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One&Only Cape Town

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8/10

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Highlights

- Upmarket hotel in waterfront location
- Superb panoramic views
- Spacious modern rooms and suites
- Pool, spa, gym, bars, and restaurants

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Overview

One&Only Cape Town is a deluxe, contemporary hotel situated in the trendy V&A Waterfront area of central Cape Town, South Africa. Boasting wonderful views of the surrounding marina and Table Mountain, this sleek upmarket property is perfectly located for the Waterfront’s numerous restaurants, bars, and entertainment options. Offering 131 elegant rooms and suites, several bars and restaurants, a lovely infinity pool, gym, and spa, the hotel will appeal to travellers on a higher budget seeking select accommodation and facilities in the heart of this vibrant city.

Communal areas include Reuben’s Brasserie, serving international cuisine and local specialities, and the renowned, Michelin-starred Japanese restaurant, Nobu. Isola offers tranquil, alfresco Italian dining on one of the hotel’s private islands. In-room and private dining can also be arranged. The ‘wine loft’ boasts an impressive wine list, whilst Vista Bar and Lounge in the hotel’s central lobby offers light snacks, afternoon tea and cocktails alongside superb mountain views. There is a lovely outdoor infinity pool surrounded by day beds and palm trees, and an extensive spa with thermal pools and a steam room. There is also a gym onsite, and an upmarket designer boutique.

Activities include guided walks around the city, whilst stand-up paddle board excursions offer a unique way to explore the Waterfront area. A revolving-cable car journey to the top of Table Mountain is an exhilarating ‘must-do’. Cape Town’s pristine beaches including Clifton, Boulders, Camps Bay, and the Cape of Good Hope Nature Reserve, are all within easy reach.

The accommodation comprises 91 rooms and suites in the seven-storey main hotel, and 40 rooms and suites on a leafy secluded island in the marina, surrounded by tranquil waterways. Each sleek, contemporary unit has one or two bedrooms with a king size or two queen beds, and a spacious modern bathroom with rainfall shower, and many with a separate bathtub. Suites include a walk-in wardrobe, a comfy lounge, and a dining area, and some have a separate kitchen. All units have floor to ceiling glass doors leading onto a private balcony or terrace, with views of the harbour or of Table Mountain.

At the top end of the budget spectrum, the palatial one bed Table Mountain Suite and two bed Presidential Suite each offer expansive living space with oversize bedrooms, a dining room, kitchen, private gym, office, butler service, and optional private chef, along with panoramic views from the wonderful terrace.

Children of all ages are warmly welcome and well catered for. Under 12s stay free of charge when sharing a room with their parents and interconnecting rooms are available. A dedicated kids club runs daily for 4-11 year olds, with under 3s welcome when accompanied by an adult. A separate teen programme is also available. Discounts are offered for children dining in the hotel restaurants. Cots, highchairs and feeding equipment are provided, and babysitting can be arranged on request.

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Average Rating

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(5.00/5)

  • Can't praise tour dust enough, they helped us to create a holiday of a lifetime that has given us family memories we will treasure forever. From start to finish the whole experience was exactly what we wanted and more. Due to covid we waited 2 and a half years for this trip but worth the wait.
    Carly

    MissingCarly R reviewing Value KwaZulu-Natal Safari and Mauritius on 07 November 2022

  • Hi Lisa

    We had an absolutely fantastic time, thank you! My comments here contain just very minor things which could have improved it - please don’t take it as any criticism of the holiday which we absolutely loved, but small tweaks which could have improved it even further!

    Cape Town
    Arrival and transfer were superb - lovely to be met straight off the plane and smoothly transferred straight to the waterfront.
    You should note that Lawhill no longer has a dedicated reception - this caused a couple of issues getting into the accommodation and meeting our guide. Just worth letting people know as nothing which wasn’t overcome with a couple of calls to the complex reception.
    The accommodation itself was ideal for us - spacious, clean and a great base to relax and go out to dinner.
    Our guide from AWOL, Bevan, was first class - really friendly knowledgeable and great with the kids. 10/10!
    The tours were a perfect balance for us of interesting stuff for adults and children
    If I could change anything from our holiday, I’d have had an extra day at leisure in Cape Town, so much to do in the city itself.
    Also worth noting the cable car to Table Mountain seems to be closed during August - just worth noting in advance as we had planned to do that. The aquarium was a good second best though which the kids probably enjoyed more!
    Departure was a pain - our car didn’t turn up at 4.00 as per the schedule which was a pain, particularly that early in the morning. On contacting them, they said it has been booked at 4.45 - an extra 45 mins sleep would have been good - just worth double checking those in future.
    Madikwe
    Transfer to Madikwe was superb again and really easy
    Accommodation was good - I guess this might be because we originally booked a couple of years ago, but the bed for the kids was a bit small for a 9 and 11 year old. Our bed was so big however that Chloe just bunked down with us so no problem at all. Food and service was first class.
    Our safari guide, Pride, was amazing. I’d recommend a private safari to anyone - we were able to be flexible with times and destinations (for example on one day he picked us up a couple of hours early to we could drive much further into the reserve which was rewarded with some cheetahs, another day we went on an all-dayer rather than morning and evening) - mixing things up to see more made a great experience even better.
    Transfer back to Johannesburg was just as easy
    Johannesburg hotel was ok - nothing special but for a transfer hotel it did what we needed!

    Mauritius
    Transfer to and from the resort was seamless
    The resort is lovely - food, accommodation and facilities all great. After such a busy start to the holiday we didn’t really take full advantage of all the water sports but anything we did do was really easy and great fun. Would definitely recommend it to others!
    For a family like ours the drinks package wouldn’t have been good value so pleased we just went full board (having a few drinks during the day and a bottle of wine with dinner our bill came to about £450)
    Just to note a specific plus from the resort: I has some issues with my banking whilst away - the resort waived the fees on my phone call back to the UK to sort it out. Little things like that really make a great impression and reflect so well on the management.

    Thank you again for all your work helping us get there in such difficult times. Great memories of a superb holiday for all the family!

    Best wishes
    Matt

    MissingMatt W reviewing South Africa Madikwe Safari and Mauritius on 31 August 2022

  • Hi Lisa

    I don’t know if you collect feedback but thought it might be useful for you! Happy for you to use any of my comments in testimonials etc.

    We had an utterly amazing holiday and firstly I want to thank you for your patience during what was a very frustrating process for all of us / my procrastination, then covid, date changes, flight cancellations / I can’t quite believe we got there in the end and the trip lived up to all our expectations. Our itinerary felt pretty much perfect so thank you for all the advice and steering in the right direction.

    Thank you also for your flexibility in terms of allowing us to book certain aspects of our trip independently (Cape Town) and then adding flights at a later date. The flexibility to do this and change dates etc was brilliant.

    Originally we intended to self drive, mainly to save cost and then I got nervous about it and we had transfers for the whole trip. Once we were there I was aware that pretty much everyone one was self driving and that the N2 route was actually quite straightforward. In retrospect we could have done self drive however my husband and I both agreed that for us the transfer option was probably best. Although a straightforward route, the N2 is quite a hairy road with lots of trucks and there was a definite etiquette for driving and overtaking. Our son is quite anxious and I think he would have found the driving stressful and so we feel we made the right choice.

    It obviously meant that we were not able to do any self drive safari but this did not matter, I would not have wanted to the advantages of being taken with someone who can spot things we would never have seen, imparting huge amounts of knowledge and having the right vehicles for going off road were worth every penny.

    St Lucia, this was a great place to start our safari, we did a night drive (highly recommend), a day safari up to Cape Vidal and also a boat trip on the estuary. Would recommend all of it. Our accommodation at Lidiko Lodge was comfortable and they do a lovely breakfast on a gorgeous terrace. The rooms are quite dark and although there was nothing wrong with it, it was probably our least favourite accommodation on our trip.

    Ghost Mountain Inn, we arrived here after 4 full on days in Cape Town and then 2 days in St Lucia so were ready for a bit of a rest and it really was lovely. We had lovely rooms, enjoyed the pool, food and did a fantastic trip to visit the local Zulu village and then a morning game drive into Mkhuze park (they have hides here and it was wonderful to watch the animals come to the waterhole to drink) it felt slightly more intimate than watching them from a vehicle.

    Rhino River Lodge, undoubtedly the highlight of the trip. It was a wonderful experience from start to finish. The food was lovely, the level of service was amazing (little touches like hot water bottles on your seat at dinner and hot flannels and an aperitif handed to us as we returned from our evening game drive. It was 3/4 star rather than 5 star and the rooms were quite rustic (very comfy beds) but we really liked that (not 5 star people) and felt very comfortable with the children who were made very welcome and there were food options to suit them (although mostly they ate the adult food but nice to have an alternative, simpler option). The ONLY downside is that you can hear the N2 from the lodge and initially it bothered me a bit but actually it was such a fabulous place it didn’t really matter in the end but maybe something to flag to other clients.

    Fairlight Beach House – I’m glad we only had 1 night here as actually the weather at this point was not great but it was a great place to gather ourselves before the flight home (I would NOT have wanted to go straight from Rhino River to the airport to fly home). Lovely, super comfortable place to stay and we spent the morning watching dolphins and whales breaching less than 100m from the shore line.

    My only regret is that we didn’t make it to Drakensburg Mountains (Rorkes or Fugitives Drift). If I was planning the trip again I probably would just do 2 nights (instead of 3) at Ghost Mountain and add one extra day to give another 2 nights to get to the mountains.

    Thank you Lisa and I really hope that we will have the opportunity to do another 'Big Trip' at some point soon and book through you!

    Josine

    MissingJosine B reviewing Value KZN Bush & Beach Safari For Families on 30 August 2022

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