CHÂTEAU SAINT-CLOUD
Read moreOn the pleasant shady road inland, the pleasant straw hut-restaurant of the Château Saint-Cloud can be the object of a thirsty or hungry stopover, at any time of the day. From octopus with coconut milk to vegetable brochettes and spaghetti bolognaise, and from sandwiches to ice cream, there is something to satisfy every appetite. Three nights a week (Monday, Wednesday and Friday), the chef prepares a Creole buffet, at an affordable price, and a Coconut Kiss or a Banana Daiquiri can extend the evening at the bar.
TAKAMAKA CAFÉ
Read moreThis charming little gargote located on the roadside facing the heavenly panorama of Anse Sévère is a saving address between two pedal strokes. On the road to the northern creeks of the island, the place offers good snacks: tuna, chicken or bacon sandwiches, fresh fruit juices, coconut to eat or drink, etc. There are tables where you can eat with your feet in the sand. But you can also go back to the beach and enjoy all this on a towel, with a heavenly view as well. Sweet lunch at La Digue..
SURFERS BEACH RESTAURANT
Read moreThis small beach restaurant offers refreshments and simple dishes: pizzas, garlic shrimps, fish, etc. It also serves very good fresh fruit juices (between 60 SR and 100 SR). The place is ideal for lunch before lounging on the beautiful beach it overlooks. There is even a shower available to rinse off after a good sun and sea bath... Ideal also to prolong the pleasure until the last lights of the day with a good cocktail, on the beautiful terrace or the feet in the sand.
LE RÉDUIT
Read moreTo get off the beaten track, leave the road between Anse Takamaka and Quatre-Bornes, and head deep into Mahé. Three minutes' drive later, you'll have a beautiful view of the jungle. This is Le Réduit, Herbert and Ravinia Gerry having named their restaurant after the nearby mountain. Here, you'll find well-crafted Creole dishes such as ginger-marinated fish, squid curry with coconut milk and bat, roasted or curried. Best ordered in advance (1h cooking time). On Sundays, the menu is significantly reduced.
COCO ROUGE
Read moreThis typical restaurant, in the heart of Baie Sainte-Anne, serves as a take-away all day long (convenient on the road between two excursions) and offers a nice menu at nightfall. When you want to have a quick and cheap lunch, why not do like a Seselwa, i.e. eat in a basket: kari koko bef, grilled fish bourzwa, pork stew and you can sit on the other side of the road, facing the sea. In the evening, it's barbecue time for good grills and other Creole specialties. A nice address.
LA GOULUE CAFÉ
Read moreLa Goulue is always a hit, right in the middle of the tourist area, on the road to Côte d'Or. From bat curry to pepper-cream-cognac steak and from beefburger to fishburger, what a mix of simple dishes with all kinds of sauces, both Creole and French. The tables on the terrace are very popular with French tourists, who make up the bulk of the clientele. The atmosphere is always very friendly, as is evident from the many praises in the appreciation book, where it is written that "Chez la Goulue, c'est vachement goûtu" (Chez la Goulue, it's really tasty).
BAOBAB PIZZERIA
Read moreFeet in the sand and sitting on a bench, this is a perfect spot to have lunch between two sea baths or to eat cheaply at nightfall! To the north of the bay, the pizzeria of the smiling Madame Michel, open to the four winds and recently rebuilt, can calm a little hunger, even in swimsuits. Pizzas and pasta are of course on the menu and, if it's not worth Italy, the setting is really nice... The place is very often full, so it's better to be a little patient when you want to order.
KAPATYA RESTAURANT
Read moreThis Anse à la Mouche restaurant deserves a tasty break. While the menu revisits all the Creole and international classics, it also offers a touch of originality with very good Indian specialties, such as naans, prepared over a wood fire (in which some pizzas are also prepared). To make matters worse, the large open-plan dining room, on the other side of the small road and facing the ocean, is very pleasant and provides a welcome break between two beach sessions. An address that keeps on convincing.
HOTEL-RESTAURANT CHEZ MARSTON - ORCHID
Read moreUnder the shady roadside shades, salads, sandwiches, burgers, pasta and pizzas can be served at any time of the day... From whole grilled fish in crab curry and octopus in coconut milk, to lemongrass soup, you can enjoy local specialties. The speciality of the day is announced on the slate, but what works well in the evening is the seafood platter. You can also stop for a cheap drink or take a take-away (between 50 and 80 SR per tray).
ANSE SOLEIL CAFETERIA
Read moreA little gourmet straw hut with its feet in the sand is a must! Even if the welcome is sometimes a little gruff, the place is pleasant, at one end of the charming Anse Soleil, overlooking the islet Chauve-Souris. Everything you need to take it easy. On the menu, dishes range from octopus curry and marlin salad to peanut chicken. It's not easy to find a seat at lunchtime, especially at weekends, as the site is so charming.
BRAVO !
Read moreIf the Bravo! was the first born of the Eden Island restaurants, the establishment also offers the latest novelty of the artificial island: its sushi bar. In a pleasant air-conditioned room with a neat decoration, around a table or on a high stool facing the bar, you can choose between the great Japanese classics. It is perhaps not unforgettable culinary, but the framework is sympathetic and that changes a little. Afterwards, there is always time to go and drink a cocktail or a Seybrew on the terrace facing the marina and the yachts.
THE MARKET BISTRO
Read moreYou can sit out on this terrace on the first floor of the covered market, where you can enjoy a variety of highly recommended dishes: from simple grilled fish to octopus or niçoise salads, from a chicken curry club sandwich to an all-you-can-eat Creole buffet or a seafood platter. From 8 am, a continental breakfast is served and until 3.30 pm, freshly squeezed fruit juices, especially mango or passion fruit juices. All the products obviously come from the market. Above all, you can enjoy the superb view of its cheerful bazaar atmosphere. Authentic!
CAPRICORN (ISLANDER’S GUESTHOUSE)
Read moreHeld by the Godleys, the address is renowned for its table d'hôte (reservations required on Friday and Saturday). Here, you can have lunch or dinner à la carte, around an octopus salad, a shrimp sauté or a lobster. The sorbets are home made. The house specialties are bernique carry and roast octopus (difficult to find a zourit stew of this level on the archipelago!). In the evening, possibility of a romantic dinner on the beach on reservation.
SAMS PIZZERIA
Read moreSince the end of the 1990's, there have been a number of very popular restaurants, such as the Sams Pizzeria with its beautiful wooden décor. It's a bit like a "Hard Rock Café" in the Seychellois style. Some two thousand pizzas are baked there every week, in seventeen versions, to be eaten on the spot or to take away, the most local being the Pacific with smoked marlin, capers and onions. In addition to pasta, salads and grilled meats are also offered, to be sprinkled with a pleasant South African shiraz.
VYE MARMIT
Read moreIt is essential to sit down in the delicate decor of this beautiful wooden Creole building, where some enlargements of atmosphere dating from the beginning of the th century are attached. The service is provided from noon to 21 h, around a beautiful range of Seychelles dishes, some of which are only available here, such as brèdes broth. We can also choose on the map closed eyes, so Chief France, values the country's products, and the bourgeois net is served in a banana sheet. From octopus from octopus to old in salted fish of the pot and crab crab in sausage rougaille and grandfather boudin, or even more rare, civet of bat, this is "tipik" that we get to the stomach, and until the coconut pie, and mango salad. In short, the stopover is required, if only for a pressed lemon or a milk shake, in this house managed by the National Heritage Foundation. A pot that we regret is now closed on Sunday. Which, a few years ago, gave rise to boukan full of rejoicing. ?? A barbecue to the Seychelles drawing its name from the one used to give a bamboo wand in which the fish were smoked. Now synonymous with party, this boukan has taken on a sound dimension: on that day, "tapaz" of rigour… until midnight di swar, i. e. until more thirst. For in Seychelles too, Sunday and Monday are sometimes de kas (bois).
LA VEUVE (LA DIGUE LODGE)
Read moreWe're still eating the feet in the sand, but the small boats of yesteryear has grown, no less than covered under the roof of Grégoire's palm trees! Quality synonymous with quantity, especially during the Creole buffet on Saturday evening, with songs and dances of the excellent folk group Diguois Ma Césarine. The day can also be sustanter around the large swimming pool: sandwiches or pizza, grilled fish or pasta, here is a convenient snack and a wise price, but not a question of bathing if you are in principle…
THE MAHARAJAS
Read moreHere it is, the most famous of Seychelles' Indian restaurants! In a typically decorated setting with a pleasant terrace facing the marina and the island of Mahé, Les Maharajas serves traditional North Indian specialities: cucumber, coriander and cumin salad, tandoori chicken, pakoras or biryanis, accompanied by a good choice of naans, make up a well-stocked menu of some fifty dishes! A good idea for a change from Creole specialties..
AZIDO (MANGO HOUSE SEYCHELLES)
Read moreHere is a table that you won't forget! In a dreamy atmosphere facing the sublime Anse aux Poules Bleues and in the refined setting of the Mango House, this Japanese table wonderfully combines the ultra-fresh catch of the day and the culinary art of the Land of the Rising Sun. The high quality menu (but the bill is high) also offers extremely well prepared raw fish or fish cooked on a robatayaki grill. A true gastronomic experience that is off the beaten track
LA GIGOLETTE (HÔTEL L'ARCHIPEL)
Read moreA fine gourmet, this Lucas d'Offay! As soon as you have a well-stocked wallet, can you find at nightfall the jungle leading to this beautiful Archipelago, one of Praslin's most classy establishments, and its luxurious La Gigolette table. Its chef offers a tasty Franco-Creole blend, to be sprinkled with a South African chardonnay. The magic of the place works, especially in the evenings when, in fine weather, the tables are set on the sand, with the stars as the only decoration.
NEWS CAFE
Read moreThe News is a ventilated café with a rather modern decoration located on the first floor of Trinity House. Here, you come especially for its copious breakfasts, even if you can always nibble some tapas, sandwiches (paninis, wraps, tramezzini...) or good salads, especially Creole and Thai. The most ? The breathtaking view of Albert Sreet's animation, just in front of the beautiful colonial house of Jivan Imports. In the heart of the capital's atmosphere, this is the perfect address for a short break after strolling through the market
ROCKPOOL SEAFOOD BAR & GRILL
Read moreRight next door to the Bliss Hotel, the Rockpool is first and foremost a superb terrace overlooking the ocean and the promise of a magnificent view as you sit down to dinner or watch the sunset. This stopover can take the form of a cocktail or a meal, with a simple but effective menu. Fresh fish, pasta, burgers and fishburgers are all on offer, making for a pleasant stopover in an enchanting setting while discovering the north of Mahé.
LE PETIT CABANE DE MARLÈNE BARBE LADOUCE
Read moreYou won't fail to spot this small hut built of bric-a-brac on the side of the road. It is absolutely necessary to stop there for a lunch break. Marlène Ladouce is waiting for you there, with all of her gooey stuff. On the menu: a fruit juice, a tasty Creole dish, a dessert made with fruit from the garden and... a song by Marlène! The owner of the place has indeed recorded an album. A very warm welcome, perfect if you like the authenticity of Seychelles life
MAHEK RESTAURANT (CORAL STRAND HOTEL)
Read moreAn exotic table, where the exoticism does not stop at the decor (very kitsch), since this Mahek (aroma) makes no concessions to Seychellois cuisine. In the plate, indeed, a real cuisine from there. A la carte: lentils cooked in a tandoori oven, small corn with tomatoes and spices, saffron cheese and spicy yoghurt, job Goa sauce, sautéed lamb with herbs and spices, chicken marinated in yoghurt and the traditional Indian rice pudding.
COCO ROOM RESTAURANT
Read moreThe Dhevatara restaurant, the best in the area, deserves to be known. In the intimate, welcoming atmosphere of this boutique hotel, the restaurant is up to the challenge. With an à la carte breakfast like you've rarely seen, a light lunch menu that makes good use of local produce, and a gastro and fusion evening menu, this is a quality address. Carrie de chauve-souris? Freshly caught fish with Kampot pepper? Seafood? Our heart sways... Reservations recommended, especially if you want to dine overlooking the sea (weather permitting).
LE REPAIRE
Read moreThe table at the eponymous boutique hotel is an excellent choice for a very pleasant lunch or dinner on the island. After having enjoyed a very nice cocktail menu to whet your appetite, you can sit down in a small room open to the four winds or directly on the beach to taste Italian specialties. Transalpine recipes concocted with excellent products coming straight from the boot. Of course, the house offers a very nice menu of pizzas, classic or calzone, frankly delicious and fresh pasta. Buon appetito!