African Heart Backpackers

27 Station Rd, Observatory, Cape Town, 7925, South Africa
Hotel Guest house Hostel Youth hostel
User Reviews

1 Aimee Swart - 3 years ago

· Very disorganised. Felt uncomfortable, felt like we were staying in a student commune and were in their space. The kitchen was not very clean including the crockery and utensils which I had to re-clean before using.On the first morning I went to make breakfast and the bread was mouldy I did not even want to try the cereal, we never had breakfast there again. Our room had no fan and was extremely hot, we had to sleep with our windows open and got attacked by mosquitoes. Property advertises BBQ/Braai facilitates which I don’t think had used for years before we had a braai, it started falling apart as we were using it. The communal toilets and showers were dirty. Secure parking is advertised but is quite a distance away from the property and not safe as we had an in counter with two undesirables, if we had known this we would not have booked here. When we wanted to check out there was also no one at reception. It’s hard to distinguish between who works there and who’s actually a guest which also makes it easy for people to come and go. I understand this is a backpackers and not luxury accommodation, but for the money that was paid I did expect slightly more cleanliness and professionalism. I would not recommend or revisit

5 Timon Woelke - 3 years ago

I stayed at african heart for almost 5 weeks while working as a volunteer and I have to say the place is just perfect.
It is very cozy, so it really felt like a home and not just a random hostel.
The staff is always polite and helpful and the rooms and community spaces are cleaned on a dayly basis.
On top of that the location is just great. You have two supermarkets in walking distance, a street full of bars and restaurants around the corner and within thirty minutes of your time you can be at almost every place in cape town you want to see.
I can only recommend african heart to every soon to be volunteer or backpacker and all the tourists that want to experience the vibe of observatory.

5 Fernando Moreno - 8 months ago

Good vibes there. The cottage look is perfect

1 Nigel Oosthuizen - 3 years ago

Neither location, comfort, nor service is fantastic... or ok. Extremely low-key but clean and suitable for a quick sleep over if you have to.

5 Philippe Alamazani - 3 years ago

Friendly staff. Lovely place to interact and meet new people. Will definitely recommend it!

3 Godrick Havison - 5 years ago

People are friendly and staff is welcoming I might say

5 Cleto Gusha Makaripe - 5 years ago

Thnk u wegve praise 2eliving god nd keep gud wark u are welcme

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