A welcome relief after an unanticipated start, Avis (STT) gave our Jeep away. With our free-wheeling plans dashed, we had to use taxis. In the unit was a list of Taxi contacts along with other useful info. All the taxi drivers we contacted were very helpful, especially Moses. The unit was delightfully quaint and very clean. In the refrigerator we found two “welcoming” St. John Brewery beers, just what we needed. Each night we’d watch the sunset and each morning enjoy breakfast on the lanai. We loved the variety of hummingbirds in the evening around the property and the well-stocked grocery store nearby. Plus local hosts were very responsive to our questions.

As advertised. Small, but cute and functional. The hill that the condo is on is steep, but downhill is walkable. Get a taxi for the return trip. Overall a great place, especially if on a budget. I would stay there again.

Place was as pictured. Thank you for the two beach towels to borrow. However, upon opening the door, we were gassed with all the artificial scents that are used to spray and/or apply/clean the room. What are you trying to cover up? When you walk into a place that smells really bad you cannot not wait to get out. It’s like we paid for a Marriott but got a Motel 6. Fake scents are endocrine disrupters =bad for our health.

The Papaya Suite is a cute, comfortable unit not too far from Cruz Bay. The property is hidden away so it’s very quiet and dark at night. There will be animal sounds and maybe animal sightings. It was very clean and had a nice little kitchenette. It is theoretically walkable to Cruz Bay but it is up a very steep hill. I wouldn’t recommend walking unless you’re in decent shape and definitely not with luggage. Also, St. John is not very pedestrian friendly (few sidewalks) but sometimes nice people will offer you a ride. One warning, the lock on the door to the inner room didn’t always unlock when I turned the handle. I accidentally locked myself out. Luckily it unlocked after a few minutes of jiggling the handle. I would leave the keys in the screened room.

We loved everything about our stay here. The place was perfect for a quick weekend get away for two. The view is beautiful and the place had all you need for the beach. The only thing we found was that the shower was cold and the main bedroom light was out, but everything else was great. We would recommend this place and will stay again someday. Thanks for a great stay.

We can’t wait to go back. You definitely need a jeep to get there and to get out of the gravel parking spot.

This unit has everything you need as long as you don’t mind getting up and down a steep set of hills. And hosts were top-notch. Would come again and recommend to our family and friends!

We had an excellent stay in the Papaya suite! Like a few other reviewers have said, we wish we'd gone with the Honeymoon suite (Papaya is below it) for the better view and open air deck. Papaya has a screened in porch and the deck above it extends to partially block the view of the sky, but it was still really nice (woke up to a view of a rainbow one morning). The unit has a very comfy bed, beach chairs, cooler, sunscreen, coffee, a toaster oven, microwave, plates/cups/utensils, and a lot of towels! A few things to note: *Bring earplugs. The tree frogs are loud and they might keep you up. We were used to them by the 3rd night and I miss them now. *If you're going to drive on the island, get a jeep or something with 4WD. The roads up to the property are STEEP. We rented a mid-sized sedan (given a Chrysler 300, which was RWD and probably the worst choice to drive on St. John) and we could make it up the roads but spun the tires each time. We also couldn't park in the gravel parking lot (almost got stuck trying to back up), so we just parked on the road. It rained 1 day and we didn't take the car anywhere, it wouldn't have handled the hills when they were wet. *We walked into town for dinner each night, then took a taxi back up. The taxi was $7/person back up. We found the best way to direct taxis was to say we’re next door to The Hills. Heads up that taxis are hard to get after 10PM. Overall, really nice stay and would definitely recommend. Thank you for having us!