The Charles Cafe & Rooms

This city hotel is a private, intimate and original guesthouse. It entertains and delights guests with its very own café that offers wonderful breakfast spreads and authentic Cape Malay dishes for lunch. From the roof decks of the hotel, guests can enjoy beautiful city views, especially in the late afternoons when the city lights up and the evenings come alive. Comprising 11 rooms, the property offers a lobby, bar, wireless Internet access and a laundry service.

Each room has an individual arrangement and design, and the multi-levelled layout of the guesthouse is joined by inner and outer staircases. The rooms feature a refreshment station with tea and coffee making facilities, a mini fridge (except in traveller's rooms), selected satellite television, a safe, a hairdryer and a DVD player. They also contain ceiling fans or individually regulated air conditioning and built-in wall heaters, on request. The en suite bathrooms are fitted with a shower and a bathtub.

The restaurant serves a variety of breakfast and lunch dishes from a traditional English breakfast to true South African bobotie. Guests can also enjoy breakfast at the Village Café, situated on the corner of Napier and Waterkant Street.

Guests can enjoy leisurely hours next to the outdoor swimming pool on the terrace overlooking the village situated at De Waterkant House.

Exit the airport in the direction of the N2 Cape Town, and as guests approach the city, follow the N2 City, Foreshore, Sea Point signage. Follow the N2 Stad/City signs for 22 km until guests arrive at the Coen Steytler Avenue traffic lights. Proceed straight over the intersection. Cross over two more intersections and at the third traffic lights, Strand Street, turn right. Turn into the fourth road to the right, Loader Street. Almost immediately, the road makes a 90-degree turn to the left. 1 Loader Street is on the corner, on the left hand side.