Mount Nelson

There are 209 spacious and individually decorated rooms & suites spread across six wings, including eight garden suites that are ideal for honeymooners. The name Planet Restaurant might lead one to suspect the Mount Nelson’s signature restaurant features international dishes, but chef Rudi Liebenberg’s creative menu features South African delicacies such as smoked crocodile, Namibian red crab, rooibos cured ostrich and springbok. For more conventional cuisine the poolside Oasis Restaurant serves delicious breakfasts and lighter lunches. The Capetonian institution that is afternoon tea at the Mount Nelson can turn into a feast, and the signature tea itself blends Darjeeling, Kenya, Assam, Keemun, Yunnan, and Ceylon with rose petals from the garden. While the Mount Nelson is a wonderful spot for couples, with nine acres of garden, two heated swimming pools and rolling lawns there is an abundance of secure wide open spaces to make families feel at home and encourage children to run free and explore. For this reason, it is one of the leading family friendly hotels in Cape Town. On arrival, Children receive welcome letters crammed with fun ideas for things to do in Cape Town, there are even child size bathrobes and slippers in the rooms along with complimentary milk and cookies at bedtime. In addition, there is complimentary access to children’s books, games, colouring-in books and crayons. The Guest Services team will gladly assist you with family friendly excursions and activities such as swimming or tennis lessons and sightseeing visits (the penguin colony at Boulders Beach, boat trips to Seal Island and Table Bay, museums and the planetarium, the gemstone Scratch Patch, farmyards, the zoo, bird and butterfly parks, etc.). Children’s menus and babysitting are also available upon request.