Reviews of City Lodge JNB
Wildlife sightings and reviews
172 independent comments and wildlife information from our travellers who have visited City Lodge JNB and kindly agreed to share their thoughts. They do not necessarily represent the views of Expert Africa
John
Australia
"City Lodge OR Tambo review"
1 night Arrived 10 Jan 2014
"Great breakfast. Convenient location. Rooms adequate."
See all these reviews: 11n in Tanzania; 4n in Rwanda; 1n in South Africa
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Good
Location:
Excellent
Service:
Good
Rooms:
Average
Food:
Good
Ms V
Chelsea
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1 night Arrived 17 Dec 2013
"As you know I really didn't like - was initially given a dreadful room which was very noisy and the reception staff were unhelpful and rude"
See all these reviews: 6n in Namibia; 3n in Mozambique; 2n in South Africa; 2n in Zimbabwe
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent
Mr & Mrs B
Berkshire
"City Lodge OR Tambo review"
1 night Arrived 8 Nov 2013
"Adequate for one night stopover. However no proper restaurant for evening meal of reasonable standard. Dined at Intercontinental.
Breakfast excellent." See all these reviews: 7n in Botswana; 7n in Mozambique; 1n in South Africa
Breakfast excellent." See all these reviews: 7n in Botswana; 7n in Mozambique; 1n in South Africa
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Average
Location:
Excellent
Service:
Average
Rooms:
Good
Food:
Good
Ms C
Sacramento
"City Lodge OR Tambo review"
1 night Arrived 2 Nov 2013
"No comment"
See all these reviews: 4n in Botswana; 2n in Namibia; 2n in Zimbabwe; 1n in South Africa
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Good
Location:
Excellent
Service:
Good
Rooms:
Good
Food:
Excellent
Mr & Mrs B
Bucks.
"City Lodge OR Tambo review"
1 night Arrived 31 Oct 2013
"Modern, very convenient for airport."
See all these reviews: 9n in Zimbabwe; 1n in South Africa
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Good
Location:
Excellent
Service:
Average
Rooms:
Good
Food:
Good
Mr & Mrs G
Haslemere
"Convenient night at City Lodge OR Tambo"
1 night Arrived 28 Oct 2013
"Located in the airport buildings it saved a lot of hassle not having to leave the airport. But signage to the lift for the hotel was not good from either Terminal, and it was a much longer walk than we had anticipated. The room had all mod cons. good bathroom, no aircraft noise, and was excellent for a brief overnight stay.
A good English breakfast in the morning!
We left some baggage in the basement Left Luggage area of the Airport, but were horrified to find that they ONLY accept cash, not credit or debit cards. Each bag costs ZAR70 per day, so for 7 days we had to pay ZAR 980 IN CASH!! No negotiation!" See all these reviews: 15n in Namibia; 6n in Mozambique; 1n in South Africa
A good English breakfast in the morning!
We left some baggage in the basement Left Luggage area of the Airport, but were horrified to find that they ONLY accept cash, not credit or debit cards. Each bag costs ZAR70 per day, so for 7 days we had to pay ZAR 980 IN CASH!! No negotiation!" See all these reviews: 15n in Namibia; 6n in Mozambique; 1n in South Africa
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Good
Location:
Good
Service:
Average
Rooms:
Excellent
Food:
Good
Facilities:
Good
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Ms N
Idaho
"Good transition between points"
1 night Arrived 27 Oct 2013
"Nice to return to Tambo, but was too sick to enjoy the splendid breakfast buffet."
See all these reviews: 8n in Botswana; 3n in Mozambique; 2n in South Africa; 2n in Zimbabwe
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent
Location:
Excellent
Service:
Good
Rooms:
Excellent
Food:
Excellent
Ms N
Idaho
"Very convenient with connection to airport."
1 night Arrived 13 Oct 2013
"Breakfast buffet was splendid. Room was very comfortable with everything we needed. They were good about refrigerating my eye medicine."
See all these reviews: 8n in Botswana; 3n in Mozambique; 2n in South Africa; 2n in Zimbabwe
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent
Location:
Excellent
Service:
Excellent
Rooms:
Excellent
Food:
Excellent
Facilities:
Good
Steve/Val
Los angeles
"very convenient stop over in JNB airport"
1 night Arrived 13 Oct 2013
"Great hotel within easy access from the international arrivals. A short and safe 5 min inside only walk from the terminal. Hotel staff is very friendly and the breakfast buffet was outstanding."
See all these reviews: 6n in Botswana; 1n in South Africa
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent
Location:
Excellent
Service:
Excellent
Rooms:
Good
Food:
Excellent
Facilities:
Good
Mr G & Mrs F
Canada
"City Lodge OR Tambo review"
1 night Arrived 1 Oct 2013
"It was convenient for us to stay right at the airport as we were in transit from Namibia to Botswana. The hotel is large and very busy, a bit of a shock after 2 weeks in remote lodges."
See all these reviews: 15n in Namibia; 6n in Botswana; 1n in South Africa
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Average
Location:
Good
Service:
Average
Rooms:
Average
Food:
Average
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