ACCOLADES

• Honouree in Service Excellence, Wine & Food Tourism Awards in 2019

• Awarded one key Michelin Key in 2025
• The best hotels in Africa: 2024 Condé Nast Traveler Readers' Choice Awards
  • 7th Best Hotel in the US edition in Eastern and Southern Africa
• The best hotels in Africa: 2023 Readers' Choice Awards
  • 5th Best Hotel in Eastern and Southern Africa
• 2021 Luxury Lifestyle Magazine awards
  • 5th Best Hotel in Africa
• First hotel in the Winelands to achieve 5-Star Premium Status by Tourism Grading Council of South Africa (TGCSA) in 2019
• 2017 Condé Nast Traveller’s Hot 100 List listed at #58
• SA Wine Index 2018 fine dining SAWI Awards as a Platinum class winner
• Leeu Estates was named South Africa’s leading Wine Country Hotel 2017 and 2018 at the World Travel Awards Africa
• Featured on the Travel + Leisure's 2017 list of "The Best New Hotels in The World

• Awarded one key Michelin Key in 2025
• TripAdvisor’s Travelers’ Choice 2025:
  • Top 10% of hotels world wide
• The best hotels in Africa: 2024 Condé Nast Traveler Readers' Choice Awards
  • 4th Best Hotel in the UK edition in Eastern and Southern Africa
• TripAdvisor’s Travelers’ Choice 2018:
  • The top-rated hotel in the Cape Winelands
  • The fourth best property in South Africa (Top 25 Luxury Hotels – South Africa)

• Awarded one key Michelin Key in 2025
• The best hotels in Africa: 2024 Condé Nast Traveler Readers' Choice Awards
  • 6th Best Hotel in the UK edition in Eastern and Southern Africa
• The best hotels in Africa: 2023 Readers' Choice Awards
  • 3rd Best Hotel in Eastern and Southern Africa
• 9th Best Hotel in Africa by Luxury Lifestyle Magazine - 2019

Mullineux

• Wine & Spirits top 100 wineries of the World in 2023, 2022, 2021 and 2019 as South African producer.
• Platter’s South African Wine Guide Winery of the Year 2023, 2020, 2019, 2016, 2014.
• The 2023 Gérard Basset Global Fine Wine Report’s:
  1. World’s Best Fine Wine Producer Awards Top 10; and
  2. Voted #3 in the World’s Best Rising Star Awards Top 10.
     This report covers the period 2023 and predictions for 2024 and it is based on responses received from over 1000 verified leading global fine wine market players.
• Tim Atkin 2017 South Africa Report Winemakers of the Year – Chris & Andrea Mullineux.
• Wine Enthusiast Winemaker of the Year 2016 – Andrea Mullineux.
• Tim Atkin 2017 South Africa Report Winemakers of the Year – Chris & Andrea Mullineux.
• Wine Enthusiast Winemaker of the Year 2016 – Andrea Mullineux.

Leeu Passant

• Maintained status as a First Growth of South African wine in Tim Atkin’s 2024 South Africa Special Report.
• The 2018 Leeu Passant Radicales Libres scored 96 points.
• The 2022 Leeu Passant Wellington Cinsault also scored 96 points and earned top titles in the Chardonnay and Cinsault categories, respectively.
• Other notable wines, including the 2021 Leeu Passant Red Blend and 2022 Stellenbosch Cabernet Sauvignon, received high scores in the report.
• The Leeu Passant Hillside Cabernet Franc 2022 achieved the joint-highest score of 95 points in the 2024 Nedbank Cape Winemakers Guild Michael Fridjhon blind tasting.

La Petite Colombe

• Eat Out Woolworths Restaurant Awards 2025
  1. Awarded three stars
  2. Eat Out Patrón Mixology Award
• Luxe Restaurant Awards 2024
  1. Restaurant of the Year
• Eat Out Woolworths Restaurant Awards 2023
  1. Awarded three stars
  2. Eat Out Patrón Mixology Award

Protégé

• Eat Out Woolworths Restaurant Awards 2025
  1. Awarded two stars
• Eat Out Woolworths Restaurant Awards 2023
  1. Awarded one star

Epice

• Eat Out Woolworths Restaurant Awards 2025
  1. Awarded two stars
  2. Eat Out Callebaut Dessert Award
• World Culinary Awards 2024
  1. South Africa's Best Restaurant
  2. Africa’s Best Restaurant
• Eat Out Woolworths Restaurant Awards 2024
  1. Awarded two stars
• World Culinary Awards 2020
  1. Best New Restaurant

• Featured on Telegraph’s Top 250 UK Hotels for 2026
• Retained one key Michelin Key in 2025
• Luxury lifestyle Magazine (LLM) Reader Travel Awards 2024:
  • Ranking 4th out of 7 finalists in the Best Hotel for Golf category
  • Ranking 11th out of 78 finalists in the Best Hotel for Food category
  • Ranking 15th out of 36 finalists in the Best Hotel for Nature Lovers category
  • Ranking 17th out of 49 finalists in the Best Boutique Hotel category
  • Ranking 21st out of 72 finalists in the Best Hotel for Romance category
• The best hotels in the UK: 2024 Condé Nast Traveler Readers' Choice Awards
  • 14th Best Hotel in the US edition
• Linthwaite House received One Key distinction in the 2024 Michelin Guide for the most outstanding hotels in the UK and Ireland.
• Simon Rogan received an MBE at Windsor Castle in January 2024 for his contributions to the culinary arts.
• 2021 Luxury Lifestyle Magazine awards – United Kingdom
  • 1st Best Hotel for Food
  • 2nd Best Hotel for Wine
  • 3rd Best Boutique Hotel
  • 4th Best Hotel for Golf
  • 9th Best Hotel for Romance
• 2021 6th Best Hotels in the Lake District by Good HouseKeeping
• AA Inspectors Choice Red Star Award
• Condé Nast Traveller’s best hotel in the United Kingdom listed at #29.
• 2020 Loved by Guests Award by Hotels.com
• 2020 Recognition of Excellence by HotelsCombined
  • A wonderful rating of 9.1!
• Top 40 most romantic hotels in Britain by The Sunday Telegraph
• Our partner restaurant, Henrock, was named one of 20 of the world’s best new restaurants for 2020 by CNN Travel.
• Best Hotel in the UK by I-escapes.
• 2019 Luxury Lifestyle Magazine awards – United Kingdom
  • 9th Best Boutique Hotel
  • 16th Best Hotel for Romance
  • 4th Best Hotel for Wine
  • 5th Best Newcomer
  • Linthwaite House proudly made The Telegraph’s list of the Best country house hotels in Britain 2017 & 2018 with a wonderful rating of 9/10!

Henrock

• Cumbria Food Awards 2022
  1. Hotel Restaurant of the Year
• MICHELIN Guide 2021
  1. Awarded a Michelin Plate

• Awarded two Michelin Keys in 2025
• Robb Report 50 Greatest Luxury Hotels 2025 - ranked 2nd in the list
• Architectural Digest Hotel Awards 2025 - Winner of the Great Design Hotel Award