The Lodge L'Avenir

4.0 star property

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Classic Room

Classic Room

  • 23 sq m
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Double Bed

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Double Room (Platinum)

Double Room (Platinum)

  • 23 sq m
  • Sleeps 3
  • 1 Double Bed

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Room

  • 40 sq m
  • Sleeps 3
  • 1 King Bed

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About the area

Stellenbosch

Located in Stellenbosch, The Lodge L'Avenir is in a rural location, within a 5-minute drive of Warwick Wine Estate and Quoin Rock. .This country house is 2.8 mi (4.6 km) from Knorhoek and 3.1 mi (5.1 km) from Simonsig Wine Estate.
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What's nearby

  • Quoin Rock - 4 min drive - 3.5 km
  • Stellenbosch University - 5 min drive - 6.2 km
  • Long Street - 39 min drive - 58.9 km
  • Camps Bay Beach - 46 min drive - 64.7 km
  • Clifton Bay Beach - 46 min drive - 64.7 km

Getting around

  • Cape Town Bellville Station - 22 min drive
  • Cape Town Intl. Airport (CPT) - 40 min drive

Restaurants

  • ‪Hayashi - ‬6 min drive
  • ‪Jo Marlin fish 'n chips - ‬4 min drive
  • ‪SUKI Japanese Tapas & Sushi - ‬6 min drive
  • ‪Middelvlei Wine Estate - ‬11 min drive
  • ‪McDonald's - ‬6 min drive

About this property

The Lodge L'Avenir

Country house in Stellenbosch with a winery and an outdoor pool
The Lodge L'Avenir offers 11 air-conditioned accommodations with minibars and safes. Satellite television is provided. Bathrooms include bathtubs or showers and hair dryers.

Guests can surf the web using the complimentary wireless Internet access. Business-friendly amenities include desks and phones. Additionally, rooms include complimentary bottled water and coffee/tea makers. Housekeeping is provided daily.

Recreational amenities at the country house include an outdoor pool.

The recreational activities listed below are available either on site or nearby; fees may apply.

Make yourself at home in one of the 11 air-conditioned rooms featuring minibars. Complimentary wireless internet access keeps you connected, and satellite programming is available for your entertainment. Bathrooms have bathtubs or showers and hair dryers. Conveniences include phones, as well as safes and desks.
Take advantage of recreational opportunities offered, including an attached winery, an outdoor pool, and bicycles to rent. This country house also features concierge services, a picnic area, and barbecue grills. Getting to nearby attractions is a breeze with the area shuttle (surcharge).
Take advantage of the country house's room service (during limited hours). Wrap up your day with a drink at the bar/lounge.
Featured amenities include a business center, dry cleaning/laundry services, and luggage storage. A roundtrip airport shuttle is provided for a surcharge (available 24 hours).
Room service (during limited hours) is available.

Property amenities

Internet

  • Available in all rooms: Free WiFi

Parking and transport

  • 24-hour return airport shuttle (surcharge)
  • Area shuttle (surcharge)

Food and drink

  • A bar/lounge

Things to do

  • Bicycle rentals
  • Outdoor pool
  • Winery

Family friendly

  • Laundry facilities
  • Outdoor pool
  • Rollaway/extra bed (surcharge)

Conveniences

  • Laundry facilities
  • Limited-hour front desk
  • Luggage storage

Guest services

  • Concierge services
  • Dry cleaning/laundry service
  • Housekeeping (daily)

Business services

  • Business centre
  • Meeting rooms

Outdoors

  • Barbecue grill
  • Garden
  • Picnic area
  • Pool loungers
  • Pool umbrellas
  • Terrace

Accessibility

  • If you have requests for specific accessibility needs, please contact the property using the information on the reservation confirmation received after booking.
  • No lift (single-level property)
  • Wheelchair accessible (may have limitations)

More

  • Smoke-free property

Room amenities

Bedroom

  • Rollaway/extra bed (surcharge)

Bathroom

  • Bathtub or shower
  • Hair dryer
  • Private bathroom
  • Towels provided

Entertainment

  • TV with satellite channels

Food and drink

  • Coffee/tea maker
  • Free bottled water
  • Limited room service
  • Minibar

More

  • Air conditioning
  • Desk
  • Phone
  • Safe

Policies

Check-in

Check-in start time: 2:00 PM; Check-in end time: 8:00 PM
Minimum check-in age: 18

Check-out

Check-out before 11 AM

Special check-in instructions

The front desk is open daily from 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Front desk staffed during limited hours
This property doesn't offer after-hours check-in
Information provided by the property may be translated using automated translation tools

Access methods

Front desk (limited hours)

Pets

Pets not allowed

Children and extra beds

Children are welcome
Children up to the age of 2 years can stay for free if using existing beds when occupying the parent or guardian's room
Rollaway/extra beds are available for ZAR 450.0 per night

Payment types

Important information

Optional extras

  • Airport shuttle fee: ZAR 450 per room (one way)
  • Rollaway bed fee: ZAR 450.0 per night

The above list may not be comprehensive. Fees and deposits may not include tax and are subject to change.

You need to know

Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card, debit card, or cash deposit may be required at check-in for incidental charges
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges; special requests cannot be guaranteed
This property accepts credit cards; cash is not accepted

We should mention

This property does not have elevators

National rating

Quality Graded by the Tourism Grading Council of South Africa (TGCSA) – South Africa's official quality assurance organization.

Property is also known as

L'Avenir Lodge
L'Avenir Stellenbosch
Lodge L'Avenir
Lodge L'Avenir Stellenbosch
The L'avenir Stellenbosch
The Lodge L'Avenir Stellenbosch
The Lodge L'Avenir Country House
The Lodge L'Avenir Country House Stellenbosch

Reviews

The Lodge L'Avenir Reviews

9.0

Wonderful

9.6/10

Cleanliness

9.0/10

Staff & service

10/10

Amenities

9.2/10

Property conditions & facilities

9.0/10

Eco-friendliness
Rating 10 - Excellent. 18 out of 30 reviews
Rating 8 - Good. 10 out of 30 reviews
Rating 6 - Okay. 1 out of 30 reviews
Rating 4 - Poor. 1 out of 30 reviews
Rating 2 - Terrible. 0 out of 30 reviews

Reviews

10/10 Excellent

Sian

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2025

10/10 Excellent

Malcolm

Stayed 1 night in Jan 2025

8/10 Good

Adeeb

Stayed 1 night in Dec 2023

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 3 nights in Feb 2020

10/10 Excellent

Christian

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Amazing place

Amazing place and so good, we stayed twice on the same holiday. Would recommend it to everyone and will definitely stay again when next in the Western Cape.
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2020

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Friendly, fun, high class but not snobby and fantastic value... great base for Stellenbosch wine tasting, i will be coming back!
Stayed 3 nights in Jan 2020

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Lovely place to stay, friendly staff and great service.
Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2019

4/10 Poor

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Disliked: Staff & service
Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2019

10/10 Excellent

Nicholas

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

A truely relaxing stay with high standards

This was my first night after a long haul flight and a welcome contrast to the airport. This I should a wine estate first and a hotel second but the standard of accommodation was excellent. The personal approach of the staff give the hotel the standard of service not possible in larger chains. I loved having the wine tasting next door as well. It’s a little too far to walk into Stellenbosch - which I should probably a goood thing. I had no problem cycling but taxis are easily available and for the more adventurous, there is a riding stable close by. A
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Excellent

Beautiful rooms and grounds! Excellent, very friendly service! Near quite a few other wineries. Love staying here.
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Beautiful place to stay. Staff were exceptionally helpful and friendly
Stayed 3 nights in Jan 2019

8/10 Good

Gerard

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Beautiful grounds, room, and service

Stay was great and service and grounds were amazing. However, hotels.com says there is a grill and there is not.
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2018

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Very nice tranquil location. Great rooms

We had a nice stay here but unfortunately there was no real restaurant facility offering only two very basic dishes in the evening. Could not find any other restaurants close by. The cooked breakfast was very good but unfortunately we experienced the breakfast waiting staff leaving tables dirty for long periods and buffet food uncovered with flies on, though the next day it was covered. No customer service appreciation at breakfast time even though there were plenty of staff on duty. Needed a manager/supervisor to oversee.

8/10 Good

Pauline

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service

Excellent wine and location

A simple and nice winery hotel with EXCELLENT wines - all of them! We were pleased that a free tasting was included with our reservation and even more pleased with the quality of the wines. You can walk around the hotel, in the vineyards and enjoy the nice pool. Highly recommended!

8/10 Good

Anthony

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service

L'Avenir stay

Lovely venue and friendly staff, but room not what we requested. We asked for a double bed and got twin beds. Aircon was leaking and did not get repaired in the two days that we were there

8/10 Good

nick

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Lovely and peaceful

Lovely accommodation. Quiet and peaceful. Recommended.

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Disliked: Staff & service

A great place with a slight attitude problem

This is an interesting place. Only a small number of rooms right in the heart of a vineyard. It's for the most part sexily designed and the rooms were bright and clean. The infinity pool has stunning views. It's a bit of a flog into Stellenbosch itself but perfectly doable by cab. The only downer is that reception seemed a little surly. Nothing was their fault. "Can I double check the wifi password as it doesn't seem to work?" You must have typed it in wrong. In fact the wifi was just rubbish. At breakfast everything appeared a bit randomly or not at all. One of our party waited a while for a coffee and popped his head into the kitchen to find the staff all drinking coffee! In conclusion the place itself is potentially fantastic but the staff need a quick perk up in terms of making the guest feel more "important"!

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

The experience more about the space than the staff

A lovely, if slightly cold, pool area which is probably the highlight. Some of the staff were a little dry / surly but generally we were well looked after. The setting is lovely. A smidge out if Stellenbosch but a relaxed setting

8/10 Good

Håvard

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Veldig bra😊 Utenfor sesong, så restauranten var stengt. Forståelig nok. Men de hjalp oss bestille takeaway
Stayed 2 nights in May 2024

10/10 Excellent

Maria

Stayed 3 nights in Feb 2023

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Highly recommended

Beautiful hotel with lovely rooms and excellent service. Only thing that could be changed, is that they would provide some food even after 8pm.
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2019

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Rustige, aangename sfeer. Mooi zwembad en uitzicht. Lekker verzorgd ontbijt. Goede ligging.
Stayed 3 nights in Jan 2019

10/10 Excellent

Karl, Malmö

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Fantastic

Beautifull peacefulll Place, nice wines, good venues. Good service Really recommend this amazing place
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2019