Amadria Park Family Hotel Jakov

Our stay at this hotel was perfect in every way. The hotel is beautiful and impeccably clean, with spacious and comfortable rooms. The staff was incredibly kind, always smiling, helpful, and attentive. We were especially touched when they surprised our son for his birthday – such a thoughtful gesture! The food was also excellent – both breakfast and dinner were varied and delicious, with plenty of options for every taste. Overall, a fantastic experience, and we will definitely be coming back!

From the moment they welcomed us at the reception desk until our last moment, the staff at Hotel Jakob went above and beyond to help us. Marina was so welcoming. Also Eldar and Matea were immensely helpful when I lost my wallet and thought I had left it in my room. They allowed me to go back to the room and look for it. When it wasn't there they let me go through all of my things in the lobby genuinely concerned. One employee even said he prayed for me. When I found it everyone rejoiced with me. I felt seen and cared for. Also, the rooms are perfect for families.

A great hotel but with one major letdown! Spacious, clean interiors and decor. Space for kids to run around...we had a 9 and 11 year old and any kids activity was based around smaller children in the hotel next door which you can use. The games rooms with PS5s were good. Food was varied and good at the buffet. A few negatives and suggestions for improvement... 1. The buffet food was often cold as hotplates were not warm enough to keep food warm and a lot of food was batch Cooked rather than freshly cooked in small batches as and when food started to run low...lots of chefs behind the counter not doing much.. chips and pancakes etc were cold . Easily remedied if the chefs just cook less more often 2. Kids club next door list activities happening but these do not really happen and no organised sports i.e archery, bowls etc. this would be good for slightly older kids plus animation team was really nowhere to be seen part from sitting in the kids room, I suggest they need to be more proactive and get out around the pool area. 3. Lastly and the major complaint....very strong smell of smoking in lobby near lift area. Supposedly it is illegal to smoke inside a hotel. I know what smoking smells like and this was not just someone smelling of smoke on their clothes but actual strong smoke. With all the effort the hotel goes to to present itself as clean (which they do well) this is a major letdown! This smell occured at least 3-4 times. On the final time it was strongest and I followed the smell and it was from a service area/ door behind the lifts which supposedly the staff use for entrance to hotel etc.... the smell was very strong and if they weren't actually smoking in the hotel, staff were definitely smoking right by the entrance allowing the draft through the open door take the acrid smell into the lobby. I complained to the duty manager about this and she got very defensive saying it was illegal to smoke in hotel and that no one was smoking but I can 100% assure you that they were. I hope the general manager can address this as it really places a black mark against an otherwise very clean hotel.

Amadria Park is a large resort with multiple hotels (including Jakov) and a camping site etc. Eerie empty this time as season with perhaps 5 kids families. Accommodates large groups and conferences to generate out of season business. Hints: Do not book suites as they are all overlooking (noisy) aqua park with limited sea view and less than ideal layout. 5 stars given exclusively for reasons of the employees - some young and inexperienced but all went out of their way to make our stay as pleasant as possible. A few hickups were managed via free upgrades and vouchers to the benefit of both guests and hotel. Contact hotel direct via email. Default pricing via website out of season much too high. Final hint: Rent a boat (150-160€/day) within the resort and go across the strait to the island Zlarin and anchor up in one of the many beautiful little bays on the south-eastern part of the island. Also possible to sail into old part Sibenik etc.