Récif Attitude

What sets it apart

Snorkelling begins directly in front of the hotel, in the marine park, and the sunsets of the north-west coast do the rest. The environmental approach is concrete: the hotel is certified Travelife Gold and Made in Moris, it has removed single-use plastic from the guest journey, and it runs its own bulk shop, the Laboutik, where guests help themselves to tea and coffee in reusable glass jars, from 8 am to 8 pm. The decor plays on white and pale wood, with rattan furniture and, on the beach, pouffes under thatched parasols. The Couple Deluxe beachfront rooms, ten in all, are the largest, at thirty-five square metres.

The mood

Four places to eat. La Pointe aux Piments is the main restaurant, ninety seats, local and international cuisine: breakfast from 7 am to 10 am, lunch as a buffet or à la carte from 12.30 pm to 2.30 pm, dinner as a themed buffet with live cooking or table d’hôtes from 7 pm to 10 pm. L’Océan is the à la carte seafood table, just twenty seats, at dinner Monday to Saturday from 7 pm to 10 pm, at a supplement and by reservation. Kot Nou, sixteen seats, serves Mauritian cuisine revisited, at dinner from 7 pm to 10 pm, three days a week, from half board upwards. Taba-J is the Mauritian street-food table: lunch from noon to 3 pm, then tea time from 4 pm to 6 pm with crêpes, tea, coffee and local sweets. La Sirène is the bar, from 10 am to 11 pm, with snacks from 3 pm to 6 pm and one happy hour a week with a DJ; Teabaz is self-service from 10.30 am to 6 pm. A barbecue buffet on the beach, called zetwal file, takes place once a week, at a supplement.

Highlights

• Adults only, with the spirit of a boutique hotel
• Snorkelling in the marine park, right in front of the hotel
• Travelife Gold and Made in Moris certified
• No single-use plastic in the guest journey, since 2020 across the group
• The Laboutik bulk shop: tea and coffee in reusable glass jars, 8 am to 8 pm
• Infinity pool facing the ocean
• Four places to eat, including a Mauritian street food table
• Entertainment four evenings a week, including a sega show

Good to know

• This is an adults-only hotel: it rules out families with children.
• Every room is for two adults, without exception, and twin beds must be asked for in advance.
• L’Océan has only twenty seats and Kot Nou sixteen, and Kot Nou opens only three days a week: book both on arrival.
• L’Océan costs extra, even on the all-inclusive.
• For tea and coffee, guests help themselves at the Laboutik, in bulk, from 8 am to 8 pm.
• From 6.30 pm an elegant dress code applies in the restaurants, and by day you must cover your swimwear.
• PADI diving does not happen on site: it is booked at reception and takes place elsewhere.
• Kite surfing is taken at the Ion Club at Anse-la-Raie, on request.
• The catamaran outing leaves from the sister hotel Coin de Mire Attitude, not from here.
• Parking is outside the hotel grounds.
• All-inclusive guests may take a meal at another hotel in the group, at a selection of restaurants, booking forty-eight hours ahead, with the transfer not included.

Getting there

The hotel is at Pointe aux Piments, on the north-west coast. Port Louis is fifteen kilometres and a twenty-five-minute drive away, the airport sixty kilometres and sixty minutes, Grand Baie twelve kilometres and fifteen minutes, Trou-aux-Biches five kilometres and five minutes, Mont Choisy seven kilometres. Check-in is from 2 pm and check-out until noon. Reception and security run twenty-four hours a day, currency exchange is at reception, and a bus stop is nearby. Parking is outside the hotel grounds.