Ashanti Lodge Backpackers

Smaller, quaint, house environment. Not industrial volume like some other hostels in town. Good breakfast.

Lock on dorm door requires much practice to open under best of circumstances. Stressful not knowing if you can get back into your room or not. When drunk people return late and pound door because they can't open lock, that's not welcome. Hopefully this lock will be replaced with something functional. Perhaps luck of the draw during my stay, but this property attracted longer-term and also domestic guests. Vibe is considerably different than a hostel attracting more international travelers. I had several domestic guests in my dorm room and collective vibe left me concerned for my belongings even though there is a cage locker beneath bed. I chose to relocate to another property that was more international travelers.

Really nice hostel, great that it has a pool. The beds in the private rooms were really good, finally some good nights sleep. The breakfast buffet is really nice. It's possible to walk safely during the day from the location to the popular Kloof Street (try take bigger roads) and/or Long Street. Otherwise take an Uber, definitely after sunset. Parking in the street is free, but be sure to park your car with the nose in the right direction, we got a fine for having the car the other way around lol.

The private rooms at the pool are hot so you need to keep your windows open, people will be making noise at the pool so bring good earplugs or stay at a dorm. An extra fan for this heat (January) would be nice. Someone had been smoking in our room so, yuk. Also the carpet really needs replacing, it smelled so bad xD. One of the ladies that served breakfast (when there was no buffet) seemed quite cranky so we were scared to ask her anything haha.

We had a very nice stay at Ashanti. Just staying in the building itself was a highlight with pool, community balconies and space to braai. During our stay it was also kept very clean. Location was also good, we could get everywhere we wanted very easily and with a view of the table mountain. We also hung out there a bit, as the bar was decent and cheap. It's also a good place if you want to get to know people, everyone was open to share experiences. We booked a private double room facing the pool which was nice, decent size and it even had a sink.

If you arrive late, please make sure to announce it more than once. When we arrived the hostel was closed and there was no staff around. The phone number specified didn't pick up. If we hadn't known people who stayed at Ashanti it would have been impossible for us to get in and get our room.

Amazing staff and super nice people hanging around at Ashantis - had a funny and nice time there. Good to chill during the day at the pool area, perfectly located next to Company Gardens and Kloof Street with a nice view on Table Mountain. The rooms are clean and cozy - we had everything we needed.

I loved the house and the facilities (garden, pool and balconies) and the view of the mountain.The location is great, Kloof Street with restaurants & cafés, supermarkets is just around the corner, you can walk into the city center. I arrived on an early morning flight and really appreciated not having to wait until the afternoon for check-in (Thanks again)!!

Rooms towards the pool can be loud. During my first two nights people were partying at the pool until late at night. A blouse I gave to the external laundry service got lost, however Ashanti organized a refund.

very clean bathrooms and showers, kitchen was well equipped with 2 fridges to make use of. rooms were clean and had lockers under the bed to fit the backpack in, also had a safe for each bed in the dorm. not far to mall and to a good restaurant street.

it’s not specifically about the property, but be sure to be home when it gets dark as there are mobs around the streets.

The location and value for money.

Three teenage boys behaviour. For me a bit disturbing but I take it as a exception.

It's just right behind table Mountain. The place is a street away from long street. The area is safe. It's just beautiful. Nezisa is an amazing caretaker.

The room was cold 😩 even though the heater was switched on most of the time. It may be because cape Town is a chilly place and the ceiling is high.

Nice garden areas to sit in, close to main shopping and eating streets, but far enough away to keep out of the riff raff. Cheap laundry. Clean facilities. Extended my stay.

Some areas feel very squashed and compact, like around the pool and kitchen. Not a huge amount of sitting areas if it were to be busy in the summer.

Really friendly and helpful staff, and they have everything you need here, like a small restaurant, swimming pool area, and even a bar. Just a 5 min walk to Kloof street with great restaurants and bars. Almost as close as you can get to Table Mountain and Lions Head.

Seems to be many long term tenants, which does something negative to the overall vibe of the place as a backpacking hostel in my opinion. And I think they should be more strict with people using drugs at their premises.