Foxwood House
Rooms and suites in garden grounds, with pool and breakfast included.
- Type
- Hotel
- Rating
- 4.5 from 206
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What the reviews say
Women keep coming back for the private garden suites that open directly onto the wider estate grounds, with swans on the duck pond and birdsong rather than traffic. The catch the reviews name honestly: breakfast runs to fried eggs and bacon, and when the house is busy it comes out slowly.
- One reviewer spent a full day by the pool in the garden, describing swans on a nearby pond, birdsong, and ducks as part of the setting. Her room opened directly onto the pool area.
- A solo guest who stayed eight nights had a suite with a private garden connecting to the wider estate grounds. She described the staff as the standout element of the stay.
- Breakfast specifically. One praised it as terrific, while another noted the spread was limited to fried eggs and bacon, required requests for yogurt, and moved slowly when serving a group of eight.
- One reviewer flagged practical realities for foreign visitors: occasional power outages are possible, the property has a generator, and rooms are provided with matches and a candle. Insects are also present given the garden setting.
- A reviewer noted the property has no soaps or creams in the rooms, which she found inconvenient.
- The property is a historic mansion with multiple buildings connected by narrow paths through the garden, furnished with antique pieces throughout.
- Suites are described as spacious, with some opening directly onto the pool area and others featuring private gardens that connect to the main estate grounds.
- The property has a generator for power outages, and rooms include matches and a candle, but reviewers noted an absence of in-room toiletries such as soaps and creams.
- Killarney Mall and Killarney Golf Course are both within walking distance of the property.
- Multiple reviewers independently named the staff as the strongest aspect of the stay, using words like welcoming, professional, and kind.
A read of 206 guest reviews. These reviews do not record who wrote them, so nothing here is attributed to women.
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Where it is
13 5th St, Houghton Estate, Johannesburg, 2198, South Africa
Foxwood House sits in a leafy, established neighbourhood in Johannesburg. Killarney Mall and the Killarney Golf Course are walkable from the property.
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