Restaurants in Mauritius
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Le Capitaine
This is a popular place serving good standard seafood and fish dishes in a pleasant convivial space that combines style with informality and great bay views. Fresh lobster is the pick of the menu, while other delicious mains include whole crab cooked in white wine, and lobster ravioli with fresh mushroom and cucumber quenelle. Reservations are essential in the evening.
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Iguana Lounge
Next to Fusion and incongruously situated facing an Esso garage, Iguana Lounge is one of our favourite places in town. For upscale Mexican - excellent burritos and chili con carne - look no further. Reserve a table in the charming back garden as they're hard to come by otherwise.
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Les Copains d'Abord
With its good location on the seafront promenade and smart décor, Les Copains d'Abord is the best restaurant in town, owned by the former proprietor of the smart Domaine du Chasseur. The cuisine is mixed Mediterranean and Mauritian with particularly good seafood.
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Fusion
Possibly the most self-consciously fashionable dining option in Grand Baie, Fusion looks just as it sounds - flash, minimalist, sleek and a little intimidating. You'll see the smart set out for dinner here, sampling fusion-flavoured Mauritian-Asian cooking.
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Luigi's
Classic little trattoria serving authentic pizza and pasta dishes plus a range of daily specials, such as seafood gnocchi. Make sure you leave room for one of the scrumptious deserts.
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Bombay Sweets Mart
Bombay Sweets Mart is famous for the Indian nibbles colourfully known as caca pigeon (literally, 'pigeon droppings'). It also sells other sweet and savoury snacks.
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La Langouste Grisée
This is a restaurant frequented by the great and the good of Grand Baie, offering very stylish dining in an attractive garden overlooking a pond as well as charming indoor tables. As a winner of the Fourchette d'Or in 2005, 'the Tipsy Lobster' is generally recognised as one of the best restaurants on the island. Sample dishes from its imaginative Franco-Mauritian menu include Dorado fillet, peanut sauce and banana slices. Lobster is obviously the speciality and vegetarians really shouldn't bother coming.
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La Flore Mauricienne
There's something rather Parisian about the bustle and brusque service here, but then this is a long-standing favourite lunchtime haunt of the local business and political elite as well as tourists. The daily specials are always good value, and there's a big selection of dishes including a good vegetarian choice. Inside it's a more formal setting, whereas the terrace is a great place to people watch.
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Mystic Masala
Tasty Indian snacks and light meals are the order of the day at this harbourfront kiosk with its handful of trestle tables. Portions aren't huge but a side order of samosas or a dosa masala (pancake-like bread with a spicy potato filling) and a glass of lassi (yoghurt drink) or alouda (sweet, milky drink) will round things off nicely.
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Stalls
Port Louis is a snackers' paradise. The Central Market and bus stations provide happy hunting grounds, but you'll find stalls all over town peddling samosas and gâteaux piments (deep-fried balls of lentils and chilli), sandwiches or more substantial curries. To spot the best just look for the queues from mid-morning onwards.
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Chez Nous
On a windy bay between Mahébourg and Blue Bay, Chez Nous offers great views across the lagoon from its tables (all indoors due to the wind) and a dodgy selection of Athena posters on the wall (check out those adorable three-year-olds getting married…) The mainly seafood menu is good, with smoked marlin the speciality.
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Restaurant du Vieux Conseil
Down a charming side street, this lunchtime institution must have the most delightful location of any restaurant in Port Louis. The food is nothing spectacular, and somewhat pricey, but there's a good choice from crepes and salads to octopus curry and smoked marlin, and the charming setting is worth making a diversion for.
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Namaste
One of the best Indian restaurants in town, Namaste manages to be atmospheric despite its location in the sanitised Caudan Waterfront. The specialities here are North Indian (and not huge either), but it's a classy place with excellent service. Book ahead to get a table on the balcony outside as they're always in demand.
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Dhal Puris Stall
Port Louis is a snackers' paradise. The Central Market and bus stations provide happy hunting grounds, but you'll find stalls all over town peddling samosas and gâteaux piments (deep-fried balls of lentils and chilli, sandwiches or more substantial curries. A perennial favourite is the Dhal Puris Stall .
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Debonairs Pizza
The pizza at this fast-spreading South African chain is nothing special, but it's a good place for a quick and cheap lunch. There are tables inside, but take away and delivery is available ('we deliver smartly' is the restaurant's slightly odd tagline), as are a number of non-pizza options including tasty subs.
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Thai Foon
Newly opened in 2006 by the original team behind Pereybère's Wang Thai, authenticity is the watchword at Thai Foon. This means fresh ingredients imported from Bangkok, a Thai chef and some excellent Thai cocktails. The eating space is stylish but relaxed, with outside seating available.
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Le Capitaine
Given its location and standards of service, this surprisingly reasonable restaurant specialises in seafood and also offers classic French dishes such as duck confit. It's in a great location with lots of tables on the terrace overlooking the harbour and has a stylish interior décor.
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First Restaurant
If the age-old rule that a good Chinese restaurant is full of Chinese diners applies, then First is a winner. Packed with large family groups enjoying vast feasts of delicious Cantonese cooking, this is Chinatown's finest and prices are surprisingly reasonable for the quality of the fare.
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Le Tandoor
Excellent Indian cooking makes Le Tandoor stand out amid some stiff competition in Grand Baie. Even though it's located on the main road, there's quite a buzz each evening (reservations advised) as the place hums to hungry travellers enjoying excellent curries, naans and tandoori dishes.
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La Colombe
Disco lights, kitsch décor and friendly staff await you at Mahébourg's liveliest venue on a side street set back from the promenade. House specials include venison and wild boar with honey. Things liven up a bit on Saturday, which is occasionally séga night.
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La Vieille Rouge
The red snapper isn't exactly a find, but it's one of Grand Baie's more reliable budget eateries. You'll find a standard selection of Creole curries, Chinese dishes, fresh fish and so forth. It's all tasty and comes in decent portions, although the set menu seems a little steep.
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Black Steer
This popular steakhouse overlooks the harbour and offers great steaks, mixed grills, combos and the like. It's now added a few dishes for non-carnivores, such as baked spuds and vegetable curries, but its stock in trade are the excellent hamburgers and rump steaks.
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L'Escale
The main restaurant of the Labourdonnais Waterfront Hotel, this refined and elegant spot is one of the best in town. The broad menu includes an excellent vegetarian selection, as well as superb local creations such as prawn stew and pan-fried red snapper.
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Le Calife
This attractive place is one of the best spots for lunch in town, teeming with locals and full of atmosphere. The homemade halal biryani is the speciality here, and most who try come back for more. Other Creole and Indian specialties are also on the menu.
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Tandoori Express
Popular with local families day and night, this great canteen serves up delicious curries and thalis, superb naan bread and a range of other Indian dishes to suit all tastes. Order and pay inside and your food will be brought out to your waterside table.
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