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Acorn House
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Acorn House

Reviews of Acorn House

Wildlife sightings and reviews

34 independent comments and wildlife information from our travellers who have visited Acorn House and kindly agreed to share their thoughts. They do not necessarily represent the views of Expert Africa

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P and J
SF

"Acorn House review"

4 nights Arrived 29 Aug 2024
"Acorn House was a wonderful welcome to start the trip. We arrived at night to a fire in the sitting room and complimentary port wine. The staff were super helpful in helping us navigate around town and offering suggestions. Breakfast was excellent. The house itself is beautiful and in a convenient neighborhood with easy access to public transportation." See all these reviews: 19n in Namibia; 4n in South Africa
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

Location:
Excellent
Service:
Excellent
Rooms:
Excellent
Food:
Excellent
Mr & Mrs T
Exeter

"Acorn House review"

4 nights Arrived 24 Jan 2024
"Very welcoming and a real sanctuary from the bustle of Capetown. Helpful, friendly staff and a laid-back atmosphere.

We loved breakfast on the terrace by the pool and afternoon tea when we came back from town. Loved the home-made biscuits! Easy to get Ubers into the centre and back and to Kloof Street.

Only tiny negative (and it is very small) is that the pool could have done with a bit more cleaning as it had bits of foliage floating in/on it. But that may be impossible to sort as there are trees and vines near it." See all these reviews: 11n in South Africa
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

Location:
Excellent
Service:
Excellent
Facilities:
Excellent
Rooms:
Excellent
Food:
Excellent
Mike&Helen
Scotland

"Acorn House review"

3 nights Arrived 27 Jul 2022
"A relaxing place to stay, in a quiet area of town but only a short drive from the main attractions.

The staff were helpful and welcoming, providing advice and help when we needed it. Breakfast is excellent and varied. They only start serving at 8am, but were very accommodating in providing us an early breakfast and packed lunch when we had an early start.

There is a spacious lounge for relaxing in and a good choice or reasonable priced refreshment available" See all these reviews: 9n in Botswana; 3n in South Africa; 3n in Zimbabwe
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

Location:
Excellent
Service:
Excellent
Facilities:
Excellent
Rooms:
Good
Food:
Excellent
Mr J
Hants

"Third stay at Acorn House - just perfect"

1 night Arrived 22 Oct 2018
"This was my third visit to Cape Town and Acorn House was the obvious choice again.

My son and wife have also stayed here. Lovely place, perfect location" See all these reviews: 11n in South Africa
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

Location:
Excellent
Service:
Good
Rooms:
Good
Food:
Good
Ms M & Ms SP
Canada

"Acorn House"

4 nights Arrived 25 Jun 2018
"Nice people, very helpful and wanting us to have a good time in Cape Town.

Also great help with our first time using Uber. We had a lovely suite on the ground floor with access to the patio. What a lovely end to the trip. And no security fences Yeah!

Also liked the deli across the road. It became a little home from home." See all these reviews: 8n in Botswana; 4n in South Africa; 2n in Zimbabwe
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

Location:
Excellent
Service:
Excellent
Rooms:
Excellent
Food:
Excellent
Facilities:
Excellent
Ms H & Mr S
CA

"Acorn House review"

4 nights Arrived 15 Sep 2017
"Pleasant stay in a quiet neighborhood." See all these reviews: 14n in Botswana; 5n in South Africa
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Average

Location:
Average
Service:
Average
Rooms:
Average
Food:
Good
Facilities:
Average
Mr & Mrs VanZylrus
UK

"Acorn Guesthouse review"

2 nights Arrived 1 Sep 2017
"Stayed here for two nights in a comfortable room with a view towards the city.

A very good and quiet unit on the wall provided the A/C & heating. Both were needed when we were there! Very friendly and attentive staff who were able to help with information.

The breakfast spread is very good with pancakes and delicious custard tart!

We were very happy here!" See all these reviews: 7n in South Africa
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

Location:
Excellent
Service:
Excellent
Rooms:
Excellent
Food:
Excellent
Facilities:
Excellent
Mrs C
Southwest USA

"Good location, wonderful staff"

5 nights Arrived 7 Jun 2017
"Great guesthouse - rooms were comfortable and upgraded.

Staff was awesome, and even made a birthday cupcake from scratch on 20 minutes notice for a member of our group!

Amazing - helpful with dinner reservations and other logistics. We were very happy here." See all these reviews: 9n in Botswana; 5n in South Africa; 2n in Zimbabwe
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

Location:
Good
Service:
Excellent
Rooms:
Excellent
Food:
Excellent
Mr T
Kew, London

"Excellent choice"

6 nights Arrived 15 Feb 2017
"Very happy with this choice of accommodation.

Good ground-floor family room with private patio. Very friendly and helpful staff. Excellent breakfasts.

Good restaurant recommendations." See all these reviews: 16n in South Africa
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

Location:
Excellent
Service:
Excellent
Rooms:
Good
Food:
Excellent
Facilities:
Good
Mr & Mrs L
Oxon

"Great location for the city"

4 nights Arrived 11 Apr 2016
"We wanted to stay in Cape Town but also wanted a small personal guest house rather than a hotel. Acorn House did not disappoint. The welcome on arrival was lovely and throughout our stay the owner and staff made sure our trip was going to plan. They recommended and booked evening meals for us to our choice. We stayed for four nights which gave us the time to see the parts of Cape Town on our 'list' and leaves us with a few more for another trip.

We did use our car around the city as it is quite a walk - more on the way home than there (it's uphill) and easily found parking. Some guests didn't have a car but we were pleased we did as it meant we could get around at our pace/leisure rather than to an itinerary or a bus timetable.

That said where we used taxis they were reasonable." See all these reviews: 7n in Namibia; 5n in South Africa
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

Location:
Excellent
Service:
Excellent
Rooms:
Excellent
Food:
Excellent
Facilities:
Excellent
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