Grande Roche Hotel
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This historic 5-star hotel sits at the foot of Paarl Rock and features beautiful gardens, a pool with bar, a gym and several treatment rooms.
Summary of reviewsThe Grande Roche Hotel is a luxurious and stunning location nestled within beautiful vineyards and overlooking the picturesque Paarl Valley. The hotel offers exceptional service and friendly staff who go above and beyond to provide excellent service. The breakfast is phenomenal with locally sourced products and unique South African dishes, while the dinner offers great food and beautiful views of the Paarl Valley. The rooms are spacious and comfortable with some offering separate lounge areas, TVs in both the bedroom and lounge and patios with gorgeous mountain views. The hotel is clean and tidy with outstanding cleanliness according to many guest reviews. The pool area is enjoyable with two great sized swimming pools and beautiful surroundings. Overall, guests have described their stay at the Grande Roche Hotel as a dream come true and a stay that makes you feel like you're in a 5-star hotel.
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Boutique-style Hotel
Nestled at the foot of Paarl Rock, this historical monument turned 5-star hotel offers individually decorated rooms, beautiful gardens, and innovative cuisine. It provides a luxurious and unhurried living experience, making it an ideal base to explore the Cape Winelands.
Luxury Hotel
Grande Roche Hotel is a 5-star hotel set in a beautifully restored 18th-century Cape Dutch manor estate. It offers luxurious suites, fine dining at its on-site restaurant, and facilities including outdoor and indoor swimming pools, a health center, and tennis courts. Its historical charm and setting at the foot of Paarl Rock with vineyard views provide an opulent experience.
Hotel near Golf Courses
Consistently listed among top Paarl golf hotels, Grande Roche Hotel is located near Boschenmeer Golf Estate. It offers a luxurious experience with a restaurant and outdoor swimming pool.
Hotel near Vineyards
This hotel offers a luxury boutique experience with Dutch-style buildings and mature gardens. Guests can stay in self-contained cottages, villas, or suites, all with private pools, and enjoy the exemplary restaurant serving seasonal local produce.
Historic Hotel
This hotel sits at the foot of Paarl Rock (Pearl). It features a renovated Victorian manor house with outdoor pool and a wellness centre with Swedish massages. This is the ideal base for explore the Cape and its winelands. The property is a beautifully restored 18th century building offering 29 luxury suites and 6 executive rooms with distinctive thatched roofs, bamboo and yellow wood ceilings for a unique atmosphere.
Hotel for Honeymoon
Grande Roche Hotel, a historical monument turned 5-star hotel, offers luxury with beautiful gardens and innovative cuisine. The hotel provides a tranquil atmosphere with vineyard and mountain views, ideal for couples seeking relaxation and exploration of the Cape Winelands. The hotel also offers special honeymoon packages to make the stay even more memorable.
Family Friendly Hotel
The Grande Roche Hotel is known for its exquisite location and family-friendly amenities, including a swimming pool. It's close to Paarl Mountain Local Nature Reserve.
Romantic Hotel
This 5-star hotel, a celebrated historical monument, offers luxurious suites, lush gardens, and world-class dining. The atmosphere evokes a sense of gracious living, ideal for a romantic getaway.
Hotel with Swimming Pool
This luxury hotel features 2 outdoor swimming pools and a full-service spa, offering guests a relaxing and pampering experience. Recreational amenities include an outdoor tennis court and a pickleball court.
Outdoor Pool
Business Hotel
Grande Roche Hotel offers a dedicated onsite coordinator and fully equipped venues for conferences. It also has a meeting room that is 201 sq m. This 5-star hotel provides world-class service, beautiful gardens, and innovative cuisine.
Hotel with Parking
This hotel provides convenient parking facilities for guests. Its location in Paarl offers easy access and secure parking, enhancing the overall experience.
Accessible Hotel
This hotel offers comprehensive accessibility features, including wheelchair accessible areas throughout its grounds, an accessible bathroom, roll-in showers, a shower chair, an adapted bath, and toilets with grab rails. Handicapped parking is also available.
Hotel with Tennis Courts
Grande Roche Hotel offers a tennis court amidst its historical charm and beautiful setting. The combination of luxury accommodation and sporting facilities makes it a desirable destination for discerning travelers.
5-Star Hotel
This 5-star hotel is a celebrated historical monument with beautiful gardens and innovative cuisine. It offers luxurious suites, world-class dining, and is ideally located to explore the Cape Winelands.
Hotel with Outdoor Pool
This hotel features a beautiful pool area with two large swimming pools. Guests can relax with loungers and umbrellas and enjoy the surrounding gardens. A dedicated kraal pool is available for children.
Hotel with Spa
Hotel for Yoga
Guest Reviews
Nestled within the beautiful vineyards and overlooking the picturesque Paarl Valley, Grande Roche Hotel boasts an exceptional and dream location. Set in beautiful, quiet surroundings, the hotel offers a scenic vineyard vibe that is perfect for those seeking a peaceful and relaxing getaway. Guests can easily access the nearby wine areas while enjoying stunning views over the valley. The setting is simply breathtaking, making it a perfect location for a romantic getaway or a weekend escape with friends. With its rich history and stunning location between the vines, Grande Roche Hotel offers a unique experience that is not to be missed. Tolle Lage!
When it comes to breakfast, guests have a lot to say about their experience at the Grande Roche Hotel. The overwhelming majority of reviews are positive with words like "phenomenal," "excellent," "wonderful," and "fantastic" used to describe the meal. Many guests appreciate the excellent choices, including locally sourced products and unique South African dishes. The breakfast area offers amazing views with one guest calling it a highlight of their stay. While there are a few negative comments about the breakfast, overall it is praised as outstanding and the best some guests have ever had. The menu and dishes are very good and the quality of the food is top-notch. While some feel the attention to detail lacked during a busy weekend, the breakfast is still described as brilliant, limited but tasty and excellent.
The Grande Roche Hotel offers an excellent dining experience with great food and beautiful views of the Paarl Valley from the front porch. While some reviewers noted slow service and a reduced menu, others appreciated the fantastic complimentary pates and bread, as well as the crispy deep fried Caesar salad starter. Overall, the food was described as delicious with many calling the restaurant excellent or outstanding. However, a few guests were disappointed with the inflexible, limited menu and arrogant head chef, choosing to eat elsewhere in Paarl. Despite this, the breakfast on the patio was a highlight of the stay.
The Grande Roche Hotel offers glorious and excellent rooms that are spacious and comfortable. The neat and charming property has a beautiful old style and some rooms come with separate lounge areas, TVs in both the bedroom and lounge and even patios with gorgeous mountain views. The bathrooms are spacious and some rooms even have underfloor heating. While some guests found the rooms to be dated and in need of an upgrade, others raved about the spacious and lovely products. Overall, the hotel offers lovely rooms that are both classic and modern with some even top equipped.
The cleanliness of Grande Roche Hotel is outstanding according to many guest reviews. The rooms are well-maintained and always in perfect condition, thanks to the cleaning staff who do an excellent job. However, there are a few reviews that suggested a need for change in some areas, such as the moulder in the shower or the presence of hair in the bathroom. Overall, the hotel is deemed clean and tidy with the exception of a few negative reviews pointing out that the rooms and pool need improvement. However, most reviewers agreed that the hotel's room service was nearly invisible yet always ensuring a clean and tidy room during the stay.
The staff of Grande Roche Hotel has been praised highly by guests in their reviews. Many guests have repeatedly mentioned the exceptional, friendly and helpful staff, who went above and beyond to provide excellent service. From the reception staff to the waiters, cleaning staff and even Chef Kevin Grobler himself, everyone was extremely attentive and accommodating. The staff has been described as exceptionally professional, well trained and always willing to help in any way they can. They are friendly and welcoming, making guests feel right at home. Despite a few negative comments about the service in the breakfast room, the majority of guests have had a wonderful experience with the staff, who have been described as mega nettes, toller Service and freundliches Personal. The staff's dedication to guest satisfaction and the hotel's peaceful and welcoming atmosphere make for an amazing stay at Grande Roche Hotel.
The Grande Roche Hotel boasts a beautiful pool area with not just one but two great sized swimming pools. Relax in style with loungers and umbrellas while enjoying the beautiful surroundings of the gardens. For those with kids, the kraal pool is a big hit. Though it seems that the swimming pool was not available for some reason, overall the pool area is very enjoyable. Some guests even commented on the pleasant water temperature. Just be aware that during some stays, the upper pool area was not well-maintained with leaves and dirt in the pool. But despite this, the picturesque piscina, zwembad and pool are appealing to many.
Grande Roche Hotel is a stunning location with exceptional service and friendly staff. This wonderful hotel surpasses most 5-star hotels in the world, although some facilities, like the heritage suite and the breakfast buffet, need attention to meet the 5-star status. Some guests felt that the hotel was too small for a 5-star setup and that the generator should be moved away from guest bedrooms. Despite these minor criticisms, guests overwhelmingly felt that Grande Roche is a fantastic hotel that they did not want to leave. Overall, guests enjoyed their stay and felt that they were experiencing a true 5-star hotel.
If opulence is what you're looking for, then look no further than the Grande Roche Hotel. Guests have described their stay at this hotel as "better than most 5-star hotels in the world" and "elegant luxury." The old-world charm of the hotel is unparalleled and the heritage suite is exceptional. While some guests have criticized the breakfast buffet, the majority of reviews praise the hotel for being a "grand hotel in the Relais & Château-style." Overall, guests have described their stay at the Grande Roche Hotel as a "dream come true" and a stay that makes you feel like you're in a "5-star hotel."
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Yes, Grande Roche Hotel has pool(s) that belong to one or more of the following categories: Outdoor Pool.
Yes, a spa is available at Grande Roche Hotel.
No, Grande Roche Hotel doesn't allow dogs.
Yes, parking facilities are available at Grande Roche Hotel.
No, Grande Roche Hotel doesn't have a gym.
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