Riverside Sun

3.5 star property
your current months are December, 2024 and January, 2025.
December 2024
January 2025

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Meeting facility
Exterior
Premium bedding, memory-foam beds, minibar, in-room safe
Lobby
Premium bedding, memory-foam beds, minibar, in-room safe

Reviews

7.6 out of 10

Good

Popular amenities

  • Gym
    Gym
  • Pool
    Pool
  • Bar
    Bar
  • 24/7 front desk
    24/7 front desk
  • Breakfast included
    Breakfast included
  • Housekeeping
    Housekeeping

Explore the area

Map
Corner of Wenning and Emfuleni Drive, Vanderbijlpark, Gauteng, 1900
  • Stonehaven on Vaal
    9 min walk
  • Bongani Mabaso Ecopark
    4 min drive
  • Aquadome
    7 min drive

Room options

Standard Room, 2 Double Beds

  • Sleeps 4
  • 2 Double Beds

Suite Room, 1 King Bed, River View

  • River view
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 King Bed

Family Room, 2 Double Beds, River View

  • River view
  • Sleeps 4
  • 2 Double Beds

Deluxe Room, 1 King Bed, River View

  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 King Bed

Standard Room

  • River view
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Double Bed OR 1 King Bed

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About the area

Vanderbijlpark

Located in Vanderbijlpark, Riverside Sun is on a river, within a 5-minute drive of Stonehaven on Vaal and Bongani Mabaso Ecopark. .This hotel is 3.4 mi (5.5 km) from Netcare Vaalpark Hospital and 3.5 mi (5.6 km) from Vaal Mall.

What's nearby

  • Stonehaven on Vaal - 9 min walk - 0.8 km
  • Vaal Mall - 6 min drive - 5.6 km
  • Aquadome - 7 min drive - 6.1 km
  • Emerald Resort & Casino - 8 min drive - 6.4 km
  • Vaal University of Technology - 8 min drive - 7.3 km

Getting around

  • O.R. Tambo Intl. Airport (JNB) - 75 min drive

Restaurants

  • ‪Stonehaven on Vaal - ‬12 min walk
  • ‪Giramundo - ‬5 min drive
  • ‪The Horse And River - ‬2 min drive
  • ‪Checkers - ‬4 min drive
  • ‪Silverado Spur Steak Ranch - ‬5 min drive

About this property

Riverside Sun

Riverfront hotel with 2 restaurants and free breakfast
Riverside Sun offers 169 air-conditioned accommodations with minibars and safes. Memory foam beds feature premium bedding. A pillow menu is available. 100-inch LCD televisions come with satellite channels.

This Vanderbijlpark hotel provides complimentary wired and wireless Internet access. Business-friendly amenities include computer monitors and phones. Additionally, rooms include complimentary bottled water and hair dryers. Irons/ironing boards and change of towels can be requested. Housekeeping is provided daily.

Recreational amenities at the hotel include an outdoor pool and a fitness center.
Make yourself at home in one of the 169 air-conditioned rooms featuring minibars and LCD televisions. Your memory foam bed comes with premium bedding. Complimentary wired and wireless internet access keeps you connected, and satellite programming provides entertainment. Bathrooms have hair dryers and toothbrushes and toothpaste.
Take advantage of recreation opportunities including an outdoor pool and a fitness center. Additional features at this hotel include complimentary wireless internet access, concierge services, and a picnic area.
Satisfy your appetite at one of the hotel's 2 restaurants. Quench your thirst with your favorite drink at the bar/lounge. A complimentary buffet breakfast is served on weekdays from 6:30 AM to 10:30 AM and on weekends from 7:00 AM to 11:00 AM.
Featured amenities include complimentary wired internet access, a 24-hour business center, and a 24-hour front desk. Event facilities at this hotel consist of a conference center and 3 meeting rooms. Free self parking is available onsite.
A complimentary buffet breakfast is served on weekdays between 6:30 AM and 10:30 AM and on weekends between 7:00 AM and 11:00 AM.
Riverside Sun has 2 restaurants on site.

Languages

Afrikaans, English, Xhosa, Zulu

Property amenities

Internet

  • Available in all rooms: Free WiFi and wired Internet
  • Available in some public areas: Free WiFi and wired Internet

Parking and public transport

  • Free secured self-parking on site
  • Wheelchair-accessible parking available
  • Airport shuttle available

Food and drink

  • Free buffet breakfast available 6:30 AM–10:30 AM on weekdays and 7:00 AM–11:00 AM on weekends
  • 2 restaurants
  • 1 bar

Things to do

  • Fitness centre
  • Outdoor pool
  • Private picnics

Family friendly

  • Outdoor pool

Conveniences

  • Banquet hall
  • Lift
  • Front-desk safe

Guest services

  • 24-hour front desk
  • Change of towels (on request)
  • Concierge services
  • Daily housekeeping
  • Luggage storage

Business services

  • 24-hour business centre
  • Conference centre
  • Meeting rooms - 3

Outdoors

  • Garden
  • Picnic area

Accessibility

  • If you have any requests for specific accessibility needs, please contact the property using the information on the reservation confirmation received after booking.
  • Lift
  • Lift door width (centimetres): 1000
  • Front entrance ramp
  • Handrails in stairwells
  • Stairwell handrail height (centimetres): 1130
  • Lever door handles
  • Pool access ramp on site
  • Raised toilet seat
  • Raised toilet seat height (centimetres): 500
  • Roll-in shower
  • Roll-in shower width (centimetres): 1200
  • Step-free path to entrance
  • Well-lit path to entrance
  • Wheelchair-accessible business centre
  • Wheelchair-accessible lounge
  • Wheelchair-accessible parking
  • 1 on-site accessible parking spaces
  • Wheelchair-accessible path of travel
  • Wheelchair-accessible path to lift
  • Wheelchair-accessible pool
  • Wheelchair-accessible public bathroom
  • Wheelchair-accessible restaurant
  • Wheelchairs available on site

More

  • Couples dining
  • Romance packages available
  • Smoke-free property

Room amenities

Bedroom

  • Air conditioning
  • Bed sheets
  • Blackout drapes/curtains
  • Fan
  • Heating
  • Memory-foam mattress
  • Pillow menu
  • Premium bedding

Bathroom

  • Hairdryer
  • Shampoo
  • Soap
  • Toilet paper
  • Toothbrush and toothpaste (on request)

Entertainment

  • 100-inch LCD TV
  • Satellite channels

Food and drink

  • Electric kettle
  • Free bottled water
  • Minibar

More

  • Computer monitor
  • Connecting rooms available
  • Electrical adapters/chargers
  • Iron/ironing board (on request)
  • Laptop-friendly workspace
  • Phone
  • Safe

Policies

Check-in

Check-in start time: 2:00 PM; Check-in end time: anytime
Minimum check-in age: 18

Check-out

Check-out before 11:00 AM

Special check-in instructions

Front desk staff will greet guests on arrival

Access methods

Staffed front desk

Pets

No pets or service animals allowed

Children and extra beds

Children are welcome
Children may not be eligible for complimentary breakfast

Payment types

Important information

You need to know

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
Safety features at this property include a fire extinguisher, a security system, a first aid kit, and outdoor lighting

We should mention

The property has connecting/adjoining rooms, which are subject to availability and can be requested by contacting the property using the number on the booking confirmation
No pets and no service animals are allowed at this property

Property is also known as

Riverside Sun
Riverside Sun Resort
Riverside Sun Resort Vanderbijlpark
Riverside Sun Vanderbijlpark
Riverside Lifestyle Hotel Vanderbijlpark
Riverside Sun Hotel Vanderbijlpark
Riverside Sun Hotel
Riverside Sun Hotel
Riverside Sun Vanderbijlpark
Riverside Sun Hotel Vanderbijlpark

Riverside Sun Reviews

Reviews

7.6

Good

Rating 10 - Excellent. 2 out of 7 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 3 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" "

9.2/10

Cleanliness

7.2/10

Staff & service

6.0/10

Amenities

8.8/10

Property conditions & facilities

7.6/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

8/10 Good

Neo

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2024

2/10 Terrible

Warren

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Disliked: Staff & service, room comfort
Not what we expected
Our shower had a horrible sewer smell and it took my fiancée 30 minutes to check-in because they couldn’t confirm that we paid a day earlier - which we did. How does it take so long to confirm an electronic payment?
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2024

10/10 Excellent

Ivanhoe Mines SA

Stayed 1 night in Aug 2024

8/10 Good

Mzwandile

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Road is not great. Lots of potholes I nearly burst my wheel
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2024

6/10 Okay

Jacob

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Sync your References
Had to wait for almost an hour to check in because the hotel system doesn’t recognise hotels.com Itenary Number. The hotel still require(d) a reference number like the old days.
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2024

8/10 Good

Hetisani Lucky

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2024

10/10 Excellent

Mohamed Khalil

Stayed 3 nights in Sep 2024