Gjeçaj Guesthouse and Restaurant

Perfect location, beautiful garden, good breakfast

Villa Gjeçaj was my favourite Guesthouse experience in Albania. The setting is superb - surrounded by the wonderful mountains (like all guest house in Theth) but with the space and garden to properly enjoy the view and act as a backdrop to breakfast and dinner. The food was wonderful - genuinely some of the best we ate in the country (and we are in a lot of special places!). Gjeçaj have Albanian customers who travel from across the country to eat there. But the main reason I liked it so much is because it is a genuinely family-run guesthouse. The waiters were particularly friendly and helpful and made us feel very welcome. Silvan, in particular, showed genuine hospitality and gave up his own time to help when some of our travel plans went awry. It was a pleasure chatting to him and hearing about his experiences in Theth over the years as well as his own travel experiences. Thanks Silvan!

Having to leave!

Clean and convenient

No restaurant to speak of and staff seemed distracted and bored

Johnny who worked in the restaurant was very helpful, courteous, friendly and helpful. Restaurant food was good and affordable. Breakfast included was very good and plentiful.

The first day, the heat in the room was on for one hour in the late afternoon, pre-dinner. By 8 p.m., no heat was on, and we were told it would be on in 15 minutes. An hour later, still no heat, temps low 40 F, told electricity in valley was inadequate to run boiler. Finally, at 10pm, the owner finally turned on the generator... heat ran for 2 hours. The next day, heat was only on from 4-6pm and never came on another time after that. If the facility can not provide basic necessities such as heat, this late in the season, then they shouldn't be open. They advertise that they have heat, but apparently, it is at the whim of the owner and she was not feeling generous while we were there.