PAX Guest House

It's a nice place to view, but the lousy location means you'll be stuck at the top of the mountain. You can't go out for a short time if you need to shop or eat. Not safe through the town street. Take a taxi. They don't provide soap and shampoo; bring your own. The service staff member complained that one of our friends could choose seats at the dinner table during her remote live meeting. We can't change the time to 7:30 PM for dinner. The food is okay but too salty. For dessert, there is only cheap ice cream every day—no non-dairy option, nothing special related to Trinidad and Tobago like pie, cake, etc. Breakfast and coffee start at 7:30 AM, but we must leave on time for a conference. We checked until the last day, and they can offer a little bit earlier. What the heck!!! They didn't provide any accommodation for us. In most hotel businesses, breakfast starts at 6 AM.

Very poor customer service. The waitress lacked or appeared to have lacked the knowledge of the very limited options for tea. Very long waiting time to get a simple thing like tea. She disappeared after serving us and we had to go searching for her to make payment. She is most unsuitable in all ways for this business. 👎

A beautiful old property with superb attentive hosts. If it is good enough for David Attenborough it’s good enough for me. Breakfast looking at dozens of hummingbirds is hard to beat. This is basic accommodation so don’t expect a power shower but the beds are comfy, the AC and fans work well and I’m told|The dinners are wonderful. Convenient for the airport, and good wifi. But Gerard and Oda make it the memorable experience that is was. They are the perfect hosts which is why out organisation have been placing people here for over 30 years.

As the first stop on our trip after a long flight, we received a warm welcome from Gerard and Oda at this lovely simple guest house. |The elevated location provides a quiet retreat with a great panoramic view of the Port of Spain and the upper verrandah was a wonderful place to sit and photograph a variety of birds such as the yellow oriole and many hummingbirds close up. |Although the room was small and simply furnished we thoroughly enjoyed our stay with lovely food and such friendly hosts.

This place has a lovely verandah where you can watch hummingbirds jostle for their turn on hummingbird feeders. The owners are charming and work hard to ensure their guests are welcome. They do a delicious evening buffet with a rum punch. The guest house is on a steep hill with great views. Also you can arrange for guides to take you on birdwatching walks.

PAX is the perfect place to stay in Trinidad. Oda and Jered made us feel so welcomed. They help with tours and transport to anywhere you want to go. They can suggest places to visit based on your interests. Our room price came with breakfast and dinner and a rum punch. Since our room was not reserved for that night, they allowed us to keep our things in the room till our red eye flight home. That gave us a chance to shower and rest before our late night flight. Nice patio to have your meal and watch all the hummingbirds at the 4 feeders. I highly recommend PAX Guest House to anyone who wants to visit Trinidad and Tobago. Thank you Oda and Jered for everything. You made our time there very special.

This guest house was the best introduction to Trinidad. Gerard and Oda are fantastic at what they do. They are helpful, accommodating, will organize tours, contact accommodations for you and always with a smile. We had to rearrange part of our trip and they helped us do that. The people who stay at this guest house are very interesting, from academics, to tv producers to artists. Conversations at dinner are very entertaining. The terrace out the back is a fantastic place to sit and enjoy the numerous humming birds, bananaquits and honeycreepers that frequent the feeders. Oda keeps them topped up. This Guest house is part of the monastery and so is not fancy but very comfortable, and meals (breakfast and dinner) included in the price are delicious…..did I mention the evening rum punch…so good.

A blessed, place wrapped in nature, with wonderful hosts! A monastery, rooms are modest, comfortable, and provide all you need for a restful visit, allowing you access to the nature that surrounds you. Breakfast (included) and dinner, are tastefully done adding to the ambiance of this historic place. A nature trail up the mount is steep but doable, views are rewarding. Paved walkways around the monastery also allow for breathtaking views. Scores of different types of colorful hummingbirds from around the valley and mountainside visit the dining veranda. A comfortable terrace out front provides a place to unwind with a bird’s eye view of Trinidad’s central plains. At night the lights from below dazzle. Preceding dinner, an iced rum punch is delivered to wherever you are, then an attention-getting, resonant gong draws you to your meal in the dining room, which along with the sitting room contain eclectic antiques that bring one into the spirit of the place. Very welcoming hosts! Oda greets you, prepares delicious meals (especially the soups) and Gerard serves you well at dinner offering up Trinidadian / St. Benedict history and birding information. Lastly, but not least, one may walk up to the Catholic chapel up the hill for an early morning inspiring mass. You will feel a bit closer to heaven for doing so, AND be able to stroll back down for a wonderful breakfast at PAX.