Ma Neo’s B&B, Langa, Cape Town: Accommodation Review

Ma Neo’s B&B
Zone 7 No 30 (off Sandile Avenue)
Langa, Cape Town | Map

Accommodation type: Bed & Breakfast
Number of stars: 2
Rooms starting from (per person sharing): R180
SA Blog recommends? It’s Perfectly Suitable

Snippet

Many original features of the house have been kept intact, to create the atmosphere of a typical black township home, which survived the political upheavals of the 1980s up to the present time.

(See full review below.)

Low season specials? No
Breakfast included? Yes
Dedicated non-smoking rooms? Yes
Staff friendliness (out of 10): 8
Staff competence (out of 10): Not reviewed

Room options: Single, Double
Room comfort level (out of 10): 7
Noisy? No
Does the TV remote work? Yes
Fan or A/C? Not reviewed
Pool? No

Concierge? N/A
Restaurant? No, but African dishes can be prepared for all meals, on request.
Conference facilities? No
Three ink blot adjectives: Safe, Comfortable, Relaxing
Value for money? Yes

Booking information
Ma Neo’s B&B
Thandiwe Peter, Manager
Zone7 No 30, Langa
Cape Town 7455
Tel: +27(0) 694 2504 / (0) 73 146 0370, Fax: +27 (0) 695 0661
maneo@absamail.co.za
www.tiscover.co.za/maneo

Review
When you are in Cape Town, visit Langa, the city’s first township – and if you happen to stay out until late, and don’t feel like going back to the city, Ma Neo’s B&B is where you can relax in comfort and style.

Ma Neo offers you a choice of three bedrooms: one big room inside the main house, and two rooms in small outbuildings, all with television. In the mornings, you can choose between a delicious English or African breakfast – and other meals are prepared on request.

Manager Thandiwe can arrange transport for you: she will pick you up at the airport, drop you off after your stay, and enjoys taking guests around Langa, to see the neighbourhood, historical sites, and possibly even a traditional healer, so they have plenty of good stories to tell when they’re back home.

Many original features of the house have been kept intact, to create the atmosphere of a typical black township home, which survived the political upheavals of the 1980s up to the present time.

This B&B shares true African warmth with visitors, adopting them into the Ma Neo family, and providing an opportunity to experience the richness of black South African history and culture in Langa.