Simon Hotel, Fort-de-France

The Simon is still the best hotel in Fort-de-France overall. However, a few flaws made it loose points: - Leakage on the corridor of the 3rd floor which leaves a very wet spot in the middle of the corridor and therefore implies a humid smell. - Poor amenities in the bathroom: no conditioner and no body lotion. - Poor window insulation: woken up by a city worker using his very loud blower at 5:00AM to prepare for the arrival of the cruise ship. - Terrible looking breakfast buffet. Has a lot of potential due to its great furniture but very cheaply displayed and poor variety. On top of that, terrible attitude by workers who did not make me feel welcome...

Elegant,chic hotel, located by the wster close to the Fort, close to restaurants.

The TV does not work -- no tv channels available at all.

- great location, walking distance to food and shopping - handy perks like complimentary parking

I was in Guadeloupe for business and needed a hotel with a good location to get to meetings on the island. This is perfect location with close access to the highway crossing the island. Staff was nice, helpful and easy at the check in. Room was very nice and comfortable with a great view of the beach. Nice and clean bathroom, separated from the toilet which I would recommend be upgraded. I would also recommend purchasing better cable package as TV's only included a limited choice of mostly French channels. Facilities were great: I loved the breakfast in the morning and direct access to the beach and a large pool. Birds are aggressive at the restaurant and food must be watched at all times. I also enjoyed very much the garden surrounding the hotel with lovely views. A special note about the Hertz representative at the hotel who was able to find me a rental car at the last minute. He was very helpful. Finally, the surroundings are great with a bakery and restaurants near by and a 15 minute walk to a Casino Geant to purchase wonderful French food products. One word of caution: the car park around the hotel is large but fills up quickly.

Food was very bad and air conditioning did not cool the room - #520

We stayed for carnival from 2/21-2/25 which is a very busy time for them and it was a great stay. The location is directly in the center of everything, and you can walk to where ever you want to go. Our rooms were cleaned everyday, we had a great view of the bay, we got a fresh water bottle daily, and the staff was courteous. We did not speak French and it was not a huge issue. Check-in was a breeze. Every woman we spoke to at the front desk spoke English. They never had a problem calling a taxi for us to take us somewhere far. One time we got stuck and couldn’t call a taxi and we called Mary at the front desk and she sent a taxi right over to us. The only issue we had the entire trip was around 11:30pm we left the hotel one day and when we tried to get back in we couldn’t. We were ringing the buzzer for almost 30 minutes, and had security call. The man who was manning the front desk said he was on the floor. We did report it the next morning to one of the ladies at the front desk and she was very apologetic. She assured us it would not happen again. It was worth the money and we would definitely go back and stay at the same hotel again. THANK YOU TO THE FRONT DESK LADIES MARY, EMILIE, and STEPHANIE AND TO THE WONDERFUL STAFF AT HOTEL SIMON FOR A WONDERFUL STAY!!

Beautiful Property in a GREAT location . . . . very nice w/great views!

Convenient to the ferry. Balcony door did not lock and outside was very loud. Would have been nice to have a hook or two to hang damp towels and bathing suits.

Great, relatively new, modern and clean hotel in Fort de France close to the harbour. Great views of the city from the building and especially the outdoor bar terrace. The hotel does have a very business feel but we couldn't find any other hotel around Fort de France with this modern and stylish feel. Centrally located near the harbour and city centre, it was very easy to arrive by ferry from St Lucia and walk to the hotel. The boats to 3 ilets and the city centre are also 5 minutes walk away. The staff is very polite, professional and helpful. The hotel also put us in touch with a car rental company and the process was very easy and we could use the hotel car park for free. On the negative side, you have to be manually let in to the hotel each time which isn't very convenient (we had to wait 10 mins outside until someone opened the door). The room with 2 treadmills and a cross trainer called the gym is very disappointing for the standing and price of the hotel (small, dirty white walls, view on a block of apartments, really hot in there as AC not working properly). The restaurants inside the hotel had no vegetarian options and all the chef could propose as an alternative was a salad. This was disappointing. Expensive breakfast not worth the money. Still a good, but pricey, stay at hotel Simon overall. Would recommend.