Restaurants cuisine du monde Port Louis

This typical 100% Creole table is set in a hangar: a few wooden tables and benches, a grandmother's pantry, black and white photos and, parked in the garden, some beautiful vintage cars... the tone is set! This is an authentic culinary experience, in memory of the estate's aunt, whose cooking notebooks have been found. The formula: a menu that changes daily, offering 3 dishes of local cuisine (+ a small à la carte menu) served with great kindness by Marie-Line, Robert and their team. We love it!

Named after the first juice extracted from sugar cane, this restaurant-tea room is open all day long and occupies a Creole-style house on the site of the Sugar Adventure Museum. The huge covered terrace enjoys a fresh and green setting, partly open to Mount Pieter Both. The Mauritian-inspired menu features regional gourmet cuisine and delicious desserts made from natural brown sugars - with a preference for the soft heart of dark chocolate and molasses, white chocolate and coconut truffle. Yummy!

In a hushed Asian-contemporary setting, this is THE gastronomic restaurant of the most chic hotel in Port Louis: a sanctuary of Asian fusion cuisine that draws its inspiration and its roots from the best recipes of Japan, China, Thailand and Vietnam. Steamed or pan-fried dim sum, soups, seafood, Peking duck, curries, vegan dishes, sweet and sour mixes...: everything is fine, tasty, exotic, refined, like the toothfish marinated in miso and sake and its early vegetables sautéed with sesame seeds. Beauty of the dishes.

Chic is the word. Art deco is the style, with its plush, silver-gray elegance, a haven of freshness and gentle tranquility just a stone's throw from the hustle and bustle of the city. The menu, tasty and varied, is no more expensive than that of the city's other fine restaurants, so we're happy to push open the door of Port Louis' finest hotel. On the menu: a long and tasty farandole of international dishes revisited by a talented Mauritian chef. Plus: a curry bar and, for the final sweet note, a visual torture in the form of a pastry counter.

An urban version of the surf-style Le Morne restaurant in the south-west, this Wapalapam cultivates a similar zenitude through its layout around a large inner courtyard (actually an old square) where the city's rumours do not penetrate. You'll find yourself in a calm, green space, happy with the raw, recycled spirit of the decor - teak tables and benches, macramé hanging lamps, old stone floors. A fountain gurgles and the menu sings a fresh, healthy symphony of Asian fusion, seafood and cooked fish, curries and even homemade ice creams.

It's a great restaurant offering a mile-long menu of Chinese, Creole and French dishes. Above all, it's the only microbrewery on the island where you can watch new blondes, fruity or amber beers being brewed live, in an atmosphere of fermentation vats, copper, malt and galvanized metal. The industrial decor, the high pressure, the joyful din and the equal attraction of Mauritians and tourists to this place of character that pulsates all year round.

Set in a small garden planted with palm trees and exotic species, it's a Creole-style house with a pretty varangue opening onto the greenery. During the day, it transforms into a charming little café where you can sip a fresh fruit juice, nibble on a quick dish of the day, an omelette, a croque, homemade crêpes, enjoy an ice cream, or take a pastry break from 9 a.m. until late afternoon, as the place is open continuously. We're just a stone's throw from the Jardin de Pamplemousses, in the peace and quiet of this simple, pleasant haven.

Firmly planted in the heart of Chinatown since 1946, this is one of the last great popular restaurants in Port Louis, run by the Lai Min family since its origins. It's Asian, which means it's huge, and not even remotely romantic. No matter! The large dining room often beats with a joyful hubbub, the local Chinese are there and all the dishes on the endless menu are prepared with care. For an immersion in local life, come on a Saturday, the night of the dinner dances - live band from 7pm and special menu.

In a simple room, on the first floor of a small building frequented mainly by the locals, it is a ndaxté where you eat fast, well and cheap. Multi-entry and multiple-fare extensions (but not desserts!): dim sum, soups, fried mines, boiled mines, skipped bowls… and chicken dishes, fish, beef…

Far from the hustle and bustle of the city, accessible in a minute by boat as if to materialize the break, it is, within the most design hotel of Port Louis, a superb terrace-lounge at the water's edge extended by a marine style restaurant. Equipped with a live cooking station and an oyster and sushi bar, the place surfs on the latest trends and offers a palette of dishes from here and elsewhere, vegetarian dishes and a beautiful seafood menu - with even fresh lobsters making their prayers in an aquarium! Children's menu, quick service.

In the heart of the business and embassy district, it is a charming stone house with several cosy rooms upstairs and a flowery patio where a fountain sings. In the calm of this elegant setting, a gentle symphony of fresh and noble products, mixed with local and French flavors, is played out: heart of palm and seafood gratin, chicken stuffed with foie gras and chestnuts, whole lobster and rice, passion fruit crème brûlé... A sommelier is available for the matching of food and wine.

Run by Majo and her daughter Marie-Christine who receive guests in their home, this is one of the rare tables d'hôtes in Mauritius. Even on busy days, the atmosphere remains local, as Mauritians love the place. One sits in the garden or on the terrace to discover a 100% Creole cuisine concocted and served as at home: first the aperitif, then the manzé Lacaze (rougaille, vindaye...) and the dessert of the day. No menu, but a choice of menus composed of varied and typical dishes which Marie-Christine likes to share. An address with character!

A typical setting haloes this traditional Creole table whose tables are set under the varangue of Eureka, an ancient colonial residence open on a park with majestic trees. The dishes are prepared in the old-fashioned way in the kitchen of yesteryear, which, as was customary at the time, stands next to and not in the house to avoid the possible spread of a fire under the pots and pans. These ladies simmer local recipes that they serve in fine dishes and also some quicker dishes for those who are hungry. Charming.

This popular Asian canteen in Chinatown occupies part of the first floor of a building in old Port-Louis, whose elaborate balconies hint at its former beauty. Inside, a cramped room with a haphazard charm hosts a few Formica tables and chairs that are crowded all week at lunchtime. The chef knows a thing or two about fried mines, steamed dumplings and their broth, and other delights of Sino-Mauritian cuisine, all of which are perfectly seasoned with the right amount of herbs and spices. A delight!

On the first floor of the Observatory building (the aptly named), this is the only restaurant to offer, from its large shaded terrace open to the four winds, an unobstructed view of Port Louis Bay and the harbour. In the breeze or in the room, in the calm, you can taste a well executed Italian cuisine based on fresh products: antipasti to share, fresh homemade pasta, pizzas (ah this Pollo and Tartufo!) and a selection of dishes like over there, including vegan and/or gluten-free plates. And you can bring me a little Limoncello with the Tiramisu!

Just 450 meters from the entrance to the Jardin de Pamplemousses, this popular little snack bar serves as a canteen for many locals - a sure sign that the place is popular! If you're just passing through and don't feel like taking a long lunch break, this is the place to be, as the dishes are prepared in advance and presented in a display case. All you have to do is line up at the counter to be served a plate. The food is healthy, fresh and tasty, just like real Mauritian cooking: choice of curries, boiled mines, variety of dumplings, etc. Recommended!

It is one of the institutions of Port Louis' Chinatown, frequented by the local Asian community as a guarantee of authenticity and quality. Its name testifies to its longevity as it was one of the very first restaurants opened by Chinese immigrants in the capital. As always in this type of restaurant, the menu offers a mile-long choice of varied dishes prepared here in the rules of art. The air-conditioned, light-filled dining room is on the second floor of a building in the old part of the city and has a pleasantly cosy decor.

On the second floor of an old stone building, the Café de la Presse is one of the trendiest places in the capital: a loft-like open space where you can have a coffee or a milkshake, work on a table, read on a couch, chat with your neighbor, have a mixed salad, an old-fashioned sandwich with fries, a Poke Bowl or a dish of the day before succumbing to Michelle's homemade red velvet cake or cheese-cake. Zinc, wood, copper, antique objects... and a nice urban atmosphere.

For more than 20 years, this renowned Chinatown establishment has nurtured its style and cuisine to offer a slightly more opulent setting than other restaurants, attracting business lunches, family gatherings and air-conditioned breakfast breaks after a visit to the bazaar... Here you are in the capital's most chic Chinese restaurant, which doesn't sacrifice value for money, with really inexpensive lunch formulas for 3 to 5 dishes to share and rice. Two Cantonese chefs are busy in the kitchen, and it's good.

If you're going to have lunch or dinner in a shopping mall, you might as well do it in a market atmosphere that combines an urban Mauritian style with a joyful market atmosphere. The gamble paid off for this atypical space in the Mall de Bagatelle, which, in addition to local talent, brings together a range of culinary brands that will make many foodies fall in love. From pani puri to Banh Mi and jackfruit products, you can enjoy a convivial round of tastes, sitting at large tables!