Villa Rava Residence & restaurant

Very Good
Traveller Type:

Wonderful
Traveller Type: Traveling as Couple
  : Terrific breakfast, fresh fruit, eggs, pancakes la carte; really nice place with small private beach, free SUPs for use (including tag-along-dog); very calm, perfect for relaxing; next village/supermarket/post office is 1km away (either walking or by boat); very good food (pricey though), seems to be a yachting/skipper hotspot for dinner.
  : Quite pricey place to eat and no real alternatives except for one restaurant in Vela Rava (Mala Rava is almost too far) but the food is very good and it could've been expected. The Minibar/fridge did not work, neither did the air conditioning in the room work properly (started to heat instead of cool down after some twenty minutes). However, opening the windows once the sun set did help (at least when there was wind).

Very Good
Traveller Type: Solo Traveler
  : Important info:- The rooms have no AC (only fans) and no fridge!- The owner will pick you up with a boat from Rava (and bring you back in the end), do not go with bags on your own.- Buy 7l water in Rava and take it on the owners boat. Now, let me talk about my expereince at Villa Rava. First, the paradise part. The spot on the coast is fantastic: beautiful nature, great view, no big waves. You can use paddle boards, couches, etc. for free and there is even a small floating playground on water. The breakfast which is included in the price is amazing. It's tasty and fresh, there are options to choose from, like fruit plate, omelett, sandvich, croassan, etc.The host and staf, all the people are friendly and try to help as best as possible.Now, the bit of hell!The villa is basically a restaurant on water, many yachts stop there daily. Hence, it is not as calm and quite as one would expect. In fact, it is really crowded in the evening. Adding to that, there are a couple of constantly barking dogs and a parrot that likes to scream at 6 in the morning.My room was located on the second floor near the chimney, so when they were using grill (every night) smoke partially got into my room.The rooms have no AC, only fans, so they become really hot during the day. Sleeping with open windows was problematic due to noise from the restaurant. There is no fridge either, although you are allowed to use fridge at the bar downstairs. Well, to get a glass of cold water I had to go down 3 floors and then back up.As the room was so high up, I had no wifi. After insisting that I need it, the host put their own router close to my room. All in all, it was okay, but I had higher expectations from this place, considering the price and previous reviews.

Good
Traveller Type: Traveling as Couple
  : Breakfast and the boat transfer from Ferry to location

Good
Traveller Type: Traveling as Couple
  : Secluded location..beautiful bay.

Wonderful
Traveller Type: Traveling as Couple
  : Perfect place for us to wind down after 3 weeks of non stop travel, everyone there was super nice and made our stay very relaxing and enjoyable. the location and the restaurant is next level, well worth every dollar. would definitely go back.
  : would have loved a little hire boat to go and explore a bit, but then again doing nothing was exactly what we wanted

Good
Traveller Type: Traveling as Couple

Disappointing
Traveller Type: Traveling as Couple
  : Beautiful little bay, great charming rooms, very good food, and very good service from the staff.
  : I don't know if the owner had a few bad days in a row, but during the days I was there, it didn't seems at all as a person who works in hospitality, but rather it almost seemed that he was doing us a favour us being there. Is worth mentioning that having to wait 35 minutes at the ferry port, when I have messaged the owner 24 hours before, regarding our arrival, and being hang up on the phone upon arrival and not finding anyone, being shouted 'I cannot talk right now', was not the best start of a vacation. Even though he apologized. Besides this, my disappointment, and reason for a negative review, is that I have booked this accomodation for the fact of having a restaurant by the sea, however it was a huge disappointment to say the least to apprehend, that as a guest of the hotel(3 night stay), I could not book for a table at night time, but my only choice was to be relegated in a inside terrace with no view to the sea from the table, packed with other tables next to us, also hotel guests who are seated there with no option but to seat there, with cutleries/plates/glasses wich differs from the ones that are served to the tables by the sea. When I have asked why I could not seat or book, even if days ahead a table by the sea I was given the answer'Those tables are only for guests that come with the boat'. Take in mind that that night had 90% of the table free, therefore after insisting, I said that it was completely empty, and it was 9:30pm, I was given a table, the only table outside the terrace without the sea in front(the owner had the best table of the restaurant reserved for him each night) which had a palm covering the view. In a few words,the hotel divides into two class the guests, the ones that stay in the hotel, and the ones that come by boat, even if they come just for dinner.

Wonderful
Traveller Type: Traveling as Couple