The Soweto Hotel on Freedom Square... the jewel of Soweto!
Nestled in the heart of Kliptown is one of Soweto’s first
4-star hotels: The Soweto Hotel on Freedom Square. Catering for locals and
visitors alike, the hotel offers delectable cuisine, luxurious accommodation,
and soulful jazz with a distinct cultural flavour, intermingled with
contemporary flair. This gem instils a sense of pride and nostalgia, captured
by the eclectic collection of jazz and historical memorabilia, which form the
backdrop of the hotel’s stylish interior décor.
This 4-star facility has 46 Deluxe Standard Rooms and 2
Presidential Suites (including a paraplegic room). Inter-leading rooms are
available for families and groups. Rooms are equipped with televisions (with a
broad bouquet of local and international channels), coffee/tea making
facilities, wireless connectivity, hairdryers, and in-room safes. Room service,
laundry and dry-cleaning services are also available. The hotel also has three
boardrooms seating six, eight and 14 guests each and fully equipped with AV
equipment.
The Soweto Hotel on Freedom Square is also the proud home of
the Jazz Maniacs Restaurant. This restaurant is named after the famous 50’s
band, the Jazz Maniacs, whose pictures adorn the walls of the restaurant. This
elegant, 60-seater restaurant is open daily to the public as well as resident
guests, and serves breakfast, lunch and dinner.
Exquisite menus adapted to retell the history and heritage
of Soweto are captured in the township continental breakfast of sautéed chicken
livers and traditional dumpling (ujeqe), magwinya (vetkoek) and atchar and the ever-famous
“Russian” sausage reminiscent of township fare. The breakfast buffet also
offers an array of hot porridges such as Palishi (maize meal porridge), Mdoko
or Ting (sour porridge) and Mabele Meal (sorghum porridge) as well as
Continental and Full English breakfast options.
The hotel chef is Jafta Hatshejame, a recent addition to the
Soweto Hotel’s kitchen, who leads his team to develop typical township,
traditional fare, adapted for all palates. His buffet features mogodu (tripe)
and mnqushu (samp and beans), morogo and roasted butternut, just to name a few
favourites. Comfort food just like Gogo used to prepare it!
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