SALAMA LODGE CAPE TOWN

• Severe bed bug or pest issues, with itching lasting for days after their stay.
• The property functions more like a communal living situation than a hotel, with long-term residents and shared facilities.
• The kitchen as unusable due to cleanliness issues despite it being advertised as self-catering.
• This is a converted house with thin walls where you can hear all other occupants, and the reception desk is just another room within the property.
• Rooms are dark with beds that multiple guests reported having bed bugs or similar pests causing persistent itching for days after checkout.
• Kitchen facilities are described as very messy and dirty, electrical plugs don't work, and rooms lack basic amenities like hangers.
• Located in Parow with parking issues where guests can be blocked in by other residents, and the back of the property has rental shacks and accumulations of rubbish.
• Music plays throughout the night, and the property operates more as a long-term rental commune than a traditional accommodation.

A read of 61 guest reviews. These reviews do not record who wrote them, so nothing here is attributed to women.