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Hippo Boutique Hotel

4.0 star property
4-star boutique hotel near South African Museum and Planetarium

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Outdoor pool, sun loungers
Executive Apartment | Private kitchen
Terrace/patio
Executive Apartment
Executive Apartment | Living room

Reviews

9.0 out of 10

Wonderful

Popular amenities

  • Breakfast available
  • Room service
  • Parking available
  • 24/7 front desk
  • Housekeeping
  • Pool

Explore the area

Map
5-9 Park Road, Gardens, Cape Town, Western Cape, 8001
  • Kloof Street
    1 min walk
  • Long Street
    5 min walk
  • South African Museum and Planetarium
    6 min walk
  • Cape Town (CPT-Cape Town Intl.)
    16 min drive

Room options

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Standard Room

Standard Room

  • 24 sq m
  • City view
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 King Bed

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Standard Room With Balcony

Standard Room With Balcony

  • 40 sq m
  • City view
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 King Bed

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Executive Apartment

Executive Apartment

  • 42 sq m
  • Sleeps 3
  • 1 King Bed

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Deluxe Room (BF)

Deluxe Room (BF)

  • 24 sq m
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 King Bed OR 2 Twin Beds

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CA $322 total
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1 Jan - 2 Jan
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About the area

Cape Town

City center stay.Within a 15-minute walk of this Cape Town City Centre hotel, you'll find South African Museum and Planetarium and Greenmarket Square. Also, Castle of Good Hope is within 2 miles (3 km) and Table Mountain is within 6 miles (10 km).

What's nearby

  • Long Street - 5 min walk
  • Greenmarket Square - 13 min walk
  • Castle of Good Hope - 2 min drive
  • Cape Town Cruise Terminal - 4 min drive
  • Table Mountain - 6 min drive

Getting around

  • Cape Town Station - 6 min drive
  • Rosebank Station - 8 min drive
  • Cape Town Intl. Airport (CPT) - 16 min drive

Restaurants

  • ‪Kloof Street House - ‬3 min walk
  • ‪Saggy Stone - ‬3 min walk
  • ‪Yours Truly - ‬2 min walk
  • ‪Egghead Diner - ‬2 min walk
  • ‪The Conscious Kitchen - ‬2 min walk

About this property

Hippo Boutique Hotel

4-star boutique hotel near South African Museum and Planetarium
A computer station is on site and WiFi is free in public spaces. A business center and a meeting room are available. An airport shuttle (available 24 hours) and an area shuttle are available for a fee. An outdoor pool, tour/ticket assistance, and coffee/tea in a common area are also featured at the business-friendly Hippo Boutique Hotel. For a fee, parking is available. You'll have access to the health club at a partner property.

This 4-star Cape Town hotel is smoke free.

  • 1 building
  • 25 guestrooms or units
  • 4 levels
  • Built in 2004
  • Poolside lounge chairs
  • Business facilities
  • Breakfast available (surcharge)
  • Coffee in lobby
  • Dry cleaning
  • Self-service laundry
  • Front desk (24 hours)
  • Storage area for luggage
  • Front-desk safe
  • Tour and ticket information
  • Concierge
  • Pool or billiards table
  • Newspapers in lobby (free)
  • No smoking on site
  • 1 conference room
Hippo Boutique Hotel offers 25 air-conditioned accommodations with minibars and safes. Accommodations at this 4-star hotel have kitchenettes with coffee/tea makers. Bathrooms include showers, slippers, and complimentary toiletries.

Satellite television is provided. Business-friendly amenities include desks and phones; local and international calls are complimentary (restrictions may apply). In-room massages and hair dryers can be requested. Housekeeping is provided daily.

Languages

Afrikaans, English

Property amenities

Family friendly

  • Kitchenette
  • Laundry facilities
  • Outdoor pool
  • Soundproofed rooms

Internet

  • Available in some public areas: Free WiFi

Parking and transportation

  • Secured self parking on site (ZAR 60 per day)
  • Height restrictions apply for onsite parking
  • 24-hour roundtrip airport shuttle (surcharge)
  • Airport shuttle on request
  • Area shuttle (surcharge)

Food and drink

  • Cooked-to-order breakfast available for a fee daily 7:30 AM–noon: ZAR 140 for adults and ZAR 140 for children
  • Room service available
  • Coffee/tea in common area(s)

Things to do

  • Access to nearby health club
  • Billiards/pool table
  • Outdoor pool

Accessibility

  • If you have requests for specific accessibility needs, please contact the property using the information on the reservation confirmation received after booking.
  • This property does not have elevators
  • Accessible airport shuttle

Room amenities

Entertainment

  • Satellite channels

Bedroom

  • Air conditioning
  • Bed sheets
  • Blackout drapes/curtains

Bathroom

  • Free toiletries
  • Hair dryer (on request)
  • Private bathroom
  • Shower
  • Towels

Food and drink

  • Coffee/tea maker
  • Electric kettle
  • Kitchenette
  • Minibar

More

  • Desk
  • Electrical adapters/chargers
  • Free international calls
  • Free local calls
  • In-room massage
  • Phone
  • Safe
  • Slippers
  • Soundproofing

Policies

Check-in

Check-in start time: 2 PM; Check-in end time: midnight

Check-out

Check-out before 10:00 AM

Special check-in instructions

This property offers transfers from the airport (surcharges may apply); guests must contact the property with arrival details before travel, using the contact information on the booking confirmation
Front desk staff will greet guests on arrival

Access methods

Staffed front desk

Pets

  • No pets allowed

Children and extra beds

  • Children are welcome.
  • Cribs (infant beds) are not available.

Property payment types

Important information

Optional extras

The fees and deposits listed below will be charged at the time of service, check-in, or check-out.

  • Fee for cooked-to-order breakfast: approximately ZAR 140 for adults and ZAR 140 for children
  • Airport shuttle fee: ZAR 650 per vehicle (one-way, maximum occupancy 3)
  • Secured self parking fee: ZAR 60 per day

This may not be a comprehensive list. Fees and deposits are subject to change and might not include tax.

You need to know

Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card, debit card, or cash deposit may be required at check-in for incidental charges
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges; special requests cannot be guaranteed
This property accepts credit cards and debit cards; cash is not accepted
Long-term renters welcome
Noise-free guestrooms cannot be guaranteed
Charges for extra guests may apply and vary according to property policy.
A cash deposit, credit card, or debit card for incidental charges and government-issued photo identification may be required upon check-in.
Special requests are subject to availability at the time of check-in. Special requests can't be guaranteed and may incur additional charges.
    This property is managed by a professional host. The provision of housing is linked to their trade, business, or profession. This property accepts Visa, Mastercard, American Express, Diners Club, and debit cards. Cash is not accepted. Long-term renters welcome. Noise-free guestrooms cannot be guaranteed. For guests' safety, the property includes a smoke detector in each accommodation.

We should mention

  • Registered guests are the only ones allowed to be in guestrooms.

National rating

Quality Graded by the Tourism Grading Council of South Africa (TGCSA) – South Africa's official quality assurance organization.

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Hippo Boutique Hotel Reviews

Reviews

9.0

Wonderful

Rating 10 - Excellent. 206 out of 373 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 140 out of 373 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 23 out of 373 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 4 out of 373 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 0 out of 373 reviews" "

9.2/10

Cleanliness

9.0/10

Staff & service

8.4/10

Amenities

8.8/10

Property conditions & facilities

8.8/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

10/10 Excellent

jordan

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Super central, easy to walk to many bars, restaurants, cafes and links for easy transport. Rooms were massive with lots of space, great kitchenette offering was very helpful.
Stayed 5 nights in Apr 2024

10/10 Excellent

Timothy

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2024

10/10 Excellent

Piero

Stayed 1 night in Mar 2024

10/10 Excellent

Anne

Liked: Staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
I liked my large room that had an unexpectedly beautiful view of Table Mountain. I adored, Sharon, at the front desk. She helped me enormously.
Stayed 5 nights in Mar 2024

10/10 Excellent

J Scott

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Good place, but some false descriptions
Nice place in a great location. A couple of caveats - the hotel's description states that standard rooms have a balcony. Okay, but it's only about 9 inches wide. Perhaps enough for a smoker standing sideways, but not what one a expects for a balcony. Also, the description on Hotels.com states that they have 3 restaurants and 5 bars. Not so, although there are restaurants on each side of the property.
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2024

10/10 Excellent

Sean

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Great staff, super informative and helpful. Lovely hotel with clean and stylish rooms. Located in a fun area which meant it was quite noisy at night. The light switches need a rethink. Even the guy working there had trouble figuring them out. Would certainly stay here again.
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2024

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Nice hotel in a good location
The reception staff are extremely friendly and helpful. The hotel is in a nice location, near a small shopping centre and restaurants. We appreciated the large bathroom and kitchenette with a microwave.
Stayed 3 nights in Feb 2024

8/10 Good

Asiphile

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2023

10/10 Excellent

Boris, Toronto

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Great location on Kloof Street with variety of dining options. Walking distance to downtown, Long Street, museums and Company's Garden. Waterfront and Table Mountain Cable car is short Uber drive away. Fat Cactus bar (below hotel) is great place for a evening drink upon coming back from the tours. Would highly recommend.
Stayed 5 nights in Nov 2023

10/10 Excellent

Anthony

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The staff is what always makes my experience. Just really great people!!
Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2023

10/10 Excellent

David

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
Stayed 15 nights in Oct 2023

6/10 Okay

Jorge

Liked: Cleanliness
Limited services
Stayed 7 nights in Aug 2023

4/10 Poor

Vanita, London

Stayed 1 night in Aug 2023

10/10 Excellent

Hellen

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Helpful and reliable staff
Stayed 5 nights in Apr 2023

10/10 Excellent

Rachanobol

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great place to stay in Cape Town
Nice little hotel just off Kloof Street. The front desk staff were exceptional and very helpful. They made the difference in turning our vacation week into a wonderful and enjoyable adventure.
Stayed 4 nights in Feb 2023

6/10 Okay

Chris

10/10 Excellent

Paul

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2022

10/10 Excellent

Lyndee

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great place
Great place
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2022

8/10 Good

Tamin-Lee

Business traveller
Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Cleanliness
Just average
The room smelt like cigarettes and was not that clean. The bath was massive and took forever to get to a depth to bath and there is water restrictions on Cape Town so was not great.
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2021

10/10 Excellent

Grant

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Business trip
Great rooms, no in site food
Stayed 4 nights in Sep 2021

8/10 Good

Badie-ah

Stayed 3 nights in May 2021

8/10 Good

Damien

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2021

10/10 Excellent

Jakim

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
that shower
best shower i have ever had excellent value for money lots to do
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2021

10/10 Excellent

Saarah

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2020

6/10 Okay

RB

Stayed 3 nights in Sep 2020