Harpers House — Hotel in Green Point

My sister and I stayed at Harpers House for 4 nights during our 2 weeks in South Africa. We had a top floor room and have no complaints about the room. it was spacious and had everything we needed. As others wrote, it can be a bit noisy (doors shut loudly and floors can be creaky), but there are only a handful of rooms, so it more or less is first thing in the morning and not super late at night.||Breakfast was lovely and you have a choice of being outside or inside. We took advantage of the nice weather and had a bottle of wine outside at night, one evening. The location was good for us and we took advantage of the grocery store next store.||We ubered everywhere, and didn't stick around the area we were in, since we had plans for our entire 4 days, but I definitely felt safe and the security of getting in and out of the property, was good.||We also asked HH to help is with a Driver to pick us up from the airport, as well as to recommend a half day tour guide for Boulders beach and they set us up with great drivers/tour guides. We also took advantage of their sister property, Gorgeous George, for dinner and drinks our first night. That was very fun.||We loved our stay here and highly recommend it. My only con, which I shared with the hotel, is they had a candle wax burning on the first floor that was SO STRONG that was bothersome. ||You won't regret staying at this small...

We traveled around South Africa for three weeks, and unfortunately, this was the worst hotel of the entire trip, even though the price per night was higher than in other places. Luckily, we stayed only one night before our flight. The staff was far from friendly, speaking to us as if they were doing us a favor. Breakfast was average, edible but not tasty. The biggest disappointment was the state of the room. It looked like it hadn’t been properly cleaned in ages: the sofa was covered with strange stains, making it unpleasant to sit on; dust had collected in a thick layer; the coffee machine still had used capsules inside, already covered with mold (!); the window was filthy, clearly not washed for years. The location itself is good, but the alley where the hotel is situated felt unsafe.

The only positive point was that after check-out, the staff allowed us to leave our luggage at the reception until our evening flight, which was convenient.

Overall: definitely not worth the price, and the experience was very disappointing. I do not...

Stayed for 2 nights in a superior room (no 1) on the ground floor. Staff at Harpers House were all really helpful and nothing was too much hassle - from storing our bags on day 1 following an early arrival to using the shower facilities early afternoon on final day before we headed to the airport. And the breakfast was really good - with plenty of options. But a few niggles - our roomwas well appointed (huge bed) but experience unfortunately spoiled by lots of noise - from people in room above padding around at 5am, through to noise from other guests / reception radio early in the morning. Also the Green Point area suffers from a significant homeless population - fine during the day albeit a little edgy on walk to V&A - but at night definitely cabs needed - although that applies to whole of Cape Town. Overall - Harper's House is a solid option mid-range option for CT and if we'd had a room on the upper floor - review might have been a...