Labourdonnais Waterfront Hotel
Port-Louis · Port Louis
5 starsStandard
The Labourdonnais Waterfront Hotel stands on the Caudan waterfront, in the heart of Port Louis, the capital of Mauritius. Rated five stars, it has one hundred and five rooms and suites, from 33 to 141 square metres. Opened in 1996, this five-star business hotel is the flagship of the Ninety-Six Hotel Collection, formerly Indigo Hotels. The hotel was renovated in 2015 and again in 2018: rooms, suites, restaurants, bar, executive floor and conference centre.
- Rooms
- 105
- Categories
- 5
- From the airport
- 44 km
Room categories
| Category | Size |
|---|---|
| Classic Room85 rooms, private balcony, king-size bed, bathroom with separate shower and bath, 55-inch television, Bvlgari amenities | 33 m² |
| Deluxe Suite15 suites, private balcony, lounge area, walk-in wardrobe, Nespresso machine | 47 m² |
| Prestige Suite3 suites, separate four-seat living area, balcony with harbour view, Executive Lounge access, in-room check-in | 55 m² |
| Luxury Suiteone only, eight-seat living room and dining room, Executive Lounge access | 75 m² |
| Penthouseone only, two bedrooms with bathrooms, eight-seat living room, dining room for ten, 65-inch curved television, telescope | 141 m² |
The hotel at a glance
- Rooms
- 105
- Restaurants
- Two: Brasserie Chic, international cuisine, open daily 6.30 am to 10.30 pm, more than sixty dishes, indoors or on the terrace; and Yuzu, Asian fusion, Monday to Friday 11.30 am to 2.30 pm and 6.30 pm to 10.30 pm, closed Saturday, Sunday and public holidays
- Bars
- One bar and one coffee lounge: the Post Box Lounge Bar, open daily 11 am to 11.30 pm, a tribute to the history of Port Louis, live music on Friday evenings; and the Coffee Lounge, 7 am to 10.30 pm, with its own pastry chef
- Pools
- One outdoor pool
- Spa
- The I Spa Fitness & Wellness Club: spa, gym, sauna, face and body treatments with Germaine de Capuccini products
- Sports and activities
- Outdoor pool and gym, Sunset catamaran cruise, free twice a week, Free access to the facilities of the group’s other hotels, including tennis and squash courts, Twelve golf courses around the island
- Meeting rooms
- A renovated conference centre, with an events team and catering
- Internet
- Free and unlimited in rooms and public areas
- Parking
- Free
- Opened
- 1996
- Last renovation
- 2018
What sets it apart
This is a city hotel, not a beach hotel: the nearest beaches are a twenty-minute drive, and the point of the place is to be in the middle of the capital. The range of rooms is wide: eighty-five 33-square-metre Classic rooms with a balcony, fifteen 47-square-metre Deluxe suites, three 55-square-metre Prestige suites, one 75-square-metre Luxury suite with a lounge and a dining room for eight, and a 141-square-metre penthouse with two bedrooms, an eight-seat lounge, a dining room for ten and a telescope. The Executive Lounge, open daily from 11 am to 9 pm, is open to guests on the executive floor and to those in Deluxe, Prestige and Luxury suites and the penthouse.
The mood
Brasserie Chic serves from 6.30 am to 10.30 pm and offers more than sixty different dishes, indoors or on the terrace. Yuzu is the Asian fusion table, open Monday to Friday 11.30 am to 2.30 pm and 6.30 pm to 10.30 pm, closed at weekends and on public holidays. The Coffee Lounge, with its own pastry chef, opens from 7 am to 10.30 pm, and the Post Box Lounge Bar from 11 am to 11.30 pm, with live music on Friday evenings. Room service runs around the clock, which is rare in Mauritius.
Highlights
- The only five-star hotel in Port Louis, on the Caudan waterfront
- One hundred and five rooms and suites, from 33 to 141 square metres
- A 141-square-metre penthouse with two bedrooms, a dining room for ten and a telescope
- Executive Lounge open 11 am to 9 pm, breakfast, canapés and drinks included
- Round-the-clock room service
- Sunset catamaran cruise, free twice a week
- Bvlgari bathroom amenities in Classic rooms and the top suites
- One hundred and sixty shops on the waterfront, and the Odysseo oceanarium next door
Good to know
- This is a city hotel: beaches are a twenty-minute drive. For a beach holiday it is the wrong choice; for visiting the capital it is the best placed.
- Yuzu closes on Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays: plan on Brasserie Chic or a meal out those days.
- The Executive Lounge is not open to everyone: you need the executive floor or a Deluxe, Prestige or Luxury suite or the penthouse.
- Catamaran excursions leave every day, but from in front of Le Suffren, not the Labourdonnais: the free water taxi gets there in minutes.
- The Champ de Mars, the oldest racecourse in the southern hemisphere, the theatre, the museums and Chinatown are all within walking distance.
- Prestige suites and above include a one-hour spa treatment, once per stay.
Getting there
The address is Caudan Waterfront, P.O. Box 91, Port Louis. The telephone number is +230 202 4000. The hotel is five hundred metres from the city centre, one kilometre from the M1 motorway, and forty-four kilometres or forty-five minutes from Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam international airport. Check-in is from 2 pm, check-out until 11 am, and reception is open around the clock. A free water-taxi shuttle links the Labourdonnais to its sister hotel Le Suffren, every day from 7 am to midnight.
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