Exterior
Check availability

Reviews of Gordons Guesthouse

3.5 out of 5
Gordons Guesthouse
25 Highfield Street, De Waterkant, Cape Town, Western Cape

Reviews

7.8

Good

Rating 10 - Excellent. 8 out of 33 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 17 out of 33 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 5 out of 33 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 2 out of 33 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 1 out of 33 reviews" "

8.0/10

Cleanliness

8.6/10

Staff & service

8.0/10

Amenities

7.8/10

Property conditions & facilities

7.4/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

6/10 Okay

Eugene

Travelled with family, Travelled with partner
Disliked: Amenities
No address given, no phone number to contact, just not again.
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2024
Response from Kind regards Gordon on 9 Feb,2024
Sorry for your inconvenience Eugene when you received your booking confirmation the property s details were supplied by Expedia , you can could have called Expedia or Googled Gordonsguesthouse

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Liked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 5 nights in Dec 2023
Response from Gordons on 7 Jan,2024
hope to see you again!

6/10 Okay

johan

Business traveller
On check in , my bathroom hadn’t been serviced at all. Brake marks in the toilet, hair in the wash basin, no shampoo or body lotion in the bathroom, virtually no toilet paper. Most disappointing and the worst possible welcome any guest can receive.
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2023
Response from Gordon on 1 Nov,2023
Thanks Johan, when collecting you from an 8:45am flight , I was obliged when you requested a early occupancy , normally it’s 15:00 when rooms are ready

4/10 Poor

Phillip

Stayed 1 night in Oct 2023
Response from doug on 30 Oct,2023
can't reply to no comments. A local guest booked overnight and breakfast

10/10 Excellent

Lumka

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Host very hospitable, clean and comfortable. beautiful artefacts, especially liked the stamp collection!
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2023

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2023

10/10 Excellent

David

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Cape Town Guesthouse
Good location for walking to either the V&A Waterfront or downtown. Convenient to city bus routes. Breakfast is at a cafe about 2 blocks away. Nice start to the day. Gordon, the host, is very nice and accommodating.
Stayed 3 nights in Oct 2022

8/10 Good

JEROME

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Kudo to Mr Gordon
MrGordon is an elder gentleman but went out if his way to see that we were comfortable. His location is very convenient to all the downtown hot spots Cape Town has to offer
Stayed 3 nights in Aug 2022

8/10 Good

IRENE

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Gordons Guesthouse De Waterkant
Small compact comfortable unit, within easy walking access to Waterfront. Very friendly and amenable host, who went out of his way to fetch us from the airport as car hire was booked out solid throughout Cape Town. Ideal for the short business trip.
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2022
Response from Gordon on 29 Mar,2022
Thanks for taking your time to write this favorable review Call me , should you need any future assistance

8/10 Good

Morten

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2021

8/10 Good

Hans-Jürgen

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Very friendly and helpfully.
Stayed 3 nights in Oct 2019
Response from Gordon on 23 Nov,2019
Thankyou Hans Please visit again Kind regards Gordon

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2019

8/10 Good

Andree

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
GORDON was super helpful when our flight was delayed.
Stayed 4 nights in Oct 2018

8/10 Good

Edward

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Nice and quiet and convenient for wanting to be near the waterfront. The walk back was uphill.

10/10 Excellent

naeem

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Place away from home
Warm hospitality and fantastic location!

4/10 Poor

Verified traveller

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Nothing special at all... Especially at that price... It's basically some guy's house and u rent a room in his house. Would not consider this a guest house. At your own risk... I was not satisfied at all

8/10 Good

Amir

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Alles ok. Parkmöglichkeit tagsüber nicht vorhanden und muss tickets gekauft werden. Sonst alles ok.
Stayed 3 nights in Nov 2023
Response from gordon on 13 Nov,2023
Thanks, Amir

8/10 Good

Andriy

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Everything was fine
Stayed 6 nights in Feb 2023

10/10 Excellent

Antoine

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 3 nights in Mar 2023

10/10 Excellent

ERIEL

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
otimo quarto, propietario super solicito, nos ajudou bastante.
Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2023

6/10 Okay

Gert

Liked: Cleanliness
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2022

10/10 Excellent

Thor

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
Flott opphold. Hentet av Gordon på flyplassen. Greit rom med kjøle- og fryseskap, greit bad og god seng. Super beliggenhet nær mine aktiviteter, men samtidig stille og rolig
Stayed 10 nights in Sep 2022

6/10 Okay

Tanja

Liked: Staff & service
Really good location
We spend a few days at Gordons house. Its a perfect location for exploring the city and on a nice area. We had a room in the back, it was a little dark and small but ok. The bed coukd be better, should probably soon be changed. Breakfast is not in the house, but at a little place nearby. All in all we had some fine days here.
Stayed 3 nights in Sep 2022
Response from Gordon on 7 Oct,2022
noted Tanja always interesting to hear from another Host.

8/10 Good

Stefano, Reggio Emilia

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Posto carino, buon prezzo.
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2022

10/10 Excellent

Sanna, Helsinki, Finland

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Great place to stay! Good and safe location and Gordon was extremely helpful. We had the best holiday!
Stayed 9 nights in Nov 2019
Response from Gordon Campbell on 23 Nov,2019
My pleasure Bring the Family next time

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Ótima hospedagem.
O Gordon é muito gentil e sempre muito prestativo. Adorei sua atenção durante os dias na lindíssima Cape Town.

8/10 Good

Alf

Liked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Fantastisk vy över hav o Kaphalvön
Vårt rum var litet och enkelt men allrummet är väldigt fint med en fantastisk utsikt. Enkelt att parkera och en liten trevlig pool att svalka av sig i. Vill ni ha ett boende till rimlig kostnad så bo här en eller ett par nätter.
Stayed 13 nights in Feb 2018

8/10 Good

TIAGO

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Gordons é muito atencioso.
Stayed 5 nights in Nov 2017

8/10 Good

Marina

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Ótimo custo-benefício
Esse guesthouse é aconchegante e muito bem localizado. Ótimo custo benefício. Apenas a acústica que não é muito boa. Do nosso quarto dava pra ouvir os passos do andar de cima. Apesar disso, nenhum outro hóspede foi barulhento a ponto de nos incomodar.
Stayed 6 nights in Nov 2017

8/10 Good

Oddgeir Berg

Liked: Staff & service
Nær Waterfronten
Sentralt i Cape Town. Restauranter og butikker i nærheten. Fin spasertur til Waterfronten (15 min).

8/10 Good

Fabia, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Hospedagem em lugar seguro e próximo ao V&A
Primeira vez numa "Guesthouse". Local muito agradável, segurança, bons restaurantes. Trajetos feitos à pé. O Gordon é uma pessoa muito simpática e atenciosa. Dá dicas de locais, pessoa disponível. Cuidou pessoalmente do meu transfer de ida e volta ao aeroporto. Café da manhã num restaurante próximo. Recebemos um cartão do restaurante dando direito ao café da manhã. Local agradabilíssimo. Frigobar e televisão no quarto. Camas confortáveis. Ambiente tranquilo. Recomendo e voltaria.

8/10 Good

Nadja

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Recommendable private guesthouse.
Gordons Guesthouse is centrally located uphill between the City Bowl and the Waterfront in a quiet area at the end of a closed road. Closeby we found nice restaurants in De Waterkant within walking distance. We stayed 5 nights in the double room in the ground floor, which had a very fine, new bathroom. The room was clean and quiet, and we were the only guests there. Gordon was renovating parts of the place when we arrived, but quickly cleared any building mess. As a host Gordon is helpful and drove us to the airport at no extra charge (also, he is very fond of smoothies). We received breakfast vouchers for a nearby restaurant and this was very good value. As far as private homestays go Gordons Guesthouse was good value, quiet and clean. Recommended.