1. The town bustled with contract workers busy on various projects in the area detracting from the overall historical feel that we expected. 2. They did not have our room confirmed and it took approx 20 mins to sort out the problem 3. We stayed in room 12 - the balcony was filthy and it was evident that it was not cleaned in weeks - heaps of bird droppings 4. Some of the rooms in the hotel was inaccessible as it was converted to meeting rooms 5. The car museum was vacated - cars were parked in the parking area across the hotel to make room for the contractors 6. The train was unavailable as a medical team were conducting medicals on workers 7. The Standard Bank was vacated and converted to a meeting room 8. The train station had a room converted to a meeting room - whilst walking in the museum below we heard the voices upstairs whilst they were working The hotel staff were very friendly and accommodating - the food was good. The hotel was very 'dusty' and in some windows there were cobwebs - it is evident that the hotel is not cleaned regularly. We stayed 2 days to ensure we get the whole Matjiesfontein experience but as a 'tourist' we were disappointed with the town converted to a 'project office'.

A special place at a special location. Kind of a museum, taking you back to the old days of SA.

Perfect place in the middle of Karoo to take a step back in time. Very friendly and good food etc

Excellent service, great room, we felt very spoilt, thank you!

Clean, quiet and reasonably comfortable. Can get very cold in winter with not particularly effective heater.