This hotel is popular with everybody: small and large tour groups, families, business people, I even saw Emirates flight attendants checking in. The rooms are clean and the bedding comfortable, but the furniture and carpet definitely need to be refreshed as they are very dated. Breakfast is worth paying for as it is buffet style with a good variety of food. Pro tip- if you want to avoid having breakfast with the large tour groups, check their schedule which is posted on a white board by the main entrance revolving door. The hotel, despite its name, is about 10 to 15 min walk from the V&A waterfront. To get to the waterfront there is a pedestrian bridge that you have to cross. It's safe and the area is busy with tourists and locals, but I did see some squatters using the bridge as shelter and city staff cleaning the area. The hotel offers a complimentary shuttle to the waterfront, which I recommend using. You can check its schedule at the front desk, but generally it runs 9 am to 10 :00 pm, and leaves on the hour from the hotel, and every half an hour from the waterfront. I highly encourage you not to miss the last shuttle that leaves the waterfront, usually at 10:00 pm as even safe touristy areas can become dodgy after dark when everything shuts down.