Name: Erlesmere Lodge
Address: Corner Tenth Avenue North and Madeline Road Mornin,Corner Tenth Avenue North and Madeline Road, Durban, Durban, Durban, 4001, South Africa
Rating: 6

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King Shaka International Airport

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Durban

Total shocker that this establishment has not been upgraded in the last 6 years that I had last visited it. The linen is still the same old, cockroaches which are as long as my middle finger roaming everywhere else even in the bathrooms! Old cracked basins / sinks, 1 ply cheapest toilet paper... shocked for days!!!! We slept only a night and checked out the following morning to another establishment 

It's a very spacious room, very safe, at night, water is turned off, which was no problem for us because it was communicated early. Kitchen is available. Good wool is available.

Good price-performance ratio

Lovely place, clean and tidy, close to florida road which is a big thumbs up.  The night manager was so friendly and helpful. It had Spacious kitchen which was pretty cool..overall its a cosy Lodge definitely worth visiting

Great place. Clean and tidy. Although not very kid friendly.  Lots of beautiful decor. Perfect for adults. Close to florida road and windermere shopping centre. Night manger can be a little rude . But otherwise I definitely recommend it.  

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No manager, no password for internet, the floor tiles were heavily cracked. The bathroom door came off the rail and couldn't be fixed. The bathroom is so small you have to move back into the room to dry yourself. The air conditioner was broken, bedside lamp not working! The place was clean. 

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A beautiful home with several different sized rooms and a kitchen equipped to share in a quiet residential area close to restaurants and shops but away from the city centre and the beach. Simple but well decorated and comfortable room for a short stay. Very welcome from the housekeeper and owner who is attentive and attentive to your comfort. Good lunch (not including Z55/p) and cozy prepared according to your wishes and served in the common kitchen. Private parking and wifi included. I recommend this establishment at a very interesting price ratio.

pleasant guest house

Friendly, competent staff, okay small room, nice kitchen. (By staff, I mean the three maids -- Holly, Peelie, and Goodness -- I never met any other staff my entire week there.)

But some serious drawbacks:

The wall mounted AC unit dripped heavily onto my bed; I had been forewarned not to go below 20C, but it dripped steadily on one corner of the bed at just 25C.  

There was a leaky bathroom faucet that puddled every day, and the room was poorly lit at night; it was either overlit or underlit.  The door handle to my room door was essentially falling out of the door and needs to be replaced.

The location was just so-so.  The Airport Shuttle charges an additional 25% to drop one at Erlesmere Lodge, and the Airport Shuttle will not pick up from Erlesmere, one has to walk several blocks to Quarters Hotel on Florida Ave to be picked up.

But the biggest drawback was the WiFi.  I had specifically requested a room with a good WiFi signal.

The WiFi sucked.  It was dreadfully weak with long waits, signal drops, sometimes zilch, and on all three of my devices.  Over and over I received ‘cannot establish a secure connection’ messages.  Or the signal would completely disappear for hours (on top of S. Africa’s frequent ‘electric load shedding’ nonsense).   Complete all online time-sensitive tasks before checking in here.  (I had been off-grid for three weeks and arrived here with plenty of online tasks to complete so I found the poor WiFi extremely frustrating and a time suck.)

Friendly service, WiFi sucked

My teenage son and I stayed here during the World Cup.  We stayed in the maisonette, which was very spacious.  Being the World Cup we shared it with 2 other people but that was all OK.  The only problem with the unit was the shower which was difficult to operate.
We were able to walk to the stadium which was great, and also the restaurants of Florida Road were just a couple of streets away.  It was a friendly place to start our World Cup trip.

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