Protea Hotel by Marriott Mossel Bay

We felt quite comfortable in this historic hotel! Our "Larger Suite" turned out to be a bright and elegantly fitted duplex room in the new hotel wing comprising a living room with a kitchenette on the upper level and a bedroom with a king bed plus a spacious bathroom on the lower floor. Both levels have a balcony. Forget about the lower one but enjoy a nice view of harbour and bay from the upper level! Breakfast on the first morning had been standard but our two dinners at the hotel's Café Gannet had been superb. Their focus is on seafood and sushi and as the place is buzzing reservations are highly recommended. We ordered sushi, sashimi, crayfish, prawns, sole and stumpnose, a local fish we had not eaten before. Everything was fine - my favourite was the prawns. And - we have also been introduced to our first delicious Dom Pedro, from then on our preferred (alcoholic) dessert... A nice gimmick at the end of the fine dinner: The invoice will always be presented in a "hollow" fish (different designs used). If you look for something less formal just walk down Church Street to Mossel Bay Harbour with several small restaurants.

Great hotel, lovely room and friendly staff. The only thing that let this hotel down was the restaurant where we waited 1hour 40 minutes for our food.

We only stayed for one night. Our room as great with a lovely view over the harbour. Was a bit disappointed that when being shown to the room, the staff member took time to show us the restaurant only for us to be told around an hour later that it was fully booked. The room was clean and comfortable with a great sized bathroom. Housekeeping had not left us any milk/creamer. I asked at reception for some and was told it would be sent from the restaurant. After waiting over 30 minutes, I went to the restaurant myself and was given a jug of milk. Shame that these issues with service took some of the shine off our experience.