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Property Amenities
Birchwood Hotel & OR Tambo Conference Centre was established in 1998 with 1 conference and 80 accommodation rooms. From these humbling beginnings, “Birchwood” underwent 4 phases of expansion and today boasts 665 accommodation and just over 50 conference rooms. Spanning over 46 acres of land, Birchwood is South Africa’s largest independent hotel & conference centre capable of hosting over 5 000 delegates at once.
10 minutes from OR Tambo International Airport and easily accessible from 3 major highways, Birchwood is a conveniently located venue for all commuters. In addition to this, Birchwood also offers a complimentary scheduled shuttle service to and from the airport as well as the nearby East Rand Mall shopping centre.
For recreational activities, Birchwood Hotel is surrounded by numerous shopping attractions as well as 3 golf courses and a casino. More adventurous visitors will benefit from Top Shot Tours, the on-site tour operator which offers tours to Soweto, the Lion & Rhino Park as well as historical monuments and museums. Whilst on the property however, there are a host of on-site facilities which include squash, 5-a-side soccer, gym, spa and a swimming pool. Guests can enjoy fine dining at The Local Grill (an upmarket steak house) or Tazza caffe & wine bar.
Rooms
The 665 guest bedrooms are comprised of 240 double rooms, 258 twin rooms, 67 luxury queen rooms, 80 luxury king rooms, 10 luxury suites, 2 honeymoon suites and 8 rooms for the disabled. All hotel rooms are equipped with en-suite bathroom, TV with satellite channels, tea and coffee making facilities, hairdryer, safe and mini-bar fridge.
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Dining
A full English and Continental buffet breakfast is served daily in the Birchwood breakfast room "Cloversgreen". For lunch and dinner guests can visit one of the two a la carte restaurants on the property. Tazza Caffe & Wine bar offers a variety of light meals and the Local Grill is an upmarket stakehouse.
Recreation
Recreational facilities at the hotel include an outdoor pool, spa, gym with sauna and steam room, squash and 5-a-side soccer fiels.
The recreational activities listed below are available either on site or nearby; fees may apply.
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“Good deal”
The staff were very friendly and accommodating. The room itself was clean, with a very nice bathroom. The only issue we had was the shuttle, which only comes to the airport on the hour unlike those of other hotels which seemed to show up every 10 or 15 minutes. The shuttle bus also broke down twice on the way to the hotel, just a fluke I'm sure. But otherwise a great place to stay. We had dinner at one of the restaurants in the compound, great wines and lamb shank! I wish we could have stayed longer so we could take a tour of Jo'burg and really experience the area.
“Good for overnights near Jo'berg airport”
Near flight path, bring ear plugs. More of a conference center for large groups. Large breakfast buffet. 15 minutes to airport. Free shuttle. High security.
“Clean, very clean.”
A nice place to get away to and relax, more like a home away from home, only limitation is the distance from room to place of eating, subject to where your room is located. Generally a nice place.
“Outstanding Service”
Not only is this hotel beautiful and clean everyone goes out of their way to be of service. You feel like you are welcome into your best friends home and the complimentary breakfast is a wonderful experience.
“would not recommend this hotel.”
definitely would not recommend staying at the birchwood. - the complimentary shuttle service to/from the airport is only until 12am. my flight landed at 11:50pm so i couldn't make the shuttle. arranging a shuttle through the hotel after hours costs at least 150 Rand and they don't even pick you up at the terminal. also, they said i had to call them once i got to the airport before they would send the shuttle. i didn't have a cell phone on me. since i had to pay anyway, i ended up using a car service that met me at the terminal and i was able to confirm it via email the day before so i didn't have to worry about finding a payphone at the airport. - the room was filthy. dead spider and small bugs (?bed bugs) under the comforter. - barely any water pressure in the bathroom sink/shower. only cold water in the sink. - very noisey (cars with loud music) in the middle of the night (2-4am). - there are other hotels for comparable prices with complimentary shuttles/vans around the clock and that are nicer. - it's not as close to the airport as i thought. especially since there are other nicer hotels closer to the airport. the pros: they allowed me to check out late (3pm) because i had a later flight. the breakfast was decent.
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The preferred airport for Birchwood Hotel & Or Tambo Conference Centre is Johannesburg (JNB-O.R. Tambo Intl.) - 5.1 km / 3.2 mi.
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