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Lucky Bean Guesthouse offers great warmth and care, and is an ideal stepping stone to Johannesburg. We know and love our city, and are happy to share this with you.

Accommodation at Lucky Bean Guesthouse:
Set on a large, secluded Melville property with a beautiful garden and pool, the guesthouse has a gentle sense of peace and harmony. The nine suites are all spacious, light and stylish with five-star graded beds. They have their own private entrances, most with patio space and garden views.

Favorites include the Skyline suite with its fantastic view of the tree-topped city, and the Silver suite with a veranda facing the rose garden. There is complimentary high speed Wi-Fi internet connectivity, DSTV (hotel bouquet), room safes, tea and coffee facilities, a desk and chair, safe parking and on-site management. On many of our perfect mornings you will be able to enjoy breakfast in the garden, or join the friendly conversation in our farm style kitchen.

The Skyline Suite
An upstairs suite that has a great view of the city. The Skyline has a balcony, a queen sized bed and a bathroom with a bath and a shower. The unit has an LCD flat screen TVs, a desk with chair, free WiFi and tea/coffee making facilities. A maximum of two guests can be accommodated in this unit. No twin beds.

Green Tree Suite
A very spacious suite that features a lovely tree mural and a large shower. It has a patio and a King sized bed. Free WiFi, an LCD flat screen TV, a desk with chair and tea/coffee making facilities. It sleeps two guests and can accommodate twin beds.

Pool Suite
With a separate lounge and a spacious bathroom with a bath and a shower this is the largest suite.
It offers limited self catering with a small kitchenette. There is a king sized bed in the bedroom, which can also house twin beds. There is a loft with a single bed as well. A maximum of four guests can be accommodated, with the addition of a single bed in the lounge.

Green Suite
With a separate lounge and a spacious bathroom with a bath and a shower this is the largest suite.
It offers limited self catering with a small kitchenette. There is a king sized bed in the bedroom, which can also house twin beds. There is a loft with a single bed as well. A maximum of four guests can be accommodated, with the addition of a single bed in the lounge.

Silver Suite
With a bath and a large double shower this suite is on the front patio facing the rose garden. It includes an LCD flat screen TV, a desk and a chair and tea/coffee making facilities. It has a King-sized bed and can accommodate twin beds.

White Buck Suite
The White Buck Suite has a King sized bed, a spacious bathroom and a small, open plan lounge. It is one of the largest suites and has a private patio. An LCD flat screen TV, a desk and a chair and tea/coffee making facilities are part of the unit. It can accommodate twin beds.

Orange Suite
The White Buck Suite has a King sized bed, a spacious bathroom and a small, open plan lounge. It is one of the largest suites and has a private patio. An LCD flat screen TV, a desk and a chair and tea/coffee making facilities are part of the unit. It can accommodate twin beds.

Koi Suite
The White Buck Suite has a King sized bed, a spacious bathroom and a small, open plan lounge. It is one of the largest suites and has a private patio. An LCD flat screen TV, a desk and a chair and tea/coffee making facilities are part of the unit. It can accommodate twin beds.

Water Buck Suite
The Water-buck Suite has a queen size bed and shower. Included in the unit is an LCD television set, a desk and a chair and tea and coffee making facilities. Outside the suite is a small garden seating area. Free WiFi is also included. Two guests can be accommodated in this unit. No twin beds.

A haven in the hum! Over the years Lucky Bean has become the preferred hom in Joburg for a fabulously interesting mix of guest. Travelers wanting to experience the city up close and personal, and not from a tour bus. Foreign journalists, artists, musicians. Many guests from the Non-Profit sector, as well as business people looking for a change to hotels.

Restaurant:
Lucky Bean Guesthouse has a restaurant nearby, on 7th Street. Rated number 1 in Melville, the restaurant is famous for it`s distinctive menu and great food and wine-list, it`s lovely, warm atmosphere and friendly and efficient service.

Rooms and Units Available:

Family suite
This is the largest suite and has a bedroom with a King sized bed, a seperat bathroom with a bath and shower and a lounge area with a small kitchen that is set up for basic self catering. There is a loft space in the lounge that has a single bed in it.
Sleeps 4 Adults

King suite
A large room with a King sized bed and a private patio. This suite has a shower.
Amount of similar units: 4
Sleeps 3 Adults

Queen suite
A lovely smaller suite with a Queen sized bed. The Koi suite has a small private garden and a pond. It has and an open plan shower and toilet. The Heart suite has a small terrace and a shower.
Amount of similar units: 3
Sleeps 2 Adults

Skyline suite
The Skyline is upstairs with a lovely view of the garden, the pool and the city. It has a private patio with views.
Sleeps 2 Adults

Facilities & Services available:

Bar on the Premises
Restaurant
Fireplace on the Premises
Garden
Internet Access
Parking (off-street - covered)
Wi-Fi
English
Communal Satellite TV
Swimming Pool

Directions:

From the M1 take the M17 off ramp onto Empire Road. (If coming from the North turn right at the end of the off-ramp, if coming from the South keep to the left where the off-ramp splits.

Once on Empire stay in the centre until you reach a t-junction with Annet Road (M18). Turn right into this road which will change into Kingsway.

You will pass Media Park on your RHS and turn right at the next traffic lights into Lothbury Road.

An ABSA call centre and Campus Square shopping centre are now on your LHS. Go through one set of traffic lights, through one traffic circle, Golf Tea Room is ahead of you on the LHS as you are approaching the next traffic circle.

Turn right into 1st Ave and drive down about 400m. We are on the left hand side; the large property with the very high hedge.

Just before you arrive at our property there is a pink church on the RHS.


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