Restaurant Park Hvar — Restaurant in Grad Hvar

From the best day to the worst day. We had our wedding ceremony and dinner at park restaurant. First of all the best part was the food: though a lot went wrong the day most of the food was delicious and the service staff were really nice. The portion sizes were too big, especially for the kids. We had a 4 meal course which had many delays, therefore we had too little time to party, because on midnight the music needs to be cut (this was mentioned before). Other than that, there is nothing more nice to say about the day than it is a nice location. The so called “manager” Nadja can’t communicate, is the rudest person you can imagine, threatened us on the day we wanted to get married to cancel all because we didn’t want to pay 400€ extra for their fairy lights, which was one of the main points we wanted to celebrate at the restaurant, which was never mentioned before. We had a contract which is just absurd, nothing specific and they insisted that it’s clear and normal to pay for everything extra. It’s just absurd how the people behaved (and I work as a psychologist with psychotic, traumatised, forensic people, addicts and mental disordered people for business. I know what I am talking about). Nadja in her rage yelled at us, disrespected us and locked us in the restaurant. We informed her of her crime that she deprived our liberty and mustn’t act like it. Furthermore she pushed my husband who only talked to her and wanted to calm her down, because she clearly had a break down. She fake called the police and a colleague filmed us but deleted the video afterwards, because it had shown her actions of crime. I really wished the police would’ve shown. The reason for her impulsive action was that we wanted a bill with all listed prices for the different packages we booked and not just a receipt and transfer the money by bank. Previously we asked several times if this is ok via e-mail, because she didn’t want to talk on the phone or zoom etc. but never got an answer. The previous communication via mail was horrible either. Most of the time she didn’t answer several question but answered something else. Her answer was: get a wedding planner, as if this person could be able the communicate to her. We had a close friend with us and she yelled and disrespected him as well, which was a really unpleasant environment to be in. We agreed on several things via email and paid so much more than we got. Our guests were turned away from the bar whilst cocktail hour because the chief of staff told the service our guest couldn’t get drinks, this was more than half an hour in the arranged time, which we have in writing. The tables did not have the appetisers ready and the bread came first and after the starters the dips for the bread came in. Some of the staff broke stuff from us and the reaction was “oops”. There are so many more things I could write down, but all in all I wouldn’t recommend going to this place ever. One of our guests is a lawyer and he suggested a lawsuit and reporting Nadja to the police. I guess Karma will get her soon. To the service staff: I am really sorry you had to experience this behaviour. Again. Several staff members said that this is an hostile workplace. I just hope you find a better job soon or this so called “manager” with no people and communication skills gets fired soon. For your sake, you shouldn’t work with someone this toxic or you’ll get sick too. I hope this helps some couples before planning their wedding here. We had an amazing time next door at the Palace Elisabeth heritage hotel and would recommend...

First and foremost our server Freddy was so pleasant, so kind and so funny. A true entertainer. You could tell he found such joy in entertaining the guests and making sure they had the best experience. The food was ABSOLUTELY incredible. You could tell that they used PREMIUM ingredients and put so much love and care into every plate that came out. We had the Mediterranean quinoa salad, the lobster tails with seasoned artichokes (WOW 10/10 would recommend), the squash and Quincey ravioli (absolutely to die for), and the beef medallions with truffled mashed potatoes (soooooo good). Everything hit the spot, and I am still day-dreaming of that entire meal. Don’t forget to end your meal off with a glass of local Visnjevaca ~ which is cherry brand. It is liquid dessert in its finest form. The views and the energy of the entire space were so wonderful. I would 10/10 recommend going here whether with your family, for a good time with your friends or on a special date! We’ll be back...

How on earth has this place managed to get the reviews that it has? We were told by a local that this place was 'nothing special' and we should have listened. Never in my life have I cancelled my mains after trying the starters, but that clearly shows how terrible my experience was. If you want to pay 15 euros for a quinoa salad that consists of quinoa and chopped cucumbers (nothing else, literally) then this is your place. Half of the ingredients were missing from our salad. Our other starter was very average. We were so disappointed with our started and drinks (terrible cocktails) that we cancelled our mains and left to go next door to Black Pepper where we enjoyed lovely mains. For Hvar, where there is an abundance of great restaurants, this place should not have the...