Great location.
Got upgraded on arrival - thanks for that!
Beautiful and cosy rooms.

Absolutely the best service I´ve ever experienced at a hotel. Lovely, friendly and helpful staff that made us feel like home.

I will definately return!

The hotel is beautiful, the staff are fantastic, the service was exceptional. The food was absolutely delicious.

I was quite disapointed in this hotel. For example it says it has a fitness centre but it only has a rowing machine, that does not qaulify as a fitness centre. it looks like luxury on the website but it has the cheapest & smallest towels I have seen. the pool was out of order the jacuzzi was closed. It advertisers satelite TV. I would hardly call 5 channels of TV satelite TV. It calls itself a boutique hotel but it obviously does not really understand the real definition of Boutique hotel. On the upsdie it was very clean. staff were fine but very new at the job. Was quite disapointed becuase the website made it look great.

This review is a bit old since we stayed last August with 4 friends. The One 8 was a beautiful hotel with immaculately clean, spacious and modern rooms. We had three rooms, one single, one twin room for the boys and one double for the girls with a balcony. We added the single room at the last minute for a fourth friend and had one friend stay longer, they were very accomodating and made sure we had the better rooms and that we were housed next to each other. I think the boys had to move up one floor after the first night, which wasn't a problem. They were wonderful about helping us organize tours, call taxis and make dinner reservations; even making suggestions of better tour operators. We had a rental car and really appreciated the free gated parking. We loved having a balcony and could see the sea from it. It allowed us to stay in the hotel and drink the wine we'd bought as opposed to going out. And, as I recall, the breakfast was great. Made to order I believe. The location of the hotel suited our groups needs well as we drove in the day and took taxis to dinner and the bars at night.

On the downside, I do not think the location would be well suited for a single traveler or anyone with an aversion to taking cabs. Additionally, there is no elevator and we had a lot of luggage, but the staff helped us carry it upstairs. The floors are also marble, so the hallways can be pretty loud. That was probably a bigger concerns for the other guests occupying the hotel than for us. Also, as I've seen in some of the other reviews, the staff were very chatty. Personally, I like having staff that socialize with you and share information about their city, but I do recall a one in our group getting annoyed that we couldn't get straight to the business. To each their own, but if you're the type of traveler who doesn't like to socialize, something to remember.

Overall, the One 8 was a great hotel. A wonderful transition from our 6 nights on safari in Limpopo.