Kloof Street Hotel - Lion Roars Hotels & Lodges

South Africa , W. Cape-Cape Town-Garden Route
CAPE TOWN, 8 Rheede Street, Gardens, 8
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50 reviews shown

10/10

Exceptional

17 Feb 2026

Marcia

Staff very friendly and helpful; Food was very good; Clean room and good size; Great location.

Family

10/10

Exceptional

16 Jan 2026

Mike

The Staff overall were professional and exceptionally courteous. Impressive

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

19 Nov 2025

Arista

Wonderful stay while in Cape Town. Rooms were very spacious and staff very kind and helpful. Location wise was very central and a short uber to main sites to visit. Would recommend when visiting Cape Town.

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

18 Nov 2025

James

Very clean hotel, amazing staff and an excellent breakfast.

Friends_and_family Friends

6/10

Pleasant

15 Nov 2025

Joshua

We stayed at Kloof Street Hotel and found it to be a mixed experience. The location is right in the heart of Cape Town’s main street, which is great for access to bars, restaurants and the general buzz of the city. But that convenience comes with a major drawback: it gets loud, especially in the early hours. If you’re a light sleeper, this is worth knowing in advance because the noise does carry into the rooms.

The rooms themselves were much smaller than expected based on the photos. They’re clean and modern, but definitely compact, which made the stay feel a little tighter than anticipated. Another ongoing frustration was the ironing situation. Each time you need an iron or ironing board, you have to call down and request one—there are none kept in the rooms. Not only can it take a long time for one to be brought up, but you’ll then get a call asking for it back almost immediately, as if you’re borrowing something rare and highly sought after.

Breakfast was also on the lean side. The buffet is fine if you’re not fussy, but the selection is limited and doesn’t match the standard you’d expect for the price.

Overall, the hotel is stylish and perfectly placed for exploring Cape Town, but the noise, small rooms, and lack of convenience around basic amenities made the stay feel less smooth than it could have been.

Partner

8/10

Excellent

17 Oct 2025

Juan Carlos

Overall a great hotel for the money, the staff ultra friendly and kind. The room was small, a little noisy because it was facing the street but clean with great soaps and body lotion.

Business

6/10

Pleasant

11 Sep 2025

Larry

Friendly and helpful staff. They did resolve a late night noise problem with the guest in the next room. Maintenance of the room and hallways need attention. Our floor was dirty. The breakfast was substantial. Parking (additional cost) was convenient.

Leisure Family

10/10

Exceptional

03 Jun 2025

Mark

very nice hotel and staff

Leisure Family

8/10

Excellent

03 May 2025

Tony

Good Value

10/10

Exceptional

25 Apr 2025

Chinaza

Loved the ambience and the restaurant food.

Leisure Family_with_children

10/10

Exceptional

28 Mar 2025

SUSAN

Only stayed one night but the hotel is in a great spot! All the buzz of Kloof Street.
Staff welcoming and friendly. Comfortable room with great shower !!
Excellent breakfast choices
Would definitely recommend

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

25 Feb 2025

Brooke

Great value for money

Recently renovated, great location and large rooms. Is a bit noisy on the evening due to being in right next to the bars but to be expected for the location.

Partner

8/10

Excellent

30 Jun 2024

Eleanor

I loved this hotel- it was clean, stylish, lovely room and bathroom and great staff, wonderful breakfast and incredible views of Table Mountain. My only complaint is that it was quite noisy in my room which faced the street. Very much recommended but with earplugs!

Business Self

10/10

Exceptional

03 Jun 2024

Travis

Highly recommend, staff were fantastic

Leisure Self

10/10

Exceptional

04 Mar 2024

Lucas

Overall great experience. Not the top of the top, but very nice. Staff was very friendly and helpful.

Leisure Partner

8/10

Excellent

24 Feb 2024

Verified traveler

Get a table mount view room.

The place is honestly in a fabulous location. Kloof street has so much going on any day of the week and it's nice and easy to get to the waterfront.

The rooms are what you need them to be and the bed was actually incredible, such a good nights sleep. If you can get a room with a Table mount view... do it.

Business

10/10

Exceptional

18 Feb 2024

Lydia

Hotel is lovely with very friendly and helpful staff. We had a lovely view of Table mountain and you can enjoy a nice drink by the pool with the backdrop being Table mountain.

Leisure Partner

8/10

Excellent

15 Feb 2024

Brian

Very nice

Great hotel - little on the noisy side but that's a result of location.

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

14 Feb 2024

Nelio

Absolutely lovely and wish we stayed longer. We stayed in the pod as was only one night. But next trip we will get a bigger room and stay longer. Area was fantastic

Leisure Partner

8/10

Excellent

06 Feb 2024

Helmult

Can’t believe they don’t have iron in the rooms

Leisure Self

10/10

Exceptional

05 Feb 2024

Malachy

Experience the local life

Very well located hotel that allows people to experience the Cape Town designed for locals and not just tourists. Still close to major hotels like the Mount Nelson but the flavour of real Cape Town with an abundance of great restaurants and bars.

The hotel was very modern with large rooms, staff were excellent during all my interactions with them (Gabriel was very polite, helpful and always has a warm welcome). Great views of the mountain and a good pool deck.

Business

8/10

Excellent

24 Jan 2024

Richard

Great stay at KSH

I had a very comfortable stay at KSH. Pro's and con's summarised:

Pros
- Incredible location (really in the middle of everything you need on kloof street (from bars, to restaurants and groceries).
- Staff were really helpful and friendly at all times and all levels
- Beds were high quality and very comfortable

Cons
- Some areas of the hotel, such as hallways, seem run-down, while inside the rooms are better. This gives a dodgy impression of the hotel at times when it is really better than that.
- Can be noisy over the weekend given the close proximity to bars like La Parada and Tigers Milk who have loud sound systems playing music until 12-2am

Self

10/10

Exceptional

22 Jan 2024

william

Lovely hotel in Gardens.

What a truly lovely hotel a nice find will definitely return. Staff all were excellent so friendly and helpful. Room I stayed in a Pod was small but fabulous views I sat most days and nights watching the mountain change colours i eat four times in restaurant which was also nice. My openly criticism would be more loungers round the pool.

Self

10/10

Exceptional

15 Jan 2024

Dennis

Overall a great experience. Only thing that was a little annoying was having a problem getting hand towels and wash clothes. Venture to far down to long street and you run into a lot of pot shops. Nothing dangerous other than a few people begging for money. They seem harmless.

Leisure Partner

6/10

Pleasant

14 Jan 2024

David

The doof doof hotel

A few things that could’ve been explained better up front.

The bar fridge is locked until a R500 deposit is provided.

The secure parking that is charged at R100 per day is locked at 23h00 and unlocked at 05h00, you cannot leave or return during these hours.

The ‘city view’ pod that we were assigned had a window that looked straight onto a metal staircase. When querying the lack of city view we were told we could get a better view but had to pay in more.

Heavy bass started at 15h00 and continued until 23h00.

There are smaller issues that aren’t worth noting, safe to say I won’t be rushing back.

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

13 Jan 2024

Precious

Beautiful hotel, the staff was extremely helpful and went out of their way for me. I love the view from the hotel and the restaurant was really lovely.

Leisure Self

10/10

Exceptional

03 Jan 2024

Mimi

Small, but comfortable

Room was small, but clean and comfortable.

8/10

Excellent

02 Jan 2024

Certainly the place to be in Cape town...so many restaurants.. supermarkets in walking distance. Safe parking at R100 a day and lovely pool and restaurant. Would have loved proper coffee...plunger etc and a little bit noisy...bit normal for its pis

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

25 Dec 2023

Verified traveler

Excellent hotel in great location

10/10

Exceptional

14 Dec 2023

Hidden city gem

This place is a hidden gem. Staff was amazing. Tony is worth his weight in gold

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

10 Sep 2023

Roger

It’s a great hotel

8/10

Excellent

23 Aug 2023

Oscarine

Good Hotel would recommend

It was a beautiful hotel in a good location, had a mishap and the staff members were very attentive to ensure my stay was pleasant. The area feels safe and the hotel has good staff members. The rooms are also big and look exactly like the images online.

Self

10/10

Exceptional

20 Aug 2023

Hamilton

I like the services.

Business_and_leisure Self

10/10

Exceptional

19 Jun 2023

norman

Kloof Street Hotel is a perfect base for exploring Cape Town, Dining options on Kloof and including the Sanctuary restaurant at the hotel are first class. Long street is within 5 mins walk and for Uber - i never had to wait more then 3-4 mins for pickup. Staff are friendly and helpful and hotel facilities are first class. i pent 10 very happy days here may/jun 2022 and cant wait until my next trip

Leisure Self

6/10

Pleasant

09 Apr 2023

Verified traveler

Mediocre stay but stellar service

This was the most expensive hotel we paid for on our two week trip. At $150 a night in a country where you can get a palace for $100 I had very high expectations. Pros: location, service, cleanliness; Cons: uncomfortable beds, bare rooms (no art or anything on the walls just concrete), no plugs in the bathroom, additional fee for parking (nowhere else did this), only a marginal late check out upon request, no hand soap in the bathroom, expensive. I wish the stay was more comfortable because the location is PERFECT. Unfortunately I’ll need to find another hotel nearby in the future. We had the luxury suite.

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

31 Mar 2023

Lauren

Brilliant stay

Stayed for just one night, but really enjoyed the stay. Hotel is really nicely decorated, very modern. We had dinner in the restaurant which was enjoyable and reasonably priced. Didn’t make use of the pool but the view of table mountain is lovely.
View from room was of fire escape stairs, but not there long enough for it to be an issue.

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

31 Jan 2023

Lee

Great hotel

This hotel was a great location for everything in Cape Town.
It was clean, food good, the roof terrace with pool was the icing on the cake.
I was in a pod room apparently 306, seemed perfectly normal size room tbh.
Staff were super friendly & helpful & shoutout to Micha the porter, he was a lovely helpful friendly guy too.

Book this hotel, you won’t regret it.

Self

8/10

Excellent

15 Jan 2023

Thabiso

We stayed here for our honeymoon. Great hotel, spectacular views of Table Mountain. Really big bedrooms. We had breakfast and dinner at the hotel’s restaurant. Great food. I would highly recommend this hotel.

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

28 Dec 2022

Brett

Well located, amazing views, great rooftop pool, helpful staff.

Leisure Self

2/10

Poor

24 Dec 2022

Verified traveler

This place is GARBAGE

Everything stunk from the device to the smell in the elevator, smelly hallway, and very dim room. They wanted to charge for EVERYTHING. They advertised 49 but charged extra for having a guest, they wanted to charge extra for scooter I had I told the agent HELL NO!!!!! Never again for this place the hostel I stayed in was so much better. I will STAY AWAY

Friends_and_family Friends

6/10

Pleasant

04 Dec 2022

Aisha

November 2022 6 night stay.

The hotel is in a good location, lots of food options within walking distance. Safe area also!
The staff are friendly.

Some of the downsides - charges for breakfast to your room. Leaky shower. House keeping are not that thorough, sheets were not changed during my week long stay.

Friends_and_family Friends

10/10

Exceptional

18 Sep 2022

Clement Boateng

Our time at the hotel was amazing, great location overseeing table mountain. Fantastic very helpful staff

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

18 Aug 2022

Theresa

I say that I did not pay enough for the property, and that's because it exceeded my expectations.

Business_and_leisure Self

8/10

Excellent

14 Jul 2022

Wayne

Super central on kloff street

Really like this Hotel. Staff are awesome and very accomadating. The hotels location makes it easy to walk to many restaurants n bars in the neighborhood. The rooftop pool slash bar service makes it even more fun. Have stayed here multiple times when visting cpt. Love this neighborhood. Enjoy.

8/10

Excellent

11 Jul 2022

Nomsa Hazel

Situated in a good location but air conditioning did not work and cleaning would miss a thing or two

Business Self

8/10

Excellent

26 Mar 2022

Verified traveler

Super lovely staff, but not the perfect stay

Overall the staff was very nice but didn’t give me all the necessary information about the hotel and the services that were being provided for me with my stay. It was frustrating with the following:
-I was asked to pay for my entire stay when I checked in. However, when I was checking out I was notified that I only paid for one night (and not my two nights) and wasn’t notified until the last moment that breakfast had been included with my stay.

-The coffee machine, hot water boiler and refrigerator in my room were non-operational.

-The floor of the room was very dusty.

-I was located on the ground floor near the center of the hallway. Music from the hallway was quite loud from 4pm in the main lobby and it was quite frustrating.

Friends_and_family Friends

2/10

Poor

18 Mar 2022

Verified traveler

The reviews cannot be correct. Miserable

The service was super bad. Ended with two guys running at me at the parking garage, one threw himself at my car, after I checked out. Turned out the free parking wasn't free. Never told me not even while checking out. Ac was broken, fan was broken, they lie. They say it's not broken. I repaired it myself, took hours. The whole stay felt like the parking garage scene.

Self

8/10

Excellent

09 Feb 2022

Martin

I was upgraded to a terrace room, which was excellent, Very clean room, very helpful staff.
Hotel is in a great, safe location, close to bars and restaurants.
The food in the hotel is very nice.

Self

2/10

Poor

05 Feb 2022

Lisa

If you want to sleep, stay elsewhere

I had high hopes for this hotel because it is fairly new and in a central part of town. The bed is comfortable and the internet is good. Unfortunately, from the first time I arrived, the hotel failed at the most basic element - providing a space for getting a restful sleep. There is a club across the street that is incredibly load and though the hotel is not responsible for this, having better windows to block out noise and sympathetic staff who would at least make an attempt to ask them to turn down the music would have been helpful. Then, after little sleep the first night, there was construction nearly all day above my room which the hotel indicated was from next door so I couldn't even take a nap during the day. Considering it sounded like they were drilling and hammering in my room, it doesn't seem likely it was in another building. Finally, my last night, the hotel itself had a party with music so loud that it was vibrating the floor in my room. The staff were unsympathetic to how loud it was and said there was nothing they could do about it. They are even unwilling to give me a late check out so I could possibly sleep in. Considering I paid for the the better room with the terrace, I would would have expected far more for my money and at least one good night of sleep. There are much better options in Cape Town for this price.

Business

10/10

Exceptional

02 Jan 2022

Faith

Great inner city stay

The location and room size is absolutely amazing. We stayed in the Luxury room (nice and quiet too)

Partner