When you stay with Simone and Gabi, you're staying with family. On our very first day, Simone was kind enough to give us a tour of the harbor and showed us where to go grocery shopping and get the best coffee in Hout Bay. On Christmas Eve, she and Gabi shared their table with us and I can't even count the number of nights we sat around the fire or played card games or drank Simone's delicious pine needle tea.
I could go on for ages about how beautiful the property is. It's like the Garden of Eden, with fresh herbs growing in every corner and plenty of inviting spaces to lay out around the pool/patio area. The apartment has everything you could want to prepare a home cooked meal and looks as if it was designed and staged by a professional decorator. And the view! From the upstairs patio you have a clear view of Mount Rhodes to the north and a stream of peaks to the east.
The location was perfect for us. We didn't have a car, but everything we needed was within walking distance (15-20 minutes). I walked to the local Spar or Woolworth's almost every day, sometimes by myself and never felt unsafe. And if you want to go to Camp's Bay or the V&A Waterfront, there are two MyCiti bus stops nearby.
When we come back to Hout Bay, there's no where else I'd stay