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Reviews of iKhaya Lodge & Conference Centre

3 out of 5
iKhaya Lodge & Conference Centre
Dunkley Square, Gardens, Cape Town, Western Cape

Reviews

8.6

Excellent

Rating 10 - Excellent. 28 out of 63 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 24 out of 63 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 9 out of 63 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 1 out of 63 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 1 out of 63 reviews" "

8.6/10

Cleanliness

9.0/10

Staff & service

10/10

Amenities

8.0/10

Property conditions & facilities

Reviews

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
A lovely stay all around. Thank you for the warm welcome in Cape Town!
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2019
Response from Ruth on Jul 29, 2019
Dear Guest, Thank you very much for taking the time to review your stay with us. We are delighted and encouraged by your feedback and hope that your will visit again soon. Best regards

10/10 Excellent

Tsaone

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
It was centrally located with killer views of table mountain. Everything you need is within walking distance and if you need to go a little further, Cape Town has Uber or even taxis. There are restaurants and museums right next door. If you like to party, the famous long street is a 15 minute walk!
Stayed 3 nights in May 2019
Response from Ruth on May 26, 2019
Dear Tsaone, Thank you so much for sharing your experience of your stay with us. We appreciate your feed back and hope you will stay with us again. Keep well. Ruth

10/10 Excellent

Masilo Victor

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Ikhaya the best
Ikhaya is easily accessible, it is in a quiet area, serene views awesome. comfort and the service exceptional. it is a home away from home indeed
Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2019
Response from Ruth on May 26, 2019
Dear Masilo, What a pleasure to know that you enjoyed your stay and found us to be friendly and helpful. We love welcoming people to our home and it's good to know you felt at home. Kind regards, Ruth

10/10 Excellent

Gert

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great location. Friendly and helpful staff!
Stayed 3 nights in Mar 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great location! Did Cape Town Cycle Tour and very happy with stay.
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2019

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great hotel, really close to the city. Lovely breakfast
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2019

10/10 Excellent

Kim R.

Great Location, Safe. Adequate staffing
I will return to this beautiful place. The staff are so kind and helpful. Breakfast included with my stay was so phenomenal!! It truly felt like I wasn’t, 1000’s of Miles from home. Highly Recommend! Kimberly
Stayed 14 nights in Nov 2018

10/10 Excellent

Courtney

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2018

10/10 Excellent

Brianna, New York

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
The owner Ruth and receptionist are the warmest hosts ever! Great conversation and expansive suggestions about where to go in Cape Town. The entire lodge is very warm and decorated with Afrocentric artwork. The room was also cozy and homely. We had an excellent overnight stay at IKhaya and would definitely return!
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2018

10/10 Excellent

Keith

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Cape Town, My 2nd Time Around
We were looking for a clean safe place and area to stay. Found It!!! Rustic, Authentic, Friendly lodge. We wanted to "Rough It" without going to the wilderness. iKhaya is just the place to get that type of feeling. There's a restaurant right across the parking lot that offers a lot for the persons in your group that needs a bit of night lift. The food is truly out of this world.
Stayed 7 nights in Aug 2018

10/10 Excellent

Marilyn

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Lovely lodge
Lovely lodge decorated in traditional African decor. Second floor rooms have an enclosed balcony with a sliding door; third floor rooms have an open balcony. No elevator, but the stairs are minimal and easy to navigate. Close to Company's Garden and a 10-15 minute walk to Long Street. Staff very professional and accommodating. Free breakfast, but I didn't eat, so can't comment on it. Free computer for guests to use.
Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2018

8/10 Good

Sarah, Gold Coast Australia

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great view. Nice feel. Comfy beds. Nice breakfast
Loved the location and set up of the place. The African decor added to its charm. Had an amazing balcony view of table mountain and the beds were super comfy. Definitely recommend.
Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2018

6/10 Okay

Hugh

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Very friendly staff, food was quite average, the rooms were worn and shabby, needing renovation
Stayed 4 nights in Jan 2018

10/10 Excellent

Karen

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
REcommended
Amazing
Stayed 4 nights in Sep 2017

10/10 Excellent

Josh, Israel

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Nice hotel, cute, nice area
The hotel had a very nice "lodge" type feeling. The staff was constantly present and looking to make life easier. They lent me, free of charge, multiple adapters for my phone and computer (mine didn't work), and were happy to accommodate any requests, such as Kosher breakfast, late check-in, and leaving my bags after check-out for the last day before picking them up on the way to the airport.

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Good. Friendly staff. Good breakfast. Central location. Recommend as good basic hotel.

8/10 Good

Alex

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
was good except a noise from next door residence

10/10 Excellent

Rahul, Zurich

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great lodge
Positive: Totally loved this place. We stayed here 5 nights. The location is good - still within walking distance to main tourist spot, very close to big park. We had great view of table mountain from our balcony. The staff is very friendly and very helpful. Breakfast was also good. Neutral: Room was small, but still ok for a couple for 5 days.

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities

10/10 Excellent

Samantha

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great Hotel
Great hotel. Very friendly staff. We stayed over Christmas and New Years. They were always willing to help when we were trying to organise activities. Breakfast service is a little slow though. However, would definitely stay here again.

2/10 Terrible

roy, Langebaan

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Nightmere
We arrived they asked for id I had mine my wife didn't have hers so they refused to let her in surgested we went to police station and spend 2-3 hours getting proof of id we are in our late sixties so we asked for full refund within 10 minutes we checked in capetonion with my id room 911 if anyone wants to check nice friendly staff

8/10 Good

Jess, Orange County, California

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
The hotel was in a pretty good location, in walking distance of the city centre. There were some great spots to eat right nearby as well, I highly recommend Maria's! The staff were friendly and helpful, and while the rooms were a little small they were comfortable, and ours included a nice balcony with views of Table Mountain. The breakfast included cereal, pastries etc and you can order eggs and meats off the menu as well. We would definitely stay again!

8/10 Good

Thabiso, Johannesburg

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Ikhaya Lodge centrally placed
Ikhaya staff was very friendly. The place is based in a very central location. You have all the basics that you need for a business trip. Perhaps they could put in a work desk.

6/10 Okay

Conor, Ireland

Liked: Cleanliness
Disliked: Room comfort
Great location but tiny room
Very small room with a lovely balcony but no aircon

10/10 Excellent

Mary, United Kingdom

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Centrally situated, beautiful views of Mountain
No problem with booking for this establishment. The staff I met were all out-standing. The room was beautifully appointed with lovely 'African' overtones. Eat to get to central Cape Town for shops etc. Great restaurants opposite hotel on the same square. Good service from shuttle taxi's. Breakfast was very good. Excellent choices of fruit, cereal, breads and cooked full breakfast together with coffee, tea and selection of juices. Excellent, excellent, excellent!!!!

8/10 Good

Lorraine, Australia

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Nice location and great view
Great choice at a very reasonable rate - friendly and very central with great little restaurant choices walking distance

6/10 Okay

Lerato, Johannesburg

Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
Mediocre accomodation
A reasonably okay stay but I don't think we'll be going back. The room was freezing cold and the wall heater made no difference. Our room safe didn't work. The location is very convenient though.

10/10 Excellent

Francois and Lindy, Gordon's Bay

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Fabulous stay at iKhaya Lodge!
Loved our stay at iKhaya and will most certainly be back! Fantastic value for money and perfectly situated close to the CBD. Friendly staff and free WiFi! Great!

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Very pleasent accomodations,staff was very helpful
Excellent experience, staff helped us out a lot when one of our party got sick, the room was very comfortable, great view of Table Mt. , parking was perfect, buffet very good, staff helped us in many ways and were so nice

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Thumbs up!
iKhaya Lodge is very quaint and the staff are very friendly. I could even use the computer available and print my tickets without hassle. It is slightly far from major tourist locations but if one does not mind lots walking that would not be a problem. There is a club/pub right opposite which contributes to noise at night if people decides to stay till late. Other than that I would come back to stay again as the place is beautiful, Table Mountain is in view and I just love the whole ambience of this place!

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Pleasant lodge with good friendly staff.
No problems except some noise from a weekend evening on Dunkley Square.

6/10 Okay

STAY, Port Elizabeth

Disliked: Room comfort
Good location - with VERY SMALL room.
Well situated and an average 3 standard of hotel. Good service. Breakfast was VERY LIMITED & VERY DISAPPOINTING! The 2nd room in the unit was so small with a VERY SMALL BATHROOM! The Sleeper Couch was in poor condition. We booked for 5 Adults, but everything in the room was ready for 4 people only, so we had to ask for an additional Towel, Pillow, Bedding..etc. EVERY day, as they removed everything once the clean the room.

4/10 Poor

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Disliked: Staff & service
Too noisy, loud music until midnight and then moving of tables and chairs for another hour while we are trying to sleep.

10/10 Excellent

Mark, Leighton buzzard

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
All round fantastic!!
Wonderful hotel in the lovely Dunkley Square in the Gardens area of Cape Town! Less touristy area than the waterfront but easy to access the centre via Company Gardens, a short walk from the delights of Orange Street for food and entertainment and an amazing view of table mountain. Service was friendly and efficient, parking outside and we never felt unsafe. Really cannot recommend this hotel highly enough - would not want to stay anywhere else on future visits to the city!!

10/10 Excellent

Will, usa

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Gem of a place
the staff were great: friendly helpful hospitable. Location was super central. the only down side was a party at the Greek restaurant across the courtyard that went pretty late one night.

8/10 Good

Roy, Portsmoutrh

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Nice hotel in the middle of the city,
The only problem we had when leaving was that for one breakfast I ordered boiled egg which was fine, but on the last day.there was no bread so we didn't have a good meal. they charge us for the eggs but didn't do anything about the breakfast, It would have been nice not to charge us for the eggs.

10/10 Excellent

virginia, medford, oregon, usa

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
great location on a quiet square centrally located
The lodge has a large covered verandah overlooking Dunkley Square which is centrally located. We could walk to many museums, restaurants, laundry, bus stops etc.Several restaurants across the square. Staff was friendly and the head woman on days was extremely knowledgeable. Even the newer staff went out of their way to help. nice little things like sincere interest in what we did when we returned etc. Very quiet location in the heart of Cape Town. It is my favourite home away from home. Nice decor, great continental breakfast.. don't miss Maria's greek restaurant across the square !!!!

6/10 Okay

lena

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Stayed 16 nights in Dec 2019

8/10 Good

Pia

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
African Style - das ist die iKhaya Lodge
Wir freuten uns, nach 9 Jahren wieder in der iKhaya Lodge unterzukommen. Inzwischen ist die Lodge etwas in die Jahre gekommen aber immer noch vermittelt sie ein ganz besonderes Flair. Der Blick vom Wintergarten auf den Table Montain ist einmalig. Die Gastfreundschaft und der Service waren top. Ebenfalls genossen wir das Angebot vom Frühstücksbuffet mit zusätzlicher warmer Küche. Danke für alles.
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2019

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2018

8/10 Good

Kathi

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Praktische Unterkunft für eine Zwischenübernachtung, Restaurants in der Nähe, parken auch kein Problem, auf Kundenwunsch würde eingegangen, leckeres Frühstück
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2018

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Vale a localização
Hotel bem localizado, mas as fotos são melhores do que a realidade. Falta um pouco de cuidado com o hotel, mas no geral valeu o custo x beneficio
Stayed 9 nights in May 2018

6/10 Okay

Heike & Frank, aus NRW

Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Lage ist gut, Lodge okay (für Anspruchslose)
Das gebuchte Zimmer war belegt, so dass man uns in einem Appartement unterbringen wollte. Dieses ähnelte eher einer Dunkelkammer und war total veraltet! Ein No Go!! Nach einigem hin & her konnten wir umziehen. Das freie Appartement war okay, aber nicht mit dem gebuchten Zimmer zu vergleichen. Warum nun das Zimmer ausgebucht war, konnte nicht rekonstruiert werden. Wir hatten eine tolle Terrasse mit Blick auf den Tafelberg. Aber nochmal würden wir dort nicht buchen!
Stayed 7 nights in Jan 2018

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
Stayed 5 nights in Jan 2018

8/10 Good

Nasser Diego

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Nasser
Creo que se podría mejorar el aire y el wifi en todo lo demás perfecto
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2018

10/10 Excellent

Tim

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great staff
Nice atmosphere, great staff
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2017

8/10 Good

Jan

Liked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Worth to stay, good location
Well located, good staff and services. Balcony could be cleaned better. Rooms with Table mountain wiew can hear loud guests from the bar on the opposite corner of Dunkley square, especially on Fri/Sat.
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2017

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
gute Lage , nettes Team
nettes kleines Hotel,freundliches Personal und einige Restaurants-Bars gegenüber

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Gemütliche Ausstattung,etwas Lokalkolorit
Ganz hervorragendes, aufmerksames und hilfsbereìtes Personal.

8/10 Good

Sandra

Liked: Staff & service
Authentiek hotel
Ruim twee weken in dit hotel verbleven. De ligging is ideaal. Aan een rustig pleintje en toch alle bezienswaardigheden op loopafstand. De lodge is ietwat gedateerd en onze kamer was niet al te groot. Personeel was heel vriendelijk en behulpzaam. Grenzend aand onze kamer hadden we een balkon waar je heerlijk kon zitten met uitzicht op het pleintje. Prijs/kwaliteit verhouding goed daarom zeker een aanrader.