Vue La Montagne Lodge

Front of the hotel - you can't see it when the gate is closed.

While on an expedition near Kenscoff, I spent 2 nights at Vue La Montagne Lodge near Fermate.  The road to it is off of Rt de Turin near Thomassin 38. Turn at the sign on the stone wall.  The entrance is the first gate on the right – it is not marked!  It is a small guest lodge, with hot water and wifi, and fans in the rooms.  The room I was in was on the front side of the building, so didn’t have a view of the mountains, but a walk down the road gives you a view and birding opportunities.  It had a small place to eat in, with the menu posted on the wall.  We all ordered the legume plate for dinner each night, it was a mix of pigeon peas and green peas with carrots and other vegetables.  One night it came with fried potatoes. They have cold drinks, and complimentary breakfast with coffee.  It is a well run and simple place to stay. As of this posting date, google maps says they are permanently closed, but they are not!

Look for the black gate! Hotel is there.

Turn here and go down the road to the black gate.

The legume dish.

Petionville restaurants

Kokoye Restaurant

During a stay at the Allamanda Hotel I ate at Macdoos and Kokoye.  The Lebanese restaurant Macdoos is about 500 ft away from Allamanda on Rue Oge.  It had great food, but loud music and a lot of people on a Friday night.  Most of the customers looked Lebanese. Kokoye is more relaxed and has outdoor seating and good pizza. On Saturday nights the band Extase is on stage. They play a combination of Haitian and Cuban/Latin music - very enjoyable and not so loud you couldn't have conversation. I also visited the Best Western restaurant Le Michel for Saturday morning coffee before heading to the nearby Galeried'art Collection Flamboyant at 9 Darguin.

Le Michel at the Best Western Hotel.

Galerie d'art Collection Flamboyant at 9 Darguin

Galerie d'art Collection Flamboyant at 9 Darguin

Macdoos menu

Macdoos menu

Falafel and vegetarian fatteh at Macdoos

Allamanda Hotel

I had the pleasure of staying at the Allamanda Hotel in Petionville for 7 nights, 2 different buildings and 3 different rooms as I traveled between the coast and Kenscoff.  The hotel operates out of 3 different buildings near the corner of Rue Oge and Rue Metellus. They serve complimentary breakfast in the restaurant Aioli at the main building at the southwest corner. Aioli provides a large space for meetings etc. The dinner menu doesn’t have a lot of vegetarian choices, but the owner helped me select a Greek salad and bannann peze with pickliz, all was very good. The building on the northeast corner has 7 rooms and is great for a group as it has a full kitchen and a common area/lobby. All the rooms were clean with wi-fi, air conditioning and hot water! The hotel is near the Lebanese restaurant Macdoos, and a short walk from the restaurants Quartier Latin and Kokoye next to Place Boyer.

Aioli Restaurant inside the main hotel building.

Greek salad minus tomatoes and olives at my request.

Complementary breakfast

The other building at the northeast corner of Oge and Metellus.