Foxwood House Boutique Hotel

Johannesburg was our jumping off point for Zambia and a rest stop between very long flights. Location is residential so pretty quiet. I loved the old world charm, antique furnishings, seating areas; it's an historic manor house. Booked the Coach House as we were only there 2 nights. Sun sets early so we arrived in the dark with our take away food. First night basically exhausted. Decided to spend the day on the grounds, in the morning we were offered an upgrade as a large group was checking out. Moving to the Onze Rust Emmies suite was so much better. The grounds are amazing walk ways with little hidden areas, ponds, ducks, so unique for a city location. Now for my takeaways, we traveled for a month and the devil is in the details. First room had no hand towels, paper towels, eating utensils for 2. Lights were so dim it was really hard unpacking that first night. Bathrooms tho in both rooms are huge. Emmie's suite has a private little patio in back and lovely furniture and a working TV. We walked to the Killarney Mall and WOW, needed a pharmacy and bought quite a few things at Woolworths (who knew they were still around) Hotel staff friendly and very accommodating for breakfast. I would definitely stay here again and recommend to anyone it's got that old african feel to it.

Foxwood House is a historic building with the main house and several out buildings. I had originally booked Coach House. we arrived in the dark (cause it sets early here) and basically just unpacked, exhausted from long flight. TV was not working so the manager moved us to Onze Emmie suite. WOW loved it. had a lovely patio we enjoyed. large room, large bathroom.the surrounding area is very wild with flowers and vines and walking paths. I'm sure people could find fault with it but I loved the 2 swimming pools, ducks and swans. Hot breakfast is offered along with cold cereal. Killarney Mall is just a few blocks away and has sooo much. this is a very residential area so there aren't alot of area restaurants that I saw. I dropped the area around it to 4 stars because we walked out the mall at the wrong exit for us and sketchy guys sitting at the corner. no reflection on Foxwood at all!

We were visiting Jhb for a meeting and just needed a comfortable bed and a safe environment. These needs were met. Foxwood House Manor House is being restored. I think we were the only guests so lacked a bit of atmosphere. However the staff are very attentive and breakfast good.

The stay was great and the location was nice and relaxing. The only problem i had was that one of the spoons was visibly dirty and seemed unwashed. Aside from the dirty teaspoons i have no real complaints.