Garden Court Marine Parade

“Visit was nice but....”

I enjoyed my stay here from Friday last week to Monday this week, food was good, staff were nice, views were good, rooms were OK. Slight issues: limited TV channels to choose from, issues with room card not always working and the small shop in the hotel is ludicrous with their prices, e.g. they ch… more

I enjoyed my stay here from Friday last week to Monday this week, food was good, staff were nice, views were good, rooms were OK. Slight issues: limited TV channels to choose from, issues with room card not always working and the small shop in the hotel is ludicrous with their prices, e.g. they charge R32 for a bar of chocolate and R28 for a bottle of Coke! Eish. The area is patrolled by SAPS regularly and the beach front is quite clean. Do not venture into the area in the street behind the hotel where the China Mall is however as it is grimy beyond belief. A reccomnded stay from my side.

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“Long stay on the beachfront”

We made a last minute decision to book this hotel for 7 nights. The rooms were smaller than expected but liveable for 4 of us. The breakfast did not have much variety and was the same option (including fruit) every day. The housekeeping was good but arrived to two bath towels and no additional toil… more

We made a last minute decision to book this hotel for 7 nights. The rooms were smaller than expected but liveable for 4 of us. The breakfast did not have much variety and was the same option (including fruit) every day. The housekeeping was good but arrived to two bath towels and no additional toilet roll. Staff very friendly and security was excellent. In hindsight, I wouldn't have stayed 7 nights but we were stuck with flights. It was their Winter special so you definitely got what you paid for. I would stay again but not for that long of a period. The location was good fir us as a family of surfers.

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“Hotel needs an upgrade, unsafe area but good stay”

I first stayed here in 2013. I revisited this hotel in 2022 as I needed a last minute accommodation to attend a colleagues wedding. I was surprised to find that hotel hasn't changed much. We booked family room, we had a beautiful view of pier though, staff was friendly. However we were cautious not… more

I first stayed here in 2013. I revisited this hotel in 2022 as I needed a last minute accommodation to attend a colleagues wedding. I was surprised to find that hotel hasn't changed much. We booked family room, we had a beautiful view of pier though, staff was friendly. However we were cautious not to walk around freely in the area as it's been known to be in an unsafe area. As soon as you step out of the building or even cross the street, you're in an unsafe zone. Even in daylight you aren't safe there. Food was good but limited for vegatarians. Breakfast packs are provided on checkout, which is ideal for those returning to work that day. No candles and matches in rooms and this is concerning during loadshedding or power outages. Hotel is currently upgrading their parking but still hotel is placed in an unsafe area so one needs to be cautious.

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“Clean hotel, friendly staff”

Our room on the 23rd floor had panoramic sea views and was well appointed and very clean. The staff were friendly but the breakfast buffet, in my opinion, was not quite as good as those provided by the other hotels on our tour of South Africa. The area around the hotel felt run down and had seen b… more

Our room on the 23rd floor had panoramic sea views and was well appointed and very clean. The staff were friendly but the breakfast buffet, in my opinion, was not quite as good as those provided by the other hotels on our tour of South Africa. The area around the hotel felt run down and had seen better days and for this reason I would not return unfortunately.

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