Essenwood House

Cozy, safe, and decent Nice interior design for every single room. Two cool pool and able to make food myself.

Disappointed The accommodation was nothing like the pictures on the website. The bedding and furniture is outdated …driveway too steep . I had to extend my stay but moved to a different accommodation. Will not book this accommodation again.

What once was a beautiful 4 star Guesthouse owned and run expertly by John is now a -1 star hovel. I cannot believe what has happened to this place. I had stayed here many times over the years so did not check the reviews, my mistake. The website is an absolute lie. The rooms are disgustingly dirty, stains on everything. The bathrooms are missing shower doors or curtains and in some cases toilet seats. The linen and towels are questionable, you have to ask for towels and toilet paper. Breakfast is "brought to your room" and the only breakfast on offer is eggs, bacon and baked beans, rubbish weak coffee and toast only toasted on one side. They do not serve fruit, yogurt, cereals etc. Breakfast used to be served on the gorgeous patio, well I can see now why they don't do that anymore as the view is GONE. someone has erected a house right in front of the guesthouse obscuring the view. There is no Manager or Owner on site and the 2 ladies trying their best under these dreadful circumstance are not allowed to give out any contact details, I wonder why??? The bins never got emptied, I stayed for 4 nights. VERY unfortunately we paid upfront otherwise I would have left straight away.. Its no wonder they take money upfront with no cancellation policy as no one in their right mind would stay there otherwise. The last night there was no water and there is no battery operated torch or light during loadshedding. This is a compelte disaster. DO NOT STAY HERE.....

DISASTER We arrived after 20 hours travel from Europe and we hoped to enjoy a quite stay. Nothing of this, the guy at the reception was all but helpful, the bathroom was extremely dirty and in between the rooms that we had, sone locals rented one room but they were 10 on the room. We staid for less than an hour - the time to find an alternatve - and we went. This place is not up the standard indicated and the pictures are misleading.