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Road Lodge East London

1.0 star property

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Daily continental breakfast for a fee
Reception
Exterior
Terrace/patio
Desk, iron/ironing board, free WiFi, bed sheets

Reviews

7.6 out of 10
Good

Popular amenities

  • Pool
  • Parking included
  • Free Wi-Fi
  • Air-conditioning
  • Breakfast available
  • Laundry room

Explore the area

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Corner Union Avenue and Cheltenham Road, East London, Eastern Cape, 7530
  • Place, East London Museum
    ‪5 min walk‬
  • Place, Ann Bryant Art Gallery
    ‪14 min walk‬
  • Place, Jan Smuts Stadium East London
    ‪7 min drive‬
  • Airport, East London (ELS)
    ‪25 min drive‬

Room options

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Desk, iron/ironing board, free WiFi, bed sheets

Double Room, Non Smoking

8.0 out of 10
Very good
(2 reviews)
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Double Bed
  • Free Wi-Fi

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Shower, free toiletries, hair dryer, towels

Double Room, Non Smoking

9.0 out of 10
Wonderful
(4 reviews)
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Double Bed
  • Free Wi-Fi

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Shower, free toiletries, hair dryer, towels

Twin Room, Accessible, Non Smoking

10.0 out of 10
Exceptional
(1 review)
  • Sleeps 2
  • 2 Single Beds
  • Free Wi-Fi

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Shower, free toiletries, hair dryer, towels

Twin Room, Non Smoking

10.0 out of 10
Exceptional
(1 review)
  • Sleeps 2
  • 2 Single Beds
  • Free Wi-Fi

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Shower, free toiletries, hair dryer, towels

Twin Room, Non Smoking

  • Sleeps 2
  • 2 Single Beds
  • Free Wi-Fi

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About the area

East London

When you stay at Road Lodge East London in East London, you'll be in the business district, within a 5-minute drive of East London Museum and Ann Bryant Art Gallery. .This hotel is 1.2 mi (1.9 km) from The Cenotaph and 1.6 mi (2.6 km) from Jan Smuts Stadium East London.

What's nearby

  • East London Museum - 5 min walk - 0.4 km
  • Ann Bryant Art Gallery - 14 min walk - 1.2 km
  • The Cenotaph - 4 min drive - 1.8 km
  • Jan Smuts Stadium East London - 7 min drive - 2.5 km
  • Nahoon Beach - 12 min drive - 7.1 km

Getting around

  • East London (ELS) - 23 min drive

Restaurants

  • ‪KFC - ‬3 min drive
  • ‪KFC - ‬17 min walk
  • ‪Jules On Jarvis - ‬19 min walk
  • ‪The Kitchen Table - ‬3 min drive
  • ‪Ginger & Co - ‬14 min walk

About this property

Road Lodge East London

Road Lodge East London offers 90 air-conditioned accommodations with complimentary toiletries. This East London hotel provides complimentary wireless Internet access.

Bathrooms include showers. Business-friendly amenities include desks and desk chairs. Irons/ironing boards and hair dryers can be requested. Housekeeping is provided daily.

Recreational amenities at the hotel include an outdoor pool.
Make yourself at home in one of the 90 air-conditioned guestrooms. Complimentary wireless internet access is available to keep you connected. Private bathrooms with showers feature complimentary toiletries and hair dryers. Conveniences include desks and electric kettles, and housekeeping is provided daily.
Take advantage of recreation opportunities such as an outdoor pool or take in the view from a terrace and a garden. Additional features at this hotel include complimentary wireless internet access and bike storage.
Take advantage of the hotel's room service (during limited hours). Mingle with other guests at the complimentary reception, held daily. Continental breakfasts are served on weekdays from 6:30 AM to 9:00 AM and on weekends from 7:00 AM to 10:00 AM for a fee.
Featured amenities include complimentary newspapers in the lobby, dry cleaning/laundry services, and a 24-hour front desk. A roundtrip airport shuttle is provided for a surcharge (available 24 hours), and free self parking is available onsite.
A complimentary manager's reception is offered each day.
Room service (during limited hours) is available.

Property amenities

Internet

  • Available in all rooms: Free WiFi
  • Available in some public areas: Free WiFi

Parking and transport

  • 24-hour return airport shuttle on request for a surcharge
  • Free self parking on site
  • Limited on-site self parking
  • Wheelchair-accessible parking available

Food and drink

  • Continental breakfast available for a fee 6:30 AM to 9:00 AM on weekdays and 7:00 AM to 10:00 AM on weekends; ZAR 140 per person
  • Coffee and tea in common areas
  • Free daily manager's reception

Things to do

  • Bicycle storage
  • Outdoor pool

Family friendly

  • In-room sofa bed
  • Outdoor pool

Conveniences

  • 24-hour front desk
  • Free newspapers in lobby
  • Luggage storage
  • Safe at front desk
  • Shared microwave
  • Shared refrigerator

Guest services

  • Dry cleaning/laundry service
  • Housekeeping (daily)

Outdoors

  • Garden
  • Terrace

Accessibility

  • If you have requests for specific accessibility needs, please contact the property using the information on the reservation confirmation received after booking.
  • 1 accessible parking space
  • Hand-held showerhead
  • Handrails in stairways (60 centimetre high)
  • Lever door handles
  • Stair-free path to entrance
  • Upper floors accessible by stairs only
  • Well-lit path to entrance
  • Wheelchair accessible (may have limitations)
  • Wheelchair-accessible parking
  • Wheelchair-accessible pool
  • Wheelchair-accessible public bathroom
  • Wheelchair-accessible registration desk (90 centimetre high)
  • Wheelchair-accessible restaurant

More

  • Built in 2006
  • Designated smoking areas (fines apply)

Room amenities

Bedroom

  • Bedsheets provided
  • Sofa bed

Bathroom

  • Free toiletries
  • Hair dryer (on request)
  • Private bathroom
  • Shower
  • Towels provided

Entertainment

  • TV

Food and drink

  • Electric kettle
  • Limited room service
  • Tea bags/instant coffee

More

  • Air conditioning
  • Connecting rooms available
  • Desk
  • Desk chair
  • Iron/ironing board on request
  • Mobile key entry

Policies

Check-in

Check-in start time: 2:00 PM; Check-in end time: anytime

Contactless check-in available

Check-out

Check-out before 11 AM

Special check-in instructions

This property offers transfers from the airport (surcharges may apply); guests must contact the property with arrival details before travel, using the contact information on the booking confirmation

Front desk staff will greet guests on arrival at the property

Information provided by the property may be translated using automated translation tools

Access methods

Staffed front desk

Pets

Pets not allowed (service animals are welcome, and are exempt from fees)

Children and extra beds

Children are welcome

Rollaway/extra beds are not available

Cribs (infant beds) are not available

Payment types

Important information

Optional extras

  • Fee for continental breakfast: approximately ZAR 140 per person
  • Airport shuttle fee: ZAR 150 per person (one-way)

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, debit cards, and cash

We should mention

This property does not have elevators
Pool access available from 8:00 AM to 8:00 PM
The property has connecting/adjoining rooms, which are subject to availability and can be requested by contacting the property using the number on the booking confirmation

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

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Road Lodge East London Reviews

Reviews

7.6

Good

Rating 10 - Excellent. 81 out of 260 reviews
Rating 8 - Good. 93 out of 260 reviews
Rating 6 - Okay. 48 out of 260 reviews
Rating 4 - Poor. 19 out of 260 reviews
Rating 2 - Terrible. 19 out of 260 reviews

8.0/10

Cleanliness

7.8/10

Staff & service

6.8/10

Amenities

7.6/10

Property conditions & facilities

Reviews

8/10 Good

Deon

Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2026

8/10 Good

Deon

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
The check in was disorganized and had to fill in endless forms. I use this hotel regulary. They need to review their breakfast priciing as it does not warrant what you are getting. Boring
Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2025

10/10 Excellent

Deon

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities
Always clean and fresh
Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2025

10/10 Excellent

Ashley

Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2025

6/10 Okay

Simthembile

Travelled with family
Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Cleanliness
Room was not cleaned on time, linen was undone and there were cockroaches in the bathroom. No shower cap in the shower we had to ask for it.
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2025

10/10 Excellent

Lizo

Stayed 1 night in Oct 2025

10/10 Excellent

Nonkanyiso

Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2025

8/10 Good

Chris

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great over night stay. Friendly staff. Clean bathroom. Comfo8bed.
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2025

10/10 Excellent

Motale

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
I enjoyed staying at East London road logde hotel i was so amazing.
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2025

8/10 Good

Magabaditsane Brian

Business traveller, Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
I liked the staff
Stayed 3 nights in Jun 2025

4/10 Poor

theo

Business traveller, Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Twin beds bases keep moving and they are very small in size..rooms not spacious enough, no fridges in the room,bathroom not spacious to even turn around.
Stayed 4 nights in May 2025

6/10 Okay

Tyrone

Stayed 1 night in Mar 2025

8/10 Good

Asja

Stayed 1 night in Mar 2025

10/10 Excellent

tina

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2025

8/10 Good

ANNELIE

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

GOOD

EVERYTHING WAS GOOD, THANK YOU
Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2025

10/10 Excellent

Mr SJ

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

Familiar and friendly

Very friendly staff, easy location, clean and accessible.
Stayed 3 nights in Feb 2025

10/10 Excellent

Bulelani

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2024

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Business traveller
Liked: Room comfort

Can you please provide me with the Invoice of my s

The stay was vrry excellent, excellent service and the staff was friendly aCab
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2025

10/10 Excellent

Sixolisiwe

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
The stay was amazing I really enjoyed it
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2024

6/10 Okay

Stephan

Business traveller
Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2024

6/10 Okay

Geurt

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities
This is a good budget hotel for a quick one night overnight stay. It is safe and provides secure parking. The rooms are very small and the bathrooms were questionable - the shower did not want to drain. The staff were wonderful though.
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2024

2/10 Terrible

Deon

Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2024

2/10 Terrible

MRS M

Business traveller
Disliked: Room comfort
The staff at this hotel was unable to address issues of noise and unruliness with other guests that interrupted my and other paying guests sleep.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2024

6/10 Okay

Lesego

Business traveller
Some guests were smokinf...drunk and noisy. Kitchen also noisy. Ice machine not working. No ice buckets!
Stayed 4 nights in Sep 2024

6/10 Okay

MRS M

Stayed 1 night in Sep 2024