Budikovac Island
Budikovac Island
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kathleenhardy34
Toronto, Canada16 contributions
Aug 2019 • Family
We had the displeasure of dining at this restaurant last summer. Here we are reminiscing about our fantastic trip to Croatia, but are still laughing/crying about just how bad a meal we had at this place. Expensive: yes. Unfriendly service: yes. Food: questionable. Donkey tied up next door braying: of course. Total rip-off: yup. Just so not go. If you’re moored overnight in the bay eat on your boat of insist your hostess makes dinner that night and tip her large accordingly. It will be a fraction of the price you will pay at this restaurant. To put it in perspective: the meal we had at a Michelin star restaurant in Venice the week before was half the price of this crappy beach shack restaurant.
Written 19 July 2020
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ECW22
London, UK184 contributions
July 2020
Such a disappointment!
Our tour drivers plonked us onto the island for hours. The beach is dirty and full of sea urchins, yachts, and boats of all sizes. Snorkeling might be ok, but the water is very shallow. A single restaurant on Budikovac island is so hilariously overpriced, you will be laughing for months! (Do check their reviews! It’s mesmerising!)
I will admit, the lagoon does look stunning in the areal photos online!
Our tour drivers plonked us onto the island for hours. The beach is dirty and full of sea urchins, yachts, and boats of all sizes. Snorkeling might be ok, but the water is very shallow. A single restaurant on Budikovac island is so hilariously overpriced, you will be laughing for months! (Do check their reviews! It’s mesmerising!)
I will admit, the lagoon does look stunning in the areal photos online!
Written 11 September 2020
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ariban344
Ljubljana, Slovenia2 contributions
Aug 2021 • Friends
We prepaid our buoy on an app, but when we arrived they were all taken. We called the restaurant and they told us that if we want one we have to dive for the rope that was 9m below surface. After an hour a guy came to tell us that we didn’t pay yet, that we have to read the terms and the deal is that we have to go to his restaurant and than the app wont charge us 500kn. The rude attitude was free of charge. When we came to the shore that’s suppose to be a beautiful beach there were old car batteries and other trash to welcome us. The restaurant was a continuation of the experience so far. We paid 900kn for 7 starters, very questionable wine and 4 small beers for 5€ each. We left shocked.
Written 18 August 2021
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Nina S
1 contribution
June 2022 • Friends
Really expensive and bad attitude of everyone who work there. We pay for drink; 5 gemist and 3 juice 480 kuna. They also lied that they don't have drinks for kids when they give the same drink to the people on the other table. Total ignorance.
They will never see me again.
They will never see me again.
Written 30 June 2022
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Clare B
5 contributions
Aug 2022 • Family
We ate at the little restaurant on Budikovac Island, it was one I will remember for a long time. We were the only guests as it was a quiet night, they opened the restaurant especially for us. We had 2 lobster pastas, a mixed salad and beans between 4 of us. There was also lots of bread on the table. We had a bottle of red that was made on the island.The pasta was one of the nicest meals we had in Croatia. Yes the prices are expensive but if you check everything before you order and take the time to talk to the owner it makes sense. We found the donkeys, no menu and the rambling shack absolutely charming.
Written 27 August 2022
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Katharina P
2 contributions
June 2018 • Family
The restaurant is very expensive and the staff said that they had high standards so they wouldn’t answer questions about prices. They didn’t have a menu and weren’t to eager to tell us what they had. So we left pretty much immediately. They guy we talked to didn’t seem to nice and acted very irritated and unhelpful. We did not have a good experience based on the short time we actually stayed there. Would not recommend.
Written 25 June 2018
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Johanna L
1 contribution
June 2018 • Family
Terrible. Worst restaurant ever been on. Do not go here! Staff is discusting. When asked for menu the waiter said: We are not a liberary. Totaly terrible. I hate this place. They do not want guests. Never ever go here!! Keep out!!! When asked for bill they came with a post it note with handwritten number on. It is so bad. Do not go!!
Written 29 June 2018
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anakapri2018
Vis, Croatia1 contribution
June 2018 • Friends
Unbelivable rude service and the bill was not even written on a bill paper, so we did not know what we payed. They did not want to provide us with the specification what we ordered. I am a born Croatian and I am ashame of that service. Highly not recommended. Take sendwiches from home!
Written 29 June 2018
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Canuck65Toronto
Toronto51 contributions
July 2019
Beautiful setting. But the restaurant is a complete rip off. I own a travel business and have been very fortunate to travel all over the world. We ordered no starters, wine or desert. Our skipper strongly recommended that we order the lobster pasta so we did. We never received a menu nor did we get a proper bill at the end of the meal. The meal was tasty if not plentiful but, the price was truly shocking. We actually had a good laugh because none of our party had ever been fleeced in such a spectacular way. If money has no meaning to you then this restaurant is a perfect experience that you won’t soon forget!!
Written 16 July 2019
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Pishta66
Zagreb, Croatia1 contribution
Aug 2021
I will never ever visit this place again.
When you arrive at this nice lagoon on a tiny island of Budihovac, you are greeted with a big pile of junk on the beach - old car batteries, old fridges and similar stuff. The restaurant itself looks very basic, but ok, it's something you'd expect. But everything else: service is almost non-existent, in a couple of hours they came maybe one time to ask if we needed anything - they were mostly busy dining by the table next to ours. We all ordered lobster, expensive food I must admit. It was ok, not at all spectacular. Wine was below average and six of us had only one and a half bottle, with sparkling water and 2-3 local brandies.
And the bill... we had two Russians with us, and they said that for this price they could have had a nice dinner in one of the fanciest restaurants in Moscow. It was outrageous and totally unexpected for us - and we expected to pay some more because of our choice of food and the "exclusivity" of the place. In the end, when we left (we did not protest or anything, just paid the bill and went) no one even greeted us, said thank you or even noticed us.
So, I'm still feeling like an idiot for being robbed like this, do not ever try to repeat my mistake.
When you arrive at this nice lagoon on a tiny island of Budihovac, you are greeted with a big pile of junk on the beach - old car batteries, old fridges and similar stuff. The restaurant itself looks very basic, but ok, it's something you'd expect. But everything else: service is almost non-existent, in a couple of hours they came maybe one time to ask if we needed anything - they were mostly busy dining by the table next to ours. We all ordered lobster, expensive food I must admit. It was ok, not at all spectacular. Wine was below average and six of us had only one and a half bottle, with sparkling water and 2-3 local brandies.
And the bill... we had two Russians with us, and they said that for this price they could have had a nice dinner in one of the fanciest restaurants in Moscow. It was outrageous and totally unexpected for us - and we expected to pay some more because of our choice of food and the "exclusivity" of the place. In the end, when we left (we did not protest or anything, just paid the bill and went) no one even greeted us, said thank you or even noticed us.
So, I'm still feeling like an idiot for being robbed like this, do not ever try to repeat my mistake.
Written 19 August 2021
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