in sauce cooked and presented with absolutely no finesse. Breakfast was OK, but not a huge selection. The secondary complaint relates to one of the bars which we frequented most nights for a pre-dinner drink. There is one overlooking the coast which is a perfect spot to enjoy a quiet cocktail…until, that is, some bozo thinks it’s a good idea to blast out some techno music one evening, which completely killed the vibe of the place and forced us elsewhere. It was noticeable that all of the tables near the DJ stand had been vacated as the music was so loud. It was completely inappropriate, and we fed this back to staff at the time. All in all we had a lovely time, but I would strongly recommend against going half board.

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“Late getaway in Dubrovnik”

We spent our last day and night in this hotel. The greeting we received when checking in was lovely, the lady very informative. The hotel has something for everyone, various places to eat, drink, swim and lounge. All the restaurants and bars had unbelievable views of the coastline which was so r… more

We spent our last day and night in this hotel. The greeting we received when checking in was lovely, the lady very informative. The hotel has something for everyone, various places to eat, drink, swim and lounge. All the restaurants and bars had unbelievable views of the coastline which was so relaxing. Our room was the luxury suite and was spacious with a view of sunset which did not disappoint. Breakfast is served on the beautiful terrace and has a good range of food for everyone. Checkout was efficient and the car to the airport was complimentary with a great driver. Journey took about 40 mins with again some splendid views on the way to the airport, we would certainly go back.

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