I took my girlfriend for a romantic weekend to the Protea Hotel Waterfront, Centurion. Reservations were very helpful to arrange sprinkling wine, rose and candles in the room to surprise my girlfriend. Check in was quick and easy. The room was quite, comfortable, clean and nicely decorated with the extras I requested. We had dinner at the hotels restaurant and it was a delicious South African style braai on the Saturday evening with a romantic and relaxed atmosphere. The breakfast the following morning was tasteful with a wide variety to choose from. I would defiantly recommend the hotel with its awesome staff to anyone and would certainly return myself.

Breakfast is very strange you have to know are you going to eat African or Continental breakfast. They might cahrge by different price. The hotel is very close to Centurion Mall shopping centre. You can walk there.

A hotel called "waterfront" conjures up an image of a nice lakeside location. The waterfornt at Centurion is in fact a stagnant lake bubbling with marsh gas with at times a noxious smell, and this was just at the start of summer! True some wild birds do chance their guts and feed in the mud around the edges which provides some natural interest.

The hotel itself is one of disorganised chaos starting with our arrival and registration which took all of 30 minutes before we could get to our room after a 10 hour flight. The room was very average for what is classified as a 4* hotel. In the UK this hotel would only make 3*. Don't think that the large numbers of cars in the car park is indicative of good patronage, the hotel also hosts the local Europcar car hire office!

Breakfast it has to be said was satisfactory with a wide choice of light or cooked food. Coffee and tea however were not freshly prepared and were provided from thermos flasks resulting in the tea having a coffee taste having obviously been brewed in a flask previously used for coffee. We learnt to ask for a fresh pot of tea after that. We had one evening meal in the hotel. The food was only average for the price with no great culinary skills displayed and once again there was disorganisation amongst the staff and no obvious person in charge either in front of house or in the kitchen. Chefs kept poppping in and out of the restaurant whether to have a smoke we know not. We also had a lunch time business buffet which was very poor.

As mentioned by a previous reviewer, Wi-Fi is advertised but you have to pay for a access voucher which was expensive.

There is a swimming pool or rather a plunge pool in the smallish garden overlooking the waterfront. As the garden is north facing the sun is completely lost by mid afternoon behind the hotel. The Centurion shopping centre close by is a redeeming factor with many good shops and restaurants.

In summary this hotel has currently a severe managment problem which needs to be addressed. No doubt many people might be thinking of staying in this hotel next year for the World Cup. My advice would be if you can stay elsewhere do so.

I assumed this hotel was in Joburg, but it is actually in an area called Centurion, between Joburg and Pretoria - safer we assumed.
The hotel is nice, and the staff were excellent - they could not do enough to make us feel welcome. The rooms are clean and adequate. The setting is however disappointing, which is not the hotels fault, as it sits by a lagoon/lake which is filthy. A pity that the local council cannot spend some money and clean the rubbish in the water attracting bugs when you lie near the pool area of this hotel.