We have just spent five nights at the Monte Mulini. We had carefully planned our stay as it was our mid way destination break as part of a driving holiday from the UK to Croatia and back. In mid July the Monte Mulini charges £600 per night, for a deluxe (second floor) room with a sea view. At this level, it definitely needs to be worth it, don’t you agree? We had never been to Croatia and Rovinge is the first part of the country you come to driving from England. As we drove into the area, everything looked promising, very well maintained and the weather was perfect. As you drive up, the exterior of the hotel is quite simple and maybe not as impressive as most five star hotels. However when you enter reception, all that changes. The reception is actually the top of the hotel and the view of the pool and sea beyond the glass is a truly awe inspiring vista. We were efficiently checked and after a complementary Prosecco, we were guided to our room and our luggage arrived soon after. The room was large, with an excellent double bathroom, a lovely sea view and good balcony. If we were being picky, we might say the room was a little dated, but we certainly didn’t feel the need to change it. The air con is efficient and very quiet. As you might imagine after a 300 mile drive from Slovenia in a convertible, by mid afternoon we were dying to get into the pool. There are five pools, all but the main one small and possibly from a time before the hotel became adults only. We asked for two beds and were told the only two remaining were in a cornered with a view of a hedge. We realised it was late in the day and simply took them. We didn’t ask anybody to move the beds to a better position and certainly nobody offered. The hotel uses a button by each bed, so you can attract a waiter. Service seemed good, but when my wife’s iced coffee arrived, it looked like a glass of milk. Upon querying this, with our waiter he said ‘This is how we make it here, and we only put a small amount of coffee in’. He asked if we would like another shot of expresso to which we said yes. Then we received a cup of expresso from my wife to mix herself……and then a second bill to sign for the expresso. All this at £3000+ for five nights…. We decided it might be us being tetchy after the long drive, got changed for dinner, walked the ten minutes to the town to our first pre booked resaurant, Tremonto, which is a little fancy, but excellent. The food presentation is exquisite, but so is the food. We started next day with determined to start afresh. Breakfast is served part buffet (excellent) and cooked (less so). The balcony breakfast location over looking the sea is excellent and white tablecloths and silver service make for a luxurious feel. When my Eggs Benedict arrive 25 minutes after ordering, it became clear there is a real management problem in the kitchen. The poached eggs were only partially cooked, the stale muffins impossible to cut and the smoked salmon was 50% grey/black wher
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