Soli Deo Gloria Boutique Hotel is the perfect destination for anyone visiting Gauteng, whether for business or pleasure. Peaceful haven in the city. We have 2 executive suites, 16 luxury suites, and 2 family suites. Soli Deo Gloria Boutique Hotel is set in secure surrounding with beautiful gardens and abundant bird life set the tone to the tranquil getaway. All luxury suites have en-suite bathrooms and wireless internet connection, TV, DVD and DSTV channels. Spa available!
Star ratings are intended to indicate the general level of features, amenities, and services to expect. This property is classified according to TGCSA - Tourism Grading Council of South Africa.
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330A Boundary Road North Riding AH, Roodepoort 2169 South Africa
Not quite 4 star but it's not bad. We were a bit disappointed that the jacuzzi was not working (although it was part of the package). The room was nice but nothing remarkable about anything. There was also nothing really bad about it, just don't expect too much. Loadshedding took place during our evening spent there and although they have a generator it was not switched on and we couldn't find a candles or emergency light. The road was quite bad and full of potholes but this is not the hotels fault, just something to keep in mind if you have to drive at night.
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Date of stay: January 2020Trip type: Travelled as a couple
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The Airconditioning/heater didn’t work and it was freezing. There was a dirty towel left in the bathroom. Only one clean bath towel was left for us. The hot water didn’t work in my children’s room. The food in the restaurant was cold and not very appetizing.
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Date of stay: July 2018
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Trip type: Travelled with family
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Dinner menu is great, but breakfasts take far too long, especially if one's meetings start at 8am - breakfast only gets served from 7am and choice is shocking - they should move into a buffet style breakfast. Asked the chef the night before to buy rye bread, they didn't. Towels in the bathrooms are far too small, they hardly go around one's body - not great in winter. The lighting in the rooms is poor. Shower quality is poor. No complimentary water in rooms. TV reception is poor.
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Date of stay: April 2013
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Trip type: Travelled on business
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What to say about Soli Deo Gloria Boutique Hotel…? Let me start by saying that the staff and manager are trying. They are not ignoring clients’ complaints but this is unfortunately not enough.
From the rooms, to the restaurant, from the security to the servicing of rooms, I can’t think of one positive thing to say.
We booked one night at the hotel believing it was a 4 star hotel. Then we decided to add an extra night to make sure we didn’t have to rush on the Saturday. I tried to get in touch numerous times with the hotel over a couple of days period but could not get hold of anyone. I eventually managed to get a cell number to speak to the hotel manager and make sure that we would not have to change rooms as it was 2 separate bookings. To apologize for the lack of communication, he advised that he would upgrade us for the stay. Nice! It all started on a positive note.
So we arrived at the hotel on the Friday afternoon. After waiting for probably 5 minutes at the [tiny] reception, someone arrived, made us fill in a full form [including medical aid details???] and then walked us to our “upgraded” room. First impression – this is a very big room. No doubt about it, the room is very spacious.
We unpacked our luggage – very difficult as there is nowhere to put your luggage but on the floor or on the bed… Before putting our clothes in the wardrobe, I had to dust it as there was a lot of dust in it. Not great, Then the bathroom. I took all our toiletry there but realized that you have no place but a tiny shelf under the sink to put your things. So, we had to put most of our belonging on the floor.
When we walked to the restaurant (dinner was included in the rate), we found a PUB! Yes, just a pub with bare tables. We initially thought we were in the wrong place. But no, this is the only restaurant – if you can call this a restaurant – on site. We got the menu and it was nothing more than pub food: steak egg and chips, chicken strips, pub basket and a couple of salads. I was so upset that I messaged the manager – who responded very quickly. He explained that they had done a rebranding of the restaurant to attract more customers and that he would refund the dinner. Yes, this was a nice customer care gesture HOWEVER, one of the reason we chose this hotel was to avoid getting out in the evening! Now we had to decide – do we leave and drive to any other restaurant or stick it up and have pub food? Really not a choice I wanted to have at that stage.
Now, to go into details for each area… I checked the Tourism Grading South Africa to see what is required for a 4 star hotel. I thought – let me check as maybe I am asking “too much”… but clearly not! All the below points are from the official Tourism site.
Hotel in general: Room service must be available. * Not available Servicing of rooms 7 days a week (this includes linen/towel change, removal of rubbish and cleaning). * Our room were not cleaned Laundry service i.e. laundry bags and list. * Not available A noiseless, mini bar fridge available on request. * The fridge made noise the whole night – we had to turn it off Adequate, fit for purpose and appropriate protection against insects should be provided in each guest room. * There was ants in the bathroom – you can ask for pictures which I took during the stay Laundry bags and laundry price lists are to be provided to guests in the room, with an indication of the days the service is available. * Not available 18 hour room service must be available for breakfast, lunch and dinner. * Not available A dedicated fixed internet option or wireless internet access in each room is a requirement. * Not available! And wifi not available on the property. The only wifi working was the reception one and was down most of the time Housekeeping Services available 16 hours daily. * Not available
Bedroom: In-room safe required. * Not available Excellent quality and condition in the standard of furniture, furnishings, flooring, fittings and décor. * Stained chairs in the room and tear seat by the desk A desk equipped with seating fit for purpose, phone, desk light and an international multi-power point/plug. * No desk light, no multi plug with international plug Additional luggage stands for more than one guest available on request. * Not available. Had to use the bed for the luggage Excellent quality window dressings must be provided. * This is a joke! Either you have light or people outside see you! No in between!! Fitted or flat sheet and Top Sheet, with one blanket and a bedspread or a duvet with a cover per bed. * Only the fitted sheet and a thin duvet. A minimum of two excellent quality pillows per sleeping position, proportionate to the size of the bed with an additional pillow and blanket in the room. * Not available! No extra blanket or pillow A full length mirror with direct lighting as well as a well-lit mirror at dressing table area in close proximity * Full length mirror but no mirror by the desk for whoever need to do their make-up / hair
Bathroom: Vanity space should be of sufficient size to accommodate guest amenities according to the sleeping capacity. * Way too small A minimum of two separate hooks for clothes must be provided. * Not available All bathrooms equipped with double ply toilet paper and holder plus a minimum of 1 spare toilet roll. * Only HALF a toilet roll in the bathroom which was not changed during the stay An excellent quality clean, absorbent face cloth, hand towel and a bath sheet per person. * Only two small towels per person, which are old and worn Toilet brush or provide a cleaning service. * Not available Comprehensive personal amenities including tissues, shower cap, shampoo, conditioner, (or conditioning shampoo), shower gel and body lotion * Only bare minimum of shampoo, conditioner and body lotion
Reception: Reception area should be staffed a minimum of 18 hours to 24 hours a day. The hours of operation for reception are to be displayed in a prominent pubic area position. * Not available. We tried to get someone to assist us around 11pm and no one was available
Restaurant: Provision made for a variety of dietary requirements, e.g.: Kosher, Halaal, diabetic, vegetarian, etc. * Not available Three courses available for dinner. A substantial choice of hot and cold dishes. * Only a PUB on site, not a restaurant! The food ordered was not available A good range of hot and cold items offered for breakfast, together with a choice of good quality accompaniments. * Only 4 choices of meals, nothing else A room service menu for breakfast must be in the room or at reception for the guest to complete and must offer of choice of excellent quality items which are appropriate to the level of star grading being applied for. * Not available Staff demonstrating excellent levels of food, beverage and wine product knowledge and service skills * No wine list whatsoever on site, staff didn’t know about the steaks nor about the eggs in the morning
How can you call yourself a 4 star hotel?? Your certificate was delivered in March (?) 2017. I think it might be time to have the property reevaluated.
The whole stay was a joke.
At R1150 per night, I would have much rather stayed in a 3 star hotel where I would have at least got what I would have expected!
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Date of stay: August 2018Trip type: Travelled as a couple
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Response from quintus2014, General Manager at Soli Deo Gloria Boutique Hotel
Responded 04 Sept 2018
Thank you Audrey, for the detailed experience and complaints. I will use this for our weekly staff training to better our staff and service. I did explain to you the thinking around changing the restaurant, it was a business and marketing decision. I did apologise to you on the night and I will do so now again. I think a lot of your comments are unfair. But I do apologise if the stay was not up to your standards. Hopefully you will stay with us again and we will prove to you that we not all bad.
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As the name and costs suggests, I expected Boutique Hotel treatment. What I got was an self-catering accomodation. No heating or cooling in the room, bedsheets thinner than the non-existent toiletpaper when I got there and breakfast served at the leisure of the staff rather than the guests.
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Date of stay: July 2018
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No wifi in room. Supposedly I had half board, but the restaurant was closed one evening and I was not notified. The one meal I had was poor. On arrival I had to change rooms. The rooms were shabby, broken tiles in bathroom etc.
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Date of stay: November 2017
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Trip type: Travelled on business
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Response from quintus2014, General Manager at Soli Deo Gloria Boutique Hotel
Responded 15 Nov 2017
Thank you for the review, be assured it will be taken seriously. My apologies for the experience you had. The restaurant was closed on Sunday night, my sincere apologies that the staff did not communicate that to you they have been reprimanded. I am surprised about the food quality, I have some of the best chefs in the industry. The reason why we had to change your room, there was an issue with the door lock. My sincere apologies about the cracked tile in the shower, maintenance fixed the issue. I would personally like to invite you to stay with us again, you will have a different experience.
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A totally relaxed, concerned and friendly environment awaits you. A comfy bed, a basic kitchen and a restaurant, gym and spa available at your doorstep. What more do you need? I wish I had discovered this Hotel years ago
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Date of stay: June 2017
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Response from quintus2014, General Manager at Soli Deo Gloria Boutique Hotel
Responded 27 Jun 2017
Thank you so much for the feedback! Hope to see you soon. Regards
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I stayed for 6 nights and only got wi-fi working a third of my stay. Restaurant waiter is PLAIN RUDE asking me to greet him before I could order anything. I did greet him previously and he never replied, which could be that he hadn't heard me, but REQUIRING a guest to greet a waiter?? NO! I work in a 5-star hotel, this can cost somebody a lot! Sausages for breakfast were not fresh, orders always came too late. I DO NOT RECOMMEND THIS HOTEL AT ALL!
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Date of stay: November 2016
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Trip type: Travelled with friends
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If I'd informed you( Quetus/Tanya, the owners) that I had other prior pre arranged horrible experiences at other hotel establishments and what those particular Noise Disturbances were Why would you create the same disturbing lounging situation unless you were conspiring and told to do as such...?!? After I checkout Sunday, obviously I and the few key people that I know over south africa won't be patronizing this place.
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Date of stay: November 2023
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Room Tip:Don't stay at this establishments with it's very frequent water shortages and electricity...
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Awesome place! Great food especially the chicken snitzel! the staff is super friendly. Nice and tidy room awesome bedding super soft duvets! Will stay over again. Thank you for the great time! Super close to the Dome!
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Date of stay: December 2019Trip type: Travelled with friends
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There are more places to choose from in the Roodepoort area.
PRICE RANGE
R 1,071 - R 1,161 (Based on Average Rates for a Standard Room)
LOCATION
South AfricaGautengGreater JohannesburgRoodepoort
NUMBER OF ROOMS
18
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