My husband and I spent 3 nights at the Protea Wanderers Hotel in September, 2009 and were very impressed with the staff, the service, the rooms and the meals. All staff were very friendly, always smiling and helpful, and our room was beyond our expectations; extremely spacious with quality décor and furnishings. We had our meals at the hotel and... more

Actually, we did not stay at this hotel, but still would not advise anybody to book it. We have booked a room in it via one of the internet sites at the beginning of August. Although it was noticed in reservation conditions that the credit card number that we have provided for guarantee cannot be used by the hotel as... more

I was part of a Grand Circle Group which stayed at the Wanderers for two nights in November. Our group used 11 of the hotels 229 rooms. On our second day, our group went to Soweto for most of the day. Upon return, 3 of us could not get our electronic safes to open with our pre-set combinations. The management... more

This hotel was booked for me by someone else and I was very pleasantly surprised. Rates were excellent (lthough a lot of this was down to the £-Rand rate at the time). Staff were very good and found me a room even though I arrived at 10 am and the food in the restaurant was excellent and very reasonably priced.... more

Protea Hotels cover the range from expensive to cheap and from excellent to poor. The Wanderers is below the middle of the price range and above the middle of the performance range. It's right by the Wanderers Cricket Ground, secure, nice grounds (which it shares with the Wanderers Club). The pool is decorative rather than useful if you're over six... more

I recently attended a conference in Joburg, and being my first time in South Africa I was really looking for a decent, secure and not so expensive hotel. The Protea Wanderers was one of the options offered by the organizers so I checked-in there for 5 nights. I made my reservation through their website and when I arrived it was... more