Amfora Hvar Grand Beach Resort

We had a beautiful week staying at this hotel. The rooms are so clean and the beds comfortable. Lovely friendly staff nothing was too much trouble. Hotel very chilled and the food was very good with a selection of choices. Stunning views can not wait to come back

We stayed for 4 nights at the Amfora hotel in one of the newly refurbished superior rooms with a balcony overlooking the pool. The room was well decorated if a little compact and with limited wardrobe space, only enough to hang shirts! The bathroom had a large rainfall shower. The hotel is quite spread out and over different levels, so it’s a bit of a walk and lots of steps to get everywhere. The hotel WiFi is good and works everywhere. The pool area is very nice with a couple of pool bars and waiters on hand all day. Towels are available from the pool cabana from 9am, so there is no rush to secure beds, and there are plenty on offer. The pool can get quite lively at times. The beech in front of the hotel is a public one and you have to pay €20 for a bed. Breakfast is buffet style and quite noisy like a canteen but the views are spectacular. The hotel offer a service where they collect and deliver your luggage to the pier side in Hvar when arriving by ferry, so you don’t have to worry about it. The port town is a 15 minute walk along the promenade from the hotel and felt very safe, even walking back at night. Overall the hotel was very nice, lacked a bit of charm and with all the levels 4 nights was enough for us.

For the price, Amfora was extremely disappointing and honestly left us feeling ripped off. The rooms are very outdated and nowhere near the quality you would expect for what this hotel charges. Our issues actually started before we even arrived. I needed to shorten our stay by one night while I was still within the cancellation window. The hotel was only offering a partial refund even though I was entitled to the full amount. Thankfully, Amex Travel stepped in and got the correct refund for the night I was removing. Then, unbelievably, the hotel completely canceled our entire reservation the following day, forcing us to rebook at an even higher rate. The whole situation felt incredibly unfair and honestly like a scam. Once we arrived, the room was just as disappointing. The beds were extremely hard, the pillows were horrible, the walls were dirty, and the TV in one of the bedrooms didn’t work. The couch looked like it had been used for years and years and was so worn that we didn’t even want to sit on it. For the amount we were paying, the condition of the room was unacceptable. The only positive thing I can say about the room itself was that the towels were nice. We brought our concerns to the manager, but there was no real help offered. We were simply told there were no other rooms available, with no meaningful attempt to make the situation right. Outside of the room, the experience was much better. The staff overall were great, the pool area was beautiful, and breakfast was excellent. Unfortunately, those positives don’t make up for the condition of the rooms, the reservation mess, and the lack of help from management. At these prices, guests should not be dealing with dirty walls, broken TVs, uncomfortable beds, worn-out furniture, and reservation problems that end up costing them even more money. The rooms are seriously overdue for a renovation, and I would not stay here again unless major improvements are made.