St. Vincent Bed and Breakfast....Prytania #3 we paid $42 per night... great value
Wonderful old Antebellum house made into several bed and breakfast rooms. Old, Tall ceilings and doors... king size beds. Iron gate around the house. One block from St. Charles Trolley
I found it a welcome change away from the noise of the french quarter--although I had a good time there--it's got FREE parking if you're staying and a laundry facility--which is great if you're gonna travel with family. I found it clean, pleasant and affordable--accross the street from THE MOJO's Coffee House which I found well worth spending time in. Also I was able to pick up local free papers about the arts and entertainment scene--what band is playing when and where. Both St. Vincent's and MOJO's are smaller out of the way non-tourist-packed. check out St. Vincent's history and find the statue of Margaret Haughery (founder/benefactor). Have a good time! I found New Orleans to be cleaner and prettier than my prior visit in 1993. The Garden district is beautiful and close to the WW2 historical museum.
St Vincents Guest House: it's an orphanage, it's a B&B
Satisfaction:
By hairpin on March 7, 2005
I would recommend not staying here. The carpets are dirty. The bed and pillows were lumpy. The closet was covered with a hung curtain with a bleach stain accros it. The staff at the front desk seemed unprofessional. And the fire alarm went off at 6 AM without any explanation. I'm glad we spent only one night.
On the plus side, this B&B/orphanage does not seem haunted.
There is a virgin mary statue in a grotto that seems to be covered in clams.
I would also not recommend staying in that place. The carpets are so dirty, that you can not walk on them without your shoes on. The bed and pillows were lumpy, old and dirty too. In the first room we had it rained inside on the aircondition, the second room they gave us had no energy at all, the 3rd one you could not really lock the door. When we told them (after 15 min being there) we would like to leave again, they told us there is no refund for the 7 days and the 580 dollars we paid in advance (when we checked in 15 min before). In the 4th room they gave us the cockroaches came to visit us. The manager is unprofessional and tries to squeez the money out of his guests and when you try to speak to him, he is never available. It took us 6 days to see him and we had to come back with police to get at least a little bit of our money back (210 dollars), because instead of 7 nights we only stayed there 1 night. That one night there was horrible enough and i am glad we moved out the next day.