As always a pleasure to stay at Jack Rose

This place cares more about how the room and facility looks than any real quality. Cold and sterile environment intent on being classy, fails miserably as electrical cables hang damaged and mold lines the corners by the floors. The night receptionist was very uninterested and did the absolute minimum. The guy helping with parking and showing us the room was very friendly and informative however. The "studio room" featured a rock hard sofa in front of a TV that was not even plugged in when I came to the room. The bed, equally rock hard, was the only thing good about the room. Taking a shower in the bathtub (there was no shower booth) had me almost tripping as the tub was curved and not meant to be used standing up. All rooms had very open views to corridors and the ground level streets, having me spending my entire stay with all blinds closed and curtains pulled out. The entire place was very noisy, as the walls were completely bare. I could hear all neighbouring room activities, from talking to walking to ...other. Some rugs and wall decorations to soften the sound seem like a minimum for a place taking this kind of money.

Very friendly service. Safe. A bit noisy due to the traffic in front of the building.

Cockroaches

Rooms are spacious but the restaurant is infested with bugs. Saw cockroaches on the bread, on the tables and in the kitchen. Also picked up the milk and it was curdled and gross. I would avoid the food during your stay Also very noisy. The rooms do need some sound proofing as the street noises made sleeping hard. Multiple drag races during the night. Plus a few drunk screaming people walking past. Not a good night sleep

Becareful if you call the restaurant manager Mr Sausage Man, he will kick you out.

Do you have a minute to hear about the horror experience that is the Jack Rose Hotel and Rosebud restaurant? Cockroaches. Filthy restaurants and a cowardly restaurant manager. Someone call Gordan Ramsey because the Jack Rose Hotel and Rosebud restaurant is a nightmare!

Not for professionals it’s more of a back packing environment for under 35. they need to sale as backpacking not hotel

Beautiful outside

This place is so beautiful outside but as soon as I was inside the room and greeted by cochroaches I regretted taking it. I didn't even sleep inside the sheets as I was not comfortable. The fact that there's no backup electricity made it even more unpleasant. The security and the receptionists are excellent though enjoyed their pleasantness

Very good value

An old building in an excellent location, renovated and updated. Very helpful staff. I would definitely return myself, and strongly recommend to others looking for a central location that's affordable. A thoroughly pleasant stay.

The Jack Rose

Love it! Besides the once off street shoutings noises the place was 5 star. Clean spacious and exquisite. I. Will definitely return for my next business……The buffet breakfast was out of this world. I really wished it could last for four hours…,

This would have been a perfect place to stay in Jo-burg, except my a/c didn't work, even just the blower. All I needed is was circulating air, so I had to leave the window open on a weekend, when every knucklehead with a low-resistance muffler on a 1.5L engine had to impress us with his mediocrity. (Noisy engines if you're not into the performance stuff.) Didn't sleep well until after 0300.