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Bannister Hotel

3.0 star property

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Ensuite - Room - Queen Bed | In-room safe, desk, free WiFi, bed sheets
Front of property
Reception
Restaurant

Reviews

7.4 out of 10

Good

Popular amenities

  • Bar
  • Room service
  • 24/7 front desk
  • Housekeeping
  • Laundry
  • Parking included

Explore the area

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9 De Beer Street, Braamfontein, Johannesburg, Gauteng, 2001
  • University of Witwatersrand
    3 min walk
  • Nelson Mandela Bridge
    5 min walk
  • Newtown Junction Mall
    14 min walk
  • Johannesburg (JNB-O.R. Tambo Intl.)
    29 min drive

Room options

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En-Suite Room Standard King | In-room safe, desk, free WiFi, bed sheets

En-Suite Room Standard King

  • 172 sq ft
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 King Bed

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En-Suite Room - Special King | In-room safe, desk, free WiFi, bed sheets

En-Suite Room - Special King

  • 194 sq ft
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 King Bed

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In-room safe, desk, free WiFi, bed sheets

En-suite Room - Double Bed

  • 151 sq ft
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Double Bed

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Ensuite - Room - Queen Bed | In-room safe, desk, free WiFi, bed sheets

Ensuite - Room - Queen Bed

  • 172 sq ft
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Queen Bed

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En-suite Room Twin Bed | In-room safe, desk, free WiFi, bed sheets

En-suite Room Twin Bed

  • 151 sq ft
  • Sleeps 2
  • 2 Twin Beds

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About this property

Bannister Hotel

3-star hotel in Johannesburg CBD
This smoke-free hotel features a restaurant, a nightclub, and a bar/lounge. Free WiFi in public areas and free self parking are also provided. Additionally, dry cleaning, laundry facilities, and a 24-hour front desk are onsite. Housekeeping is not available.
Bannister Hotel offers 43 accommodations with safes and complimentary toiletries. Flat-screen televisions come with satellite channels. Guests can surf the web using the complimentary wireless Internet access. Housekeeping is provided daily.
The hotel offers a restaurant. A bar/lounge is on site where guests can unwind with a drink. Wireless Internet access is complimentary. This Johannesburg hotel also offers a nightclub, multilingual staff, and tour/ticket assistance. Complimentary self parking is available on site.

Bannister Hotel is a smoke-free property.

Bannister Hotel has a restaurant on site.
Room service is available.

Languages

Afrikaans, English, French, Portuguese, Xhosa, Zulu

Property amenities

Internet

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

Parking and transportation

  • Free offsite parking; reservations required
  • Free self parking on site

Food and drink

  • A bar/lounge
  • A restaurant

Things to do

  • Nightclub

Family friendly

  • Babysitting (surcharge)
  • Laundry facilities

Conveniences

  • 24-hour front desk
  • Laundry facilities
  • Luggage storage
  • Safe at front desk

Guest services

  • Dry cleaning/laundry service
  • Housekeeping (daily)
  • Multilingual staff
  • Tour and ticket assistance

Accessibility

  • If you have requests for specific accessibility needs, please contact the property using the information on the reservation confirmation received after booking.
  • Elevator
  • Wheelchair accessible (may have limitations)

More

  • 1 building
  • 3 floors
  • Built in 1952
  • Reception hall
  • Smoke-free property

Room amenities

Bedroom

  • Bedsheets provided

Bathroom

  • Free toiletries
  • Private bathroom
  • Towels provided

Entertainment

  • Flat-screen TV with satellite channels

Food and drink

  • Room service

More

  • Desk
  • Heating
  • Safe

Policies

Check-in

Check-in start time: 1 PM; Check-in end time: anytime
Minimum check-in age: 18

Check-out

Check-out before 11:00 AM

Special check-in instructions

Front desk staff will greet guests on arrival

Access methods

Staffed front desk

Pets

Pets not allowed

Children and extra beds

Children are welcome
Rollaway/extra beds are not available
Cribs (infant beds) are not available

Property 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

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Bannister Hotel Reviews

Reviews

7.4

Good

Rating 10 - Excellent. 12 out of 43 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 14 out of 43 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 9 out of 43 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 4 out of 43 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 4 out of 43 reviews" "

7.2/10

Cleanliness

8.6/10

Staff & service

7.6/10

Amenities

7.0/10

Property conditions & facilities

6.6/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

10/10 Excellent

Usif

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Stayed 7 nights in Jul 2024

4/10 Poor

Samukele

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in May 2024

8/10 Good

Michael

Business traveler
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
The Bannister Hotel is very conveniently situated for access to Witwatersrand University, where I was doing some research in archives. On arrival, my first impression was discouraging because of people hanging around outside, but the room was good and comfortable and I settled in well. Overall I enjoyed my stay. The "Bannister Breakfast" is very adequate and nicely cooked and served. I had my evening meals in. The bar/restaurant can be quite noisy, but I adjusted to that. The food was good and service quite quick. The staff were very friendly and helpful. The hotel is situated in the city centre and there is always some anxiety about security and safety. I was not happy that a fire escape door near my room was kept open because it provided access to three outside rooms. I shut it from my mind, but very early one morning (3.30am) I woke to hear someone on the metal steps, and that unsettled me. That was the only negative during my stay.
Stayed 4 nights in Feb 2024

10/10 Excellent

Helarie Rose

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The staff at this hotel are wonderfully friendly, always happy to help. During my stay there, I did not even realize that there electricity blackout in Johannesburg everyday. The restaurant bar downstairs has a good range of food at a reasonable price with very friendly crews. It gets busy and noisy there during the weekend with a DJ playing good music. That gives a good and convenient option to chill without going to places that may not be safe. However, if loud music is not your thing, just ask during check-in for quiet rooms. The receptionist did get me one of those quiet rooms. I will totally go back there any time I visit Johannesburg and has business to do in Braamfontein.
Stayed 5 nights in Jan 2024

8/10 Good

Jabu

Stayed 1 night in Nov 2023

2/10 Terrible

Kelebogile

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
I wouldn't recommend it to anyone
There is a lot of noise, the parking was terrible after parking our car we had to walk in a dark alley and the security who opened the gate for us was very annoyed when we asked questions. Our room had a terrible smell and opening the windows didn't help.
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2023

6/10 Okay

Mapitso

Business traveler
Disliked: Room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2023

10/10 Excellent

shaiq

Stayed 1 night in May 2023

10/10 Excellent

Nomfaneleko

Stayed 3 nights in Mar 2023

2/10 Terrible

sandra

Traveled with family
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Bad review not recommended
Had to look for other accomadations. Not a 8.0 hotel. In the slums. Man hanging out on stairs. Desk agent never addressed me. Area made me feel unsafe
Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2022

8/10 Good

Waddilove

Liked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 3 nights in Jun 2022

10/10 Excellent

Aftab

Stayed 3 nights in Mar 2021

10/10 Excellent

Malesela

Traveled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2020

6/10 Okay

STUART

Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
WELL LOCTED HOTEL IN DESPERATE NEED OF ATTENTION
The Bannister Hotel is in probably the best location in this part of the city when it comes to eateries, markets and entertainment, it is a very basic 3 star but more 2-star standard and not very well maintained and run. It is grubby in places and just not hygienic or clean and had some strange smells and air-con in rooms that is too warm and air-con in public areas that is freezing. Service is decent if slow. Bed comfort below average and awful very soft p[illows and a shower with plastic shower curtain.It is very noisy at night, but I can accept that and you must be prepared for it,so getting peaceful sleep if you a light sleeper may be an issue.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2020

6/10 Okay

Rene

Business traveler
Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2020

8/10 Good

Busisiwe

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

6/10 Okay

Cheryllyn

Traveled with family
Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
A Little Disappointed
There is lots of room for improvement. There were cockroaches in the room. Kettle was missing. during checkin we were told that breakfast was not included and yet the booking online included breakfast.
Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Traveled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
A good nigjt at Bannister
The receptuin staff was very friendly and the dormitory clean.
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2019

10/10 Excellent

Siphiwe

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2019

6/10 Okay

Kmm

Traveled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
Nice place, good restaurant. As others have commented, the place is a bit loud but fine with earplugs (could be really bad on a Friday or Saturday night though..). Poor rating because what’s up with the shower? We had a twin bed room—two people who don’t even share a bed. The wall between the shower and the bed room is not a ‘wall’ but frosted glass. We could watch each other shower. Awkward.
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2019

8/10 Good

Brad

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2019

2/10 Terrible

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Disliked: Staff & service, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2018

6/10 Okay

Verified traveler

Traveled with partner
Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Cleanliness
First the good: staff were incredibly friendly as a helpful, the hotel restaurant and bar served good food, and the location is hard to beat in Braamfontein (other than noise from the bars downstairs and next door). I was in a king superior room. The room was much more rundown than pictures online would lead to believe. And the room was not clean--dirty floors, hairs on the sheets, stains on the walls and ceilings. They provided a base for an electric tea kettle, but no tea kettle. And the room had no air conditioning, only a fan, but there was only one electrical outlet so you can't plug in the fan and the desk lamp (or any other appliance or device) at the same time.
Stayed 3 nights in Dec 2018

4/10 Poor

Verified traveler

Liked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities
It was too noisy at night, can hear the people chatting at the bar below
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2018

10/10 Excellent

Sokhula

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2018