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Babylonstoren is a beautiful estate that has a lot going for it for a day visit, however as a hotel it is shockingly bad for guests staying there. The room rates here are amongst the highest in South Africa - we paid a little over USD 1,000 per night for our stay for an entry level room. With this price level in South Africa you would expect top tier 5 star hotel amenities and service - the reality is anything but. The main issues are as follows: 1. Outside Guests: The "hotel" receives an incredibly large number of outside guests who come for the day to walk around the gardens/have lunch/do wine tastings/spa treatments etc. These outside guests pay an entry fee of about USD 7-8 and get access to effectively all the same facilities and services as those paying the inflated room rate. Those visiting for the day are in no way at fault, but it feels as if management are just trying to maximise footfall in the property as opposed to run a luxury hotel. All the toilets/signs etc are what you would expect at a nice garden centre, not a luxury hotel charging in excess of $1000 a night. The whole property feels very much geared towards maximising the experience for outside guests with little thought given to those staying there. 2. Limited Hotel Facilities: The facilities for hotel guests are very limited, there a a few small pools of which the one at the spa is open to outside guests. There are not many places to go and relax aside from your room (If you leave your room between 10am and 5pm expect to jostle for space on the footpaths). The hotel is lacking a lobby type lounge area for hotel guests as when it rains (more on that below) there is really nowhere to go and the place turns into a zoo as everyone scrambles for the limited indoor areas. It's quite telling that the reception area for those coming for day trips is more impressive and larger than the small cottage reception for hotel guests paying 125 times as much. 3. Dining Options: There are 2 restaurants, one a more formal restaurant (Babel) which can be booked in advance, the other a more casual one (Greenhouse), both with indoor and outdoor seating. When it rains both restaurants loose about 50% of their seating, and carnage ensues. We showed up at lunchtime on a rainy day and both restaurants were "full" and we were told that there was a waitlist with no priority given to those staying in the hotel. We explained that as guests of the hotel we needed somewhere to eat and asked where this was possible, "you can order room service" we were told. Eating a sandwich sitting on your bed being the only available lunch option is not acceptable for a 5 star hotel. We had to leave the hotel to get lunch elsewhere. It's easy to see why this place has become so popular as the estate itself is stunning. However it has very much become over commercialised and now feels like a "luxury farm-day experience" as opposed to a 5 star hotel. Don't waste your money staying here, find a hotel nearby and v

R150 entrance fee I’m so outraged to be asked to pay a ‘voluntary’ membership, of R150, but if you choose not to, it’s a R150 entrance fee. If all the wine farms and estates started charging, we would soon find a complete desertion of local supporters and a total reliant on the seasonal tourists. Very short sighted. I wanted to go to the farm shop and buy some provisions, but I’m certainly not paying for the ‘privilege’. This is pure greed.

Disgraceful that you are being charged R150 per person entrance fee to then go and spend money in the farm shop or the restaurants / spa / hotel with no offer of the fee being deducted I saw lots of people turning away, what is your reason for such a high fee ? Used to be R10 pp and it went to a local charity , no other wine farm / destination in the area charges an entrance, pure greed

Fantastische Anlage, fantastisches Essen, fantastisches Personal - alles super. Wirklich ein Erlebnis für die ganze Familie. Buchen und geniessen!! Wir waren drei Tage / Nächte und haben jeden Tag genossen, der Garten ist alleine schon ein Highlight.

We live close to the Newt in Somerset and have never been so we wanted to see the original garden from the same owners and we were not disappointed . The rooms , we were in the farm house suites, were large and immaculate without being fussy. The bathroom enormous and everything had a purpose. The guest sitting room with its bar area leads on to the swimming pool and sauna plunge pool area a lovely place to relax. The Bakery was our first stop for supper and was great fun with family style and huge quantities . Next was Babel which lived up to its reputation. The breakfasts were taken each day in Babel and were an array of fresh produce. Personally I did not like the granola but the array of fresh fruits made up for it. We took in the cellar tour and the olive oil tour as well as a garden tour all of which we’re fantastic, educational and all with a little something at the end.read wine tasting and olive oil samples! All in all a one off and worth the cost.

C’est exagéré de demander 80 r par personne pour avoir le droit d’aller au restaurant ; ou aux boutiques où vous allez de plus payer un prix plutôt excessif pour tout produit. Que l’on demande ce prix d’entree pour visiter les jardins peut à la limite être compréhensible, mais pas lorsque vous consommez..