Is Joshua Rose Guest House pet-friendly?

No, pets are not allowed at this property.

How much is parking at Joshua Rose Guest House?

This guest house doesn't offer parking.

What time is check-in at Joshua Rose Guest House?

Check-in begins at 1 PM. After-hours check-in is not available.

Where is Joshua Rose Guest House located?

Located in the heart of Philipsburg, this guesthouse is steps away from Philipsburg Boardwalk and Museum of Sint Maarten. Bobby's Marina and Cyrus Wathey Square are also within 10 minutes.

Reviews, Deals & Photos 2025

8/10 Good

Roxanne

16 May 2024

Liked: Staff & service

It was a very noisy

Stayed 2 nights in May 2024

2/10 Terrible

veronique

2 July 2022

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities

Lorsque nous nous avons réservé nous n'avons obtenu aucun code d'entrée dans l'hôtel il n'y a aucune information inhérente à l'accès à la chambre et lorsque nous sommes arrivés personne pour nous accueillir nous avons donc du louer un autre hôtel nous souhaitons avoir un remboursement

Stayed 1 night in Jul 2022

6/10 Okay

Erna , Rotterdam

28 Mar 2017

Leuk stadshotel, typisch Caribisch

Het hotel ligt enigszins achteraf, twee straten van de boulevard. Het is eenvoudig maar schoon. De receptie is vriendelijk

6/10 Okay

Sven, OKC

21 Feb 2017

Liked: Staff & service

Disliked: Property conditions & facilities

Decent place to stay

Rooms 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.

4/10 Poor

Vicki, Missouri

30 Jan 2017

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

If desperate

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!

2/10 Terrible

Colette

26 Jan 2017

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Not open for late check ins

Booked 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!

8/10 Good

Elsje

13 Jan 2017

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service

Nice guesthouse

Guesthouse located between a lot of shops in Philipsburg. Great Bay Beach is nearby. Friendly staff.

8/10 Good

Cee, Toronto

20 Mar 2016

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

The real adventure: Josuhua Rose Guest House

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.

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

20 Mar 2016

Liked: Staff & service

Disliked: Property conditions & facilities

OK but nothing high profile.

A cheap hotel in the Back Street, no luxury but free internet.

8/10 Good

wanda, Texas

17 Feb 2016

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

central and safe

The 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

2/10 Terrible

Jay, Vermont

3 Feb 2016

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

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.

2/10 Terrible

Verified traveller

31 Jan 2016

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

In Reality it's a 1-Star

While 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.

4/10 Poor

John, New Orleans

10 Dec 2015

Disliked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Disappointed

The owners are very nice but the place is promoted as a class of hotel that it isn't. It had aircon and wifi included and that was good, but the rooms weren't attended to day to day and the manager was inaccessible for much of the five days I was there. As others had reported the manager claimed the credit card machine wasn't working and wouldn't be fixed until after I left. That was stressful since I had not planned on it and the price should have been half what it was. I'd bet the price for Hotels.com users is artificially high to compete with the tourist hotels, but this was clearly a "local" hotel.

2/10 Terrible

Sunil

7 Nov 2015

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

8/10 Good

Anup, CT, USA

1 Sept 2015

Liked: Staff & service

Disliked: Cleanliness

Alright!!!

Nice hotel. Sheets were not the best but customer service was excellent. The hotel owner helped out a great deal with finding a ferry service on a particularly difficult situation. Location is very close to Dock Maarten. There's a beach close by. Designer shops close by.

2/10 Terrible

Verified traveller

6 May 2015

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

10/10 Excellent

レッド, gg

6 Mar 2015

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

良い

良いです期待通りですねマハビーチより少し遅れていることができます1泊して今後支店社長様のようにしております

4/10 Poor

Verified traveller

23 Feb 2015

Disliked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Hotel sans personnel, très bruyant

Arrivée tard à minuit certes, personne ne nous a accueilli ni ne s'est occupé de nous pour le check out. Nous sommes parti à 8h car nous avions un bateau à prendre et personne, nous avons dû laisser les clés dans la boîte aux lettres. Chambre propre mais pas confortable, très bruyante car rue mal fréquentée.

4/10 Poor

Verified traveller

14 Jan 2015

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Non-existent Staff

I made a reservation, I arrived at the "hotel" at 9:45pm. No one was at the hotel to check me in. I had to find another hotel.

8/10 Good

Simon

19 Dec 2014

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort

Joshua Rose Guest House

Arrived quite late but the owner had hung around to see me checked in. The guest house is in a great location near everything in Philipsburg and the room was comfortable and the aircon worked well. It is not a five star hotel so don't expect a minibar and streaming movies but it was fine for a couple of nights and on the night I stayed the cheapest room in town. The owner was very friendly and helpful and though being very central there was no traffic noise or other disturbance to spoil a couple of good nights sleep.

6/10 Okay

Brian, New York, NY

17 Nov 2014

Liked: Staff & service

Disliked: Property conditions & facilities

Not Bad If You're Not Picky

I was traveling on a budget while working on Front Street in Philipsburg, and this was the cheapest room available. For the price, the location was great - just a 1 minute from Front Street shops and 2 minutes to the boardwalk/beach. Although the alley to get from Front St to Back St next to the hotel is a little sketchy at night. The "guest house" is just 3 floors of rooms above a grocery store. You check in with the grocery store cashier. I may have been the first person to stay there, as they didn't seem to have a handle on things - my room lacked towels and soap and the internet password didn't work, but they were very friendly and took care of everything right away. TV had only two or three working channels, but A/C and shower worked great. Not the cleanest of accommodations but no bugs or major red flags.

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

27 Feb 2014

Liked: Staff & service

COMODO,BIEN UBICADO

UN POCO ANTIGUO, PERO COMODO, A LA HABITACION NO LE FALTABA NADA: AIRE ACONDICIONADO, CAJA DE SEGURIDAD, SECADOR DE PELO, CAMAS GRANDES, BUENAS ALMOHADAS, HELADERA, MICROONDAS, ESPACIO DE GUARDADO, WIFI. EXCELENTE RELACION PRECIO CALIDAD, MUY BUENA UBICACION, PERSONAL MUY AMABLE, TIENE UNA PEQUEÑA COCINA PARA USO DE LOS HUESPEDES Y UN MERCADO EN LA ENTRADA.

8/10 Good

Jean, Aruba

21 July 2013

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

This hotel is just right situated.

I have stayed 6 nights and have nothing to complain. My regards and compliments to Therese.

8/10 Good

Alain, France

3 Apr 2012

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Allez y car moins chère, propre, et plaisant

Qualité prix inégalable. Personnel agréable. Tous gentils et prêt à aider. Je recommande sans hésité. Superbe

10/10 Excellent

Bill, New York, NY, USA

15 Mar 2012

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Superb Friendly Well Run Guest House

The Joshua Rose Guest House is not a palace, but wants to be a palace, The staff acts like they are servicing a palace. Nadia, the manager, and her staff are are also a credit to the great friendly wonderful people of St. Maarten. Friendly? It is easy to become a welcome part of the family that runs the guest house. Guidance was also available for all the wonderful things about the island. You can rent a car, but bus (jitney) service is right outside the door to everywhere on the island. I will try to go back there and do recommend the guest house to all my friends. smk/bill

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8/10 Good

Roxanne

Roxanne

2/10 Terrible

veronique

veronique

6/10 Okay

Erna , Rotterdam

Leuk stadshotel, typisch Caribisch

Erna

6/10 Okay

Sven, OKC

Decent place to stay

Sven

4/10 Poor

Vicki, Missouri

If desperate

Vicki

2/10 Terrible

Colette

Not open for late check ins

Colette

8/10 Good

Elsje

Nice guesthouse

Elsje

8/10 Good