Blyde River Canyon Lodge

Service was good but quite slow. Food was very good. The location was good for the Blyde River Cruise. It was very clean.

The staff didn't seem to communicate with each other so I had to ask for an early start with at least 4 people. food service was very slow.

The location was great and there was plenty of choice for breakfast.

The 'deluxe' rooms could do with being bigger, our deluxe twin room was tiny you could hardly get around the beds and we are by no means large people so we moved furniture to try to make a bit more room and the bathroom layout was not too good. One of the mornings we ordered our cooked breakfast and had to wait over an hour and when it turned up some of it was over cooked and dried up.

The venue and ambience

Our room was next to the kitchen, so was noisy. I’d booked it 10 months before. The bath water was brown with brown spots. The various wines we chose were out of stock. The dinner was fair and overpriced. Not a patch on the video presentation we saw online. I wish the new owner had been there, I would have liked to have told her how disappointed we were.

The staff were very pleasant and helpful. A good breakfast. Pleasant bushveld location and comfortable rooms. Appreciated having the car cleaned after the baboons messed on it during the night. The check in was prompt and efficient.

Rooms, although comfortable were rather cramped. The dinner was very poor - starter - over cooked broccoli in a "cheese sauce" had been told it was springbok carpaccio, mains - chicken piece with veg and potatoes and gravy - pud - "deconstructed" milktart with jelly on top. It was extremely disappointing and shockingly overpriced.