Beaufort Manor Country Lodge

On booking I requested to know why the Airbnb price was lower than working directly with the Manor. The answer was that the owner is steadfast and management is not allowed to offer discount. This would all be fair if the accommodation was par with the 4 star rating and price. The rack the glasses were on were extremely dirty, with little things that looked like dead insects. The linen was dirty with marks. There were initially not enough towels in the room. At breakfast the fruit bowl was basically empty and not refilled, the yoghurt was luke warm and not cold. There was not enough butter for our toast, and the fruit juice was also luke warm. This was all brought under the managers attention and I requested that the owner give me a call to discuss, as this was our 8th time we visited the guest house, and the decline is clearly visible, but in a month’s time no effort from the owner to contact me. It is clear that the owner does not want criticism but is steadfast on his pricing. I would not visit this guest house again, and would rather discourage anybody I know to rather give this guest house a pass.

I stayed in cottage number 3. The shower was really grubby, in fact looked as if it had not been cleaned for a while. Was forced to bath. Basin had cigarette burns on it. Only 1 dirty cup available to make tea . Broken tiles in room. Food was cold when served but okay. Will never be going again. Will definitely not recommend to my Company.

We stayed in one of the self-catering cottages with the hope of having some nice Karoo lamb for dinner - seeing as the listing says there are braai facilities available. Firstly, the kitchen had missing utensils, and the ones that were in the cupboard were dirty. While there was a braai outside, there was no grid or tongs so we had to go ask at reception. They had us go look at all the other cottages to find something, but to no avail. The one lady eventually managed to get a dirty grid somewhere and was kind enough to clean it for us. The TV in the cottage also did not work, looked like the power button was broken. Overall quite a disappointing experience.

The rooms were very clean and the staff were very easy to work with. Unfortunately they used an aerosol in the room that was so strong, it wasn't good for the sinuses ;-)

The meal did not live up to its expecting we offered 2 meat dishes on arrival we had to tick which one we wanted. No starters. Very poor as their website states 3 course with more choice. An empty mini bar!! We decided to have breakfast elsewhere as it was not included. Service not great.

We spent a night in Beaufort West to break a long road journey, so we weren’t expecting anything “special”. This lodge was tatty, no warm blankets, breakfast was very meager. So the hotel was perfectly sufficient for our needs but expensive for what it had to offer.