for a tiny room with shared bathroom, this is over priced, the worst guest house we have stayed in Jamaica. Full of dogs and cats...Jamaica is a great place to visit, just don't visit Drapers San.

Tiny , small , cell block rooms. For the same rate at various places, we had huge rooms, or seperate chalets. Overpriced. Dogs maul you at the gate, cats come into you room.
On a busy main road. No access to gardens or beach. Breakfast was fine, and nice local girl serving us. Go to Long Bay and stay at the Jamaican Colours hotel and compare the difference.

I stayed here on 2 occasions while I was a student in Kingston. The rooms are comfortable and basic. It's really no frills. If you want a place where you'll be looked after, this is not it. If you want a place to lay your head at night that is comfortable and relatively safe, and insider travel advice from the well-informed owner, then it is great. The owner is often off doing things in the community, but when you can catch her she can give you great info on off-the-beaten path places to visit and how to get there.

Many of us have options as this area has no shortage of cute places to stay. There are a few things that does not keep drawing people back to this hotel - the owner can be stand-offish to certain guests and friendly to others. We went to the guest house because of the owner's profile on the internet - and Italian rasta lady. But she is definitely Euorpean and lacks the warmth of Jamaicans. The women who work in the kitchen are terrible cooks and you are far better eating at the local cook shops up the road. Dogs, there are three mangey dogs who bark and can be quite agressive - one main reason I will not be going back to that guest house. The cost is cheap but there are many other places in the area to stay which can be more comfortable.