What an amazing few days we’ve had at Alan’s place. In terms of hosting and communication, we couldn’t recommend this place more. Alan was really hospitable, and accommodating around our travel plans.
With regards to the location, it’s about a 20 minute walk from the V&A, and even closer to some great bars and restaurants on Bree Street and Long Street. We recommend trying Truth Coffee out which was a 10 minute walk. Next door was the Eastern Food Bazaar, which was good food at ridiculously low prices. One note on the location, there was quite a few guys who will approach you begging on an evening. While we never felt threatened, a couple of locals in the Eastern Food Bazaar recommended we have our wits about us. This absolutely in no way detracted from our experience here but if you do have a tendency to feel “unsafe”, bear this in mind. You get in this in most capital cities in the world, so I’d mostly take this comment with a pinch of salt.
The apartment itself had tons of character with its double height ceilings, wooden beams, exposed brick, and industrial style. Some great added touches too such as coffee beans, grinder, and stove top, if like me you need a couple of coffees to kick start you in a morning. Other great touches included a big tv and Netflix - not that anyone flies 6000 miles to watch TV, but after hiking up Table Mountain, it was a welcome place to crash and replace some calories.
I highly recommend this place, a great base for our introduction to Cape Town.