Beaufort Manor Country Lodge

Beautiful grounds, spacious cottage. They helped us at very short notice and even allowed earlier check-in. And then were able to also assist us for dinner even though we initially said we wouldn't eat there. Children loved to look at the springbokkies and birds.

On booking I requested to know why the Airbnb price was lower than working directly with the Manor. The answer was that the owner is steadfast and management is not allowed to offer discount. This would all be fair if the accommodation was par with the 4 star rating and price. The rack the glasses were on were extremely dirty, with little things that looked like dead insects. The linen was dirty with marks. There were initially not enough towels in the room. At breakfast the fruit bowl was basically empty and not refilled, the yoghurt was luke warm and not cold. There was not enough butter for our toast, and the fruit juice was also luke warm. This was all brought under the managers attention and I requested that the owner give me a call to discuss, as this was our 8th time we visited the guest house, and the decline is clearly visible, but in a month’s time no effort from the owner to contact me. It is clear that the owner does not want criticism but is steadfast on his pricing. I would not visit this guest house again, and would rather discourage anybody I know to rather give this guest house a pass.

Lovely place for a stop over. Full of old world charms. Staff are friendly, helpful and the meal protions were very generous.

We stayed in one of the self-catering cottages with the hope of having some nice Karoo lamb for dinner - seeing as the listing says there are braai facilities available. Firstly, the kitchen had missing utensils, and the ones that were in the cupboard were dirty. While there was a braai outside, there was no grid or tongs so we had to go ask at reception. They had us go look at all the other cottages to find something, but to no avail. The one lady eventually managed to get a dirty grid somewhere and was kind enough to clean it for us. The TV in the cottage also did not work, looked like the power button was broken. Overall quite a disappointing experience.

We were warmly welcomed by Vanessa. The manor is set in spectacular gardens, with a lovely pool.The surroundings are peaceful, with a friendly cat.The cottages are gorgeous, we enjoyed sitting on the verandah listening and watching the birds. We would love to go back sometime.

The meal did not live up to its expecting we offered 2 meat dishes on arrival we had to tick which one we wanted. No starters. Very poor as their website states 3 course with more choice. An empty mini bar!! We decided to have breakfast elsewhere as it was not included. Service not great.