23 on Riverside

WOW where do I begin.The first thing we noticed about 23 On Riverside is that The staff always finds a way to say yes to all our dreams! 23 on Riverside made everything a terrific success!The food was spectacular and the service impeccable! We had over 100 guests and everyone got special attention. We were given multiple options on their menu selection, Top shelf alcohol and bar services.I cannot think of one place in South-Africa that could have set the ambiance, elegance and superb comfort 23 on Riverside is able to naturally create!We will always remember with delight the joy we had. More...

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Beautiful venue, love the chapel down by the river, makes for a stunning wedding ceremony.Comfortable and clean air conditioned rooms. Management efficient, friendly and professional. More...

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Wow, what a magnificent 5 star venue, in the heart of nature adjacent to the river! The food was a mouth watering experience and Beaunette and Jacques are fantastic hosts that go out if their way and walk the extra mile! What a pleasant experience and we strongly recommend this venue for your next function! More...

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I got invited to a Colleague’s 70th birthday celebration at 23 on Riverside.The effort put in by the owners (Jacques & Beaunette) was truly out of this world.The food was truly amazing.I would highly recommend this venue for any occasion. More...

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Feels like home away from home. Great family business 100% focus on customer service. Rooms are in mint condition. Meals are well prepared. Grounds well maintained.Definitely recommend them for any occasion how big or small. More...

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Beautiful venue, the food was delicious and the staff very friendly.

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A lady called Beaunette hired 2 couches for a wedding from our company and lied that she had paid and was going to send up Proof of payment. Turns out she had not paid and still hasn't paid. She has now stopped answering all our calls and ignores our messages Providers and clients please be careful, your might get used or your money might be stolen. Watch out for these people and their staff. More...

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Thank you for making our day so magical! Its been a 6 months journey. Thank you for the number of after hours messages and calls. Thank you for keeping your promises on all the deliverables.The food: 5 star, top quality!‘The hosts are so friendly and accomodation and wants to walk the extra mile for the guest’ was a general feeling amongs our guests.Thank you Jacques for the boma and atmosphere.The facilities: so well maintained.The staff: so friendly and helpful.(One of the rooms had an issue with the aircon, it was brought to their attention early, they called a technician and got the problem resolved.)Unplanned power outage in the area (aside from loadshedding) did not prevent our day from being a success.The geni worked well and the party continue as planned, only 5 min interruption for switch over.Thank you for keeping me calm, when the stress started to kick in.Thank you Beaunette for always having a solution to an obsticle.We could not have selected a better place for our day!We will recommend 23onriverside to anybody looking for a venue.May your hard work be blessed and may your effort be appreciated!Thank you for putting clients above yourselves. Rgds 💍J&S22-11-22 More...

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Lovely place and well worth it

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Great venue 👌

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The road may be daunting, I would not recommend taking a low slung vehicle down it. The venue is stunning, a river runs through it. The biggest surprise for me was finding hot water in the gents basins. Unusual these days. The food was great and the service good too. More...

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Very disappointing

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Pragtige troue gehou by hulle.

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Beautifull place but for the price, no. The details for the wifi were not present in the room, both aircon and fridge were not working and when we moved the bed we found very old spiderwebs. Never again.

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Unetical business practice.Cannot even keep to written venue contract.I had to cancel my wedding due to covid 19 and have been stuggeling over 2 months now to get back the 20% that is rightfully mine in terms of the contract. Owners lied about sending emails to my attorney and can't even honour their own timeframe to pay out my money.Due to Covid 19 my finace was retrenched.It was not just businesses that took a nock with Covid 19.People were retrenched as in my case and also have difficulty with cash flow in these economic times but 23 on Riverside is self centered and cannot give back the money that does not belong to them.According to the owners I only care about myself and they are not willing to pay back my money now because they have cash flow problems and are not going to show a loss even though they have asked me if I can give them until the end of May in order to get my money for me, which I have accepted.The Covid 19 restrictions may have lifted but everyone is still trying to recover.We could not go on with the purchase of our house and we have also suffered great losses financially and emotionally.It does not matter when or why I cancelled my wedding.Your contract explicitly states:*Cancellation within 3 months or less, 80% of final invoice amount is due and payable to the venue*I paid the whole invoice amount one month before the wedding date and yes I did cancel my wedding 2 and a half weeks before the 27 th of March 2021 which falls within the bracket of "3 months or less"So I want my 20%.Your word is not your honour and you can't even keep to your own contract so how do you expect anyone else to? More...

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Beautiful place with a flowing river.

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Excellent ,great service

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This is a paradoxical venue. The beautiful setting, divine food, stunning table setups, and friendly service are five star - absolutely gorgeous. There is even a nice little box of soaps and bathbombs waiting for you in the room. Even the main construction seems great. But the finer points are badly lacking, and deserve only one star. A few serious problems: we were part of a bridal party and slept over. 1. At a full priced room, both the aircon and fridge were not working - the worst is that all the staff knew about this, thus it must have been a problem for a while. We changed rooms, but it simply became someone else's problem. 2. There was a power problem. Power was eventually restored (limited) to only the actual reception room. There were no candles placed on outside walkways or anywhere else - we eventually did this ourselves from the table candles. At the end of the party, power was routed to the main rooms only, none at all to the separate house. I do not know how everyone found their way back there. As a premium venue and in a country with serious power problems, it baffles me how there is no solid power backup system in place. 3. Some finishings in the room are terrible. In our (second) room, the tie back hook pulled totally out of the wall. The curtains are cheap and made at China town with the big metal hooks and huge plastic jewels to prove it. There was not even a finishing strip where the bedroom carpet met the bathroom tiles, so an ugly frayed carpet end was really obvious. 4. No one seemed to have hot water the entire day and night? 5. There is a mulberry bush just as you step off the ceremony area - needless to say we are all still soaking dresses and scrubbing shoes to try get out the stains.Overall, a really difficult place to rate! I honestly cannot recommend or not recommend it. More...

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Beautiful venue!!!

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Got married here, just know that it was the best idea we’d ever make.

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Recently got married here. Most beautiful venue but unfortunately this has now turned into a principle matter for me due to the following. First and foremost our refundable breakage deposit has not been refunded and they cannot give us a reason as to why they are not paying this back to us. We were not allowed to use our own DJ of choice and had to use their inhouse guy and in doing so it was a total disaster. All the reasons they gave as to why they insist on us using their DJ, was all the things that actually went wrong. (Music stopping while we walked in, poor sound quality, cant do song requests because his laptop is flat etc.) The long and the sort is they had plenty power issues and imagine our surprise when we saw Marlene Moss's review below from a year ago with exactly the same problems.(Please read her review for more detail) This tells me that it is an old problem and the staff as well as the owners are well aware of these issues but not fixing it. For a 4 star venue the conditions in the rooms are as follow. Aircon and fridge does not work, drain for the shower is blocked and resulted in the whole floor being under water. As soon as the last payment was made the lady's attitude changed and she became very rude and abrupt not only to us but to our guests as well. More...

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Very scenic an peaceful.

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Venue is lovely , roads to get there should be done up properly .

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Whe was at a wedding today and what a beautifull place

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Went for a wedding. Lovely river and decent reception hall, good parking.Just beware of the road leading to the venue, is quite rough but there is at least concrete paving lanes to drive on some parts.

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The rooms had no hot water nor did it have DSTv. The cakes and cupcakes that was ordered by the bride and groom was wromh

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