Hotel The Grand Daddy Airstream Trailer Park, Cape Town

Staff were great. They really tried to make our stay comfortable even though we had a couple of issues with the sound in our room. Our room was very clean and well maintained. The rooftop bar was fantastic - a great place to have a cocktail and relax.

Sadly the noise throughout the night meant our sleep was disrupted since we had a street facing room. Maybe we are light sleepers! When we told staff they kindly moved us to a different room but it was above the room where functions are hosted so we could also hear a lot of noise (although it stopped by midnight and it was 1 night only).

Breakfast was excellent, and the staff were very friendly and accommodating.

There was music playing loudly from the top floor bar.

The Property is amazing and the Staff was very very pleasant and helpful.

There was a really bad, stale smell in the room.

The hotel has a unique style. The architecture is colonial or vintage, and the interior matches the outer style too. The staff is very friendly and helpful, some of them speak french and english too. The place is clean, and near to quite large of small restaurants and shops. Fast food ( burger, fried chicken) are only very few meters from the hotel) Easy to get an Uber and the train station is less than probably 1 km. The hotel can organise visit to Wine Farms and other attraction as well.

It is located in a busy road, so at night you can expected some load music and noises but all depends on each one preferences. Those who came for party and fun, this won’t be an issue. Also, the hotel hostess parties at the top roof, if you are in floor 3 and your aim is to be in a quiet place, this would be an issue. We were located near to the lift (elevator) and the music from the bar and the lift and the people going up/down was very disturbing, but the management accepted to change our room that was a huge change!! We appreciated that.

The Breakfast was excellent but it needs sometimes to change the menus. The location is very good

The sizes of the room

A very good experience.

Does not look good from the outside

A funky little hotel with a cool vibe and a nice rooftop bar. Breakfast was included with our reservation and the breakfast was tasty.

Surrounding area a bit sketchy so keep your eyes open but conveniently located about 1/2 block from the hop on hop off bus office. I don't like carpeting on my hotel room floors. Bathtub is very high and kind of hard to get into without grab bars.

We spent 14 nights in The Grand Daddy Boutique Hotel in September 2024. The hotel is joyous, relaxed place with kind staff in the reception & attached restaurant. Not to forget cleaning ladies - impeccable service. The location is ideal, meaning a short walk to a plethora of restaurants and essential museums. We disagree with some reviews stating that the surroundings are unsafe. You might see a drug addict or a tipsy tourist coming from wine tasting, but the city is Cape Town, not the village back home. Uber is working nicely, so it's a relatively short ride to for example to boring V & A Waterfront or to townships. Would stay for another two weeks.

Very Central and safe. Beautifully decorated. Breakfast great value for money

Everything was good

Security

The sheets had stains that looked like blood on the same night, we requested for them to be changed the next day

The open complimentary water!

Great staff, quirky decor. Loved it!

Historic, unique property with interesting decor. Great location close to everything including the hop on hop off bus, shops, restaurants etc. The staff are really awesome!

We stayed in a rooftop airstream which we chose for the experience but there are no windows in the airstreams so they can get pretty stuffy.

Quaint and funky hotel. Clean and good location. Excellent, super helpful, friendly staff.

The hot water was not very hot. The location can get noisy at night.

The comfort, overall great service and quite nice breakfast too.

Didn't have much of a view.

Breakfast poor

In order.

No DSTV.

Nice rooms connecting creating a perfect family space

Location is very central which makes it a great point to discover the city but view not great

The friendly and accommodating staff in all our needs

The menu for breakfast is very limited.

Different Decor, Quirky and Interesting.

The location of this hotel is perfect if you want to be in the inner city. The room was spacious, and the beds were very comfortable. I love the huge bath they have in the spacious bathroom. The double glasing works very well at keeping the noise out, so you do not hear the sounds of the city all around you. The breakfast that was included in our package was superb. The restaurant at the bottom, Thirty Ate, has a lovely menu, and their food is very tasty with very healthy portions. The cappuccino and Chai.latte were very good. I personally love the old elevator. I love the look, and it works very well.

There is some maintenance around the hotel that needs to be completed. Our door looked like it had been forced open before that needed some more work. Parking is a problem, so book it in advance. A boutique hotel really should provide more and better coffee in the room. Consider a small coffee maker with capsules.

The staff were really friendly and helpful. The hotel is also beautifully decorated- making for good selfie/photo moments. We enjoyed our stay and would gladly visit again.

Breakfast, the stylish interior of the hotel itself. Good amenities and kind staff.

The noise from the street was pretty bad if you have a street-facing room as we did. There must be a nearby bar that pumped load music late into the night.

Great spot in the cbd. Really good breakfast on offer. Staff are lovely. Good parking available

Very small rooms

Lovely hotel, clean with good sized rooms and perfectly located if you want to be in the CBD.

Noise at night during sleeping hours. Property adversed parking but this came at a cost of R100

Loved the vibe and complete different experience from ordinary accommodation.

There is not sufficient parking (and very expensive). I had a small Venter trailer and had to pay extra R100.00 for the trailer as well. Parking lot smells like dumpster.

I’m a lift technician and really enjoyed using their vintage, timeless lift.

Hotel is best value!

All fine!

The location is great and central. Easy to walk to museums and accessible to public transport

The idea of having a sky bar and accomodation on the same floor not ideal as it forced to close early.

Unique experience. Loved the rooftop area and sleeping on the roof in an airstream in the CBD of Cape Town. Also loved the dinner theatre show in the hotel.

The Airstreams need a little TLC. They've obviously been there a while and a few items are coming loose or need attention.

Nice welcome, Room was clean,nice staffs, nice foods. Hotel is well situated.

Very friendly staff, especially at the rooftop bar. Comfortable bed with Good coffee and breakfast.

Bathroom needs attention especially the mould in the shower

Unique design and interior. Clean, fresh room.

Small parking facility.

All in all good experience. Staff very friendly and helpful.

Room could have been aired a bot before arrival.

Staff is friendly and accommodating Roof top bar was awesome Love the rustic look and feel of the hotel The old style lift was cute Value for money Great breakfast Coffee machine in room great touch

We struggled with the lock of the door. However the staff was there immediately to assist

Closer to the bus station

The staff was amazing,very helpful and very professional.

The fact that the lifts was working, there was issues with parking even tho we arranged to have parking.

Very lovely room itself, clean and well presented. A nice vibe in the hotel, fun and the staff are friendly and helpful. Breakfast choice was varied and tasty. Recommend a stay!

Only thing was really didn't like being in a room with no natural light through the windows (due to them opening out to a inner walled area, covered up above). We were not able to change rooms as there were no other ones available which is fair enough. Luckily we were out all day most days, but might be worth just requesting a room with natural light if that is something that bothers you.

Location, staff, restaurants

Aircon broken, never got fixed. Breakfast not the best

Quirky and fun. Very comfortable with the oldest lift in Capetown (which broke down a couple of times). Rooftop bar was fun with Slipstream caravans to stay in and Alice theatre restaurant was a great surprise with an adults version of Alice in Wonderland during a set menu dinner. Wish we had longer there to enjoy it.

Lift breaking down was a bit of an inconvenience but the porters did a great job of getting our bags downstairs for us. Only 3 floors so not too much of a climb.

Braekfast was good. Location was good.

the elevater did not work

Central and nice breakfast choices

There was a private bday Party on the rooftop so we were not able to use it. Our Car was parked from the Staff away from the hotel and on our departure day we needed to walk around the streets in Order to find it.

This hotel is great and the staff is helpful. Also, their breakfast exceeded my expectations. So good!! Will definitely return!

Friendly attentive staff, quirky funky artistic atmosphere. Airstream trailers on rooftop still the coolest thing ever. Nice touches in our airstream trailer for a special occasion. Thank you!

Sadly, things seemed a bit rundown, broken blinds, lift not working, dirty menus, dirty cutlery, dirty carpets, same music on repeat etc. Time for a refresh?

The staff are superb, kind, helpful, fun, happy to talk if you want to. Common areas of the hotel are really lovely. Breakfast was great.

The room itself needs some love. 314 has no outside view and whilst I am sure This is reflected in the price it still isn’t ‘budget’ . This isn’t made clear on booking (if it was I would have taken a different option). To be in a darkened room with SA weather is v sad. Several issues with the bathroom too unfortunately.

Friendly staff, hotel situated jn the heart of Cape Town (good location), very good breakfast, neat rooms, good clean linen, good beds and pillows, the architecture of the building is beautiful, the rooftop views are stunning, the old escalator still in good working order

The international plug in my room burned out my GHD hairdryer within a second of switching it on , it was reported to staff but no feedback, bathroom of room 207 needs a paint as there are some rusty areas on wall, shower has lots of grime (needs a proper clean), no proper tv channels, no remote to work the tv’s airconditioning in rooms barely cooling the rooms, carpets in hotel need to be replaced (looks old and full of old marks)

Clean, comfortable bed, good breakfast

The location is not the best.

location for the start of the CT cycle tour was good and close to good restaurants, staff friendly

air con was broken and saturday night was very noisy

Local hotel full of South African culture. Staff were amazing. Breakfast was fab. Room bar is lovely would stay there again

Nothing

Staff were lovely and really helpful and hotel itself was great and food was excellent in the bar/coffee shop area. Requested a superior room but the hotel booked us into an airstream trailer on the rooftop terrace on a decked area (one of 7) which was quirky but small. There are stairs up to them once out of the lift so not good for anyone with mobility issues

Would have been better in our original booked room but still a great experience