Name: By the Way Guesthouse
Address: 898 Sias Oosthuizen Street, Clarens, Clarens, Clarens, 9707, South Africa
Rating: 9

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By the Way Guesthouse

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Very well equipped rooms. Fresh milk in the fridge. Drinking water supplied when you arrive. Lovely and spacious. Only 700mtr walk to town. Secure parking. Great breakfast. Lovely host. Easy self check in and check out, with full instructions supplied. Highly recommend staying in this guesthouse.

Lovely Stay

Great location, short walk from the main square. The room was huge and beautifully decorated. Everything you could need was there with thoughtful touches like milk for tea, salt and pepper if you were eating in and some cookies.
Breakfast was well organised and had good choices.
What sets this place apart is the lovely host who is great at communicating and really makes an effort to ensure a comfortable stay.

Fabulous and great value

By The Way guest house is a wonderful place to stay.  Before we arrived Dylan - the host - had already sent us all the information we needed to make our stay comfortable and pleasant. The location itself is great, it's close enough to walk to the village but far enough away that you aren't disturbed by the noise. It's also two minutes away from Clarens Xtreme where you can do a lot of exciting activities. We chose the bed and breakfast option, which included a friendly service every morning from both Sam and Dylan and delicious food. Our stay was both fun and relaxing and I recommend this guest house to anyone visiting Clarens.

Fantastic place to stay

Upon arrival and seeing that our guesthouse was right as you entered the town I was a tad hesitant if the pictures would match the location but, I was pleasantly surprised.  A group of 3 of us had a very comfortable stay.  A real gem hidden within a stones throw of everything you would need whilst in Clarens.

Pleasantly Surprised

This guesthouse offers 'self book-in" which is a great concept and worked really well for us.  The host, Lauren was an especially lovely lady who went out of her way to assist us with every query - an exceptional host!   The rooms were really spacious and lovely.  The kitchen was very well equipped, lounge and bedroom furnishings were good and comfortable and the water pressure in the bathroom was excellent.   The breakfast were good for all of us - one of us being a vegetarian.
There was absolutely nothing that we were short of and we really enjoyed our time at By The Way and will certainly return there and recommend it to all our friends and family - a real 'value for money' venue.

Wonderful venue

The photos do not do this incredibly beautiful room justice. Yes it is on the main road, but with the door and windows closed, you would never know.
Shutters on the windows to keep the cold out, electric blankets to heat the bed - just perfect.
Perfectly situated as it is close to all amenities, restaurants and gift shops.
Clarens is a must do on your bucket list and By the Way Guesthouse was the ideal place to explore Clarens from.
The breakfast was the perfect start to a long day of exploring the beautiful town.

Just Perfect

I don't like being overly critical at this time especially, but I have to say we were very disappointed and ended up cancelling our stay and moving elsewhere.  Our main concerns were that this place doesn't look like its photos anymore.  

Our room was spacious and well equipped but the mat in front of the fireplace was full of burn marks, there were long hairs behind the door on the bathroom floor. On arrival we had to navigate around the back of the building and the front terrace did not look like the photos. There did not appear to be any COVID protocols in place.  .

Disappointing, we cancelled our stay

Convenient, clean, very comfortable, well equipped and reasonable breakfast. 
By the Way literally means ‘by the Highway’ ie the main road into Clarens, but that’s not a train-smash - the centre of Clarens is only a few minutes drive away.
If staying in Clarens longer, I’d opt for somewhere more central and picturesque however.

Perfect for quick stop overnight 

We only stayed one night but will definitely be back for a longer stay! We stayed in the Haze suite and it is beautifully decorated with accents of purple - I loved it! Everything you need is in the room as well as a great mini bar. Breakfast was delicious and we loved chatting to Amy. Thank you for a lovely stay!

Beautifully done guesthouse!

Fridge was not defrosted upon arrival thus freezer could not be used.  Lady at reception had to run around getting it cleaned. No follow up was made, floor was soaked  as fridge never worked for the rest of our weekend.  Load shedding got the blame - rather consider to invest in a generator, 

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