Reviews of Olive Grove
Wildlife sightings and reviews
415 independent comments and wildlife information from our travellers who have visited Olive Grove and kindly agreed to share their thoughts. They do not necessarily represent the views of Expert Africa
"Quality stopover"
Great location especially for Joe's Beerhouse !" See all these reviews: 15n in Namibia
"Great room but poor service - disappointing"
Despite this we booked for dinner here on our last night, as the Elegant Guest House did not provide dinners and it was nearby. However, on arrival we discovered that they had not reserved a place for us and we were abruptly told that dinners were exclusive to those staying at the Olive Grove." See all these reviews: 16n in Namibia
"The Olive Grove a luxurious start to the trip"
We did ask for a map of the surrounding area and were provided with one and directions to get to "town". We walked to this area and there were a couple of other restaurants and Joe's Beer Bar but it didn't feel right to aim to eat there and walk the distance back as evening was drawing in.
This said there was a good choice on the menu at the Olive Grove and the food was very tasty" See all these reviews: 15n in Namibia
"Olive Grove Guesthouse"
"Great place overnight on arrival/departure "
"Olive Grove Guesthouse"
We added dinner to our B&B on each stay here and all meals were excellent, with breakfasts having a 'worldwide' choice. Lots of really nice special touches - the breakfast menu has an outline of main features of Windhoek as well as mini map, after dinner a complementary mini carafe of port and a couple of chocolates - nice small touches.
Staff extremely friendly, efficient and informative" See all these reviews: 16n in Namibia
"Olive Grove review"
Delightful meal on their external terrace.
More detailed directions would have been useful, due to unfamiliarity, made a couple of errors in finding it!" See all these reviews: 18n in Namibia
"Olive Grove"
"Olive Grove Guest House"
What is very bad is the swimming pool area. The surrounding smooth tiles had, we were told by the manager, been freshly "varnished" that morning. As a result they were extremely slippery when wet with water.
My wife duly slipped and fell, breaking her arm. We advised that a sign should be placed to warn of this hazard. Upon our return two weeks later no action had been taken, and the manager was unconcerned. The tiles surrounding this pool are of completely the wrong type." See all these reviews: 14n in Namibia
"Africa Specialist | Namibia"
"Great Windhoek base"
Incidentally we went walking down to Windhoek town center the day we arrived and were told by the Namibia tourist police to stop walking and go back to our hotel. We sensed someone had been following us. So travelers should be aware of this - particularly on quiet days." See all these reviews: 9n in Namibia
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