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Hollow On The Square Cape Town City Hotel

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9 Ryk Tulbagh Square, Cape Town Central 8001, South Africa (Formerly Tulbagh Hotel)
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Hollow On The Square Cape Town City Hotel
Ranked #90 of 120 hotels in Cape Town Central
3.5 of 5 stars 76 Reviews
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Derby, United Kingdom
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29 reviews 29 reviews
Reviews in 17 cities Reviews in 17 cities
17 helpful votes 17 helpful votes
4 of 5 stars Reviewed 6 May 2012

Stayed in the Hotel for 4 nights ( April 19-23rd) as part of a fly/drive vacation. The driving instructions we downloaded from Google and those from our travel Company were wrong - we got very close BUT just couldn't find the right road!! We arrived at the hotel at 12pm and got straight into our room - room 208. The... More

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Johannesburg
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8 reviews 8 reviews
Reviews in 8 cities Reviews in 8 cities
1 helpful vote 1 helpful vote
4 of 5 stars Reviewed 5 May 2012

clean rooms, good value for price all ok, walking distance to long street.

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Vancouver
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2 of 5 stars Reviewed 19 April 2012

Breakfast and service had been good. But during the night I woke and happened to turn the light on to find the tell tale signs of bed bugs. I saw drops of blood and a thin trail of blood and some bug feces. I had a string of bites on my ear and one on my forearm. The next night,... More

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Griffith-Wayne, Manager at Hollow On The Square Cape Town City Hotel, responded to this review
24 April 2012

Dear Miss Wong. We were extremely dismayed that your stay in Cape Town was marred by insect bites. I would firstly like to stress that we have absolutely no bed bugs in our hotel and immediately after your report, Ecolab arrived and undertook a full investigation and could find no sign of bedbug activity.We have had no other bedbug reports... More

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4 of 5 stars Reviewed 7 February 2012
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We were booked in at another hotel which was overbooked and we were sent on to the Hollow. The downtown location worried us, but we were presently surprised. The hotel is funky. The rooms are very modern and comfortable. The breakfast was great. We did stay just one night over the weekend, so perhaps a weekday experience may be slightly... More

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4 of 5 stars Reviewed 20 January 2012
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My friend and I were transferred to this hotel after a booking error at its sister hotel Cape Town Hollow. The staff were very apologetic and offered us an upgraded room, wine, fruit and a complimentary dinner. We stayed in the Green Annexe which has its own entrance. The porter noticed a stain on the carpet which was dealt with... More

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3 of 5 stars Reviewed 10 January 2012
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we stayed at this hotel in nov 10 we found it very convienient to get to every where in capetown also found it safe to walk around the park oppisite also to the supermarket and shops up around the corner where we bought wine and beer at the local spar shop there were also resteruants .we ate in the hotel... More

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Reading, England
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32 helpful votes 32 helpful votes
3 of 5 stars Reviewed 2 November 2011
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First hotel on our Travelsphere tour. Plus points:- Large well equipped room with very comfortable beds. Friendly helpful staff. Minus points:- No hot water on 2 consecutive nights (reported but no action). Very poor quality towels. Average breakfast in noisy cramped dining area. Hotel is not in the best area.

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4 of 5 stars Reviewed 10 October 2011
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We stayed here at the start of our tour of South Africa. Large rooms with VERY comfortable beds and convenient multi-country socket outlets - including standard UK.The food was pretty good, with plenty of choice at breakfast.Service was slow on one evening, but a word from our Tour Manager resulted in staff doing their most to make amends the following... More

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Porto Alegre, RS
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3 of 5 stars Reviewed 20 September 2011

Well located in the city, specially if you will attend an event at the Convention Center. Honest breakfast, but don't expect too much. The rooms at the Annex are comfortable and brand new. However, you must to go out of the main building and walk about 50m to go to your room there. The breakfast is served in the main... More

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4 of 5 stars Reviewed 10 September 2011
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This is a very nice hotel - especially the annexe which had recently been refurbished. Room was large with a super shower and wash area ....problems that TV didn't work for more than a couple of stations...but not really a conern as out and about - Hotel is handy to get into Cape Town front -just make sure that ALWAYS... More

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9 Ryk Tulbagh Square, Cape Town Central 8001, South Africa (Formerly Tulbagh Hotel)
Price range (per night):* S$101 - 340

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