Independent, Johannesburg - Gauteng Hotels

This hotel is perfect for the relaxing traveler....perfect!

I definitely enjoyed my stay here! The staff were wonderful and very helpful and responsive to my needs. When I arrived at the airport they had a shuttle to pick me up immediately. Also, the arranging of my tours went smooth and my tour guide Steven was very knowledgeable and informative. I really appreciated the "honesty policy", not every place will be trusting enough with a self serve bar lol. The atmosphere was very nice and quiet which made it easy to relax. It's gated as well which gives and extra blanet of security. You would have to be an Olympic high jumper to get over that gate but the barbed wire just may get you. The only thing that bothered me was the spider in my sink lol. I have spiders around my home as well so I found it easy to get over, it just left me a bit uneasy being a spider in Africa. I killed the spider and closed the window and solved that problem. I wouldn't change a thing about my stay here and in fact, I'm considering another visit!

They charged us at time of check in saying they did not receive any payment from Expedia. They didn't bother to check before charging and made a big fuss to return them money, and did it only after I put my foot down. One more issue was that they were confused whether or not to charge extra for breakfast. They charged for one day out of 6, and when I demanded an explanation they didn't have one and finally took the charge out. Bottom-line, they do not have any process and people are untrained.

The staff was preoccupied with a wedding and made me wait two hours before letting me into my room. I was checking in early, but I'm not sure it would have mattered what time of day it was because they were so busy with the wedding. Having travelled for two days, I was exhausted and ended up sleeping in my car while I waited! Finally I followed the staff around until they let me into the room. The room itself was nice and comfortable, the the noise from the wedding made it difficult to sleep until late into the night.

Good location walking distance to Loftus Versfeld Stadium, and not far from University and town. Nice outdoor bar garden and eating area.

Excellent guest house for the price you pay. Quite neighbour hood and safe. Only problem is you hear flight arrival and departures. Will be noisy sometimes but if you are tired you may not hear anything.

It was convenient for my stay and the price was very good. The staff were very friendly and helpful.

If you wish to use the internet, this hotel has one but it does not have sufficient bandwidth, you will waste hours trying to connect. The curtain rail in my room was in the form of a 2 inch steel bar held at both ends by two hooks but free to slide. This bar supported a large curtain with 3in hoops at the top, needless to say when I pulled the curtain the hooks jammed on the steel bar, the bar slid out of its hook and luckily narrowly missed my head. The traffic noise in my room was dreadful as the hotel is close to a major road. The hotel is located next to a restaurant called " Dross" , I will say no more. The hotel is also located off the main shopping area leaving you with about 1 km walk. If you want to stay in this area of town try the Hotel Protea which is far better. No I am not on commission and have no connection with the Protea.

I needed an affordable place to stay while attending medical appointments and an operation over a two week period. After my operation the owner and staff were very helpful. The owner will pick you from the airport and drop you at nearby points such as Marlboro railway stn, Sandton shopping for an extra fee, very useful. The DSTV in my room was faulty so I caught up on my reading.

The only problem when I was coming late and didn't have keys to get in. It took over half an hour and another person who stayed there that opened for me. Make sure you can get in late either someone can open or you have the keys.