Our son is 17 months old, so my wife decided that we should try self catering instead of a hotel and how right she was!

This place is super, with big comfortable rooms, a kitchenette, sitting room, a garden and a swimming pool - plenty of space for our son to play and being able to make porridge for him on demand was great.

The (new) owners Kon and Nui could not be more helpful, from a smiling meet and greet, helping with our cases and even going to buy us a plug adaptor for our appliances.

We found the location to be perfect - stunning views of cable mountain and, although a quiet residential area (and consequently felt very safe) easy walking distance of the many bars and retaurants on Kloof st.

If you hire a car (and think is is probably a must) the house is a perfect springboard for table mountain, camps bay( ten minutes away) and even going further afield to the winelands or the Cape of Good Hope. It was also very convenient to get into town, and the aquarium and the waterfront is great for kids of all ages.

Only (very very slight) word of caution is that a support beam across the centre of the roof would pose a danger of head clunking to anyone 6ft2 or over - though we were here for ten days and it only happened to me once...

All in all a truly great stay and, when you factor in the cost, absolutely amazing value - couldn't recommend it highly enough for a family vacation.

My family stayed at the Palm Garden Suite for 3 nights and had a fabulous time. The 2 kids really enjoyed playing in the garden and the swimming pool. Our suite consists of one very large room with a large closet which separtes nicely our bed and the living area with a single bed for our daugther and a sofa bed for our son. There is a small kitchen and dining table to cook small meal, which we used a few times. Our balcony overlooks a lovely tranquil garden with chairs and braai area. One night we bought some meat from the supermarket (3mins by car) to grill at the main braai area on top of the swimmining pool. The table mountain view from there is simply magical. My kids just love this place and we will definitely come here again when we are again in Cape Town.

We were in the Mountain Magic suite which had the best ever views from our bedroom! we also had use of the garden which had a great pool and lovely BBQ area. We used taxis to get into town which were really easy, using a freephone number from the apartments. It was great as a family to have a space to chill out. But maybe the best thing were the hosts Kon and his wife. Nothing was too much trouble, they were so helpful. especially sorting out us getting our lost property from the airport. They made our first few days in Cape Town very special, just what we needed. I would definately stay here again. The sheets etc were first class.

We have kids who are too young to sleep in a separate hotel room and too old to share one with us. We are always on the lookout for self catering 2 bedroom accommodations that are typically difficult to find in cities. Mountain Magic was perfect! We felt right at home in this quiet residential neighborhood minutes away from anything we needed.