Meneghetti Wine Hotel and Winery - Relais & Chateaux

I had high expectations based on the hotel’s website, but unfortunately, the experience was extremely disappointing. What is advertised on website and what you actually get on at the hotel are completely different. We clearly stated in our reservation that I am vegan and requested the multigrain bread. None of these dietary requirements were respected. Worse still, the seed bread served at breakfast was refused to us during lunch , only white bread was offered. The staff showed no flexibility or willingness to accommodate even the simplest requests. Given the price, we expected much more. We initially planned to return next month and were ready to make another booking upon arrival but after this experience, we completely changed our minds. The hotel website heavily promotes yoga classes, fresh juices, and healthy cuisine but none of this is actually provided. There are no yoga sessions available unless they manage to call an instructor from a nearby city, which would take several days to arrange. Freshly squeezed juices? Not available. Instead, they serve pre-made smoothies stored in jars prepared in advance, not fresh at all. Even the vanity set in the room was disappointing. A couple of cotton swabs and a single nail file were the only items provided and that is all. There were no basic hygiene products you’d expect from a hotel of this category. For a hotel that presents itself as high-end and wellness-oriented, this felt inappropriate and poorly thought out. We also booked spa treatments and massages, which, to be fair, were pleasant in terms of the therapists’ work. However, the ambient noise coming from outside the treatment rooms made it very hard to fully relax. The environment lacked the serenity and peace you’d expect from a wellness facility. Misleading advertising, unprofessional service, minimal healthy food options, and a lack of basic amenities make this stay far from worth the price. I would not recommend this hotel to anyone looking for a wellness retreat or even a decent hospitality experience. To end our stay, we tried to book dinner at the hotel’s only restaurant, but were told it was fully booked. We had to go somewhere else and ended up at Lucky Restaurant nearby the food was excellent, and the staff were incredibly kind and professional. Highly recommended! P.s.during the conversation with the manager, we were offered gifts that we strictly refused, after the final problem regarding the reservation where we were refused, as I have already stated. After all those problems, they gave us that one night in the standard room , btw, we had a standard room and a room of the highest category there.

This just needs to be said - The Meneghetti Wine Hotel and Winery is the BIGGEST scam out there. Totally built on deception. Marketed in such way that you get to be ripped off either way. Terrible service and total ripp off in terms of food and staff. STAY AWAY FROM MENEGHETTI

One of the best hotels I’ve had the pleasure of staying at. The service, environment, food (breakfast is excellent (especially French toast), rooms and location is superb! I have nothing else to say apart from well worth the money and visit. I think people don’t tend to stay for more than a few days as there isn’t much to do but stayed for 5 days. We should have explored Bale and off site restaurants more but it’s difficult without a car as you’re a little isolated.

Beautiful property centrally located in Istria. We loved the vineyards and olive grove on the property and the beautiful outdoor dining at breakfast and dinner. Our room was very comfortable. Only improvement would be better lighting in the bathroom. I also had a fantastic massage and went to a complimentary yoga class.

Really a beautiful set of buildings. It was hard to determine if this is a vineyard operating a hotel on the side or a hotel with an operational vineyard, and we decided that it is the latter. The hotel is quite large and is marketing new homes to be built on the property, which seemed to make it clear that the business here is hospitality more than agriculture. So a stay at a working farm it isn't really - more a stay at a spa hotel set in the middle of a working farm. The "rooms" were really rowhouses with two floors, holding a very spacious sitting and dining room on the ground floor and the bedroom on the second level. It was all quite attractive, including the expansive and interesting main bathroom (there is also a small powder room on the ground floor). The room also had a nice sitting area in a mostly private small garden, which we did not use but looked quite lovely if you wanted to just relax with some privacy. The spa area and pool are nice, if not what one might expect at a larger spa resort. The breakfast (which was not a buffet) was quite nice, with good breads and an expansive list of eggs and other main dishes to choose from. The dinner was fine too, and both are served in an attractive glass-heavy room that provides good natural light. The service itself was more functional than professional, but that is perhaps due to the staffing difficulties still being faced in the hospitality industry. Do note that the locations is quite isolated and one would need a car (or good bike ride) to really get anywhere. This is thus a place to stay and relax, not be used as a base for walking to see local sights. You can also walk through the property to the hotel's beach, though note that this is of the large pebble variety as is common in the region.

Beautiful hotel in southern Istria. We were in a very comfortable “Residence” on two floors with a large bedroom, sitting room and bathroom. The estate is surrounded by vineyards and olive groves. Food in the restaurant was very good and the staff were all delightful and very helpful. Excellent selection of own estate local wines and olive oils - delicious. A short drive to Pula and Rovinj and so nice to be away from the hustle and bustle.