Balkan Hotel Garni Reviews

Hotel is in the residential area of Banovo brdo with excellent public transportation and connection to other parts of the city. If you’re coming from the airport you can catch bus 72 to Novi Beograd Opstina, cross the street and hop on bus 88 to Dom Zdravlja Banovo brdo. Hotel is across the street in the shopping mall, entrance by Pancho pizza. Be prepared to climb a lot of stairs. We bought a 5 day pass “Beogradska kartica” for 1040 RSD (about 9 EUR) which you need to validate only the 1st time you enter the bus/ tram. Our room was on the top floor and we stayed here for 5 nights. Room was spacious and clean, the bed was very squeaky but the mattress was comfortable, we slept like babies. I liked that windows could be opened, our room was overlooking Pozeska street and you could hear the tram noise but it didn’t bother us. Good wifi, no issues. TV is small and set up is strange, you have to find HDMI2, channels were not readily available with point and click. The only thing that bothered me was musty, sewer like smell coming from the shower and lingering in the room.. I mentioned that to the receptionist but he was shocked to hear that and said that cleaning staff will come up and look into it. They made a foil drain cover and strangely, that did help a bit. Breakfast was excellent and abundant but coffee could have been stronger. Hotel provides complimentary tea and packets of Nescafe in the room as well as an electric kettle. Every member of the staff was polite and friendly and would greet us on the way in or out, we really felt welcome. We would definitely stay here again, we enjoyed our stay.