We had booked 3 nights at the Lavender at the end of December 2009, after our travel agency had sent us pictures of the beautiful guesthouse in the middle of lavender fields. We were totally mislead: they are currently building 2 new units right in that same lavender fields, so the place looks like a huge building site. We were very surprised and disappointed - as was our agency who didn't know anything about it. They finally moved us to another place, but after a lot of stress and loss of time. Don, the manager promised he would bring us a bottle of wine to apologize, and he never did. Overall - an awful experience.

I have stayed at this wonderful guest house a couple of times now. A real good find. Very very good value for your money. Don the Manager goes out of his way to help you find the best restaurants and places to visit. The rooms were very clean and comfortable. If you want peace and quiet this is the place to stay, near enough to Franschhoeck for all the restaurants, bars and wineries yet away from any traffic noise. At present this guest house has four rooms, I have stayed in room one and two which I can highly recommend. The swimming pool is clean and there are lounges and towels for the pool area. Lying on the lounge looking out towards the mountain there is a beautiful field of lavenda which gets harvested around February time. I have also seen some unusual birds in the gardens. I will definately be going back.

After having stayed at an amazing B&B in Cape Town, we were not impressed with Lavande! Sadly we were misled by their very-well designed website. Although it is situated on a beautiful little lavender farm not far from town (it is next to Colmant vineyard), the rooms were average, and we felt that we were not getting what we were paying for.
Room:
We were in the Green Room (with a bright lime green feathered room key to match!) Quaint French provincial, but getting tired and ragged around the edges. The tissue box and bedside table drawers had used tissues and left-behind tubes of lipbalm in them. The shower room was getting mouldy and could have done with a new shower head. The TV was a small old 14-inch box.
Breakfast:
Just average, small selection of muesli, tired looking fruit salad, bread, etc. The cooked breakfasts were simple and good, but we had to wait ages as they only took one order at a time. That said however, Franschhoek is full of great restaurants and we were permanently full.
Despite being surrounded by beautiful hills, vineyards and the scent of fresh lavender, overall we did not enjoy our stay at Lavande and left feeling disappointed and misled. Do not believe what the website says - this is definitely not luxury accomodation!

We stayed 2 nights at this bed and breakfast in November 08 and were very impressed with the beautiful decor and spaciousness of the Green Room. The owner, Don, was friendly and very helpful, offering us tips as first time visitors to Franschhoek. We would definitely recommend this property to people looking for a quiet location near to the village and plan to return on a future trip.