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Victoria & Alfred Hotel
Victoria & Alfred Hotel
Victoria & Alfred Hotel

Reviews of Victoria & Alfred Hotel

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25 independent comments and wildlife information from our travellers who have visited Victoria & Alfred Hotel and kindly agreed to share their thoughts. They do not necessarily represent the views of Expert Africa

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Caro G
United Kingdom

"Victoria & Alfred Hotel review"

4 nights Arrived 23 Sep 2023
"This hotel is great! The location on the V and A Waterfront puts you right in the centre of things.

We had a mountain view room which looks out over the harbour and Table Mountain. The room is a very good size and has a sitting area with sofa and chairs so feels like a suite.

Breakfast is an extensive cold buffet with tasty hot options. We also ate in the restaurant one evening and were not disappointed.

The staff are friendly and helpful." See all these reviews: 5n in Zimbabwe; 4n in South Africa
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

Location:
Excellent
Service:
Excellent
Facilities:
Excellent
Rooms:
Excellent
Food:
Excellent
Ms D.
Falmouth

"Victoria & Alfred Hotel review"

3 nights Arrived 29 Aug 2022
"When we arrived there was considerable noise based on nearby construction.

The hotel manager was very understanding and moved us to a sister hotel nearby which was fine and the staff there was very accommodating.

I cannot comment about the hotel beyond this." See all these reviews: 10n in Botswana; 7n in South Africa
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Poor

Mrs & Mr K
Florida

"Victoria & Alfred Hotel review"

3 nights Arrived 28 May 2022
"Very nice hotel on the waterfront. The location was perfect for our stay in Cape Town.

The staff was very friendly and helpful!" See all these reviews: 9n in Botswana; 3n in South Africa; 2n in Zambia
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

Location:
Excellent
Service:
Excellent
Rooms:
Good
Food:
Good
R & C
England

"Victoria & Alfred Hotel review"

2 nights Arrived 8 Mar 2020
"A strange and complete contrast from all our other stops.

Staff (especially reception and initial contact when first arrived) quite offhand. Perhaps it's a bit complacent on account of its undeniably great location.

Very few facilities at the hotel - most (pool, spa etc) are at the sister hotel, though that wasn't initially clear. Directions to these were pretty useless.

In fairness, the room was great, with fabulous views. So maybe Poor is a bit unkind as an overall rating.

But having stayed previously at the Radisson waterfront, the Radisson would win hands down for us." See all these reviews: 8n in South Africa
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Poor

Location:
Excellent
Service:
Poor
Rooms:
Excellent
Food:
Average
Facilities:
Poor
Mr & Mrs H
Maningtree

"Victoria & Alfred Hotel review"

1 night Arrived 5 Apr 2019
"Great location for a first night, right in the centre of The Waterfront with large well appointed rooms." See all these reviews: 15n in South Africa
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

Location:
Excellent
Service:
Excellent
Rooms:
Excellent
Food:
Excellent
Mr R & Mrs M
UK

"Victoria & Alfred Hotel review"

4 nights Arrived 25 Feb 2018
"We enjoyed everything about our stay on the Waterfront, including the hotel, the restaurants within walking distance, and having the red buses to take us into the city and surrounds.

A highlight of the stay was a privately organised trip to Groote Schuur Estate which has been the home of many South African leaders since Cecil Rhodes. This trip was guided by a very knowledgeable guide called Najwaa Francke. I am this sure this visit would interest other Expert Africa clients interested in the history of Southern Africa." See all these reviews: 21n in South Africa
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

Location:
Excellent
Service:
Excellent
Activities:
Excellent
Rooms:
Excellent
Food:
Excellent
Mr&Mrs A & M
Malta

"Victoria & Alfred Hotel review"

3 nights Arrived 8 Sep 2017
"Lovely hotel right on the water.

Breakfast was excellent however the cleaning staff were a little bit noisy when outside the rooms. Kept waking us up pretty early." See all these reviews: 13n in South Africa
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Good

Location:
Excellent
Service:
Good
Rooms:
Good
Food:
Excellent
Mr & Mrs O
Somerset

"Victoria & Alfred Hotel review"

1 night Arrived 31 Mar 2017
"The V&A is located in what must be one of the most iconic places in Cape Town. Literally on the waterfront and provided one has booked a mountain view room, the views are spectacular.

That said the hotel itself is rather gloomy with a rampant interior designer determined to reflect the warehouse heritage in the décor. Raw concrete effect walls in our room and carpet designed to look like bare red brick. Compared with other guest houses and hotels in South Africa we found it depressingly 'modern smart hotel' with very little feel of genuine welcome. We felt that provided one did not look outside, it could have been anywhere.

We ate royally over the road in the restaurant of the small sister hotel The Victoria. Dash is reputed to be one of the 5 best restaurants in Cape Town. On our night, once we had found the front door (get detailed instructions!), the service, wine list and standard of food were excellent.

We used the secure concierge storage for our luggage as there was no late check out available. This worked well and we were able to explore the waterfront and take a boat trip. On balance a good stay." See all these reviews: 11n in South Africa
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Good

Location:
Excellent
Service:
Good
Rooms:
Good
Food:
Average
A&A
Portland

"Victoria & Alfred Hotel"

5 nights Arrived 4 Mar 2017
"Staying at the Cape Town waterfront was perfect because of easy access to restaurants, shopping, bus routes, etc." See all these reviews: 8n in Namibia; 5n in South Africa
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

Location:
Excellent
Service:
Excellent
Activities:
Excellent
Rooms:
Good
Food:
Excellent
Facilities:
Excellent
Family A
Scarborough

"Victoria & Alfred Hotel review"

4 nights Arrived 10 Oct 2016
"Could not be more central. Exactly what we needed after a hectic 3 weeks in country." See all these reviews: 11n in South Africa
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

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