Reviews of Acorn House
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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
"Super B&B"
Good, quiet location but not far away from Central Capetown. The staff were very nice, efficient and helpful in organising our activities and making restaurant bookings.
Highly recommended but best to have your own car." See all these reviews: 21n in Namibia; 5n in South Africa
"Excellent position - very helpful staff"
We highly recommend to others." See all these reviews: 17n in South Africa
"Acorn House Cape Town good."
For a 5 day stay a slog hotly bigger room would have been better but the staff, service and food more than compensated for size of room." See all these reviews: 17n in South Africa
"Another excellent stay at Acorn House"
Perfect location, very friendly and helpful." See all these reviews: 13n in South Africa
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Great Deli on the corner. The Hop On Hop Off bus stop about a 15minute walk away. He gave us the number of cab company to use. Breakfast wonderful, lots of home made goodies, honesty bar.
It was like staying at a friend's home. I would certainly recommend it." See all these reviews: 7n in Zimbabwe; 5n in South Africa
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Ideally situated if you do not want to be in the centre of the city. Car hire advisable with easy access to main places in area. Breakfast very good.
The staff are first class and would highly recommend this place." See all these reviews: 9n in South Africa
"Superb Accommodation and Service"
We only had a few days in Cape Town so we had to limit our trips but two we wanted to do were visiting Cape Point and going up Table Mountain. Stewart at Acorn House helped us with a trip to Cape Point at really short notice because the weather seemed good down there and it proved to be a superb trip. We managed to go up Table Mountain when the "tablecloth" cleared and dashed up there immediately after breakfast . Acorn House tried to get us on line tickets but they were sold out however we made it up there early and the queue was only 35 minutes ! Great. You should have seen the queue on our way back down at least 3 hours waiting time for the cable car. We walked back from the cable car station to Acorn House and this was a really pleasant walk. The coffee shop/café ( Carlucci`s ) at the end of the road almost opposite Acorn House is really good by the way.
Nelson`s Eye restaurant is within walking distance and excellent for steaks but we found the service a bit lacking. Still a good meal however.
I had arranged with Acorn House to meet us at the airport and this worked like clockwork.
All told we absolutely loved Acorn House and would not hesitate in recommending this to other travellers and if we ever return to Cape Town would certainly stay there again." See all these reviews: 15n in Namibia; 3n in South Africa
"Acorn House-Couldn't have been better!"
"Your home away from home in Cape Town"
We especially loved the quiet neighborhood, yet you are five minutes from downtown. I can't imagine that there is a better place to stay in Cape Town." See all these reviews: 11n in Botswana; 6n in South Africa
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