Hotel Komodor

Surprisingly decent water pressure & the bed was not as hard as I have experienced elsewhere in Eastern Europe. The breakfast buffet while limited had lots of fresh fruit and occasionally even some whole wheat rolls. Front desk and buffet staff were pleasant enough (did not deal with them much). From the rooms facing the street (i.e. approximately half of them) one might be able to see the beach. The other half of the rooms face a hill with a forest, for those that fancy that kind of thing. Despite being a bit away from the Old Town, it is not difficult to get there; bus no 4 (Pile Gate - Hotel Palace) stops just up the street and tickets can be purchased in advance at the newsagent's conveniently located on the way to the bus stop. It's only a short ride to the Old Town entrance at the Pile Gate which is the last stop.

The shower drain in my room lacked the capacity to keep up with the water pressure. I feared an imminent flood. We were placed, with no explanation, in a separate building called the Annex with a much less fancy reception (not sure how the rooms would compare but I assume the ones in the main building were better). When I arrived, my room had an odd smell and my family members in a different room pointed this out. I found remnants of what I believe to be an illicit substance in the trash can and that seemed to explain the lingering odour. My room, facing the hill/forest, had a window which could not be locked in a slightly ajar position, leaving me to have to keep it closed during the night as well as whenever I left the room, as there was a ledge outside by which one could easily access any room on that floor through the window. The room was spartaneously furnished and the lamps on the bedside tables were not connected to their respective sockets (one presumes since there would then have been no available outlets near the bed for whatever one should wish to charge). Housekeeping staff bust into my room without knocking on three out of the four mornings I spent there, and even opened the bathroom door despite my shoes still standing right inside the door and the tv and all the lights being on. They were apologetic about it, but still. The tv remote did not work. The a/c would act up randomly, and insects would come crawling in through the small crack in the wall around the condensation outlet. There was no elevator in the Annex where we were staying, so make sure to be in good shape or pack light. Toilet paper was not restocked during our stay, so my family members had to borrow some from my room. Some of the towels had suspicious stains. There was no escape plan in my room. A small fridge and a kettle would have been a nice touch.