Gava Waterman Island Cottages

Fab staff, food awful! Big bad John must’ve been on holiday - 4-11 Sep! Drinks limited

My wife and I stayed here from 02/09/2026 for 7 days. Beautiful place, we had a studio room, very spacious, clean. We did hover over 4 stars or 5 as not everything may be as it seems. Pros - exceptional cleanliness and staff. Great pools. Lovely food, hence 5 stars. Cons - it’s a very steep hill to get to the sea, especially if you are 80 yrs plus. No kettle tea/coffee facilities in the room, and, when leaving at 0730 hrs no facility for any breakfast or hot drink (other than a free bottle of water, if asked for, at reception). Such are the pick up arrangements that one gets in the transport, if lucky gets a hot drink on the ferry, and then, some three hours later, buy something at the airport. You can purchase a hot drink at reception! Why at an all inclusive resort charge for drinks at reception? Why no facilities in the room? Why no breakfast option? Overall one of the best places we had ever visited, we were so relaxed, and if reasonably fit, a great place to go to. One thing which did cause a question, the very enthusiastic hard working man who emptied the public bins daily, why does he do it by removing things in the bins by his bare hands? All are lined but he just empties the linings into another bag by removing the contents with his bare hands, not a very healthy/safe option.

On our last night we went to bed early as we were due for early transfer to mainland. Woke at 11 pm to find hotel engulfed in wildfire. We had not been alerted apparently evacuation was started at 9 pm we learned later. Obviously there was no roll call We were rescued by firefighter s along with another guy. We owe our lives to the brave firefighters . We feel the hotel abandoned us. Thanks to the people of Milna who looks after the evacuees in many ways Thanks to the Jet 2 team especially Paul Who worked tirelessly through the night

We had a wonderful relaxing holiday at this hotel. The staff were friendly and so helpful. Special mention for Andela in reception she was so kind when I felt unwell. I hope they are all safe as the wild fires spread. Love love love the island of Brac.

We have just had a week at this hotel,it is in a beautiful setting .Lovely pools and plenty of areas to lounge, waterfront is lovely and well equipped and good access into the sea. Only thing its a bit out of the way from anything ,we like a stroll after dinner but Milna was out of the question as the road was too dark to walk at night . The hotel is lovely and clean staff are all very polite and hard working , the food is lovely too didnt have a bad meal once the quality is high . I read all the reviews before we went and they all mentioned big bad John who I met on our last day he had been on holiday himself and was keen to know how things had been in his absence .The rooms are lovely with fridge and spacious only critism really was no tea, coffee making facility which would make it perfect .We had villa 4 vineyard . It would be nice if they had drinks served around the revecption area too rather than just the one area which was ok but a bit boring just a bit of background music would do the trick ,the entertainment wasnt great . Overall it was value for money ,very quiet relaxing holiday and if you like being in one place then its for you .