Le Recif Hotel

Nice little "boutique hotel" in great location

The hotel is rather small and family-type almost, with about 140 or so beds in 2-storey white buildings right on the beach. Many rooms sea view. excellent service , very polite, helpful attentive and professional, the owner was often around and looking for feedback, trying to help and assist whereever wanted. Standard room quite small, but very functional and thought-through. From aircon, to flat screen plasma TV (90% french channels) to minibar, hairdryer, candle and matches it contained everything; well cut and furnished in modern design, albeit simple and inexpensive. Most watersports activities included in the hotel price (water ski, snorkelling tours by boat). Great diving with newly opened dive operation, still only 1-man-show but expanding, great expertise, safety and fun! Food was good, mostly buffet style in the evening but also menue, a la carte at lunch, buffet in the morning. Nice setting, partially under open roof, right above the beach. Every evening they seem to have a 1-3 man band playing low-key background music, but I found this very nice and not party-type atmosphere or noisy or loud. Most guests french, probably about 25% families with children, so it can get a bit noisy aroudn the pool but not on the beach. I found Internet access unreasonably expensive (€ 18 for a 1 hour access card to be purchased at reception), less if you bring your own laptop.

To get there, book a taxi round-trip on advance (google Taxi Mauritius) or just take one for under MR 2000 (EUR 40) at arrival. The hotel rate for pick up is about 50% higher! There is a very nice little food booth up the street (out the hotel, 50 meters to the right) on the side of the road, operated by 2 sisters, which offers local food at very reasonable prices and excellent taste. Went there a few times and loved it! Try it out - it is safe and you will not get sick - promised! Great noodle dishes and try the desert (little pastries made of flour and sweet condensed milk) - yummie! Nice change to the more Western-type cooking found at the hotel. Upon arrival at the hotel, a local CONNECTIONS tour operator representative will contact you and offer tours of all sorts of the island, which I found very helpful. I rented a fully insured small Nissan Micra for a day for only € 43 through the rep and it was very convenient (pick up and drop off at hotel). Watch out - English traffic rules, i.e. driving on the left!

Great for business and pleasure

Le Recif hotel was fantastic. The Service was excellent and the rooms, facilities and restaurants were great. If you are planning a business trip or holiday I would definietly recommend this hotel. For business, it has Wifi ( for me this is a must) and it is 15min from Port Louis making it a great choice. for holiday makers I would say this is the perfect couples retreat and while families would still enjoy their stay ( they have a kids entertainment area) i think their are better suited family resorts on the island. Overall, for me it was a great place to relax after a hard days work.

worth to stay there

arriving at 8am in a hotel after a long night of travel, finding a warm welcome with fresh juice, a wonderful breakfast and at 9am, finding your room ready, is out of the ordinary. a nice room, with balcony, safe, oceanview, 20feet away from a sandybeach was superb . staff was very very nice, friendly, helpful. halfboard was very delicious and practical. snorkeling, canooing, waterskiing, boats with glass bottom, diving, were available at no extra cost with a very dedicated and friendly staff. we shall return and stay longer.

Traveler's tip on getting the most out of your stay

perfect for family too, we could see that the hotel provided a nanny for a family with small children.