The Winchester HotelvsLa Grenadine
Both hotels are highly recommended by travel writers. Overall, Winchester Mansions scores significantly higher than La Grenadine. Winchester Mansions comes in at 82 with accolades from 8 sources such as Rough Guide, The Telegraph and Time Out.
The Winchester Hotel
221 Beach Road, Sea Point, Cape Town Central 8005, South Africa
From $120/night
- Bar/Lounge
- Free Internet
- Room Service
- Free Breakfast
- Shuttle Bus
- Laundry Service
Frommer's
"Still family owned, the hotel is distinguished by its friendly service." Full review
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The best "classic" rooms marry modern design with old-fashioned charm (a few antiques, floral artworks) -- ask for no. 306.
Lonely Planet
Top choice
"The Winchester offers a seaside location... old-fashioned style and some corridors lined with putting greens for a spot of golf practice." Full review
DK Eyewitness
"A renowned, privately owned four-star hotel on Sea Point’s coastal boulevard. Tailor-made tours to the Winelands or to Cape Point can be arranged through consultation with the management."
Rough Guide
"A self-consciously colonial-style 1920s hotel, in a prime spot across the road from the seashore, with an atmosphere straight from the pages of Agatha Christie."
Time Out
"This charming property combines old world details with a thoroughly modern understanding of what one wants from a hotel stay." Full review
The Telegraph
8.0
"The grande dame of the Atlantic Seaboard, a three-storey gabled hotel enjoying an ideal location on the ocean-hugging Sea Point pedestrian promenade and offering the best-value sea views in the city." Full review
Travel + Leisure
"Situated on the Sea Point Promenade, this Cape Dutch—style hotel faces the Atlantic on one side and Table Mountain on the other." Full review
Fodor's
"This seafront hotel scores high with travelers for good value for money." Full review
La Grenadine
Park Road 15 | Gardens, Cape Town Central 8001, South Africa
From $141/night
- Bar/Lounge
- Free Internet
- Free Breakfast
- Free Parking
- Kitchenette
- Air Conditioning
Lonely Planet
Top choice
"Expat couple Maxime and Mélodie ladle on the Gallic charm at this imaginatively renovated former stables, where the ancient stone walls are a feature of the rooms." Full review
The Telegraph
8.0
"A renovated 19th-century farm building owned by French artistes, set in a pretty, tranquil garden with old pomegranate, guava, avocado and olive trees." Full review
Fodor's
"Built around a verdant courtyard shaded by pomegranate and avocado trees, this intimate and super well-located guesthouse is all Gallic charm meets South African vintage hipster style." Full review
Condé Nast Traveler
"Owned by a French couple, you could mistake La Grenadine for a hotel in the heart of Provence." Full review
Afar Magazine
"A French countryside escape a few feet away from one of the coolest blocks in Cape Town...the hotel has five guestrooms and a cottage that feels like a lived in family home in Provence. " Full review