The hotel is pretty good. At first we were booked into a room above the restaurant. That was very noisy and smelled of rancid oil. However, the friendly reception staff were very happy to move us to another wing. The staff were probably the best we've come across for a long time. The rooms were spatious and comfortable and the...
All City Lodges (or for that matter Town and Road Lodges) in South Africa are a chip of the same block, offering friendly staff, efficient service and comfortable rooms. As in any City Lodge, you can count on excellent breakfasts being served.
Unfortunately City Lodge hotels have no fridge in the rooms, and the TV-menu is always limited. This can...
Entrance to hotel difficult to find, strange layaout of hotel - no lifts, and no staff willing to assist with luggage, slow booking in despite confirmed booking, dark and dingy rooms, dated decor, loud aircon, strange smells, slow room service, negative attitude from staff upon complaining - this place will never se mee again
Bloemfontein has always been conservative and narrow-minded cities in the RSA.It yet is! You can not find an abundance of good restaurants and hotels here. The Southern Sun must be avoided at all costs. The Protea is bland but efficient.
Gosh, where do I start with this place? The key words here are 'window dressing' - in other words, pretty on the outside, falls short on the inside. And the absolute worst is the service which I would be ashamed of if it were my hotel. Nice garden & peacocks outside though – very pretty!
Aside from that there’s this...