Auas City Hotel

The room was average, as in most hotels in Southern Africa, maintenance is poor, and the shower leaked over the floor. Breakfast was minimal selection. The highlight was Rose, the receptionist, she was excellent, because of her would stay again.

We’re here because we’re on a trip with G Adventures and this is where they put us. It’s probably the best place in town. Windhoek has two sides, the really nice and the ghetto. This is in the nicer side. The rooms are cramped and the hallway is in need of updating but the AC worked well and the menu had a lot of choices.

A mall is next door but you need to taxi to see any sites. Outlets are strangely hidden behind furniture which makes it inconvenient to charge your phone. The remote for the TV and A/C is bizarrely given to you with the room key, it should stay in the room. And thus the a/c was not on when I entered the room. The free bottles water was not the fridge where I could have had cold water waiting for me. The behind the bed lamp takes the room lighting from dim yellow to natural white yet it doesn't stay on for long and would start flickering. The ceiling light is in your eyes when you're lying in bed looking at your phone. I found a roach in my room so I shouldn't have left my suitcase open. Bedsheets had a blood stain on them. There's no room for towels in the bedroom so it took me a minute to find them in the room. No solid hand soap for sink, just body wash in a tube. Towel had stains on it, bathroom mirror is too low, its next to the sink. it should be a few inches higher. Rate is $51 a night for a single room, they they charge extra per child. Don't get a room on the first floor. The hotel doesn't have umbrellas for guests. The restaurant menu does not have a meat free pasta option for vegetarians. They have a whole seafood section but not a vegetarian option. The alfredo pasta was more like a cheddar soup. Service is slow in restaurant, then asked if I wanted to leave a tip. They had an impressive collection of cakes. For breakfast they put the salami together with the cheese, cucumber and tomatoes and only one tong. I don't want to eat a cucumber that's touching meat. The mushrooms were burnt beyond recognition. Only canned fruit was served at breakfast. I liked the passion fruit welcome drink when I arrived at the hotel.

Decent hotel in Windhoek, near shopping center and restaurants. Friendly front desk staff, spacious rooms and beds. Working Wi-Fi! Nice breakfast in the morning as well. Arranges taxi to airport. Unfortunately no elevators.