The hotel boasts tennis courts, spa, a cafe and restaurants but is no way a 4 star hotel. The rooms and bathroom smelt musty and are in desperate need of renovation. I'm not sure how they can class this as a 4 star?! We stayed here for 4 nights and in that time the rooms were not properly cleaned, if at all with dead insects (presumably killed by prior staying guests) moulded to the curtains. No mini bar or coffee/tea making facilities. Free shampoo and shower gel in the bathroom were more like watered down soap.
The location is suburb and I would most definately stay here again as long as the rooms were renovated. My friend said her single room was like a prison with no door to the shower - which resulted in a flooded floor.
For the restaurant I would give it 3/10. Neither did the meat look or taste like meat and the whole service is operated on a buffet style basis. You do feel like a chicken in a large pen.
Watch out for the additional tax/exchange rate charge (which I still do not understand what this was for and refused to pay) at the end of your stay.

I would recommend Amore for fresh fish, pizza and pasta. We ate here twice in 4 days.

My friend and I stayed here for the SunceBeat festival for 5 days and we were pleased with the hotel.

Yes there is a lot of truth in the reception staff, but actually you will find that this is the case throughout croatia generally, they just haven't caught up on the hospitality, tourism side of things. I am used to be welcomed and greeted when I arrive at a hotel and this was not the case at the Pinija...but I wouldn't say it ruined my stay. I think it just lets the hotel down.
We had booked a twin room and were satisfied with what we found, the only downfall would be that there are barely any english TV channels, had we have known that we could have bought a DVD player to plug into the side of the TV.
Just to clarify, sun loungers are free poolside but anywhere else it costs 25kuna. We opted for the B&B tariff and found that breakfast was fine,one evening we decided to have dinner in the hotel and we were pleasantly surprised, a variety of warm cooked meal, buffet style. The layout of the dining area feels like a school canteen, but I wouldn't say the food reflected this.

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The sensation is to be in a scout camp surround by people not very pleased with the situation.
Old style buildings surrounded by nice pine trees. Uninteresting rooms with no decoration or amenities. Reception clerk that make you feel as you return again to the army. They explained carefully what you can’t do i.e. “if you use a chair …you pay. If you use an umbrella …” and so on. Not nice
The breakfast is ordinary. Don’t recommend!

I stayed here for Soundwave festival. It's dire. The food is beyond terrible, in fact we referred to it as undisclosed meat, you had no idea what it was, or whether in fact you should eat it. The restaurant, or the prison canteen served tepid disgusting food, upon opening the buffet servers you recoiled in horror at what could only be described as "bushtucker trial" food. Photos attached of some of the items,

The rooms are crap, they are hardly cleaned. Dont get fooled by a balcony description!

Im an event manager in the travel industry, i have roughed it and stayed in luxury so i have a good experience of good and bad. This was terrible, Petrcane where the hotel is, is also a dive and the food is no better outside the hotel. I woudln't recommend going to this area at all, regardless of the festivals. as they really aren't great either, more an outdoor gathering and as there is absolutely nothing to do outside of the festival area it is pretty dire! We were charged €75pp per night, considering i paid this same rate to stay at the most luxurious hotel in Dubrovnik its absolutely disgusting how they can get away with it!