Sun Bell Lodge

3.0 star property
your current months are December, 2024 and January, 2025.
December 2024
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Outdoor pool
Exterior
Lobby
Luxury Twin bedrooms 6 | View from room
Pool and Garden View Rooms 7 | Property grounds

Reviews

7.8 out of 10

Good

Popular amenities

  • Room service
  • Bar
  • Parking available
  • Breakfast included
  • Pool
  • Spa

Explore the area

Map
8 Leipoldt Street, De La Hey, Bellville, Cape Town, Western Cape, 7530
  • University of Stellenbosch Business School
    4 min drive
  • University of the Western Cape
    5 min drive
  • Tyger Valley Shopping Centre
    6 min drive
  • Cape Town (CPT-Cape Town Intl.)
    24 min drive

Room options

Luxury Twin bedrooms 6

  • 20 sq m
  • Sleeps 3
  • 2 Twin Beds

Pool and Garden View Rooms 7

  • 22 sq m
  • Sleeps 3
  • 2 Twin Beds

Luxury Twin bedroom Cabins 9

  • 18 sq m
  • Sleeps 3
  • 2 Twin Beds

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About the area

Cape Town

Located in Cape Town (Bellville), Sun Bell Lodge is within a 10-minute drive of University of the Western Cape and Tyger Valley Shopping Centre. .This casino hotel is 3.5 mi (5.7 km) from Cape Peninsula University of Technology and 4.1 mi (6.6 km) from Tygerberg Hospital.

What's nearby

  • University of Stellenbosch Business School - 4 min drive
  • University of the Western Cape - 5 min drive
  • Tyger Valley Shopping Centre - 6 min drive
  • Tygerberg Hospital - 8 min drive
  • Canal Walk Shopping Centre - 13 min drive

Getting around

  • Cape Town Bellville Station - 8 min drive
  • Stikland Station - 19 min walk
  • Cape Town Intl. Airport (CPT) - 24 min drive

Restaurants

  • ‪KFC - ‬16 min walk
  • ‪Stikland Fisheries - ‬11 min walk
  • ‪Wimpy - ‬2 min drive
  • ‪Sanlam Cafeteria - ‬11 min walk
  • ‪KFC - ‬6 min walk

About this property

Sun Bell Lodge

Suburban Cape Town hotel in Bellville with a casino
Sun Bell Lodge offers 15 accommodations, which are accessible via exterior corridors and feature minibars and safes. These individually decorated and furnished accommodations include desks. Beds feature premium bedding. Televisions come with premium cable channels.

Bathrooms include showers and complimentary toiletries. Guests can surf the web using the complimentary wireless Internet access. Irons/ironing boards and hair dryers can be requested. Housekeeping is provided daily.

Recreational amenities at the hotel include an outdoor pool.
Guests can pamper themselves by indulging in the onsite spa services. Services include massages.
Make yourself at home in one of the 15 guestrooms featuring minibars. Complimentary wireless internet access keeps you connected, and cable programming is available for your entertainment. Private bathrooms with showers feature complimentary toiletries and hair dryers. Conveniences include safes and desks, and housekeeping is provided daily.
Head straight for the casino, or wait for that lucky feeling while you enjoy one of the other recreational opportunities, such as a nightclub and an outdoor pool. This Colonial hotel also features complimentary wireless internet access, concierge services, and a television in a common area. Guests can get around on the shuttle (surcharge), which operates within 2.1 km.
Enjoy a meal at the restaurant or snacks in the coffee shop/cafe. The hotel also offers room service (during limited hours). Mingle with other guests at the complimentary reception, held daily. Relax with your favorite drink at the bar/lounge or the poolside bar. A complimentary buffet breakfast is served daily from 6:30 AM to 9:30 AM.
Featured amenities include complimentary newspapers in the lobby, dry cleaning/laundry services, and multilingual staff. Planning an event in Cape Town? This hotel has 269 square feet (25 square meters) of space consisting of conference space and a meeting room. For a surcharge, guests may use a roundtrip airport shuttle (available 24 hours) and a train station pick-up service.
A complimentary buffet breakfast is served each morning between 6:30 AM and 9:30 AM. A complimentary manager's reception is offered each day.
Sun Bell Lodge has a restaurant on site.
Room service (during limited hours) is available.

Languages

Dutch, English

Property amenities

Internet

  • Available in all rooms: Free WiFi
  • Available in some public areas: Free WiFi

Parking and public transport

  • Free self-parking on site
  • Extended parking on site (ZAR 500 per week)
  • Limited on-site parking
  • Wheelchair-accessible parking available
  • 24-hour return airport shuttle (surcharge)
  • Airport shuttle on request
  • Local area shuttle (surcharge) up to 2.1 km
  • Train station pick-up shuttle (surcharge)
  • Beach shuttle (surcharge)
  • Casino shuttle (surcharge)
  • Shopping centre shuttle (surcharge)

Food and drink

  • Free buffet breakfast available daily 6:30 AM–9:30 AM
  • 1 restaurant and 1 coffee shop/cafe
  • 1 poolside bar and 1 bar
  • Free daily reception
  • Room service available
  • Coffee/tea in a common area

Things to do

  • Access to nearby health club
  • Nightclub
  • Outdoor pool
  • Spa services

Family friendly

  • Baby bath
  • Children's books
  • Children's toys
  • Free cots/infant beds
  • Laundry facilities
  • Outdoor pool
  • Rollaway/extra beds (surcharge)
  • Snack bar/deli
  • Trampoline

Conveniences

  • Free newspapers in reception
  • Front-desk safe

Guest services

  • Concierge services
  • Daily housekeeping
  • Dry-cleaning service
  • Front desk (limited hours)
  • Laundry facilities
  • Luggage storage
  • Multilingual staff
  • Tour/ticket assistance

Business services

  • Conference space (269 square feet)
  • A meeting room

Outdoors

  • BBQ grill(s)
  • Garden
  • Picnic area
  • Terrace

Spa

  • Massages

Accessibility

  • If you have any requests for specific accessibility needs, please contact the property using the information on the reservation confirmation received after booking.
  • This property does not have any lifts
  • Wheelchair-accessible parking
  • Wheelchair-accessible path of travel

More

  • Casino
  • Couples dining
  • Designated smoking areas (fines apply)
  • Romance packages available
  • TV in lobby

Room amenities

Bedroom

  • Free cots/infant beds
  • Heating
  • Portable fan
  • Premium bedding
  • Rollaway/extra beds (surcharge)

Bathroom

  • Free toiletries
  • Hairdryer (on request)
  • Private bathroom
  • Shampoo
  • Shower
  • Towels

Entertainment

  • TV channels
  • Premium channels
  • TV

Food and drink

  • Champagne service
  • Electric kettle
  • Minibar

More

  • Access via exterior corridors
  • Desk
  • Individually decorated
  • Individually furnished
  • Iron/ironing board (on request)
  • Safe

Policies

Check-in

Check-in start time: 2 PM; Check-in end time: 10 PM
Contactless check-in available

Check-out

Check-out before 10:30 AM
Contactless check-out available

Special check-in instructions

This property offers transfers from the airport and train station (surcharges may apply); to arrange pick-up, guests must contact the property 24 hours prior to arrival, using the contact information on the booking confirmation
The front desk is open daily from 6 AM - 9 PM
Guests must contact the property in advance for check-in instructions; front desk staffed during limited hours
To make arrangements for check-in please contact the property at least 24 hours before arrival using the information on the booking confirmation
If you are planning to arrive after 9 PM please contact the property in advance using the information on the booking confirmation

Access methods

Front desk (limited hours)

Pets

Pets not allowed

Children and extra beds

Children are welcome
1 child, up to the age of 1, can stay for free if using existing beds when occupying the parent or guardian's room; children may not be eligible for complimentary breakfast
Rollaway/extra beds are available for ZAR 285.0 per night
Free cribs are available on request at the property

Payment types

Important information

Optional extras

  • Airport shuttle fee: ZAR 150 per person (one way)
  • Extended parking fee: ZAR 500 per week
  • Rollaway bed fee: ZAR 285.0 per night

The above list may not be comprehensive. Fees and deposits may not include tax and are subject to change.

You need to know

Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy
Government-issued photo identification and a credit 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
The name on the credit card used at check-in to pay for incidentals must be the primary name on the guestroom reservation
This property accepts credit cards
Cashless transactions are available
Noise-free guestrooms cannot be guaranteed

We should mention

This property does not have elevators
Pool access available from 7:00 AM to 9:00 PM
Reservations are required for massage services and spa treatments; reservations can be made by contacting the property prior to arrival, using the contact information on the booking confirmation
Only registered guests are allowed in the guestrooms

National rating

Quality Graded by the Tourism Grading Council of South Africa (TGCSA) – South Africa's official quality assurance organization.

Property is also known as

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Sun Bell Lodge Reviews

Reviews

7.8

Good

Rating 10 - Excellent. 3 out of 7 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 2 out of 7 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 1 out of 7 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 0 out of 7 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 1 out of 7 reviews" "

8.4/10

Cleanliness

8.4/10

Staff & service

7.6/10

Property conditions & facilities

10/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

8/10 Good

Jacqueline

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
value for money
Lionel and his staff were amazing - he went to the shop to buy our choice of wine and picked us up and delivered us back to the airport on time and cheerfully. A great Budget Guest House close to the airport with a shuttle service. Be sure to ask about Dinner timing as it’s early for Europeans. Maybe not a safe area for a single person to go out at night.
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2020

10/10 Excellent

Tania

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
a very pleasant experience indeed
Stayed 3 nights in Aug 2017

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Home away from home.
We stayed in the 'annexe' of the Sun Bell Lodge next door due to a large party of guests in the main guesthouse. Our stay was over New Year and the holidays. We really enjoyed the home away from home feeling of the place and being far enough away from the city to be quiet but not too far that we could not enjoy it freely. Any minor teething issues were dealt with in a very friendly and efficient manner. We would definitely stay here again!

2/10 Terrible

Dereck

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Worst BnB EVER!!!!
On arrival we put into rooms 17 & 18, this is in another house, 2 houses down the street, it was absolutely shocking, disgusting, something cooking in the kitchen that was stinking out the whole house, no keys for the rooms, no WiFi, no minibar, no kettle, no premium bedding! no remotes for TV, our one rooms door handle was broken! on complaining to the young training manageress we were moved into the main house, still no kettle in the rooms. the other guests were very loud. we were never approached by the owner/manager to apologize, the young trainee was very kind & apologetic. the food was way below standard, no fruit salad was served, on request we were given an apple! the parking is a nightmare, there is NOT enough parking for the rooms, i had to move my car every night & ask for others to move theirs every morning! the quality of the stay was atrocious! we will NEVER return. the photo's on the web are completely misleading! we had a 5 night stay & the bedding was never changed! twice we returned to find our rooms standing open & unlocked! mosquito's were bad, no tabard was supplied, once we returned at the end of the day & no towels were available. this was the worst business trip to CT ever, will never use them again!

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
ticked all boxes pleasantly
Exactly what we were looking for. Service was friendly and fau7ltless

6/10 Okay

Debbie, Uk

Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
Not what we were expecting
We booked this guest house due to it being close by the airport (11km). In this respect it met our expectations. We booked a luxury suite and found it really wasn't luxury at all but I suspect it was just bigger and with a bigger bathroom than the other rooms there. The website doesn't show many photos. Whilst Sun Bell Lodge was ok I think it is more suited to students and backpackers than it was for us. The property is in a less than celubrious area and in fact was quite a run down area. The pool was tiny and lacked maintenance and needed cleaning out. The outside area whilst good enough to sit around in it was quite dingy. We only stayed one night and in the morning got up to find breakfast, which was right next to the luxury suite, was a communal affair for about 20 people. Cereal, bread, toast etc and a cooked breakfast was offered. Everyone who worked there were extremely polite and welcoming but we just did not fit in with the casual arrangement of the place. The wall from reception to bedroom was covered in graffiti and signatures of past visitors - this didn't look attractive. The iron bars on the windows indicated the sort of area we were staying in and this was a cause for concern. Having said that there was a very secure entry gate into the driveway. For people who are used to staying in the more communal/hostel type of place this is ideal and the accommodation itself is safe. I would be concerned, however, at the locality.

10/10 Excellent

maria

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Laatste nacht in Kaapstad
Een zeer tof verblijf met super vriendelijk en behulpzaam personeel. Ze stelden zelf voor om een diner te maken wat uiteraard ook heerlijk was. Het ontbijt werd vers voor je klaargemaakt. Een echte aanrader en niet ver van de luchthaven
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2021