The best bars and cafés Port Louis

Facing the harbor, the boats and the Caudan, set on the water's edge in chic, trendy fashion, this is the capital's hippest lounge space: a place that's sometimes zen, sometimes convivial, depending on the mood and the day of the week, and where Mauritian golden youth willingly loosen their ties in a spirit of sharing that's reminiscent of the Pink Socks movement. Buoyed by an ambiance that's both seaside and urban, the shakers get busy, the conversations liven up, the bartenders mix sultry cocktails... and the evening melts like crushed ice.

In Labourdonnais, in a retro-vintage atmosphere that evokes the time when people enjoyed the art of conversation and letter writing (yes, the real ones, the ones on paper that were written by hand), The Post Box is a chic and warm lounge bar where you can smoke a cigar, sip wine, champagne, and deliciously collectible cocktails... to be accompanied by high quality snacks. Distinctive sign: a bright red mailbox where you can post gracefully and anywhere in the world one of the postcards waiting in the pile!