Asara Wine Estate & Hotel

Thank you for the best and most delicious wine pairing EVER! The sensory tree is out of this world. The service and staff is incredible. Thank you for creating memories kept for a lifetime. Definitely coming back to do the picnic! See you soon Asara.

We made a last minute decision to do coffee,dessert and wine at this amazing estate. Being welcomed by Clinton, what a charismatic person, telling us about the property and having us feel welcomed with family all the way from Australia and taken care of by amazing staff. Caroldine, what an amazing soul (she stole my heart) and Christopher superb waiter. We will definitely be back, specifically for the amazing ambiance and service. We really felt special. Thank you ASARA

Wonderful staff and service. Nice room and lovely location. Great wine tasting and expert knowledge of wines. Excellent food options. The restaurant has a view of a lake and mountains. It’s just outside Stellenbosch and well served by Ubers.

Great staff

From the very first minute, entering via the immaculate tree lined driveway, you are aware that you are visiting somewhere very special. Asara is a wonderful experience, made even more wonderful by the staff throughout the estate. As we arrived we were greeted by the 2 amazing attendants (I think one was called James- they were both from Malawi), these 2 guys were fantastic, a real credit to Asara, nothing was too much trouble. The scenery here is out of this World and as you walk across the courtyard you immediately feel yourself relax. This could be Provence in spring, the smell of lavender and herbs just adding to the whole experience. In the afternoon we spent some time around the pool which was lovely, really peaceful, the pool was lovely and cool, very clean, plenty of towels and they had a bar with a barman on call all day, I appreciated this level of service, even with just a handful of people around the pool he was always ready to serve a drink. The room was lovely and spacious, the balcony offered amazing views across the lake to the mountains and offered lots of space and comfortable chairs. The rooms were clean and the bathroom was big and luxurious (shower was huge). This was a room you could relax in, the only downside on our visit was a family close by with 2 kids screaming with the TV full blast. My advice would be keep this wing child free, this place is big enough to do that without ostracising anyone. We visited the restaurant 3 times (Lunch, Dinner and Breakfast), the food was superb and the service was really good. I have to say I was impressed. If I was being really picky I did feel that some of the dishes were a little odd. I had the salmon starter which was served with wasabi puree, pickled cucumber etc. I imagined it to be Japanese flavours/style but it was actually just a large fillet of salmon, cooked slightly under (which i'm fine with by the way, I prefer it this way rather than over cooked and dry) with a wasabi paste that had no flavour, absolutely no bite, very little if any wasabi in it, the cucumber was pickled with vinegar (i'd expected Tsukemono, the sightly sweeter Japanese pickled veg). I had a Honey Pork with no honey, I think the honey may have been on the pork before it was cooked but the sweetness had gone, surrounded by pears and bean paste and a shallot, it was just a strange taste combo, personally it didn't work for me but I appreciated the ambition. We did the wine tasting with Kalvin, that was great and well worth doing, would highly recommend. Overall we had a great visit and would definitely come here again (in fact we are already planning our next trip). I was concerned about a few negative reviews but I have no idea what they were going on about. I am lucky enough to have visited well over 300 luxury resorts around the World and this place is easily in my top 10%. Asara is a relaxing, beautiful resort with amazing staff and just 5 mins from Stellenbosch.

Afgelopen januari hebben wij 10 nachten geslapen in Asara. Dit was voor ons de t****e keer en weer stelde het zeker niet teleur (wij hebben alweer geboekt voor volgend jaar!). Het begint al als je de oprijlaan oprijdt, wauw wat een binnenkomst. Bij binnenkomst werden wij meteen warm verwelkomt door Pearson, hij herkende ons nog van vorig jaar, super lieve en hartelijke man, die zijn vak begrijpt, net zoals Isaac. Ook het ontbijt was weer net zo goed als vorig jaar, het buffet iets minder uitgebreid, maar mocht je wat anders willen, kon je het vragen en werd dit geregeld. Ook de a la carte ontbijtkaart viel dit jaar niet tegen! Wij werden elke ochtend ontzettend goed geholpen door Ricardo, Michael en Natascha. Het grootste gedeelte van de vakantie bediende Hamim ons en haar willen wij nog in het bijzonder bedanken. Elke ochtend als we haar zagen, was ze vrolijk. Ze wist precies welke koffie en welk ontbijtje we wilden, echt super! Ook nog een speciaal bedankje naar Calvin die een geweldige gepersonaliseerde winetasting voor ons organiseerde. De locatie van het hotel is super, met 8 minuten zit je in Stellenbosch. Het zwembad was ook super, hier lagen wij elke dag wel een paar uur. Kortom, een super vakantie gehad. Dit mede mogelijkheid gemaakt ook door het uitermate vriendelijke personeel! (Misschien zijn wij nog wat namen vergeten, maar echt ieder personeelslid heeft ons super in de watten gelegd, ga zo door!)