MANTIS NO5 BOUTIQUE ART HOTEL 5 gwiazdki

Beautiful hotel, stayed in the business suite, which was very spacious, clean and comfortable (slept very well!). Food at dinner and breakfast was outstanding (fresh and so tasty). Staff were very friendly and helpful. Only stayed one night, wished we stayed longer!

Fabulous and enormous suite in stylish and quirky art hotel. Private patio area. Quiet hotel (even when a private event was being held in the wine cellar one evening). Very good breakfast and lovely public deck and pool area (alas too chilly to sit out for long). Only downside was repeated warnings that the area is “not safe after 5pm”. We risked it walking out to supper at 7pm both nights but sadly felt obliged to Uber home, ridiculously short distances.

Lovely location with secure parking. Room was huge with separate lounge and bedroom. However although there are two large windows it never really had full sunshine and was dingy requiring lights at any time of day. There is no bath plug and you need to request this if you want a bath as there is a water shortage. We had dinner on the first night in the Jazz restaurant. The food was a little too fussy for our liking but was good quality. Breakfast is fruit juice to start and then a choice of breakfasts ranging from continental to cooked. You can only have one cup of coffee at a time and it seems to take quite a time to arrive. Would be good to have a pot. Staff on reception were very friendly and helpful. Short drive to the beach and very close to the airport.

Everything about our stay hit the spot. The staff is amazing and goes out of their way to help. We had an early flight and they packed breakfasts for each of us and arranged an airport transfer. There is gated parking out front as well. The hotel is a short walk to the beach front. But on a quiet street. We had dinner at the hotel which was excellent. Rooms are huge and quiet with plenty of amenities. A great spot and highly recommend.

At the time we went this was the best hotel room we had ever stayed in. I say that because there was better to come later on in the trip. The hotel is a beautiful Art Deco building in small private grounds, conveniently 10 minutes or so walk from the Boardwalk Mall. I'm not sure if our room was representative but it was a huge Art Deco suite. "Suite" often means big room with a sofa in it, but this had distinct entrance hall, sitting area and bedroom. The bathroom was huge as well. The decor was ochre and black with loads of mirrors. The restaurant is perfectly good as well but as stand out as the beautiful rooms. As always in South Africa, the service was great.