Golfe Hotel

We have travelled to SXM for many years & know most of the good & safe places to stay at. This area in Marigot is on a main road out of town & I think this area is not safe. There is no beach. Think & check all the areas before you book.

We arrived late to this hotel for one night.
We knew that it was a cheap hotel for one night but still no internet, AC not working well, not even a bottle of water in the room...
An effort is clearly needed to be at the minimum standard of an hotel.

We needed a place to stay because our flight came in too late to get to Anguilla. As is common, there was no staff when we arrived about 9:30 p.m. By email we had been provided a code to get in and our room number. The key was waiting for us at the desk. I am accustomed to European hotels that have only a very small elevator but this had none. It was inconvenient to get our suitcases to the 2nd floor - remember that the lobby is "zero" so 2nd is really 3rd. Our room was tiny and hot. There was no way the air conditioner could ever catch up with the accumulated heat and humidity so it was a miserable night. There was no in-room safe as promised. There was a small refrigerator but no bottled water available and the sign in the bathroom said the tap water was not potable. The vending machine only took Euros so we had to way to get water - ugh! The bedside light did not work. The bed was uncomfortable. The bathroom had only two bath towels - no hand towels. The staff was friendly and the breakfast was adequate; it cost 10 Euros for a simple European breakfast but the "fruit salad" was fruit cocktail out of a can and the coffee was weak. This place served our needs which was an inexpensive room for one night but there are other inexpensive rooms to be had in Marigot which are better than this. We do not plan to return!

I was desperate for a place to stay so I booked this hotel last minute. Please do yourself a favour and STAY AWAY. My belongings were stolen from the hotel when I went out for the night. I came back to see my room ransacked and my bags searched and my laptop bag and cash gone. When I complained, I got the run around. No investigations no assistance of any sort. The worst experience I've ever had in my life. PLEASE find another hotel. There's more to the story but it's even worse than I've written. Please, please stay AWAY!

First off, should say that the price I paid for this hotel was very reasonable and it did the job, but the pictures posted on their site are not all that current or accurate. Pool was not in good shape. Rooms are very old. Staff were very friendly and that is one reason I do not think it should not be considered if you just need an average bed for a night. The area of town is actually in Bellville, so a 15 min walk to Marigot. Having no front desk staff on call from 8pm can put some people off, but they gave me an email with the code to get in to the hotel, so all good in that respect.

Was supposed to stay for 7 nights but left after 1. The reason ? Staff (owner ?) was really rude and hardly spoke any English at all. They would also charge you €4,50 per night for wifi. Unheard of 2015. And the view from the balconys was terrible (check my photo)

After landing in Saint Martin, we made an online reservation which was accepted, paid a taxi driver 50 dollars to get to the Golfe Hotel, and no one was even in the lobby to check us in. The hotel door was locked, it was completely dark and no one answered the phone number on the door. It was shabby looking and in a bad area, far from the airport and now they are trying to charge me a cancellation fee. Stay someplace else!!!

We stopped for three days at Hotel du Golfe in Marigot on St. Martin. Owner Sophie Pollin made us very welcome beside the lovely pool. Our room was modest and clean. The hotel was close enough to the big market and to dozens of restaurants in town that we could walk. For great culture on a budget, this place was perfect for us.

It was a short stay - 9pm flight arrival, one night stay and mid-am checkout (don't forget to verify correct local time). Island resident dropped off & picked up and suggested that I not wander away from Hotel or walk to Marigot town harbor which was my original plan. He felt I would be a potential tourist target.......I took his advice.
For one night, where sleep was my main goal - it was fine. Not fancy but relatively clean and quiet. It was 59 euro for one night (one person - in Feb). Don't remember room but it was 2nd floor - no real view
Not sure why some places try to get ultra fancy ie; bathroom when really high level functional would be better - see photos.
For my purposes - kinda a business trip it was fine.

Similar to the 1st (and only other) review, my husband and I arrived in St. Martin one day prior our reservations where we were staying for a week. We were looking for an inexpensive room for the night and stumbled upon the Golfe Hotel. It was fine-clean, friendly staff, etc. Seedy area for sure-we walked to a local bar and looking back (while not in "lala"/vacation mode) it was not a safe area to be walking. And yes-the businesses around the hotel all had those rolling gates that they closed @ night. Thankfully we had no problems and went on our way the next morning.

First, I should say how I arrived at staying at the Golfe Hotel, and my thinking behind booking there. My husband and I were returning from Saba, and weren't getting back to St. Maarten till around 5:30 pm. I had wanted to stay on the French side in Marigot to tour that side of the island the next day, and get up early to go to Anguillla the day after that.. My point is I thought the location would be convenient, and I didn't want to spend a fortune on a hotel room as we would only be sleeping in the room, and not there to enjoy any amenities with such late arrivals and early departures. I spoke with the St. Martin Tourism authority, and a lady suggested the Golfe Hotel. I was concerned as there were no TripAdvisor Reviews. They had a web site that looked good, and the manager, Christophe, was wonderful about corresponding with me and arranging a jeep for us for our tour of the island. I decided to give it a try, and probably be the first to write a Tripadvisor review. We arrived back to Pelican Marina in St. Maartin after a "heavenly experience" in Saba, and found a ride over to the Golfe Hotel in Marigot.. Since I had never been to St. Martin, I didn't realize how important the word "Bellvue" was in the address. I guess I thought it was the street name, and the hotel was in Marigot. It is apparently an area prior to getting into Marigot. Whatever the case, all of my previous happiness faded quickly and a nervous, strange feeling came over me as we made our way to the hotel. Objectively speaking, it was perfectly, nice, clean, even charming in the lobby and pool area...and again, the manager and the delightful French lady working the front desk were both so kind to us during our brief stay. The hotel surroundings were sad however, and the bars on all of the doors and windows around the hotel quite frankly didn't put me at ease. We settled into a perfectly nice room that was clean and fine for the money, with a view of the harbor. We could see the Marina Royale where we wanted to have dinner. If you could just block off the lower half of the balcony door window you could actually feel sort of good. Unfortuantly, there was a junkyard below, with local kids playing soccer and goats hanging around (I love goats and kids, but in this environment, it seemed dingy ) I don't want to sound snobby because I know this was probably considered a better room with the water view and all. We reminded ourselves why we were there, and laughed it off to experience. We decided to walk to the Marina Royale for dinner, and it was downright scary for us, mostly because we felt so out of place and we didn't know if we should be scared or not. There was open sewage running in a ditch along the way and I knew I was experiencing the way of life in St. Martin you don't see in the travel brochures. I have traveled and even lived in Third World countries far worse off than St. Martin, so I am not sure why I was so nervous. I think it just wasn't what I expected from the tourism hype. Anyway, we found our way to the Marina Royale, and that was very nice once you got off the streets in front of the area. I was just so shocked at how "seedy" Marigot felt. I have been to the South of France (I've seen that comparison in some marketing), and trust me, it is nothing like that! We got a cab back to the Golfe Hotel after dinner and the cab driver asked us what we were doing in this area, as if he was suprised. It made me wonder. We got back to the room and there was not one English TV channel (I know, it's my fault that I don't speak French!) excpet ESPN, so that was a drag. We just tried to sleep and get through the night. The next morning, we made other lodging arrangements, but still took the jeep and had a great day once we got out of Marigot. The jeep Christophe arranged was awesome and he was so kind to understand our not staying the night again. (We didn't voice our feelings to him as it had nothing to do with the hotel) Again, no real complaints with the hotel, we just didn't feel that comfortable in the area. The breakfast was great, the pool area was darling, the people were all nice and accomodating, and it was very clean. There was unfortuantly no internet access, which was important to my husband, and I had been under the impression from the website that they did have internet access. All in all, I wouldn't ever return to Marigot in general (except to get a boat to Anguilla), but that is not the fault of the Golfe Hotel. As I said above, it is a fine place if you are on a tight budget and perhaps more familiar and "at home" with the surroundings.