Mauritius Dining Reviews

I once asked a top restaurateur in Johannesburg South Africa, Barry Twiss of the Baron group how he manages to get his restaurants so full and busy, and keeps them so full and busy?"I SERVE GOOD FOOD" he replied.Well, let me tell you, we found a real little gem of a restaurant/cafe? in Trou aux Biches. Run by an enthusiastic husband and wife team who also hails from South Africa, who does just that. They "SERVE GOOD FOOD".Sadly they are not licensed yet, but those formalities should be soon completed. I look forward to the day that we would be able to order a bottle of wine with our scrumptious meals we have been having there.This little place just HAS to be tried by everyone, South African or not. A little puzzling are the hours they keep.Can't believe they do not open on a Sunday. Can just imagine the breakfasts that kitchen could turn out! Perhaps in time.For now, however, I will take my family there at least once a week(if not twice).I am adamant to try every offering on the menu. If it is anything like the burger I had, the crumbed prawns my wife devoured or the delicious meat balls and pasta during my second visit, I just HAVE to.Well done to this couple. They simply SERVE GOOD FOOD.

This place is certainly the most over hyped and over rated restaurant in Mauritius! how can we have such oily food in a packed restaurant where you would need a speaker phone to speak to the person right next to you!when i went there, the waiters laughed at me when i told them i reserved!!

My god i love this place!!it is just great with real great pastries!my favorite is the diplomat but i have many friends who are great fans of the chocolate cakes which are a real speciality!

the legend of mauritian Dhollpuri is more of a myth now!the indstrial dhollpuri are often tasteless, particularly oily and even the curries are full of herbs!the long queues are there only because of the name!

Is that food???is that kebab???please please please serve us food!!

the pastries are simply incredible there. Real balance in sugar amount and fat content. However, the service was quite a shame. had the impression of annoying everyone there by coming to buy a cake. Hope it was just because they were not in the mood!!!!

nice, zer is a good atmosphere, i usually have my dinner zer, bt i dnt like ze service, as it took 2 much time,

the starers were excellent, but the fish in banana leaf and the chicken main course were not good at all-so overall food is average. Service was perfect!

Was hungry after a meeting in Ebene, so went here. My partner and I had the two mealer for 275Rs- i had the vegetarian pizza and he the Hawaiian. It took 15 minutes and we were a bit sad to find out they were very small pizza. They were ok, needed salt and chill, but not as good as pizza hut in other countries. Service was good.

Was at Big Willys on Saturday night. We had exquisite food. My lamb ribs were excellent and so was my husband's beef filet (according to him the best so far on the island). The servings are generous. After the ribs, I could hardly finished the French fries. Ate on the terrasse and watch rugby on a big screen. Very warm & cosy atmosphere. DJ arrived at around 11ish to mix some of the latest songs. It was greeeeeeeeeeeeeeeat! The good mix of ages didn't make my husband and I feel too old (40ish......). At last a discotheque opened to "grown ups". We will definitely be back for the food and atmosphere and surely for the dancing.

It is always easy to be critical. Especially when one has to pay for something.Especially if that something is, well, something you cannot hold or see or feel after you have paid. At Beach House one pays for mostly outstanding food, fantastic vibe, five star live music, tv sport, great cocktails, fun-seeking crowd, unsurpassed location and good, fond memories to take along when you leave.The more you frequent the place, the more you get used to the lazy, laid back style of the waiters.To be critical of them is easy. Embrace them, help them, order them around, and very soon, you as the patron become part of the "family" and the experience at Beach House will always be a good one!! Where else can you take the kids, the grandmother, the neighbour, the wife, the girlfriend, the pastor, the dog, the boat and your overseas guest, and just know it will all be a memorable experience. I have become a regular. Now I don't care about the slow service from the waiters. I embrace the honest to goodness total package the restaurant has to offer!

La cuisine y est excellente, l'atmosphère y est chaleureuse et familiale. Un large choix de plats (au point où on ne sait que choisir entre spécialités indiennes, chinoises ou locales) pour un rapport qualité/prix excellent. Je recommande ce restaurant à tous. Petite mention spéciale aux visiteurs musulmans : les plats sont tous certifiés halal.

Bol Renvresee. No need to say more. Best ever. Thank you Deon and Anna. See you next year.

visitor from SA. food, atmosphere and music great! will come back soon. burgers are fantastic. calamari a great hit! very child friendly. hosts make you feel at home. restuarant make you feel at home away from home.

Great food..great service and great price! what more would you expect? with friends or family this is the place to go!

What a fantastic restaurant serving from Burgers with chips to Curries and delicious cuppacinos...oh and wow what wonderful people and atmosphere. When you have been once you definitely would go back again. Food is very good and very reasonable. Loved it and make a turn to the restaurant at least once or twice a week. Monday nights they have a burger evening with buy one burger and get the second at half price...fantastic for families and groups too.

Well, I was waiting for writing this review pretty long time, when arrived (during the tour), it was extremely obvious that this visit was pre-set and no one was able to try another place since such effort is blocked immediately by driver which is trying to gather as much people he could, it was rather easy since there were no questions and everyone marched into this hole. The waiters were pretty loaded, I sat on completely dirty table and was lucky enough that someone came around and replaced it. I was probably not lucrative enough since I came to this tour completely alone, all waiters tried to process me as fast as they could which was not so comfortable. I wanted to have some speciality from menu (don't remember exactly what it was), but it was currently not available so I ordered regular steak, I didn't waited long... I can't believe they call themselves an restaurant, they should try more suitable label like 'fast-food', they were faster than Steers! This status I assigned cannot be saved with the bread served with local Chamarel cucumber on beginning. I ordered medium-rare Steak, I got well done on borders and bloody inside, chef is probably under heavy order pressure, since so many tourist are forced to come to this place! Damn, I didn't complained, had absolutelly no mood for that so I concentrated my envy on this review. But this isn't enough, eating this steak was also very very bad mistake, few hours after came unbeliveable stomach problem, I cannot asociate this with restaurant, but I have to mention this since someone else wrote in another review that they had similar problems. Btw I asked some tourists which came in group and seems they enjoyed their chicken, but what can be done wrong on chicken... About service that's different chapter, the food was literally thrown on the table, I'm not commenting futher on this, can't believe he served me that way, I'm not any animal, not any number... thanks for understanding. Definitely not worth the money, prices are too high for such low quality. Worst experience on South-West tour right after visit of Diamond Factory.

Over priced and extremely slow service. Complete rip off when all considered!

The owner is quite a character! Probably the best asset of the restaurant. Very chatty, very passionate about what he does. Seems genuinely friendly. But watch out if he's trying to get you drunk! lol The food is very good, without being overly pretentious. Everything was fresh and felt like it too. You should go for the seafood. The lobsters, the grilled red snapper, the crab, they were all were great. The menu presentation could be improved, and the restaurant could use a general make-over, but it was still a memorable and satisfying experience. Very recommended.

Went on a tour that took us to this restaurant by a tour operator. We aksed to go to another restaurant and the driver told us it was closed (which later we found out wasnt true, and we also found out that drivers get 350rs for each customer they bring). The food was ok, the portions were very small, but all of us good really bad food poisoning! Be warned!