Le Grand Almandier

We arrived at Le Grand Almandier after a long day tramping around Nariva Swamp and Bush Bush reserve. We were warmly greeted by Sherry Ann and shown to our room. It was quite a small, dark, quirky room. There is a shuttered window which wouldn’t open and a door opening onto a tiny balcony with two chairs and direct views onto the beach. The room had excellent air con and a nice hot shower. The guest house is ideally located if you want to see turtles during the nesting season. They can be seen from your balcony in the early morning. There is a lovely sunny roof terrace and a pleasant shady restaurant area - with direct views and access to the beach. It was very quiet during our stay and a few items were not available from the menu. We were able to access the beach at night with the necessary permits and saw dozens of leatherback turtles. I would definitely recommend this guesthouse to anyone wanting to see turtles. The staff and the manager were all very friendly.

Local hosts were very friendly. However, my room was dark and had very poor lighting and noisy air conditioning. I kept air conditioning switched on during the day. It was switched off at night as it was too loud for me to get a decent nights sleep.

Rooms very clean, staff pleasant. The star of the show is the food at the restaurant… simple but very well done. Not a bad experience. Very safe and rustic feeling . The drive to get there is long but lovely, roads pretty good by Trini standard.

We had a great weekend at Le Grande Almandier. The location is hard to beat for seeing the turtles. The beach was fairly calm during our visit so we were able to bathe and enjoyed it. The river was flowing and clean so my toddler enjoyed it. We were very pleased with the meals served at the restaurant, their soups were amazing. Most notable is the amazing service we received from Cherryann, Brendon, and Georgiana, from check-in to meal service and to just being so kind to us. They are truly invaluable and made the experience a very pleasant one. We will be back!

We has a family room which was a fantastic size, beds were comfy, everything was clean, couldn’t have asked for more. The experience of watching the turtles come up on the beach to lay their eggs was just amazing, a memory I will treasure. The food for both dinner and breakfast was excellent, however I would advise you to allow a lot of time for your meals. Food is tasty but good lord we waited so long for it. Breakfast took over 2 hours!!! The servers were very pleasant and smiling constantly and there was tea to make as much of as you wanted but the coffee had to be ordered. Five at our table wanted coffee but only 1 pot came out, we explained how many needed coffee and another pot came a good 10 minutes later. We really needed one pot per person but this never materialised. Also, the bread it seemed, they were baking one loaf at a time! There were 8 of us and a basket of bread would come with 6 slices in it, we would ask for more, wait a good half hour and another 6 slices would come. At the end it was comical to be honest. Lovely experience, very happy with our stay here just allow loads of time to get your meals.

Excellent friendly service. Sherry Ann and Georgiana (mom's name) are super sweet. The children loved Sherry Ann. Clean Rooms just 5 star everything. The food is beyond excellent. Would definitely be returning next season. 🌟🌟🌟 🌟 🌟 .

Our family had been planning to visit Grande Riviere for Turtle watching for some time now, which was postponed due to the pandemic. We finally decided to venture last weekend and stayed at the Le Grand Almandier. What an excellent choice. It's the doorstep to turtle watching bust most of all the staff are extremely friendly and hospitable. Kudos especially to Ms Sheery-Ann and Brenden. Our family of seven enjoyed every minute of the serenity and FOOD. OMG, the dinner and breakfast were excellent. We did not have lunch as the breakfast filled us all. The portions, variety and presentation were spot-on. Many thanks again from Daren, Trisha, Veer, Ronnie, Kamlaa, Ramrajh and Savi :)