2 outdoor pools, pool umbrellas, sun loungers

Reviews of Cultivar Guest Lodge

4 out of 5
Cultivar Guest Lodge
Bonniemile Road Off M12, Stellenbosch, Western Cape

Reviews

9.0

Wonderful

Rating 10 - Excellent. 67 out of 114 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 35 out of 114 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 7 out of 114 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 3 out of 114 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 2 out of 114 reviews" "

9.2/10

Cleanliness

8.8/10

Staff & service

8.6/10

Amenities

8.8/10

Property conditions & facilities

9.0/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

10/10 Excellent

Kyle

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Beautiful Venue, 10 stars
Beautiful Venue, 10 stars
Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2023
Response from Ulandi, GM on Jan 12, 2024
Dear Kyle,Wow thanks very much for taking the time to review your recent stay with us. We are pleased that you have had such a lovely stay and hope to welcome you in future again. Kind regards

4/10 Poor

wally

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Disliked: Amenities, property conditions & facilities
They had booked a wedding on the day we booked . There was NO notification of this when we booked . We booked this place in the country side for Peace & Quiet. Facilities were limited due to the wedding. Our room was under the wedding reception . Very POOR Disclosure of What is Actually happening !!
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2023
Response from Ulandi, GM on Jan 5, 2024
Dear Wally,Thank you for the feedback and we apologies for the inconvenience caused during your stay. Our website clearly shows that we are a wedding venue and this is mostly happening on the weekends. We also do notify our guests of the wedding events and leave a note in the guest rooms of the times the event will be taking place. We have 2 swimming pools and ample garden space for both our in house lodge guests and wedding event guests as well. By 10pm music levels are turned down and at 11pm the event is over. Our team is also at reception throughout the day and night to speak to should you have any questions, complaints or are unsure about anything. We really would have preferred you come and speak to us during the day or upon departure. We do understand if you unsatisfied and for this offer our sincere apologies. Kind regards

10/10 Excellent

Dr S N

Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2023
Response from Ulandi, GM on Jan 5, 2024
Dear Dr S,Thank you for taking the time to review your recent stay with us. We are pleased that you have enjoyed your stay. We hope to welcome you. Kind regards

10/10 Excellent

Daniel

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
We stayed for 2 nights at cultivar. The staff are really friendly and it feels very much like a family business. We didn’t use the pool or grounds as it was cold unfortunately, but they are well kept and the pool looks lovely.
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2023
Response from Cultivar Guest Lodge on Aug 28, 2023
Thank you, Daniel, for your wonderful feedback! We're happy that you had a great stay at Cultivar.

10/10 Excellent

Jacqueline

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed for a night and was the perfect location and setting. Thank you so much!
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2023
Response from Cultivar Guest Lodge on Aug 14, 2023
Thank you very much, Jacqueline! We're delighted that you had a great stay with us!

10/10 Excellent

Marius

Stayed 1 night in Feb 2023

10/10 Excellent

Stephanie

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
This lodge has beautiful gardens and view, perfect for a relaxing stay. The staff are very friendly and so helpful.
Response from Ulandi on Feb 28, 2023
Dear Stephanie,Thank you for your lovely review, w are so happy that you had a lovely stay at Cultivar. We look forward to welcoming you again.

10/10 Excellent

PC

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Amazing stay . Staff needs a bit of training but all round very nice stay Water pressure very very low in shower
Stayed 5 nights in Oct 2022
Response from Your Cultivar Guest Lodge team on Nov 2, 2022
Dear PC, thanks a lot for your wonderful feedback. We're delighted that you enjoyed your stay with us. We are in constant process of improving and training our staff, this is now - after two years of pandemic - a bit more of a challenge that normal but we do this on a daily basis. The water pressure is back on track fortunately :-)

10/10 Excellent

Caitlin Van

Traveled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The staff were lovely and helpful, made you feel at home and were always there to make sure our stay was as comfortable as possible.
Stayed 7 nights in Jun 2022
Response from Cultivar Guest Lodge on Jun 26, 2022
Thanks a lot for this wonderful feedback, Caitlin! We are delighted that you had a good stay with us!

10/10 Excellent

bonnie

Stayed 1 night in Jun 2022
Response from Cultivar Guest Lodge on Jun 19, 2022
Thank you, Bonnie, for your great feedback!

10/10 Excellent

Christos

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Wonderful
Beautiful place. Pool is lovely and great views of the surrounding area and staff were great. Had a wonderful stay here.
Stayed 4 nights in Mar 2022
Response from Cultivar Guest Lodge on Apr 16, 2022
Thank you very much for this wonderful feedback, Christos! We are delighted that you had a great time!

2/10 Terrible

Martin

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Two thumbs down!
What a misleading place! Amazing photos of the exterior and the luxurious suite, then you get there and we are greeted by a guy in a raggedy old shirt and flip flops. Room was crappy. ZERO soap. No one offered to assist with the bags. Bed was awful. Grounds are beautiful but unfortunately you can’t sleep outside. Service was the absolute worst. I will not recommend this hole.
Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2022
Response from Ulandi Solomons, GM on Apr 2, 2022
Dear Martin, We are sorry that you have not enjoyed your stay. However your comment that the place is 'misleading' is uncalled for and untrue. All our pictures accurately reflect our interior and exterior areas. We had contacted you regarding your arrival time and had no response from you at all. As you arrived late and we do not have a 24 hour reception desk you were showed to the room by our night guard. I do apologies for his appearance and that he did not assist you with your luggage; this has been addressed with the staff member. We are available to assist guests at any time and an after hour number is provided in each room for you to easily contact us should you require assistance or to report bad service. We were not contacted at all by you during your stay for any assistance instead you arrived at the reception desk to check out and very impolitely mentioned you were not happy, chucked the keys on the desk and gave us no chance to discuss anything further as you stomped off. We most certainly have both body wash for our showers and hand wash at our basins in each of our rooms and yours definitely had it as well. We pride ourselves in providing good service by following through with solutions should our guests have any concerns during their stay. We have many happy returning guests who absolutely love Cultivar and leave accurate reviews. It is unfortunate that you did not give us the opportunity to change your perception of Cultivar Guest Lodge during your stay. Kind regards

8/10 Good

Loanda

Business traveler
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Tranquility
The staff at Cultivar always go the extra mile to make your stay comfortable and a happy one!
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2022
Response from Delia on Mar 24, 2022
Thank you so much for your kind words, Tranquility. We really appreciate you taking the time out to share your experience with us.It was a pleasure to host you and I hope it was not your last visit and that we will see you again in future time. Take care and all the best for the rest of the year. Kind Regards, Delia

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Fabulous quiet, relaxing stay in good location
We had a wonderful, very spacious room with a lovely furnished patio. The bed was huge, super comfy and great bedding. The bathroom was also large, great shower, double basins, very clean. Caution: be careful of slippery shower floor when wet and soapy!! The views from the room and patio are fabulous - only green countryside and mountains! The service was very friendly and helpful. The breakfast was good but nothing special. The location is very quiet but close enough to reach Stellenbosch and amenities in ca. 10 minutes.
Stayed 3 nights in Feb 2022
Response from Cultivar Guest Lodge on Mar 8, 2022
Thank you so much for this wonderful review. We're delighted that you enjoyed your stay with us! The Cultivar Guest Lodge team

10/10 Excellent

Alasdair

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2022
Response from Cultivar Guest Lodge on Mar 8, 2022
Thank you very much for your positive feedback, we appreciate it a lot!

8/10 Good

Jesse, Gunnison

Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The grounds are impeccable, pool is nice and the rooms are also pleasant, with views to the gardens. The water pressure in the room isn't great and the decor needs an update, the overstuffed chairs are smelly, rug is a bit worn. No TV but I didn't mind at all. Staff were a mixed bag, some friendly some not at all, but overall a nice stay. Breakfast buffet so-so...Price was also a good value.
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2022
Response from Ulandi on Feb 12, 2022
Dear Jesse, Thank you for taking the time to leave us a review. We appreciate the critical feedback which we will look into. Although your review is very mixed; we are pleased that you have enjoyed your stay. We would have preferred for you to let us know while you were staying with us. This would have enabled us to resolve the issues for you so that your stay was even more pleasant. Our team is courteous and friendly with all our guests as we love the interaction, and from previous reviews our guests enjoy it too. The chairs were cleaned shortly before your stay, they are definitely not smelly and overstuffed. Kind regards

10/10 Excellent

Loanda

Business traveler
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Lovely Boutique hotel
Amazing stay , beautiful pool and peaceful
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2022
Response from The Cultivar Team on Jan 19, 2022
Dear Loanda, Thank you for your review. We are pleased that you have enjoyed your stay with us. We looking forward to welcoming you for your next stay! Kind regards

10/10 Excellent

Ursula

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Perfectly situated with extremely friendly and helpful staff.
Stayed 3 nights in Jan 2022
Response from The Cultivar Team on Jan 19, 2022
Dear Ursula, Thank you for thank you for the lovely review. I was a pleasure to be of service to you and your family. We hope to welcome you again. Kind regards

8/10 Good

Loanda

Business traveler
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Beautiful peaceful stay
We had an amazing stay, they were so accommodating during our stay
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2021
Response from Delia on Mar 21, 2021
Good morning, Loanda, I trust that you are doing well and thank you for your small message. It was really great to have you with our team and I am glad that you had an amazing stay.  I hope it was not the last and that we will see you again. Take care and I hope you have a fabulous day. Greetings from Cultivar.

10/10 Excellent

Christopher

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great visit!
I really enjoyed staying here and would definitely recommend it to friends. They have two pools, a great breakfast, and are in a super nice quiet location. It's very clean and it's easy to get an uber into town if you don't have a car. I'd definitely go back.
Stayed 3 nights in Dec 2020
Response from Cultivar Guest Lodge on Jan 4, 2021
Dear Christopher, we are so happy to hear that you enjoyed your stay with us. Please come back any time - we are looking forward to it! Your Cultivar Guest Lodge Team

8/10 Good

Jörn

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2020
Response from Cultivar Guest Lodge on Mar 27, 2020
Thank you very much for your feedback, we really appreciate this!

10/10 Excellent

john

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Very relaxing and enjoyable.
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2020
Response from Cultivar Guest Lodge on Mar 6, 2020
Dear John, thank you very much for your positive feedback, we really appreciate this and would love to welcome you back any time! We're glad that you had a chance to relax and rewind at Cultivar Guest Lodge.

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Traveled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The property has spectacular views and a large bathroom. The bedroom is a little small, breakfast is ok.
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2019
Response from Cultivar Guest Lodge on Jan 3, 2020
Thank you very much for your feedback, we really appreciate this and hope we can welcome you back in the future.

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stunning property...a little inconvenient
The hotel and grounds are beautiful. The pools are amazing, and the rooms are well laid out. The Internet was barely working except for in the main building. Half (or more) rooms located outside the main building would not connect to wifi. This was a problem, and when asked to switch rooms, the new room would barley connect. There was no restaurant at the hotel (other than breakfast). This meant that we needed to leave the property for dinner each night, and if you are relying on Uber, this is inconvenient (Ubers took 10min on average to reach the lodge). That said the cheese plates were excellent (however only available during the afternoon).
Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2019
Response from Cultivar Guest Lodge Team on Dec 29, 2019
Dear guest, thank you very much for your feedback which we appreciate very much. Due to electricity outages by the public electricity provider, we did experience some issues also with our Wifi. It generally does work quite well on the property up to the pool. We are currently working on a broader variety of food to offer, also at night.

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Stayed 1 night in Apr 2019

8/10 Good

Kim

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Hiiden Costs
All facilities were great until you realize that the fancy coffee pods supplied in your room are going to cost you R20.00 a pod (cup of coffee)!
Stayed 3 nights in Apr 2019

10/10 Excellent

barry

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Wonderful last 3 nights in S Africa
We enjoyed our 3 nights here.fast check in and taken to our room which was very spacious and well appointed. The building is very nice although our room lacked privacy of obscure glass but ok for s few days. The grounds and beautiful and it’s very easy to get into Stellenbosch.easy parking and secure. The staff are very nice and helpful and we would recommend to stay here. Some points we found different to 6 other hotels on this holiday are that you must pay for bottled water which was not replenished, and also the coffee provided in the rooms. We rarely use room coffee but found it strange. The inside dining area has a canteen feel but they could easily remedy this. None of these points caused us any discomfort and we were happy to have spent our last few days holiday here
Stayed 3 nights in Feb 2019

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Decent spot in Stellie
Helpful staff. Loads of restaurants around. Can do a nice run past vineyards outside the hotel. Great pool areas. Unfortunately didn’t get time to take a dip
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2019
Response from Cultivar on Jan 28, 2019
Thank your feedback we really appreciate it and it was really nice to have you staying with our team. All the best for the year!!!!

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Lovely, peaceful lodge. Not far from the centre of Stellenbosch.
Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2019
Response from Cultivar on Jan 28, 2019
Tank you for the feedback and we are really happy you enjoyed your stay here with our team. All the best for the rest of the year and we hope we see you again.

8/10 Good

Andrew

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Expected.more
Beautiful setting and excellent location. Only disappointment was basic room facilities with no clothing storage and petty charges for items such as water and sample mosquito repellant (for a.a 4 star establishment)
Stayed 3 nights in Dec 2018

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Wedding Anniversary
Lovely, peaceful, enjoyable 1 night stay, was a great break for our wedding anniversary.
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2018

6/10 Okay

Henri

Liked: Cleanliness
Disliked: Staff & service
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2018

8/10 Good

Pam

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2018

10/10 Excellent

Gary

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2018

10/10 Excellent

dab, Hampshire UK

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
A good restful stop outside Stellembosch
Quiet lodge in pleasant grounds. Spotlessly clean, comfortable bed. Staff very helpful and pleasant. Nice pool to relax by. Generous breakfast but no dinner available although a cold plate can be provided if requested. Would use lodge again and would recommend it.
Stayed 3 nights in Feb 2018

10/10 Excellent

Gordon

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Ideal base for the Stellenbosch area.
Friendly and very well run.
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2018

10/10 Excellent

Louise

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Beautiful
Beautiful luxurious rooms. Lovely views from garden. Staff very helpful. Recommend guardians peak for lunch.
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2017

10/10 Excellent

Gary

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Superb
Fantastic accommodation great location and wonderfully welcoming. Staff couldn't do enough to make your stay as pleasant as possible. Highly recommended would love to stay here again!
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2017

4/10 Poor

A C

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Our stay in the Cultivar Lodge.
Beautiful location and just the place to unwind and relax in. Breakfast very good and staff polite and attentive. Access to our room hinded by lack of adequate pathways. No tv therefore no sports or news. Wi Fi ok for South Africa. Would I go back yes I would as its fairly near the Airport and after a long drive from up country its ideal spot before you board a plane,

6/10 Okay

Verified traveler

Disliked: Staff & service
Disappointing
Cultivar didn't live up to the reviews, pictures misleading, customer service pretty poor! Shame as in beautiful setting

8/10 Good

enock

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Clean rooms. Beautiful gardens and surr. area.
Pros: Nice clen rooms. Breathtaking and beautiful gardens, nice pools. Great breakfast.Very secure. Cons: Wifi was not working the first night but got fixed next morning. No TV's. bring a laptop.

10/10 Excellent

stephen

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Excellent and friendly
Perfect pre departure location for our Cape wineries visit. 20 minutes to the airport on the N2 (traffic permitting)

8/10 Good

Stephen

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Well priced, clean and well kept hotel.
We stayed for two nights to explore the area and do a wine tour. The room was clean and spacious and comfortable and had a large bathroom with great corner bath and walk in rain shower. The bed was comfortable, room would have benefitted from more drawer space, an ironing board to be available and whilst there was a mini safe it can't take an iPad. The staff were welcoming and helpful and can suggest restaurants and tours. Breakfast at the hotel was good. The view from the back of the hotel garden, where the small pool is sited was lovely. There are bikes at the property which can be rented by half day or full day. The wifi was a problem whilst we were there with a problem apparently in the local area, it worked intermittently. Overall this is a good out of town centre location for exploring everywhere locally.

8/10 Good

Jillian

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Good location for price
The stay was good and was great value for its location

6/10 Okay

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

8/10 Good

William, North Wales UK

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
one night stop over
Ideal room for the night comfortable bed door was warped and difficult to gain entrance but apart from that ideal

6/10 Okay

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service

10/10 Excellent

Georgia, London

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great hotel in Stellenbosch - highly recommend
Highly recommend

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stellenbosch 2016
Cultivar is a 10 minute drive to Stellenbosch. The staff was incredibly friendly and helpful with directions and accommodations. The views are beautiful. Our children enjoyed the pool. Breakfast was very good. Accommodating a family of 6 is difficult and they did a wonderful job!