I had booked 7 nights in Escape, but on arrival found that the place is up for sale by auction and we were greeted by somebody thinking we were prospective purchasers. The whole place is tired and grubby with the carpets being worn and dirty. The stair carpet was dangerous in that there were places it was not secured and my wife slipped narrowly avoiding injury. The toilet seat was hanging off and the bedroom we were showed into was infested with flies. The towels on the bed were ancient and worn and I would not have used them even if we had stayed. Needless to say we told the manager that we would not be staying and expected our deposit to be returned as the accommodation is not fit for purpose. My opinion is that the place has been badly neglected because it is up for sale and it shows in the lack of cleanliness, decor and maintenance. I have contacted my credit card company to facilitate a refund but as were evidently the only ones booked in I expect the owner needs the cash desperately even though he is not entitled to it with the state of the rooms offerred. I only hope that if anyone buys it - the place is in a prime location - they put some investment in to to the place and addresses the obvious serious shortcomings. Guest house Escape - perhaps you would respond to this in an honest manner.

I spent three nights in this Guest House I have found in internet and I must say that is definetely not a four stars accomodation.
First : apart for the deposit they have charged on my credit card, at the arrival (8,30 pm) the first thing they asked me was to pay all the amount in advance (never happened to me, but in any case if this is the rule let me make comfortable and I will do);
Second: I often chose a Guest House because they are warm than Hotels and you have a nice direct contact with the owner/manager. In this case nobody take care of you, it seems a ghost house. For instance: having breakfast (really pour!) nobody approch you to ask whatever you want to eat.
The position is really bad because of the noise of the cars (the accomodation in on a main road) and you can understand when somebody is taking a shower because of the noise of the old water pipe.
Third: after one night they changed my room with another one whitouth ask me absolutely nothing. I already found all my personal items in the new room.
On the other hand, the room was clean and comfortable but I will not came back there.
Enzo from Pretoria

Our welcome was pleasant but even though we had paid a deposit of half the amount, we were asked to settle the bill on arrival. This was the ONLY guest house that did so. In addition we had to pay an extra fee for the use of our credit card - again the only guest house to charge us. Had they told us, we would have paid cash.

On the whole the place needed a good lick of paint and certainly the garden furniture was very very tired.

If you were the first up for breakfast you would get the pick of the selection, after that the staff didn't add to the food. For instance the fruit platter would be full at 8.00 and the same platter would be there at 9.00 so what was left was what you got. When we asked for some cheese as there was none, we were told that it had run out. It was the only guest house that I felt the food was limited.

The Guest house is on a busy main road and there are 3 locks to get thru before the key to your room. No privacy as the rooms are one next to the other - no private sitting areas.
The shower was so close to the wall that it was almost impossible to get under. There were no bathroom fixtures to put toiletries etc.

No secure parking - parking on the pavement or on the main road.

Staff were very friendly and helpful.

We stayed in far superior Guest Houses for less.
Would recommend staying outside of town.

My husband and I stayed at the guesthouse escape and we found it nothing but EXCELLENT!!!!!! The room was lovely and the host/ managment/ staff were always friendly, helpful, honest, fair and tried to go the extra mile, if there was something we needed and they were able to do something about it to help. The rooms especially have been decorated with love, heart and passion that it really made us feel special.

The fact that I was able to speak my native language was even more excellent. I am native German and it made me feel home and welcome in a foreign country.

I can only recommand Guesthouse escape as it is a great place if you are staying in Cape Town. Whenever I will visit Cape Town again, and that is mostlikely once a year, my first choice is and will always be ~ Guesthouse Escape~ an excellent "escape" to enjoy and relax in Cape Town.