The Still Beach House

Million dollar view of Petite Piton and Sourfiere! Hotel is comfortable and the staff is excellent. The tour of the Boulay Plantation is not to be missed that included an amazing breakfast. Walkable to downtown and convenient to shops and restaurants. The Sea Shell restaurant on the lower level and right on the beach is very good as wel!.

Ok, for starters, the view from the room is absolutely post-card perfect, it really is right on the beach. There's plenty of parking. But that's the end of the pro's list. I know the rooms were cleaned before our arrival, but they're still pretty rough. Sparse furnishings. Rudimentary plumbing. I cant say too much about the "staff" because the folks that let us in just happened to be leaving for the day as we arrived... not sure how it would have worked if we'd missed them. Perhaps the restaurant downstairs would have given us the key, but no one there is particularly motivated or helpful. Every time we tried to order something, I had to get up and look around for a server, and when I found one, they seemed bothered by my request. Also, I messaged the property about checkout protocol while we were there... never got a reply. I'm not trying to damage the owners reputation or business, but we had booked another stay elsewhere for the second half of the trip, and when the time came, we were ready to leave. Location wise, it looks on a map as if you could stroll along the beach, or walk to town. Not so. Maybe 100 yards down the beach is rough. Like, lots of trash, people bathing and doing laundry in the river, folks around that either gave us unwelcoming looks or offered *****. Cool that it's not super tourist-y, but it really felt like we were not wanted. The town is very sad, and very intimidating and we really didn't feel safe or like we could relax and look around at all

We really wanted to like this place, the view of the Pitons was wonderful, and the housekeeping staff was superb. If not for the staff, I would have given only 1 star. Can't speak to all the rooms, but Room 1 was a real disappointment, especially for the money we paid. 2 glaring safety issues. First, there is no security lock on the inside of the door, which meant that anyone with a key could enter your room at any time. Secondly, the ironing board provided continually collapsed which could result in a serious burn. Asked for a replacement, and the one they brought was even worse. There were no toiletries - no shampoo, no conditioner, no shower gel - just a used bottle of hand soap. There was a lovely tea kettle and coffee pot in the room, but nothing to put in them. The rod in the closet was pretty much unusable. Despite sufficient depth, the rod was mounted in such a way that anything hung there would rub against the wall. The lights on the nightstand did not have a switch - the only way to turn the light on is via a switch that is part of the outlet on the wall. Apparently, there was an issue with the shower plumbing at some point. The repair was with PVC (common on the island), but looked like it was done by a rank beginner. The shower head itself looked like someone took the lid of a jar and poked holes in it. On our next to last day, we stopped at the restaurant, (food is OK, prices reasonable, service slooow), but they could serve almost nothing on their menu as they did not have the ingredients - we ended up going into town for the meal.