2024

CAFE SHANGAI

Asian cuisine restaurant

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!

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2024

FIRST RESTAURANT

Chinese restaurant

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.

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2024

THE CITY ORIENT

Chinese restaurant €€

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.

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