Johannesburg Hotels

Advantages: Friendly staff, great location, excellent garden & bbq area
Disadvantages: Bar needs to be better stocked

...on and off at Africa's Zoo Lodge over the last couple of weeks and are suitably impressed. The lodge has been revamped over the last year or so. The staff is helpful, the location perfect to explore Johannesburg and the facilities clean. What more can one ask for when looking for budget accommodation! In between our stays, all beds, even the dorm beds, were fitted with new mattresses and bedding, including sheets, duvets, duvet covers and pillows. ... Read review

Advantages: location OK
Disadvantages: poor condition, manager a serious problem

We booked several nights for a group while working on a project in one of the townships. We wanted someplace safe and not too rowdy, although members of our group are reasonably tolerant and some have traveled widely with primitive accomodations. The outside facilities are pretty, but inside there are unattached floorboards, rooms lit be a single low-illumination bare bulb, plumbing that does not work, and questionable wiring. Worst was the manager, ...
...assistant), made lewd comments to women, and occasionally spoke in an abusive manner. There was much coming and going by people who were not "guests." On the last night before we left, someone knocked on the door of the two youngest in our group three times, and passed out on the floor after the last time. Eventually, it was not clear if we were safer inside or outside the locked gates and we had to move to a hotel. ... Read review