Nice place to be in Roseau , Petsy and Heu the owners are great. Feels like home and great value for money.

Sonya gave me a warm welcome. Felt like I was visitig an aunt who was happy to get a visit from me. She was very helpful in suggesting things to do, how to get around and in finding me a guide. We had long and interesting talks on life in Dominica, politics, health and all kind of other things. And she even brought me with her to mas in her church.

If you want to have your meals in the hotel let Sonya know in advance and she will serve you at the time you wish. There isn't a fixed menu. What is fresh for the day she will cook and she cooks meals not modified to please an european but the way she cooks for herself. Great way of tasting the local cuisine.

I had a room with a kitchenette. Sonya supplied me with what I needed of pots, plates and so forth.
I had a private bathroom across from my room.
My room had a balcony with sun and the there is a shaded shared balcony as well.
The hotel needs a bit of fixing up but they already have great plans of this.
There is a road running by the hotel. Was a bit noisy but I put in earplugs and slept till dawn.
It is easy to flag down a ride or a bus. If you are by car there is a parking lot connected to the hotel.
The hotel is located not far from Roseau and to different hikes, waterfalls and sulphur springs.

Sonya connected me with Ken, and he was my guide and we did lots of things what locals do. I had a great time with him. He took me everywhere I wanted to go and presented me to things I hadn't expected to do as well as attend live calypso at Harlem Plaza.
Let him take you to the small rasta eating place. Exellent cheap food.

I loved it there and felt at home.
Enjoy!

The Roseau Valley Hotel is a little rustic. No a/c, no window screens, problematic hot water. But it is clean, comfortable, friendly, and the food is GREAT. Just tell Patsy that you will be there for supper and turn her loose. It's not fancy, but it is good island food. And the rum punch is wonderful!

I would be remiss if I didn't mention the WiFi which is better than I have found in many five-star hotels.

If you don't have a car, it is a bit out of the way. Learn to use the Dominica bus system and it is convenient to everything.

Ask Hugh and Patsy for suggestions about activities. They know what to do and who is a good guide.

If you’re like me and you rely heavily on the Internet to find somewhere to stay during your trips, please do not be fooled by the pictures and information provided on the Roseau Valley Hotel website if you plan to visit Dominica. I just returned from Dominica with a friend, and to say that the website offers a skewed view of this facility would be a gross understatement.

My friend and I reserved a supposedly self-contatined studio for 2-4 people. What we found was a room with severely limited kitchen facilities and neither phone nor TV as promised on the website. The website was obviously designed with great lengths to exaggerate the size of the “Hotel” rooms and its location. Contrary to the impression conveyed on the website, the “Hotel” is located right next to a heavily-used mountain road, and hence takes in all of the street noises even at late hours of the night.

We would have been less annoyed by this had the kitchen facilities not been so glaringly lacking; while finding a room with a fully-stocked kitchenette was a priority for us, we were greeted with a 4-top stove and dishwasher combo, 1 miniscule kitchen sink and a mini-fridge. We were provided with next to nothing in terms of kitchen utensils.

On top of this, the owner, Patsy, managed to tack on some extra charges to the rates that she’d quoted us previously, even though in her email reply to my initial enquiry she gives me a figure that was the “all-in cost”. Additionally, we were forced to use the laundry service while at the “Hotel” and somehow Patsy construed a pr of pants, 2 shirts, 1 pr of socks and 1 undergarment to be a load of clothes; she also charged us extra for ironing, which we hadn’t asked for.

To be fair, apart from the street noises, the “Hotel” is in a nice enough area – relatively close to town without being in the centre, in a valley that maximises the coolness of the mountain air and the shimmering sounds of the vegetation by night. That said, I maintain that this “Hotel” is highly overpriced and that you can do better in terms of value for money in Dominica.