Overall, Scotty's place is great for those who want a small, affordable space from which to explore the city--and be able to come home to a great view. However, there several things during our stay that meant we couldn't really enjoy it to the full.
First, the good:
1) The view is amazing. On both sides. You'll be taking your morning coffee and your evening wine to a spectacular view of table mountain or while watching the city buzz up to the coast.
2) The location is great if you like hip bars, coffee shops, and good restaurants. It looks like there are several more places in the works within a few blocks radius, too, so this is only going to become a better area to explore.
3) The building is secure with a doorman and RFID key entry. Check-in with the doorman is a breeze and they are able to do things like print documents (for a small fee) if you need.
And the not-so-good:
1) There's no climate control in the apartment. That means the floor-to-ceiling windows turn the place into a hothouse when the sun is out. We found that once the temperature got up to the 80s F, it was nearly impossible to cool the apartment down.
2) I found the bed far too firm and developed some back pain by the end of the week. This is maybe a personal thing, but it was far enough outside the ordinary range of bed firmness you find when traveling that I think it's worth noting. We also found the couch to be uncomfortable after more than a few minutes of sitting.
3) We had an issue with workers climbing across the balconies unannounced while we there. It happened a couple times on about half the days of our stay without warning on both the main room and the bedroom balconies. This might have been specific to the time we were staying, but the unpredictability of it made it hard to feel like we had any real privacy. Unfortunately, Scotty wasn't able to give us any kind of schedule or tell us in advance which days the workers would be there.
And a reminder (not good or bad): This apartment is small: some of the photos in the listing are of common spaces in the building, so look carefully lest you get the impression that the unit is bigger than it really is.