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Once In Cape Town

3.0 star property

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Breakfast area
Premium bedding, in-room safe, iron/ironing board (on request)
Building design
Front of property
Exterior

Reviews

8.6 out of 10
Excellent

Popular amenities

  • Parking included
  • Free Wi-Fi
  • Restaurant
  • Business services
  • Bar
  • Laundry room

Explore the area

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73 Kloof Street, 73, Cape Town, Western Cape, 8001
  • Place, Kloof Street
    ‪1 min walk‬
  • Place, Long Street
    ‪6 min walk‬
  • Place, Bree Street
    ‪6 min walk‬
  • Airport, Cape Town (CPT-Cape Town Intl.)
    ‪27 min drive‬

Room options

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Premium bedding, in-room safe, iron/ironing board (on request)

Standard Room, 1 Double or 2 Single Beds

  • 1 bedroom
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Double Bed OR 2 Single Beds
  • Free Wi-Fi

Standard Twin Room, Private Bathroom

  • City view
  • 1 bedroom
  • Sleeps 2
  • 2 Single Beds
  • Free Wi-Fi

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Deluxe Shared Dormitory, Mixed Dorm (4 people)

Deluxe Shared Dormitory, Mixed Dorm (4 people)

  • 1 bedroom
  • Sleeps 1
  • 1 Single Bed
  • Free Wi-Fi

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Premium bedding, in-room safe, iron/ironing board (on request)

Standard Double or Twin Room, Mountain View

10.0 out of 10
Exceptional
(1 review)
  • Mountain view
  • 1 bedroom
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Queen Bed OR 2 Single Beds
  • Free Wi-Fi

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Shared kitchen

Quadruple Room

  • 1 bedroom
  • Sleeps 4
  • 2 Single Bunk Beds
  • Free Wi-Fi

Standard Twin Room, Non Smoking, Mountainside

  • 1 bedroom
  • Sleeps 2
  • 2 Single Beds
  • Free Wi-Fi

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About this property

Once In Cape Town

Along with 2 restaurants, this hotel has 2 bars/lounges and a coffee shop/cafe. Self parking is free. Other amenities include a business center, concierge services, and dry cleaning. Housekeeping is available on request.
Once In Cape Town offers 50 accommodations with safes and ceiling fans. Beds feature premium bedding. This Cape Town hotel provides complimentary wireless Internet access. Guests can make use of the shared/communal kitchen. Bathrooms include showers with rainfall showerheads. Irons/ironing boards, hair dryers, and change of towels can be requested. Housekeeping is provided on request.
The recreational activities listed below are available either on site or nearby; fees may apply.
During your stay at Once In Cape Town, you're just a quick walk from Kloof Street. Enjoy features like free self parking, plus 2 restaurants and 2 bars.
  • Free WiFi
  • Free self parking
  • Options for a bite to eat or a relaxing drink include 2 restaurants, a coffee shop, and 2 bars/lounges
  • Services include dry cleaning/laundry, a concierge, and tour or ticket assistance
  • Onsite recreation includes mountain biking, bike rentals, and hiking/biking trails
  • 6 minutes by foot from Long Street and a 4-minute drive from Cape Town Stadium
  • Airport shuttle service available for a fee
There are 2 restaurants on site, along with a coffee shop/café. You can unwind with a drink at one of the 2 bars/lounges. You'll find a business center on site.

A library, a terrace, and barbecue grills are also featured at Once In Cape Town. An airport shuttle (available 24 hours) is available for a fee. Free self parking is available.

Yours Truly - This restaurant serves breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Open daily.
Up Yours - Onsite bar. Open daily.
Hudsons - This restaurant serves brunch, lunch, and dinner. Guests can enjoy drinks at the bar. Happy hour is offered. Open daily.

Property amenities

Internet

  • Available in all rooms: Free WiFi

Parking and transport

  • 24-hour return airport shuttle on request for a surcharge
  • Free self parking on site
  • Limited on-site self parking

Food and drink

  • 2 bars/lounges
  • 2 restaurants
  • A coffee shop/cafe

Restaurants on site

  • Hudsons
  • Up Yours
  • Yours Truly

Things to do

  • Bicycle rentals
  • Bicycle storage
  • Hiking/biking trails
  • Library
  • Mountain biking

Family friendly

  • Laundry facilities

Conveniences

  • 24-hour front desk
  • Laundry facilities
  • Luggage storage
  • Safe at front desk

Guest services

  • Change of bedsheets (on request)
  • Change of towels on request
  • Concierge services
  • Dry cleaning/laundry service
  • Housekeeping on request
  • Multilingual staff
  • Tour and ticket assistance

Business services

  • Business centre

Outdoors

  • Barbecue grill
  • Garden
  • In the mountains
  • Terrace

Accessibility

  • No lift

More

  • Local artist showcase
  • Locally-owned and organised tours and activities
  • No plastic drinking straws
  • Some LED lighting used

Room amenities

Bedroom

  • Premium bedding

Bathroom

  • Hair dryer (on request)
  • Private bathroom
  • Rainfall showerhead
  • Shampoo
  • Shower
  • Soap
  • Toilet paper
  • Towels provided

Food and drink

  • Shared kitchen access

More

  • Bulk dispensers for toiletries
  • Ceiling fan
  • Iron/ironing board on request
  • Safe
  • Water-efficient showers
  • Water-efficient toilets

Policies

Check-in

Check-in start time: 2 PM; Check-in end time: anytime
Minimum check-in age: 18

Check-out

Check-out before 10 AM

Special check-in instructions

This property offers transfers from the airport (surcharges may apply); guests must contact the property with arrival details before travel, using the contact information on the booking confirmation
Front desk staff will greet guests on arrival at the property
Information provided by the property may be translated using automated translation tools

Access methods

Staffed front desk

Pets

  • No pets allowed

Children and extra beds

  • Children are welcome.
  • Rollaway/extra beds are not available.
  • Cribs (infant beds) are not available.

Payment types at the property

Important information

Optional extras

The fees and deposits listed below will be charged at the time of service, check-in, or check-out.

  • Airport shuttle fee: ZAR 300 per person (one-way)

This may not be a comprehensive list. Fees and deposits are subject to change and might not include tax.

You need to know

This property is managed by a professional host. The provision of housing is linked to their trade, business, or profession.
Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card, debit card, or cash deposit may be required at check-in for incidental charges
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges; special requests cannot be guaranteed
This property accepts credit cards, debit cards, and cash
Cashless transactions are available
Noise-free guestrooms cannot be guaranteed
Once In Cape Town offers transfers from the airport (fees may apply). Please contact the property at the number on the booking confirmation with your arrival details prior to travel. Front desk staff will greet guests on arrival at the property.
If you cancel your booking, you'll be subject to the host's cancellation policy. In accordance with EU regulations about consumer rights, property booking services are not subject to the right of withdrawal.

Property is also known as

Saasveld Cape Town
Saasveld Lodge
Saasveld Lodge Cape Town
Once Cape Town Hostel
Once Hostel
Once Cape Town
Saasveld Hotel Cape Town Central
Once In Cape Town South Africa
Once IN Cape Town Hotel
Once IN Cape Town Cape Town
Once IN Cape Town Hotel Cape Town

Once In Cape Town Reviews

Reviews

8.6

Excellent

Rating 10 - Excellent. 23 out of 49 reviews
Rating 8 - Good. 20 out of 49 reviews
Rating 6 - Okay. 2 out of 49 reviews
Rating 4 - Poor. 3 out of 49 reviews
Rating 2 - Terrible. 1 out of 49 reviews

7.8/10

Cleanliness

8.4/10

Staff & service

8.6/10

Amenities

8.0/10

Property conditions & facilities

Reviews

Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Erin

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
This is an amazing hostel with great free activities, friendly helpful staff, an excellent location, and excellent dorm rooms.
Verified review

6/10 Okay

Joze

Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities

Will look at other options

Private room was ok, no tv, staff act lije they do u a favour, had the tidy room sign out and that evening still on door sith nothing done, parking a hudge problem, place a disappointment for the price being charged for private room
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2021
Verified review

8/10 Good

Felipe

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities

Boa localização e bom custo beneficio.

Hostel em localização boa, atendimento bom. Quarto tinha um tamanho razoável. Café da manhã deixou a desejar. Atendimento simpático e cordial dos funcionairios.
Stayed 3 nights in Nov 2021
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Nicolas

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great place. A little noisy, but common area is awesome, friendly staff, good room but small. Love the two bars. Wish they were cutting access to the room area tho
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2021
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Nicolas

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great place. Had a lovely time. Room is small but comfy. Two bars on site. A little noisy in the evening and breakfast is very small. Common area is awesome, restaurant and bar are fun and staff is super nice. Save parking at the back
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2021
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Laurie

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Cape Town Stay

I really enjoyed my stay. Clean facilities next to a great restaurant.
Stayed 3 nights in Jan 2020
Verified review

4/10 Poor

Guilherme

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Infelizmente nao vale a pena, apesar de ser um hotel barato, com muutos jovens e clima de hostel, o tratamento que tivemos na nossa estadia nao foi legal, a falta de organizacao, o pouco caso dos funcionarios e o estado do quarto, deixaram muito a desejar.
Stayed 5 nights in Dec 2019
Verified review

8/10 Good

felix

Liked: Cleanliness
Disliked: Room comfort

Einfach und Günstig aber super Lage

Das für Backpacker ausgelegte Hotel liegt an super Lage. Leider hatte ich noch Schuhe unter dem Bett vergessen. Bei zweimaligen telefonischen nachfragen ob sie diese suchen könnten, wurde ich mit "wir werden zurückrufen" hingehalten. Zurückgerufen wurde aber nie.
Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2019
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness
Set up and location is amazing
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2019
Verified review

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Good location with many cool bars and restaurants nearby.
Stayed 3 nights in Jun 2019
Verified review

8/10 Good

John

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Nice hostel in cool neighborhood

I really liked my stay here. Comfortable rooms, bedding and clean bathrooms. Really nice bar/resturant on the first floor with good food. Terrace bar closes at 10 and the first floor bar closes at 12 so things got quite for a good nights rest. It would be nice to have air conditioning but the ceiling fan worked ok. I would like there to be charging stations on the back patio. Overall a very good place to stay and I would absolutely stay here again.
Stayed 4 nights in Feb 2019
Verified review

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Overall, I'm satisfied with the services and facilities. However, I had negative experiences during my stay. I will show you those positive and negative experiences below. [Positive Experiences] 1. The original event in this hostel took place everyday. It was easy to socialize other guests. 2. Some staff hired the specific tour company. If you want to join a tour, they can accommodate one! 3. All staffs were really courteous and friendly. [Negative Experiences] 1. The security key to enter my room frequently voided. I and other roommates always asked the receptionist to revaild it almost everyday. 2. The electricity circuit in the certain floor was broken. During my stay, it was sometimes impossible to charge my phone and other electrical devices.
Stayed 9 nights in Dec 2018
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Tatiana

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Muito bom!

Ótima escolha para Capetown e para conhecer pessoas. A localização é ótima, tem comércio e ótimos bares/pubs na rua e próximo a tudo. O hostel tem um bar no térreo e outro no último andar, facilitando a interação dos hóspedes. O café da manhã apesar de simples é bem gostoso e a equipe muito simpática. A única coisa que senti falta foi de um cofre no quarto compartilhado. O hostel não oferece toalhas, mas você pode comprá-las, por um preço não muito barato. Me hospedaria lá novamente.
Stayed 4 nights in Sep 2018
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Luana

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Good to meet people

The place is very exciting!
Stayed 6 nights in Jul 2018
Verified review

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Backpackerställe med aktiviteter och god frukost!

Stannade i 6 nätter i girls doorm room som hade fantastisk utsikt över Table Mountain. Det va ett härligt backpackerställe, med lyxig frukost, gott kaffe, billigt vin, god mat och många aktiviteter. Majoriteten i personalen var även väldigt trevliga och professionella, men ett fåtal (några av grabbarna i personalen) rökte marijuana mitt på dagen i hotellets anläggning och hade ett otrevligt språkbruk genom att de talade illa om och till de kvinnliga gästerna, vilket kändes väldigt opassande. Jag var själv inte drabbad men såg hur de betedde sig.
Verified review

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort

Fun times

Great place to stay! The staff is great and the rooms on the lower floors seemed better updated. Very loud on weekends nights. This is the place everyone seems to go to hang out!
Stayed 3 nights in Jul 2017
Verified review

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Cleanliness
The hostel is in a great location in Cape Town and has a thriving bar downstairs,especially on Saturday and Sunday. The service on arrival was great and the reception team were mostly very friendly (the occasional staff member who seemed to think serving customers was above them) and helpful, booking a few excursions for us. The hostel wasn't the cleanest that I have stayed in, in Cape Town which definitely let it down a bit.A bit more attention to detail on the cleaning front would make a real difference. Overall though a great location, especially for the younger crowd and a great place to meet people whilst in Cape Town.
Verified review

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

hip hostel for young people

Hip hostel for young people. Nice terrace where a small breakfast is served. In the evening bar/restaurant with music and meeting point for lots of young people. But you can hear the music and talk in the room, thats why not quiet for sleeping but good for party people.
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Sthephane

Liked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Animação é aqui!

Foi uma ótima estadia! O hostel é dedicado em fazer a interação dos seus hóspedes, me hospedaria com toda certeza de novo! Faça a questão de conhecer os staffs Justina, Henzo e Bernardo! Eles são incríveis! Mas evite ao maximo conhecer, o Carol, é um membro da recepção que se acha e é grosseiro! Tirando isso, tudo excelente. Inclusive as comidas do bar! Público jovem! Amei!
Verified review

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Great atmosphere

Great vibe, room was a little noisy as it was right next to the bar and super hot in the evening. But staff were amazing and super friendly
Verified review

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Staff & service, room comfort
Ist eine Super Unterkunft für Studenten oder Backpacker^^
Verified review

8/10 Good

Eva

Liked: Cleanliness
The attached restaurant is very noisy and crowded from late afternoon till closing. Full of young travellers drinking- seems a bit of a pick up joint. Typical hostel atmosphere. Seemed expensive for value received. All in all I enjoyed my stay, the friendly staff at the reception make up of other shortcomings
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Ben

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Great place to stay

The hostel has a bar on the premises (good breakfast included), which closes at 11 pm. This makes it lively, yet you can still get enough sleep, if you want to. They also offer great free activities everyday where you can meet new people. I really enjoyed my stay! (A locker with power outlet on every bed was also very nice!)
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Lais

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Excelente Hostel.

Excelente hostel. Fiquei em quarto privativo, não tive nenhum problema. No primeiro andar tem um bar/lanchonete, que a noite fica super agitado. Mas dá 22:00, eles respeitam os hospedes e a agitação acaba. O hostel promove varias atividades, staff super atencioso. Ótimo lugar para conhecer gente nova.
Verified review

8/10 Good

Anna

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Room comfort

Hippes Hostel mitten im Herzen von Kapstadt

Eine Gute Adresse für Leute, die mitten im Herz von Kapstadt sein wollen. Das Hostel bietet jeden Tag Aktivitäten an und das Personal ist extrem hilfsbereit. Das Frühstück ist nicht gross aber die Qualität ist ok. Mein Zimmer ging direkt zur Bar raus, so dass ich nicht versuchen musste, vor halb elf zu schlafen (die Bar schliesst um zehn). Auch roch es im Zimmer nach Rauch und der Ventilator ging nur, wenn das Licht brannte. Insgesamt für den Preis eine super Option, wenn man nicht lärmempfindlich ist.