St Aidan's Manor

Quite area of Grahamstown. Breakfast was good. Natalie our host was very informative, and on her recommendation we went to The Highlander restaurant right across the road from our B & B for dinner. What a lovely place to just chill looking over the beautifully kept St Andrew's High school playing fields. The setting was lovely, and the food offerings were plentiful at great prices. Highly recommend this eating house.

Although they have had limited rain over the last couple of months, the property does have a very large underground water storage area for use on the property. The gardens were looking tired and certainly need some serious attention and cleaning up to make it more welcoming. The glass fronted exterior kitchen door overlooks the pool, but we had the displeasure of sitting around the pool having to look at this huge broken pane of glass in the door. The pool itself was dirty and not what i expect from a 4* B & B. The price paid was also a bit on the expensive side for what we got, with others in the area offering better rates.

Very helpful staff giving a personal service. Good choice of breakfast and a willingness to go the extra mile for a vegetarian. The property had a pleasant large garden in a safe, quiet neighbourhood though still close to everything we wanted to visit.

A lick of fresh paint here or there would improve the appearance

A very quaint historical building with lots of character

There was no lighting or provisions for loadshedding.