We stayed at the Capetonian Hotel for 5 nights in Aug 2007. We picked the hotel primarily because of its close proxmity to the V&A. The pictures we saw of the hotel also seemed very nice. We were under the impression that it was a 4 star hotel, though after staying there, I would say its a good 3 star, but not more than that. The free shuttle which goes 'on the hour, every hour' to the V&A and back was convenient, though at times it did not show up and we had to call the hotel, which would then send a cab paid for by them. The hotel is centrally located, just 5 minutes by drive from the V&A, and next door to long street, one of the happening areas for night clubs. The hotel itself was not very impressive. The rooms were clean, but the in room safe did not work, even though we complained, it never got fixed. Bathroom was clean. The halls smelt awful though, I had to hold my nose everytime I walked from the elevator to my room. The biggest disappointment was the breakfast. I travel a LOT and have never seen such a lousy spread of awful tasting food. The eggs were bad (how can you mess up an omlette???), the bread selection was terrible, none of the food was labelled so you have NO idea what you're about to eat. I lived on cereal and cheese and crackers for 5 days. The staff was friendly and helpful though, and gave us good advice about where to go and what to do. I would recommend this hotel to people who are looking for a centrally located, comfortable, 3 star hotel.
