At The Sea Ballito

38 reviews

Self Catering

Reviews

4.5/ 5

Based on 38 reviews

Excellent

Cleanliness

4.7

Location

4.7

Value for money

4.4

Service

4.5

Safety

4.7

Mildred S

Short stay ⋅ With friends

5.0

Sep 2025

I overslept because I was doing a wedding. I always book only with you. Very friendly and extremely clean and safe premises. Thank you very much.

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Cleanliness

5.0

Service

5.0

Location

5.0

Safety

5.0

Value for money

5.0

Room stayed in

Studio 2-Seaview Uni...

Hans J

1 night stay ⋅ On business

5.0

Sep 2025

Comfortable, neat and safe accommodation. See stars.

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Cleanliness

5.0

Service

5.0

Location

5.0

Safety

5.0

Value for money

5.0

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Studio 3 Ground floo...

Nontyatyambo Q

Short stay

5.0

Jun 2025

Wonderful. The place was easy to find; the host was very welcoming.

Cleanliness

5.0

Service

5.0

Location

5.0

Safety

5.0

Value for money

5.0

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Studio 6 - Doggy Uni...

Christene R

Long stay ⋅ With friends

5.0

Jan 2025

10 out of 10 would recommend. We had a lovely stay for 9 nights. The staff are really amazing, and Lana was very friendly. Thank you for a lovely vacation; we had such a good time.

Cleanliness

5.0

Service

5.0

Location

5.0

Safety

5.0

Value for money

5.0

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Studio 6 - Doggy Uni...

Nidia V

Short stay ⋅ With partner

5.0

Jan 2025

We will definitely visit again. We had a great stay - a few points to point out. The pool is too hot for guests; while we were there, not one guest said they liked the pool water temperature. On the contrary, everyone we dealt with said it was too hot. We asked to turn off the "heater" / solar panels, but because the owner lives there, it was set to her liking, which was not very nice. If you go to At the Sea, take extra fans, it is incredibly hot. The worker, Shukran, is the winning recipe at At the Sea - my strength is thanks to his helpfulness. The owner is not discreet with the way she treats her workers - it was unpleasant to hear and see. Those who live there hang out with their friends around the pool until the morning hours, but guests are not allowed at all. We were asked to turn down the music on New Year's Eve and we were not home - because the owner felt "sick" - that was also a strange experience.

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Cleanliness

5.0

Service

5.0

Location

5.0

Safety

5.0

Value for money

5.0

Room stayed in

Studio 4 Ground Floo...

Charne D

Short stay ⋅ With partner

4.8

Jan 2025

Wonderful time. We had a great stay at At The Sea. The service is great and your place is clean when you come back from a day at the beach. The location is perfect and you can walk to the nearest Spar and restaurants. The only thing missing is an Aircon in each unit; the fan doesn't work properly. It was very hot.

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Cleanliness

5.0

Service

5.0

Location

5.0

Safety

5.0

Value for money

4.0

Room stayed in

Studio 5 Garden View...

Andre K

Short stay ⋅ With partner

4.6

May 2025

Clean, quiet and very safe. Very clean and tidy. Friendly staff. Quiet, safe place to stay.

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Cleanliness

5.0

Service

5.0

Location

4.0

Safety

4.0

Value for money

5.0

Room stayed in

Studio 6 - Doggy Uni...

Riana T

Short stay ⋅ With partner

4.4

Apr 2025

Clean, neat. Beautiful place with good location. However, small details need attention. We had a great stay. Alex, the worker, was very helpful and friendly. However, we only saw the owner move, but she never spoke to us herself. The entire facility and everything is sparkling clean and well maintained. We can only recommend the following for the unit where we stayed. No hooks for towels or jackets available. The bedroom is small, so hooks would be very useful. No mirror in the room, a full length mirror is always useful. No storage space in the bathroom, a shelf or two would help a lot. Towels are thin and old, and not up to standard at all, new towels would be great. The fan in the room is placed in the walking space, which is limited (too low), so you get stuck against it. I would recommend the fan be placed at door height so that you can walk under it. The cutlery and glasses are sparse and do not fit together. There should be more basic necessities. Only coffee is provided, no sugar, tea or milk. Rooms are serviced every day, and it's very neat and clean, which is very nice. Alex does his job well. There was a wedding and shoot on Saturday, which we didn't know about in advance. The extra people were right in front of our unit's door and porch, busy, almost all day. Which wasn't very nice. They were also noisy and even put a bench right in front of our door and moved around and stood around there. There were also children up and down all the time. It was very uncomfortable, since the units on either side of us each had their own stairs and porch. They could have avoided our porch, but walked back and forth right in front of our windows without using the other stairs. I feel it was very inconsiderate. It messed us up all Saturday, because they were in "our face" the whole time and the whole wedding was an extremely funny affair. I feel other guests should have been informed in advance, because then we might have booked somewhere else instead. The guests also came back late Saturday night and played music. My husband had to get up in the night and ask them to turn down their music, as the house rules state no music or "boom" boxes are allowed. If it wasn't for the wedding, our experience would have been much better. I recommend that for weddings they stick to block bookings, even if one room is empty.

Skoon, netjies. Pragtige plek met goeie ligging. Klein detail kort egter aandag. Ons het lekker gebly. Alex, die werker, was baie behulpsaam en vriendelik. Ons het egter net die eienaar gesien beweeg, maar sy het nooit self met ons gepraat nie. Die hele fasiliteit en alles is silwer skoon en goed onderhou. Ons kan net die volgende aanbeveel vir die eenheid waar ons gebly het. Geen hakke vir handdoeke of baadjies beskikbaar nie. Die slaapkamer is klein, dus sal hakke baie handig wees. Geen spieël in die kamer, 'n vollente spieël is altyd handig. Geen pakplek in badkamer, 'n rakkie of twee sal baie help. Handdoeke is dun en oud, en glad nie op standaard nie, nuwe handdoeke sal heerlik wees. Die waaier in die kamer is opgesit in die loopspasie, wat beperk is (te laag), dus loop mens daarteen vas. Ek sal aanbeveel die waaier word deurhoogte opgesit dat mens onderdeur kan loop. Die eetgerei en glase is karig en pas nie bymekaar nie. Daar behoort meer basiese benodigdhede te wees. Slegs koffie word voorsien, geen suiker, tee of melk. Kamers word elke dag gediens, en dis baie netjies en skoon, wat baie lekker is. Alex doen sy werk goed. Daar was 'n troue en shoot Saterdag, waarvan ons nie vooraf geweet het nie. Die ekstra mense was reg voor ons eenheid se deur en stoep besig, amper heeldag. Wat nie baie nice was nie. Hulle het ook geraas en selfs 'n bankie reg voor ons deur gesit en daar rondbeweeg en rondgestaan. Daar was ook kinders op en af heeltyd. Dit was baie ongemaklik, aangesien die eenhede aan weerskante van ons elk hul eie trappe en stoep gehad het. Hulle kon ons stoep vermy het, maar het reg voor ons vensters heen en weer geloop sonder om die ander trappe te gebruik. Ek voel dit was baie onbedagsaam. Dit het ons hele Saterdag opgefoeter, want hulle was heeltyd in "our face" en die hele troue was 'n uiters snaakse affêre. Ek voel ander gaste moet vooraf ingelig word, want dan het ons dalk eerder iewers anders bespreek. Die gaste het ook laat teruggekom Saterdag nag en musiek gespeel. My man moes opstaan in die nag en hul vra om hul musiek af te sit, aangesien die huisreëls sê geen musiek of "boom" bokse mag gebruik word nie. As dit nie vir die troue was nie, sou ons ondervinding regtig beter gewees het. Ek beveel aan dat vir troues hulle by blokbesprekings hou, al staan een kamer dan leeg.

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Cleanliness

4.0

Service

4.0

Location

5.0

Safety

5.0

Value for money

4.0

Room stayed in

Studio 2-Seaview Uni...

Elsa M

1 night stay ⋅ With partner

4.2

Sep 2025

Disappointing. Extremely small. Fan poorly mounted on wall right in the way to get in bed. Fridge still had previous visitor's food that went off. Not value for money.

Cleanliness

5.0

Service

4.0

Location

4.0

Safety

5.0

Value for money

3.0

Room stayed in

Studio 2-Seaview Uni...

Wilhelm G

1 night stay ⋅ On business

3.6

Jul 2025

Okay, but it felt cramped. Annoyed with the request for identification via WhatsApp. The place is okay. The apartment feels very cramped and stacked. I couldn't open the cupboard in the room. The living area feels very unorganised and like they need more space to fit everything. There is no shelving in the bathroom to pack out toiletries and such. Also, no space to put down your suitcase to work from if you don't want to unpack for the day. Don't know if it was an oversight, but there was no complimentary shampoo or soap in the apartment. The biggest issue for me was the owner requesting identification documentation via WhatsApp. I was not given the option to present it on arrival and was bugged about it for a second time when I provided it reluctantly. The guy at the guesthouse tries to be friendly and helpful, but he seems unsure of what needs to be done. Nice enough guy though. If I will stay here? I don't think so. Will not advise against it either. It's adequate, but I believe you can have better value for money in the same price range.

Cleanliness

4.0

Service

3.0

Location

4.0

Safety

3.0

Value for money

4.0

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