The best restaurants Cap Malheureux

Craving seafood or fish? This is the restaurant for you. Since 1985, first the parents, then the sons, have been committed to offering the freshest cuisine based on top-quality produce. Preparation, cooking and innovation are the three brothers' winning combination in what has become a Mauritian institution, attracting celebrities and VIPs from the outset. In the heart of the plush dining room, every dish is an ode to seafood.

On the first floor: sabrage cellar and cocktail and tapas bar.

It's hard to imagine a more charming setting: on one side, the pretty red-roofed chapel of Cap Malheureux, right in front of the intense turquoise of the lagoon, with a view of Coin de Mire island off the coast. We have lunch with our feet in the sand under the branches of a huge banyan tree, sitting without fuss at one of the plastic tables. Sandrine and her team cook the fresh fish of the day, which is chosen directly from the cooler before it is prepared, grilled on the barbecue and accompanied by rice, salad and/or French fries. Come early because it's crowded at lunchtime! Typical.

Open since 1984, and run by the colorful Deva and his charming family, it is, as the guestbook testifies, a local institution frequented even by ministers! The setting is as simple and rustic as a large fisherman's hut, and the success is based on the kindness of the owners combined with the quality of the produce and the tasty dishes prepared just like home! The restaurant is best known for its fish and seafood specialities, depending on what's available. No wine, but beers and house-arranged rum.