The Lofts Boutique Hotel

Amazing setting and super friendly staff. Beautiful sundowns to wind down the day and just chill. Super relaxing stay.

We only stayed one night on our garden route tour. Having stayed previously at an absolutely brilliant boutique hotel in plettenberg bay (PB), the Lofts had a lot to match up to. There was nothing wrong with The Lofts, and had we stayed here first we would have been more than happy, but the overall experience did not match what we had in PB, but we did not have any issues, The Lofts provided a comfortable and clean night for us, with a lot of complimentary add ons, water, beer and sweets with sherry chasers! The room we had was small but functional, with a large balcony with not much outlook, but to be fair we were only in the room for a relatively short period of time. This is our first time in SA and I think we were spoiled at our first stop in PB, but I can’t give less than 5 starts to the Lotfs as it delivered everything it said it would.

We stayed at the lofts for 3 nights using it as a base for our garden route trip in South Africa. The hotel is located in a beautiful setting on thessen island overlooking the lagoon. There are a nos of good restaurants on thessen island but also the Knysna waterfront is only a short walk away. Plettenberg bay is less than 1 hour away and storms river 1.5 hours away. We stayed in lagoon view rooms which were very spacious, luxuriously furnished and with stunning views of the lagoon. What we really loved about the hotel was the service. All the staff were so friendly and warm. There was a mix up with our booking on arrival but they dealt with it so professionally and more than made up for it. The restaurant the Nest has really good food and the ile de pain which adjoins the hotel has lovely breakfasts. One of the really nice touches is the notice board with names / pictures of the staff where you can leave post it notes with messages for them. One example of lots of small details which make this hotel so special. Overall highly recommend this hotel for a luxurious stay in the garden route