Johnfrisbee
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The 3 of us booked a 2-bedroom apartment here for early October, 4 nights.|We'd arrived from the UK on a night flight, so got here around 09.30, 6+ hours before our due check-in time. Happily, the lobby team could not have been more helpful. They stored our cases and bags in their store room. Unemcumbered, we started enjoying this fabulous city, while our apartment was being cleaned and prepped for our sfternoon arrival.|A charming and helpful young lady showed us to our apartment - to the rear of the building on the 5th floor.|We were absolutely taken aback with the sheer size of the place; both bedrooms and bathrooms were huge, very well furnished, looked great and were spotless. Everything worked ok.|The main room/lounge/diner/kitchen area was simply stunning. Again - so spacious, well laid-out, furnished and decorated to perfection and so shiny clean. Wow! What a great start to our SA holiday.|The interior atrium walkways to the rooms are stunning.|Unfortunately the rooftop with pool was closed while we were there, for maintainance, but we had a full schedule, so no worries.|Located on Main Road in Green Park, there were several excellent nearby cafes and restaurants. Indian, burgers. Italian, steaks and more. We dined very hppily at Jason Bakery, Tiger's Milk, Ninety-One, Lievita Ialian restaurant, (5mins over the road, near outdoor sports courts and up the stairs), and last but definately not least, super-friendly Shift Espresdo Bar and Cafe, right by Cape Royale's entrance. Perfect for the weary traveller!|Also, there's a superb Woolworth 1min away. Think top-quality small Waitrose. Incredible choice of fruit, veg, most foods, drinks, wines etc. (No beer though.) So handy.|I must mention the lobby staff. Whenever they saw us about to wait for a taxi or Uber, they walked outside and kept us company / added a bit of security. A nice touch. We always felt safe in Green Park though.|After 4 nghts we left Cape Town for safari, returning to the same building for a second stay, albeit in a different apartment, to the front of the building on the 6th floor.|Again, it was so modern, well-appointed, very clean. But much smaller than our 1st stay. More expensive too. Also, traffic noise kept those of us in one bedroom awake at night. We reportrd this and the windows were quickly improved/adjusted. Still noisy though.| The view was much nicer though. Overall we preferred our 1st stay's apartment, but really, both were excellent, we were happy in both.|The rooftop was open durng our 2nd stay, and while part of it is a bit tatty, it's a great place to take and enjoy a drink while taking in the stunning views.|So while Cape Royale's not perfect, it's a grest place to stay. We thought highly of the 2 apartments we stsyed in, we were well-placed for reasonably-priced eateries, it was less expensive to stay at than V&A apartments, huge and friendly lobby...and would definately stay here again.