The Blades Hotel

South Africa , Gauteng- Johannesburg
Pretoria, The Blades, Plot 75 Zeekoegat Kameeldrift Rd
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20 reviews shown

8/10

Excellent

15 Feb 2026

lehlohonolo

The views are amazing, you forget you are close to the city. The service was great. Ver friendly and helpful staff. The food was delicious and the Valentine’s dinner performance by the saxophonist was amazing. The rooms might need to be upgraded soon. Towels were a bit hard. But we then upgraded to the executive suites and that side everything was great

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

05 Jan 2025

Kenneth

Everything was great

10/10

Exceptional

03 Sep 2024

Jacob

Stayed for 5 nights. Was pleasant. Staff were very polite & the food was great. I would recommend staying at the Blades.
Thanks to the team. Special shout out to the security lady at the gate, great energy & always smiling.

Leisure Self

10/10

Exceptional

12 Oct 2023

Niva

Stay at the Blades

We enjoyed your stay very much. Where so glad that there were no loadshedding

Partner

2/10

Poor

18 Oct 2021

Davin

Not what is advertised

Absolutely not what is advertised. Waiters service excellent. Food not bad. We were refunded.

Conditions of room is dirty and their were holes in bedding. Old candle with burnt matches lying in the room. The buildings are tired. You may not use the lawn by the river unless a picnic is booked. Bedding not premium. It has so much potential but if not seriously upgraded like broken chairs and hotel carpet in reception filthy it wont be open foe long.

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

30 May 2021

Verified traveler

very clean, helpful staff

Business

8/10

Excellent

31 Dec 2020

Mamontsheng

My stay was pleasant. I also loved the environment & the scenery.

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

23 Dec 2020

Felicia

Amazing stay

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

23 Nov 2020

Felicia

Amazing stay relaxed atmosphere

Partner

8/10

Excellent

28 Oct 2020

Christopher

Room for improvement

In all we had a pleasant stay. Lovely setting and staff. Room size was disappointing as I had a different impression from the website booking (photos and price paid).

Partner

8/10

Excellent

26 Oct 2020

Yvonne

A lovely weekend getaway from Johannesburg, only 50 minutes! The view from the rooms was perfect.

Friends_and_family Friends

10/10

Exceptional

26 Oct 2020

Felicia

The most amazing place

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

19 Oct 2020

Verified traveler

Such great service and location

Friends_and_family Family

8/10

Excellent

15 Feb 2020

Eddette

Beautiful as always - but now also noisy

We have always stayed at The Blades when we visit Pretoria. This has been once a year for the past 3 years.

The main reasons we loved to stay there was the peace and quiet and it’s riverside location with beautiful river views.

Our room is always spacious and the bed amazing and comfortable. In the past, they included small things like bath salt and candles, which they stopped doing for our recent visit. The breakfast selection is extensive.

A few points of note: they recently built an extremely noisy farm / machine on the hillside directly behind the main building. This is a huge distraction and the only thing you hear after 9am Mondays to Saturdays.

It’s a shame The Blades could not prevent this from happening as the peace and quiet is now completely gone.

, which was one of it’s main attractions.

Other than that, the service is always great and all staff extremely helpful.

Partner

6/10

Pleasant

30 Dec 2019

Thanusha

average

They did not inform us that the Spa was closed and that was what we were looking forward to. There were a lot of insects so your room windows and doors had to be closed at all times, and sitting on the balcony was not possible with the amount of flies and insects. Also whilst eating there were numerous flies around. There is not much to do, especially with the Spa being closed. We had to travel out to another hotel to use their Spa facilities.

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

17 Dec 2019

Peter

super

so good and relaxing

Friends_and_family Friends

10/10

Exceptional

22 Jun 2019

Craig

Great stay at The Blades!

We enjoyed a great 3 night stay and we loved our spacious suite. It was serviced well and in good time each day. The service from all staff was friendly and accommodating. We especially enjoyed our terrace lunch and the excellent prices in the restaurant.
We would definitely stay again.

Family

10/10

Exceptional

18 Mar 2019

Bradley

Romantic weekend away

We went there for our 1 year anniversary, and although we only booked on the Thursday. they were able to accommodate us. They arranged a romantic turn down, did a romantic table, for us and even made a desert that said Happy Anniversary. It was wonderful, the staff were excellent and very accommodating, we will definitely go back again.

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

17 Aug 2018

Beth

The Blades provided the perfect experience to \"get out of the city\" without being too far out of the city. I loved the environment and the look and feel of the place, especially the \"rooms,\" which were individual houses that were comfortable and beautiful inside. I had a wonderful view of the water from my private balcony and enjoyed the views from my window. The food was very good and the staff was AMAZING and charming. I will definitely come back!

8/10

Excellent

27 May 2018

Verified traveler

Good family outing for a weekend's stay

Some of the furniture, particularly the couch, was looking very aged and unappealing, and on of the hand basins had a leaking drain. It doesn't seem much is effort is being put in keeping the rooms modernized and it top form, however the cleanliness, food and general service was in top order. It also had plenty of space and spots for the family to relax outdoors.

Family