Ratings based on 29 Verified Reviews
2.9 Room cleanliness
3.0 Service & staff
2.9 Room comfort
2.5 Hotel condition
Expedia Verified Reviews
by A verified traveler
Posted 16 May 2024
It was a very noisy
Recommended
for Everyoneby A verified traveler from OKC
Decent place to stay
Posted 21 Feb 2017Rooms and bathroom are dated, but everything works and is clean. Wifi worked great, and so did the air conditioner. Good location to stay if you want to be down town Philipsburg.
by A verified traveler from Missouri
If desperate
Posted 30 Jan 2017
Pros: A place to put my weary head...albeit on top of the covers since I wouldn't trust getting IN the bed.
Cons: Too numerous to mention.
Location: Backstreet location next to a bar; hence the locked window I imagine! Seedy at night. It is just around the block from a casino.
I picked this for one night because I wanted something at the low $100 price point for one night. We flew in late, so I understood the registrar was not in the office, but didn't know how to find her. Room had closed jalosy windows, very few working electrical outlets, & bathroom shower did not look clean. Window AC barely cooled. When checking out, no staff available, so owner of shop downstairs said he was supposed to take our money. Who knows? Seemed shady all the way around. Be prepared to carry your luggage up two tall, narrow flights! If you have size 13 shoes, don't go here!
by Colette
Not open for late check ins
Posted 26 Jan 2017 on HotelsBooked a reservation for here. Put in the notes for the reservation that we would need a late check in (11:30 or midnight). (Never heard anything back from hotel and hotel didn't have anything in their listing stating that we had to check in before a certain time). We arrived around 11:20. The place is above a market and the market was closed. Walked up to office for the guesthouse and it was also locked up and closed. Knocked several times and waited for 20 minutes. Still no answer. Called them. No answer. Called hotels.com and they also called them. No answer. Needless to say we had to find somewhere else to stay with hotels.coms help and it took over an hour to find somewhere. So, we didn't get to our room for the night until after 1 a.m. HORRIBLE!
Recommended
for Everyoneby A verified traveler
Nice guesthouse
Posted 13 Jan 2017
Pros: Easy for shopping, good price.
Location: Great for shopping in Frontstreet and Backstreet, walking distance to Great Bay beach and boulevard.
Guesthouse located between a lot of shops in Philipsburg. Great Bay Beach is nearby. Friendly staff.
Recommended
for Everyoneby A verified traveler from Toronto
The real adventure: Josuhua Rose Guest House
Posted 20 Mar 2016
Pros: Centre-town location.
Cons: Consistent hot water.
Location: Local restaurants, buzz of a city crowd, and immediate access to buses going to the French side of the island.
In the nineteen eighties, it was common to see the average tourist, genuinely interacting with islanders. Then came all-inclusives (and the fear and coercion inspired by ubiquitous news networks), and we all stampeded to sterile resorts.
Today, if you want to plan your own vacation, wake up on your own time, manage your diet, catch a bus to Marigot, for the St. Bart's ferry, or to Maho for a beautiful walk on the beach, if you want to sample the best St. Maarten barbecue, Joshua Rose Guest House is the place for you.
If you want to stay around people who look, think, and consume exactly what you do, if you want to be waited on hand and foot, only to return home without having seen the authentic St. Maarten, by public transit--then you're missing the Joshua Rose experience.
I highly recommend this guest house. My children experienced the 'working man's vacation,' and the 'Back Street posse,' was extremely helpful, very friendly. As one resident insisted, "You're in St. Maarten! Never a problem."
Nadia at the Joshua Rose front desk is very friendly. Please extend thanks.
Recommended
for Everyoneby A verified traveler
OK but nothing high profile.
Posted 20 Mar 2016A cheap hotel in the Back Street, no luxury but free internet.
by wanda from Texas
central and safe
Posted 17 Feb 2016 on HotelsThe staff were wonderful and try to make me comfortable. It is a very convenient place to get two shops and even more important to take local transportation to and from the airport and just about anywhere. Nadia was wonderful. She loves to hear about you as a guest and truly makes you feel comfortable. I recommend it to everyone who wants a very convenient and economical place to rest
by Jay from Vermont
Posted 3 Feb 2016 on Hotels
After getting a key from the store owner we were told to go to the top floor. We found our room. It was not cleaned. The sheets were dirty and paper thin. It looked as though the beds were made after the last guests stayed there. Nothing done in the bathroom - filthy.
by A verified traveler
In Reality it's a 1-Star
Posted 31 Jan 2016 on HotelsWhile economical, this Guest House was not the 3-star as had been listed, more like a 1-star. Room was clean (with the exception of the walls which need painting/touchup) but plumbing was marginal (toilet barely flushed - and shower drain was not great either). I stayed on the 3rd floor and the white drapes left little privacy (semi-transparent). Location was convenient in that it was only a few blocks from the beach, however at night the area was sketchy and not the safest.
