Peace Haven is a delightful B&B. Louise is warm and welcoming and our room was comfortable and spacious, with a fridge, microwave plates, dishes and cutlery. The garden overlooks a nature reserve and there is a large boma with a facility to serve breakfast at a long table. Since the rate was low and there was no mention of breakfast in the confirmation, plus the jar containing weetabix in the room, we assumed no breakfast. This suited us as we were carrying food in the car and were happy to make ourselves fruit, muesli and yoghurt and then make an early start to drive to Springbok. So we took our bowls to the garden and sat gazing at the nature reserve in the company of a hopeful cat. As we were packing the car, 2 young ladies arrived at the romm carrying trays. We lifted the lids off the plates and looked at each other in horror. I am vegetarian, which Louise knew from us enquiring where we might eat in Vryburg the night before. I am also fixated on quality food as I believe strongly one is what one eats. So no convenience food in our home and the best quality fresh food we can afford. So to look at a plate contains a plastic white roll, with a slice of plastic cheese and beside it a pre pack hash brown, a dollop of rubbery looking scrambled eggs, a slice of tomato and what I was assured were vegetarian sausages would have taken away any appetite I had. I cannot use the word I need to describe the sausages on a polite review site! Andrew does not eat pork and his sausages were so pink it wasn't true. We grabbed a coupe of food bags, made the food into 'breakfast buns' and believe me the tramp who materialised is out of the bushes when we stopped at a lay bye to swap drivers a couple of hundred kilometers later wa a very happy chappie to be given 2 bags of food. The cat also enjoyed licking the plate! So I suggest:||||B||1. Make it clear to your guests that breakfast is served at 7.30 a.m.||2. Ask what they would like||3.serve it in the boma at the table. Don't expect guests to balance trays on their laps perched on the...
Read moreBy chance we arrived at this Guest House at the same time as another couple on a Saturday. There was no one in! Fortunately we had a phone and I was able to phone the owner and a lady arrived with ten minutes to show us to our rooms. Although I do wonder what we would have done if we did not have a mobile phone. The room we had was very nice and outside there was a patio area with table and chairs. The owner returned later that evening and was very nice. Vryberg is a very small town and the best restaurant we found was The Ocean Basket! We could not find any individual type restaurants as they were all part of a big chain. We were using this guest house as a stop over point on our way to sun city, and would have welcomed the facility of the guest house providing a dinner and breakfast. However, as it was weekend they did not provide this facility. It was good value for money but we would have appreciated bed and breakfast and the opportunity for an...
Read moreWe staid in this B&B for 1 night passing through from Botswana and we are glad we found this place. The reception was very friendly, they took extra care to make sure we could park our fully kitted 4x4 in a gated area (although the neighborhood is probably the nicest and safest in town) and in general were very forthcoming. We had a one-room apartment in the front facing the road (no through traffic) with a little kitchenette and it well suited our needs. I had read a few comments about unsatisfactory take-away breakfast before and so was a bit hesitant there, but the breakfast they provided us with to take away (probably the better option as space in the house might be limited) was exceptionally delicious and plenty with a super-delicious grilled BLT and cheese sandwich, a yogurt and muesli bar. Thank you so very much! The breakfast nearly brought us all the way back to the...
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