Hotel La Peschiera

What looks like a luxury escape online is, in reality, a run-down hotel with filthy pools, black mold, and dead bugs on the blinds. The “5-star” service? More like zero-star: staff were untrained, disinterested, and couldn’t care less. For the same price, you could be lounging in a stunning water villa in the Maldives or French Polynesia. Instead, we got grime, decay, and attitude. Avoid.

DO NOT STAY HERE! For the outrageous price of over 1500€ per night, the so-called 5* luxury hotel “La Peschiera” falls drastically short of the standards one would expect from this category and price point. Instead, here’s what you can actually expect: - Filthy pools with peeling paint, black mould and dead insects floating in the water - Dead bugs stuck to the curtains in your room and a dirty A/C - Disorganised and poorly trained staff, with NO visible presence of upper management on-site - A shocking lack of attention to small details, such as drying off the dangerously slippery patio after rain (which also happens to be the only access to the rooms), not replacing wet cushions, or even mentioning of à la carte breakfast options after several days! This hotel is a complete rip-off and does not even come close to the quality of other SLH properties! Please save your money and avoid disappointment.

Nice location but….|First the good, the location is amazing, nice concept of serving breakfast in your private terrace so you can just roll out of bed. |Breakfast was pretty sparse, fruit consisted of 5 grapes, 2 tiny pieces of pineapple, melon and passionfruit. First morning we were not offered any extras then we found out they do eggs, pancakes etc. when you are paying upwards of 1000 euro a night… |The whole place is very tired, needs a lot of money spent to bring it to 5 star standard. Not sure how it is included in Small Luxury Hotels group. Furniture is poor. Pool chairs are uncomfortable. Towels and bed linen threadbare. Our shower you could barely turn around in. Food options very limited, you can either dine in the restaurant (fine dining and heavy on the seafood) or pay 30 euro for a club sandwich which was cold by the time it got to our room. Housekeeping haphazard. Pools are cold even in August. This place used to be a fish hatchery hence the 7 pools which are mostly waist deep.

Beautiful position with rooms looking over the Adriatic. Our room was just a few metres from the sea! Wonderful staff, all of whom were so friendly and professional. Good food. Well located between Bari and Lecce, where there are great opera houses. Recommend most highly.

Clever photography gives the wrong impression as this place is a little run down. Apart from Saleblu the restaurant. See separate review. ||It’s a small place, 13 rooms. Nicely situated as overlook the sea one side, pool the other. ||Rooms are small and very basic. Grossly overpriced. On the plus side, very clean. ||Nice touch is that each morning breakfast is delivered to you sea view terrace. ||Huge pool plus three others. Amazing for such a small space. Feels quite stark at the poolside. Weds more furniture and foliage. ||The place needs son TLC and would be 4/5 Star. ||Delightful staff. Nothing was too much trouble. Genuinely lovely people.

Stunning, luxurious, exclusive… an amazing stay in a fabulous setting serviced by a great crew. Yes, not everything is always perfect as in an Asian 5 star, but the luxury feeling is overwhelming, with a special touch with the transport by Maserati car…

Nice hotel near Bari Monopoli Polignano etc and easy drive to Ostuni Matera etc. A bit tired and lacking polish for the price. We had 3 different room types between 3 couples, pool view, sunset and sunrise suites. Definitely the sunrise/sunset suites the better option. The pool area is good and with only 13 rooms you feel like you have it to yourself. The restaurant a bit lacking in choice and lunch options expensive like €25 for a club sandwich. I drove to their partner hotel once to use the fitness area and found staff rude and only cardio equipment. Some rooms have very small showers difficult to even turn around. Breakfast was great out on your balcony. Overall I thought overpriced for the area and our next stop Canne Bianche a MUCH better option - cheaper and much better hotel in a similar area - see separate review if interested.

Unique location in front of the sea|It is one of the few places in Puglia where you can enjoy the sea directly from your room. The breakfast service in the room ‘s terrace in front of the sea are the only two good points of this hotel. |The room (560€/night) is oldish with a terrible decoration taste. Specially the furniture, but that is irrelevant in front of the service.|The availability to help and do their best is inexistent . We ask for a two hour late check out that was not provided. We stayed in the pool while watching the ladies coming to our room late in the afternoon to clean…|I was supposed to be coming at the end of September for a beneficent party in another very famous masseria close from here. I did the reservation in the morning and in the afternoon the party was cancelled because an accident happened to the organizer. I email the hotel to cancel the room, after only 6 hours from the reservation. Instead, they charged my credit card with 100% of the amount. When I called to explain the situation they didn’t accept any excuse form my part but at the end I could manage to change the date and paying 200€ for the upgrade and one person more.|Even the restaurant is expensive with Michelin star prices, without the stars. With an standard ambience, quality of food and service. |The only thing remarkable is the massage performed at the sister hotel.|I won’t be coming back