Who’s Your Daddy?

Cape Town is a wonderful city filled with beautiful scenery, amazing sites, and luxurious hotel accommodations. As in any metropolitan city, the accommodations selection is diverse with everything from low end hostels to five star hotels. I am a fan of finding unique, but still comfortable, places to stay that provide a different experience than I would get at home. Well the Grand Daddy Hotel has set the bar on “unique experience”.

Picture if you will several airstream silver trailers, each uniquely designed by a South African designer to reflect a different theme, placed together to create a cute little trailer community or neighborhood. Now place them on the roof of a boutique hotel and you have just created the trailer park at the Grand Daddy Hotel. It is a one of a kind experience that visitors to Cape Town should try for atleast one night, just like I did.

The trailer park has its own bar and you feel like you are in your own little world perched above Long Street. You can see the buildings around you and hear the traffic below as you sip on cocktails as the sun sets.

My trailer the Afrofunk’d was designed around an African motif, with Mandela pillows and images of the desert. Beware it is tiny! And I can’t imagine sharing the space with another person. There are other trailers that are larger to fit couples but I wouldn’t imagine that more than two adults would feel comfortable. The small bed and even smaller bathroom make it perfectly cozy for one. The Afrofunk’d trailer came with a small flat screen tv, minibar, shower, and bench style seating.

The rooftop trailer park would be perfect if a group was traveling together and wanted to have a rooftop get together. I can imagine it would be ideal for a bachelor or bachelorette party, family gathering, or wedding party accommodations.

A night at a trailer park not your style? No worries. The hotel also offers suites and regular hotel rooms with luxury amenities. After my night in the tiny trailer I was ready to spread out in the Grand Daddy superior room. With a huge king sized bed and extra large bathroom, it was night and day to my trailer park experience. The bathroom has a large tub and separate shower making it perfect for people traveling together.

The hotel also offered breakfast at a reasonable rate in the hotel restaurant, The Showroom Cafe. It seemed to be popular for others in the neighborhood, as many people came in from the street for breakfast while I was eating. The food was great with a typical continental spread (croissants, yogurt, fruit, bread, tea and coffee) but they also provide eggs cooked to order and bacon. For about $4.75 US it was a great deal.

The hotel also provided me with 2 free drink coupons which I could use in the hotel bar, The Daddy Cool Bar. Of course I had to test their mojitos which did not disappoint. One of the bartenders, Sandla, created a mojito which was really strong but delicious. His secret…a little Captain Morgan’s rum mixed in for a kick. It made it on to my list of Perfect Mojitos! He also is extremely friendly and gave me inside tips into Cape Town nightlife. The bar is a hang out for locals, with a dj playing a dance mix and the beautiful people mingling around. So even if you are not a guest of the hotel it is worth checking it out and having a drink. If Sandla is there definitely try his mojito!

The service in the hotel was great and the staff is extremely friendly.  I would highly recommend it to anyone looking for a place to stay in Cape Town especially if they want something a little different!

The Grand Daddy Hotel
38 Long Street
Cape Town
South Africa
http://www.granddaddy.co.za/