StayEasy Pretoria

We came from Stay Easy Mbombela in Mpumalanga which we came to know was renovated maybe 2 years back and looks stunning so our expectations were high. Stay Easy Pretoria has an old style inside the rooms, the furniture is just brown with no personality. We didn’t have a fridge like we did in MP. There was an ice machine on each floor. The dining area is small and as there was a soccer team it got full quickly and it was hard to move around. I wouldn’t really say it was value for money.

Everything okay

Visited this hotel last year on work trip having already stayed 2 nights previous at Holiday Inn Sandton. Its like chalk and cheese how miles apart they are. Even though Holiday Inn was not entirely smooth sailing it was head and shoulders above this so called 1 star of a hotel. 1. Check in was terrible.. the staff at reception was non existent in welcoming attitude and felt like we were all a burden on them. 2. Got to room and its rather dingy but you get what you pay at this price. 3.Aircon was not working.. no phone to call reception had to go downstairs and ask what was wrong at reception. 4.The hotel was full to bursting, something was happening in PTA that week. The noise throughout the night was so loud... shouting in the corridors, banging of doors, this went on all through the night and at no point did anyone from the hotel intervene. Terrible, worst night ever. 5. Breakfast next morning was disgusting.. cold breakfast with those pre made scrambled eggs that looked congealed. Now for the terrible bit.. the juice in the large serving bottle was nearly empty of apple juice and instead of filling it with apple juice , two of the hotel looked around and assumed no one was watching, then they preceded to fill up with another type of juice. Not bothering to empty the apple juice This had me worried about what other corners they were cutting in the hotel. Never ever stay here.. not if you want service, sleep and good breakfast

The staff were friendly. The room was all right with clean linens. The pool was well maintained. Handy location to Pretoria Railway Station. It was a pretty good choice for the budget hotel. However, there are no eateries nearby. Disappointment was housekeeping service. When we checked in our room, we found leftover food from the last guest. Next morning, the housekeeping lady knocked our door and tried to clean our room at 9am. Then I knew why I could find the leftover food in my room. The housekeeping was done too early (before the guest checked out). So I thought the hotel should have better arrangement with housekeeping service.