La Brisa Boutique Hotel

NOISE NOISE NOISE ………from morning until midnight ( 4am one night ) on the beach every bar is competing to have the loudest thumping music. The hotel looks great and that’s about it , the breakfast is bang average , the coffee is awful unless you pay again , the restaurant is also run separately from the hotel so you cannot add anything to your room but have to pay separately , same on the beach. We followed the instagram page for the hotel for a few months and it looks wonderful , believe me it’s not , you think your going for a relaxing , calm stay to unwind and I ended up putting my noise cancelling headphones on in bed just to try to get to sleep. If you want Ibiza on speed go, otherwise stay well away.

La Brisa Boutique hotel was a huge dissapointment. I don't know where to start. First of all the location of the hotel is right next to the three noisiest bars in the area. This combined with the walls and windows that are like paper and don't provide any noise reduction ensures that you hear clearly the cacophony of 2000's bangers usually from 4pm and always until the midnight. When we complained about this to the staff they acknowledged it as a known problem that is out of their control and pointed out that their website mentions about it, which is true but their take on it really downplays just how noisy it is. From their website: "During the high season, Dhermiu is a noisy area with music but in the heart of which the comfort and relaxation of a cosmopolitan environment are provided". The music from the bars is not the only source of noise because the walls and doors between the other rooms (our room had door directly to the room next to us) and the corridor are equally thin. You will hear the talking from the rooms next to you or from the corridor clearly. Earplugs for this hotel are highly recommended. We also complained about all of this to the staff but they said there is nothing they can do. All of the hotel's rooms are equally noisy. One evening, at exactly 00:00, a sewage service truck arrived at the hotel and made a loud noise for 45 minutes. We called the reception and they said they don't know why the truck got there so late. We couldn't sleep because of the loud noise. So first we had to listen the loud music from the bars and after that a loud noise from below our hotel room because of the truck. The breakfast was a dissapointment too. There was a coffee machine that served instant coffee. It tasted very bad. To get proper coffee you had to buy it from the barista. The hotel is very expensive and we didn't expect this type of greediness. The breakfast was mediocre at best and always exactly the same. When we arrived to the hotel we expected that there will be one bottle of champagne and chocolate in the room because we ordered it in advance. There was nothing and when we complained about it they said it is there now. We went back to the room and there was just one bottle of prosecco and a card. No chocolate and definitely no champagne. :D From the balcony chair we found previous guest's toe nails. One star comes to the beach. It was just like in the pictures and very comfortable for swimming.

This place is amazing. We escaped from a prepaid room in Durres and drove 2 hours south to Dhermi. The hotel staff and accommodations at La Brisa were very high end. The food was delicious and the beach was well maintained. The water had that aquamarine look and was so clean! I wish we could have stayed longer! Go to La Brisa and avoid Durrës at all costs!

Style and interior very nice. Location is good , but can get quite noisy in the evening. On the positive side, music stops at 24.00 o`clock. Good breakfast, but terrible coffee included. You could order and pay extra , but this should not be necessary when you look at the price you pay to stay in this hotel. Very serviceminded employees in the reception. The rooftop with pool is very small. The roof has few sunbeds , expencive prices and is almost always out of towels. We also had a towel issue at the beach, they would not let us take towels with us on a boat trip unless we booked the trip with them.

This is definitely the best hotel in Dhërmi! The hotel is lovely, it has a great beach and rooftop pool (my kids couldn’t get enough of it and it helpfully had a smaller children’s pool which was perfect), the food is excellent and the staff are incredibly friendly and helpful. You won’t go wrong in choosing this hotel. The views are great! I would recommend this place to anyone visiting Dhërmi or Albania. Having visited a number of places along the coast, this is also the best beach by far. I honestly can’t fault La Brisa. I have noted than some people have complained about the music on the beach, but to be honest, it’s either that or listening to the music coming from the other beach bars. It didn’t bother us at all - we were too busy enjoying the beach, the bar and the gorgeous sun! If you do stay here, I would advise ensuring you have cash (euros are also accepted) for the beach bar as they prefer this to card payments. Thanks again to everyone at La Brisa for a wonderful stay! We loved it.

La Brisa was a great place to stay for my first trip to Dhermi! The staff was so friendly and helpful for anything I needed. As I was traveling solo, they made my trip to Albania unforgettable and made me feel welcome - especially Olti at the reception, who answered my many questions and greeted me every day as I passed through on my way to the beach!