The Hotel Story
Silo Hotel Cape Town added to the city of Cape Town’s waterfront when it opened in 2017. Architect Thomas Heatherwick oversaw the entire projet of this 28-room, six-floor hotel on the top levels and the Zeitz MOCAA museum on the bottom. The hotel has a spa and three restaurants, including a rooftop bar by the pool. Its fabulous room design as well as its spacious bathrooms with spectacular views of Capetown would want to make you stay forever.
The grain silo was the tallest building in Sub-Saharan Africa at 57m when it was opened in August 1924 after 3 years of construction. It closed in August 2001 after nearly 80 years at the heart of South Africa’s industrial and agricultural development. The grain silo played an integral role in terms of international trade as an export facility, but it also provided vital infrastructure to South Africa’s regional agricultural economies supporting local farming communities while also making a major contribution to the economic activities of Table Bay harbour.
The building has two parts – the elevator tower, where The Silo Hotel is located, which facilitated the mechanical bulk handling of grain, and the actual storage silos themselves. The elevator tower was known as the working house and it served numerous functions. It received grain from the track shed, lifted it to the top of the building by the use of elevators and provided facilities for the grain to be weighed, cleaned, bagged, stored and distributed.
Grain from the smaller, inland ‘country elevators’ around South Africa was delivered to Cape Town. The first load of maize was received into the grain elevator in Cape Town on the 8 September 1924, and this was followed two months later by the first export from the new elevator – 6,245 tons of maize aboard the SS Willaston destined for Europe, on the 12 November 1924.
The last export shipment from the grain elevator was on board the M/V Anangel Wisdom in 1995 and operations ceased in 2001.
Activities at Silo Hotel Cape town
Tailored Art Tours
The Silo Hotel offers wonderful private art tours that allow guests the opportunity to learn about the incredible African art scene.
Incredible diverse dining experiences at Silo Hotel Cape Town
+ You have a plethora of options to choose from:
+ Breakfast in the Granary Café
+ All day dining and drinks on the sixth floor
+ Dinner at the Granary Café
+ The Silo Rooftop
+ Royal Tea
+ Private Dining
The Vault
The Vault is The Silo Hotel’s small and exclusive art gallery located in the private parking entrance on basement level P3.
The concept behind The Vault was to make use of the unique space on their private parking level and to provide a link between the not-for-profit art featured in the museum and the local galleries in Cape Town. Each year, The Silo Hotel works with a different local gallery and showcase two exhibitions annually in The Vault.The purpose is to showcase established and up and coming African artists.
