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Bon Hotel Shelley Point

Bayside hotel with 2 restaurants and 2 outdoor pools

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Room
Outdoor pool
Bathroom
Property grounds
Staircase

Reviews

7.6 out of 10
Good

Popular amenities

  • Hot tub
  • Bar
  • Gym
  • Room service
  • 24/7 front desk
  • Spa

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Golden Mile Boulevard, Shelley Point,, ST HELENA Bay, CPT, 7380
  • Shelley Point Country Club & Golf Course
    ‪4 min drive‬
  • Cape St. Martin Lighthouse
    ‪14 min drive‬
  • Paternoster Beach
    ‪35 min drive‬
  • Saldanha (SDB-Air Force Base Langebaanweg)
    ‪57 min drive‬

Rooms & beds

Spaces

Garden

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Room

Garden Suite

  • Golf view
  • 35 sq m
  • Sleeps 2

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Room

Standard Room

  • 20 sq m
  • Sleeps 4

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Luxury Suite

  • 30 sq m
  • Sleeps 2

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About the area

St. Helena Bay

Located in St. Helena Bay, Bon Hotel Shelley Point is near a private beach. Shelley Point Country Club & Golf Course and Port Owen Marina are worth checking out if an activity is on the agenda, while those wishing to experience the area's natural beauty can explore Tietiesbaai and Britannia Beach. Take the opportunity to explore the area for outdoor excitement like hiking/biking trails.

What's nearby

  • Shelley Point Country Club & Golf Course - 4 min drive - 1.7 km
  • Vasco Da Gama Statue - 10 min drive - 7.6 km
  • Cape St. Martin Lighthouse - 14 min drive - 7.5 km
  • Cape Columbine Nature Reserve - 35 min drive - 20.4 km
  • Paternoster Beach - 35 min drive - 20.4 km

Restaurants

  • ‪St Helena Nursery & Coffee Shop - ‬14 min drive
  • ‪Die See Ster Koffiehuis - ‬11 min drive
  • ‪BP Marine Fisheries - ‬9 min drive
  • ‪De Palm Restaurant & Bar - ‬11 min drive
  • ‪Jan's Vetkoek Den - ‬10 min drive

About this property

Bon Hotel Shelley Point

Bayside hotel with 2 restaurants and 2 outdoor pools
This smoke-free hotel features 2 restaurants, 2 outdoor pools and a full-service spa. Free WiFi in public areas and free self parking are also provided. Additionally, a golf course, an indoor pool and 2 poolside bars are on-site.
Bon Hotel Shelley Point offers 82 accommodations with minibars and a safe. This accommodation offers separate sitting areas and includes sofa beds. LCD televisions come with satellite channels. Accommodation at this 4-star hotel has kitchenettes with coffee/tea makers. Bathrooms include a separate bath and shower, complimentary toiletries and hairdryers.

In-room wireless Internet access is available for a surcharge. Business-friendly amenities include desks and telephones. Housekeeping is provided on a daily basis.

Guests can play rounds at the 9-hole golf course and enjoy other recreation facilities including 2 outdoor tennis courts. 2 outdoor swimming pools are on site along with an indoor pool. Other recreational amenities include Access to hot tub, a sauna and a fitness centre.

Children aged under 16 years old are not allowed in the swimming pool, health club or hot tub without adult supervision.

The recreational activities listed below are available either on-site or nearby; fees may apply.

Guests can indulge in a pampering treatment at the hotel's full-service spa, The Shelley Point Spa. Services include facials, body treatments and manicures and pedicures. The spa is equipped with a sauna and a steam room. Children under 18 years old are not allowed in the spa without adult supervision.

Amenities

Pool
Hot tub
Breakfast included
Spa
Parking included
Free WiFi

House Rules

Check in after 2 PM
Check out before 11 AM
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Pets

No pets allowed
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Smoking

Smoking is not permitted

Important information

Optional extras

  • Fee for in-room wireless Internet: ZAR 20 (for 2 hours, rates may vary)

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, 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

We should mention

Reservations are required for spa treatments; reservations can be made by contacting the property prior to arrival, using the contact information on the booking confirmation
Children under 16 years old are not allowed in the swimming pool, health club or hot tub without adult supervision
Children under 18 years old are not allowed in the spa without adult supervision

National rating

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

Frequently asked questions

Does Bon Hotel Shelley Point have a pool?

Yes, this property has an indoor pool and 2 outdoor pools.

Is Bon Hotel Shelley Point pet-friendly?

No, pets are not allowed at this property.

How much is parking at Bon Hotel Shelley Point?

Self-parking is free at this property.

What time is check-in at Bon Hotel Shelley Point?

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

What time is check-out at Bon Hotel Shelley Point?

Checkout is at 11 AM.

Where is Bon Hotel Shelley Point located?

This family-friendly St. Helena Bay hotel is located by the ocean, within 3 mi (5 km) of Shelley Point Country Club & Golf Course and Britannia Beach. Cape St. Martin Lighthouse and Vasco Da Gama Statue are also within 6 miles (10 km).

Bon Hotel Shelley Point Reviews

Reviews

7.6

Good

Reviews are presented in chronological order, subject to a moderation process, and verified unless otherwise labelled.
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Rating 10 - Excellent. 13 out of 64 reviews
Rating 8 - Good. 32 out of 64 reviews
Rating 6 - Okay. 13 out of 64 reviews
Rating 4 - Poor. 4 out of 64 reviews
Rating 2 - Terrible. 2 out of 64 reviews

8.2/10

Cleanliness

7.2/10

Staff & service

7.8/10

Property conditions & facilities

Reviews

This review was submitted before 2018 and has not been verified.

6/10 Okay

Manto, Cape Town

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

Bad service from rude hotel staff

The hotel staff member, by the name of Anja was rude to me at check-out when I wanted to settle my bill. I simply asked her to check if my room rate was settled or not, as I was not sure if I had paid for the room rate before arrival or not. The bill amount that she quoted was the restaurant bill from the previous night - which I knew we had charged to the room. Anja ignored my request, and insisted on calling the waitor who helped us last night, to confirm with him if the bill was correct. She even insisted that the waitor confirm not only over the phone (speaking in Afrikaans assuming that I don't understand) as well as in-person. The waitor did so but I repeatedly said that I didn't have an issue with the restaurant bill, I wanted to confirm if the room rate was settled. I pleaded for help from Anja's colleague who was standing next to her but she was not willing to assist.
This review was submitted before 2018 and has not been verified.

8/10 Good

Winslow

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
This review was submitted before 2018 and has not been verified.

10/10 Excellent

Brendan

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
This review was submitted before 2018 and has not been verified.

4/10 Poor

CPHT, The Netherlands

Liked: Cleanliness
Disliked: Staff & service

6

Lovely gardens and poolsetting and on the whole friendly staff. My gardensuite however had several problems (bath no plug, shower flooded, lighting was defect, stuffy smell) My complaint was picked up well and I was offered a new room which was a big improvement. The breakfast was very good. However the room service was very dissapointing (waited more than an hour for a pizza) If you are not a golfer, there is not much else to do and see in the area.
This review was submitted before 2018 and has not been verified.

8/10 Good

Muneeb, Cape Town

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

A diamond in the rough

This is a very upmarket 3 star hotel - more like a 4 star hotel. There are a few things which will make it much better: 1)Attention to detail (stains on carpet in bedroom) 2)Restuarant service - waiters need more training - I had to ask for water 3 times before I got it. I will definitely be back - Shelley Point is an undiscovered gem in the Western Cape
This review was submitted before 2018 and has not been verified.

6/10 Okay

Hans Rudolf, Thun

Liked: Cleanliness

abgeschiedenes Hotel

Dieses recht grosse Hotel liegt ziemlich abgeschieden in einer abgesicherten mit vielen neuen Häusern umgebenen Zone. Unser Zimmer hätte eigentlich eine Suite sein sollen, aber die Einrichtung war karg. Im Badzimmer fehlten die Tücherstangen. Der Ablauf in der recht alten Dusche war verstopft. Eigentlich war überall etwas zu bemängeln. Aber die Lage zum Golfplatz hin war sehr schön, das grosse Bett bequem und das Frühstück reichhaltig und gut. Alles in Allem, nicht schlecht.
This review was submitted before 2018 and has not been verified.

10/10 Excellent

Peter, Hamburg (Germany)

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

Like 4 Stars

Das Hotel ist Teil einer gepflegten sicheren Anlage mit Golfplatz und vielen privaten Häusern. Das Hotel ist in gutem Zustand, mit gutem Service, sodass es eher 4 Sternen entspricht als den angegebenen 3. Wir waren dort sehr zufrieden.
This review was submitted before 2018 and has not been verified.

8/10 Good

Ellen

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
This review was submitted before 2018 and has not been verified.

10/10 Excellent

Petrus, Bellville

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

One of the best in the west

It was a very pleasant stay. Good value for money. Would recommend the hotel to any body. The breakfast was very good, etc.
This review was submitted before 2018 and has not been verified.

10/10 Excellent

donwena

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
This review was submitted before 2018 and has not been verified.

4/10 Poor

Phillipus

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service
This review was submitted before 2018 and has not been verified.

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

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

Mooi hotel, 3 sterren waard

Mooi hotel, grote kamer en badkamer met ligbad en aparte douche. Uitzicht vanuit onze kamer A 14 viel tegen. Keken tegen het hek van de tennisbaan. Met daarbij het geluid van de tennisballen die tegen de muur werden geslagen. Niet alle kamers geven recht op een plaatsje in de parkeergarage.... Omgeving nodigt uit tot wandeling langs de zee, strand genoeg.
This review was submitted before 2018 and has not been verified.

6/10 Okay

colin, England

Liked: Cleanliness, room comfort
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities

This was a great hotel .

Booked this hotel as we had visited about 5years ago and it was lovely. However it has gone down hill rapidly poor facilities, poor food and absolutely nothing to do but walk on the beach. We thought we would play golf but even that was to poor. This hotel has fantastic potential and needs taken on by someone who has the passion to turn it around. Our room was great when we found it . We were disappointed and would not return which is a great shame.
This review was submitted before 2018 and has not been verified.

8/10 Good

Jacques, Brackenfell

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort

Our home away from home

At first disappointing but after discussing my concerns with the GM, Petrus, things were set right and sorted out. Our reservations were addressed and we got the 20th stay complimentary. We stayed there from 15/1/16 - 24/1/16 and we will definitely be back. New friendships have been established with personnel. We arrived as clients but left as family. Our sincere thanks to Alicia, Dorette, Llewellyn, Sheldon and all the others that made our stay a special one
This review was submitted before 2018 and has not been verified.

10/10 Excellent

Ebrahim, Athlone western cape

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
it was short n nice
This review was submitted before 2018 and has not been verified.

8/10 Good

Mzwakhe

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
This review was submitted before 2018 and has not been verified.

8/10 Good

Gary, Cape Town

Liked: Staff & service, room comfort
Disliked: Cleanliness

Great but have concerns

This was our return trip. Overall it was lovely, however it was abit strange to see staff hanging around the pool (looks like after their shift) with their friends and children. One group was drinking alcohol and using fowl language. Staff seemed comfortable with this and not shying away from guests. Is this hotel policy? Would have been fine however was worrying concerning the language and possible underage alcohol consumption
This review was submitted before 2018 and has not been verified.

2/10 Terrible

Verified traveller

Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Poor hotel

Hotel is remote - in the middle of nowhere - with no restaurants close by and no taxi service available. Checked out early after one night. Hotel's restaurant not up to scratch.
This review was submitted before 2018 and has not been verified.

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

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

Fabulous

It was fabulous. What a place I will recommend this place to my friends
This review was submitted before 2018 and has not been verified.

6/10 Okay

Bill, Cape town

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

Older relaxed dad

Short stay just to see the place and pre book rooms for the night before ahe gets married.
This review was submitted before 2018 and has not been verified.

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

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

Bon Hotel Shelley Point

Okay so this is a strange hotel as the rooms and facilities and quite impressive, but then it fundamentally fails on other levels. The wifi is restricted to 200MB per day and doesn't work well with Mac's as you need to login via a web portal, and overall its slow and fairly useless. Alcohol is expensive (28 rand for a bottle of castle lite) which is a stupid way of not making money. But apart from that its located in a great location with a great 9 hole golf course and 2 nice pools and the food in the restaurants was not too bad either. The staff are fairly friendly and accomodating but not very helpful with things outside their expertise (i.e. wifi). So as long as you cater for the above failings by bringing your own alcohol & wifi data then you'll have an awesome time. Also if you plan to have the buffet breakfast make sure you go early or right at the very end otherwise you'll be waiting 20 mins or more to get your eggs/omelettes/pancakes cooked.
This review was submitted before 2018 and has not been verified.

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

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

Poor Service yet again :o(

The hotel has so much potential and i'm sure its a daily struggle for management as they clearly cannot get the quality of staff they need as its in quite a remote area. If they just employed 1 person who's sole job was to clean the bird poo, another to clean windows and another to keep the second pool area clean and offer drinks to the guests (that alone would probably cover the wages of the 3 extra staff) it would make a world of difference. Read the reviews and they all say the same thing but nothing seems to be done about it. I want to go back as its such a nice place but the level of frustration I know I will have when im there keeps me away. From frozen tasteless food they serve at the restaurant, to the bar staff that don't have a clue (when you ask for a beer they bring the bottle with no glass and no opener - and they aren't twist tops, what are they thinking, your gonna use your teeth??? This is at the bar and room service. Had to wait nearly an hour for a bottle opener to be brought to the room to open my now warm beer) to no towels from reception it just adds up and by the end of your stay you have had enough!
This review was submitted before 2018 and has not been verified.

8/10 Good

Mandy, Cape Town

Liked: Property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service

Expected more...

My children enjoyed it thoroughly, I however was a bit disappointed as I was one adult with two kids under 12, but paid the same rate as a couple with two kids who checked in after me. my children needed swimming towels and I waited 4 hours to get it after requesting from reception. My kids eventually swam and ran to the room without any towels. Our room was only cleaned after 4pm the second day and none of our towels were replaced, we had to use hand towels for the rest of our stay. Room B55 has a leak in the bathroom as the bathroom floor was wet for our entire stay.
This review was submitted before 2018 and has not been verified.

10/10 Excellent

Snefrid, Porsgrunn

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

Fantastisk hotell

Fantastisk hotell og topp service. Vi booket manuelt i resepsjonen for 1 natt. Da vi ønsket og bli en natt til, sa betjeningen at det ville bli rimeligere for oss å låne PC og booke på Hotels.com
This review was submitted before 2018 and has not been verified.

8/10 Good

Shaun, Cape Town

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

West Coast Gem

Great hotel tucked away within the estate. Located nest to the golf course and easy walking distance to the seashore. Very friendly staff who went out of their way to provide service and help with our baby (providing a cot, sanitizing bottles etc). Affordable dinner menu as well as a tasty breakfast buffet.