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The Blades

4.0 star property
your current months are December, 2024 and January, 2025.
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Luxury Room | View from room
Executive Double or Twin Room | Terrace/patio
Executive Double or Twin Room | Living room
Aerial view
Aerial view

Reviews

8.4 out of 10

Very good

Popular amenities

  • Bar
  • Pool
  • Breakfast included
  • Room service
  • Housekeeping
  • Air conditioning

Explore the area

Map
Plot 75 Zeekoegat, Kameeldrift Road, Kameeldrift East, Roodeplaat, Gauteng, 2060
  • Roodeplaat Dam
    14 min drive
  • Kolonnade Shopping Centre
    15 min drive
  • Cafè Kremetart
    6 min drive
  • Johannesburg (GCJ-Grand Central)
    36 min drive

Room options

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Luxury Room

Luxury Room

  • 40 sq m
  • Resort view
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Double Bed and 1 Double Sofa Bed

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Family Room

Family Room

  • 70 sq m
  • Sleeps 4
  • 1 Double Bed and 2 Twin Beds

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Executive Double or Twin Room | Terrace/patio

Executive Double or Twin Room

  • 50 sq m
  • River view
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 King Bed

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Double Room

Double Room

  • 35.0 sq m
  • Resort view
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Double Bed

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The price is AU$147
for 1 room
includes taxes & fees
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About the area

Roodeplaat

Located in Roodeplaat, The Blades is on a river, within a 15-minute drive of Sandonia Golf Club and Magaliesberg Biosphere Reserve. .This hotel is 4.9 mi (7.9 km) from Roodeplaat Dam Nature Reserve and 6 mi (9.7 km) from Roodeplaat Dam.

What's nearby

  • Embassy of the Republic of Poland - 18 min drive
  • Time Square Casino - 19 min drive
  • University of Pretoria - 20 min drive
  • Menlyn Park Shopping Centre - 21 min drive
  • National Zoological Gardens of South Africa - 24 min drive

Getting around

  • O.R. Tambo Intl. Airport (JNB) - 43 min drive

Restaurants

  • ‪Mamelodi West, Pretoria, Gauteng - ‬20 min drive
  • ‪Illy Cafe - ‬17 min drive
  • ‪KFC - ‬13 min drive
  • ‪Ocean Basket - ‬11 min drive
  • ‪Steers - ‬17 min drive

About this property

The Blades

Riverfront hotel with free breakfast and an outdoor pool
The Blades offers 46 accommodations with safes and complimentary bottled water. Rooms open to balconies or patios. Accommodations offer separate sitting areas and include desks. Beds feature premium bedding. This Roodeplaat hotel provides complimentary wireless Internet access. Bathrooms include separate bathtubs and showers, complimentary toiletries, and hair dryers. Irons/ironing boards and hair dryers can be requested. A nightly turndown service is provided and housekeeping is offered daily.
Recreational amenities at the hotel include an outdoor pool.

The recreational activities listed below are available either on site or nearby; fees may apply.

Make yourself at home in one of the 46 guestrooms. Rooms have private balconies or patios. Complimentary wireless internet access is available to keep you connected. Private bathrooms with separate bathtubs and showers feature complimentary toiletries and hair dryers.
Take advantage of recreation opportunities such as an outdoor pool or take in the view from a terrace and a garden. This hotel also features complimentary wireless internet access, concierge services, and wedding services.
Satisfy your appetite for lunch or dinner at The Club House, a restaurant which specializes in local cuisine, or stay in and take advantage of the room service (during limited hours). Relax with your favorite drink at the bar/lounge or the poolside bar. A complimentary full breakfast is served daily from 7 AM to 10 AM.
Featured amenities include a business center, complimentary newspapers in the lobby, and dry cleaning/laundry services. Guests may use a roundtrip airport shuttle for a surcharge, and free self parking is available onsite.
A complimentary full breakfast is served each morning between 7 AM and 10 AM.
The Club House - This restaurant specializes in local cuisine and serves breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Reservations are required.
Room service (during limited hours) is available.

Languages

English

Property amenities

Internet

  • Available in all rooms: Free WiFi
  • Available in some public areas: Free WiFi

Parking and public transport

  • Free self-parking on site
  • Return airport shuttle (surcharge)

Food and drink

  • Free full breakfast available daily 7 AM–10 AM
  • 1 restaurant
  • 1 poolside bar and 1 bar
  • Room service available

Restaurants on site

  • The Club House

Things to do

  • Outdoor pool

Family friendly

  • Laundry facilities
  • Outdoor pool

Conveniences

  • Banquet hall
  • Free newspapers in reception
  • Front-desk safe

Guest services

  • Concierge services
  • Daily housekeeping
  • Dry-cleaning service
  • Front desk (limited hours)
  • Laundry facilities
  • Luggage storage
  • Turndown service
  • Wedding services

Business services

  • Business centre
  • Meeting rooms

Outdoors

  • Garden
  • Picnic area
  • Pool sunloungers
  • Terrace

Accessibility

  • If you have any requests for specific accessibility needs, please contact the property using the information on the reservation confirmation received after booking.
  • This property does not have any lifts
  • Wheelchair-accessible lounge
  • Wheelchair-accessible path of travel
  • Wheelchair-accessible registration desk

More

  • Designated smoking areas
  • Fireplace in reception

Room amenities

Bedroom

  • Air conditioning (climate-controlled)
  • Bed sheets
  • Premium bedding

Bathroom

  • Free toiletries
  • Hairdryer
  • Private bathroom
  • Separate bath and shower
  • Towels

Food and drink

  • Coffee/tea maker
  • Free bottled water

More

  • Desk
  • Iron/ironing board (on request)
  • Safe
  • Separate sitting area
  • Turndown service

Policies

Check-in

Check-in start time: 2 PM; Check-in end time: 11 PM
Minimum check-in age: 18

Check-out

Check-out before 10 AM

Special check-in instructions

The front desk is open daily from 6 AM - 11 PM
Guests must contact the property in advance for check-in instructions; front desk staffed during limited hours
To make arrangements for check-in please contact the property ahead of time using the information on the booking confirmation
If you are planning to arrive after 11 PM please contact the property in advance using the information on the booking confirmation

Access methods

Front desk (limited hours)

Pets

Pets not allowed (service animals are welcome, and are exempt from fees)

Children and extra beds

Children are welcome
1 child, up to the age of 2 years, can stay for free if using existing beds when occupying the parent or guardian's room
Rollaway/extra beds are not available

Payment types

Important information

You need to know

Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card, debit card, or cash deposit may be required at check-in for incidental charges
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges; special requests cannot be guaranteed
This property accepts credit cards; cash is not accepted

We should mention

This property does not have elevators

National rating

Quality Graded by the Tourism Grading Council of South Africa (TGCSA) – South Africa's official quality assurance organization.

Property is also known as

Blades House Pretoria
Blades Pretoria
Blades Hotel Pretoria
Blades Hotel Roodeplaat
Blades Roodeplaat
The Blades Hotel
The Blades Roodeplaat
The Blades Hotel Roodeplaat

The Blades Reviews

Reviews

8.4

Very good

Rating 10 - Excellent. 19 out of 39 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 12 out of 39 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 6 out of 39 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 0 out of 39 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 2 out of 39 reviews" "

8.8/10

Cleanliness

8.6/10

Staff & service

8.0/10

Amenities

8.2/10

Property conditions & facilities

7.6/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

10/10 Excellent

Jacob

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Stayed for 5 nights. Was pleasant. Staff were very polite & the food was great. I would recommend staying at the Blades. Thanks to the team. Special shout out to the security lady at the gate, great energy & always smiling.
Stayed 5 nights in Aug 2024

6/10 Okay

Martin

Liked: Cleanliness
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2024

10/10 Excellent

Niva

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stay at the Blades
We enjoyed your stay very much. Where so glad that there were no loadshedding
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2023

6/10 Okay

Moripp

Stayed 1 night in Apr 2022

8/10 Good

Portia

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2021

2/10 Terrible

Thandeka

Stayed 1 night in Nov 2021

6/10 Okay

Matthew

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2021

2/10 Terrible

Davin

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Not what is advertised
Absolutely not what is advertised. Waiters service excellent. Food not bad. We were refunded. Conditions of room is dirty and their were holes in bedding. Old candle with burnt matches lying in the room. The buildings are tired. You may not use the lawn by the river unless a picnic is booked. Bedding not premium. It has so much potential but if not seriously upgraded like broken chairs and hotel carpet in reception filthy it wont be open foe long.
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2021

10/10 Excellent

Stacy

Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2021

10/10 Excellent

Louwrens

Stayed 1 night in Jul 2021

8/10 Good

Sophie

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2021

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
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very clean, helpful staff
Stayed 1 night in May 2021

8/10 Good

Mamontsheng

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
My stay was pleasant. I also loved the environment & the scenery.
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2020

8/10 Good

Marcel

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2020

10/10 Excellent

Felicia

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Amazing stay
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2020

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Disliked: Staff & service
Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2020

10/10 Excellent

Felicia

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Amazing stay relaxed atmosphere
Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2020

8/10 Good

Christopher

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Room for improvement
In all we had a pleasant stay. Lovely setting and staff. Room size was disappointing as I had a different impression from the website booking (photos and price paid).
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2020

8/10 Good

Yvonne

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
A lovely weekend getaway from Johannesburg, only 50 minutes! The view from the rooms was perfect.
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2020

10/10 Excellent

Felicia

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
The most amazing place
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2020

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Travelled with family, Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Such great service and location
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2020

8/10 Good

Eddette

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Beautiful as always - but now also noisy
We have always stayed at The Blades when we visit Pretoria. This has been once a year for the past 3 years. The main reasons we loved to stay there was the peace and quiet and it’s riverside location with beautiful river views. Our room is always spacious and the bed amazing and comfortable. In the past, they included small things like bath salt and candles, which they stopped doing for our recent visit. The breakfast selection is extensive. A few points of note: they recently built an extremely noisy farm / machine on the hillside directly behind the main building. This is a huge distraction and the only thing you hear after 9am Mondays to Saturdays. It’s a shame The Blades could not prevent this from happening as the peace and quiet is now completely gone. , which was one of it’s main attractions. Other than that, the service is always great and all staff extremely helpful.
Stayed 7 nights in Dec 2019

6/10 Okay

Thanusha

average
They did not inform us that the Spa was closed and that was what we were looking forward to. There were a lot of insects so your room windows and doors had to be closed at all times, and sitting on the balcony was not possible with the amount of flies and insects. Also whilst eating there were numerous flies around. There is not much to do, especially with the Spa being closed. We had to travel out to another hotel to use their Spa facilities.
Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2019

10/10 Excellent

Peter

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
super
so good and relaxing
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2019

10/10 Excellent

Craig

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great stay at The Blades!
We enjoyed a great 3 night stay and we loved our spacious suite. It was serviced well and in good time each day. The service from all staff was friendly and accommodating. We especially enjoyed our terrace lunch and the excellent prices in the restaurant. We would definitely stay again.
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2019