Panoramic views either overlook the bay to Robben Island, prison home of South Africa's former president Nelson Mandela for the greatest part of his 27 years of political incarceration, or across the harbour to the majestic Table Mountain with its shifting table cloth and tumbling clouds. 

Catering for the business and leisure traveller the hotel offers Conference facilities for groups of up to 300 and a team of Guest Relations Officers who will advise and assist in planning your leisure activities. 

The Table Bay Hotel is only 20 minutes by road from Cape Town International Airport and five minutes from the centre of the city. Right on the doorstep are the city's prime retail outlets in the Victoria & Alfred Shopping Centre. 
  Accommodation 

The Table Bay Hotel has a total of 329 rooms which include standard twin rooms, standard king rooms, paraplegic rooms, luxury rooms and suites. There are 13 standard suites, 2 Executive Suites, 1 Superior Suite and 2 Presidential suites. The designer decorated rooms are welcoming and inviting, representing the epitome of luxury and supreme comfort. All rooms have spectacular views of both Table Mountain and the harbour or the Atlantic Ocean and Robben Island. 

The rooms all feature luxurious walk-in cupboards and marble finishes, armoires and writing desks and each is equipped with a butler station, colour satellite television, radio, en-suite bathrooms with separate showers, marble vanity units with hairdryer and Mediterranean-style bathrobes and slippers. 

Telephones are provided in bathrooms, at bedsides and on each writing desk. Each has a voice-mail facility and a wake-up call facility. Biz-Comm centres are provided in all rooms, allowing users to phone, fax, e-mail, copy, print and store messages, on a private number, accessible only to the individual guest, ensuring confidentiality. The centre also has ports to allow connection of lap top computers. 

The hotel has committed itself to the Tobacco Products Control Amendment Act to protect the rights of non-smokers and children. There are 41 non-smoking rooms in the hotel, situated on the East and Centre wings of the 2nd floor only. 

The Atlantic Grill 

Decorated in a Cape winelands theme with large murals and thick-pile carpets, this dignified restaurant overlooks Table Mountain and the inner harbour. 

Serving à la carte dinners featuring an international menu, The Atlantic Grill has an astonishing 6000-bottle open-face cellar stocking the finest wines and Champagnes. 

There is also a cigar humidor with an extensive selection, stored under optimum conditions.  The Conservatory and Bar 

The bar is a favoured gathering place for business people during the day and after work for cocktails and conversation, and the adjoining Conservatory is an informal restaurant serving delicious à la carte meals, coffees and salads all day.  There is jazz in the evenings. 

The Lounge/Patio 

Slightly sunken, below the foyer, the refined atmosphere of this gracious room provides the perfect setting for the most civilised ritual of afternoon Grand Tea.  (NOTE FROM WEBMASTER:  this tea is HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!)

Sink deep into the comfort of the sofas and savour the dainty delights on the tiered silver etages, to the accompaniment of live chamber music. 

Light lunches, cocktails and liqueurs are also served here. 

Pool Bar 

The Pool Bar serves drinks, snacks and health foods on the decking around the pool which overlooks the Atlantic Ocean and is heated for year-round enjoyment. 

The Table Bay Hotel is part of Cape Town's hugely successful Victoria & Alfred Waterfront development, with it's fascinating and eclectic mix of speciality shops, markets, restaurants, bars, museums, cinemas and activities. 

It is entirely possible to spend several days at The Waterfront and still not see all there is to see. 

The Two Oceans Aquarium displays South Atlantic fish and other sea life in a variety of tanks including a huge, open-ocean tank. 

Rich in relics, the South African Maritime Museum makes for a fascinating outing. 

There are markets, malls, cabarets, buskers and live bands.