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Fine dining can make all the difference to a holiday or hotel stay, and Naïade Resorts takes great pride in ensuring that their restaurants rival or even exceed the best.
Since May 2006, Stephane Jean has been Naïade Resorts’ Corporate Chef. He is a highly original and creative chef, who works with his colleagues to produce a fusion cuisine that highlights the best of world gastronomy.
The basis of his cuisine is resolutely French, but fused with touches of Indian spices and Asian cooking styles.
Naïade Resorts’ main restaurants specialise in themed buffets, to bring guests the flavours of the various cultures that have influenced the Indian Ocean region.
Indouchine at Beau Rivage is Naïade Resorts’ flagship restaurant. It shows superbly how French haute cuisine can integrate other flavours and particularly the saveurs des iles, island savours.
A la carte and beach restaurants offer mouth-watering seafood dishes, often a simple cuisine with Mediterranean touches.
Some bars and restaurants have special afternoon teas, in the best British, Chinese or Japanese tradition. |
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Beau Rivage
- Rive Gauche - A cultural voyage
The main restaurant is set under a high, beamed thatched roof, open to the sides, with wonderful views of the lagoon and the swimming pool, absolutely magnificent when it and its palm trees are lit up at night.
It is open for breakfast and dinner, when it serves a variety of tables d'hôte, buffets and gala dinners. The themed buffets conjure up all the magic of Asia, Africa and Mauritius.
- La Méditerranée – A corner of paradise
Le Mediterranée has a relaxed air, right by the beach, feet in the sand. This is the place to try local, Mauritian dishes, as well as Mediterranean specialities such as pizzas and huge salads. Open for lunch and dinner.
- Indouchine – A new approach to French cuisine
Under a buttressed wooden ceiling, looking out towards the lagoon, Indouchine is synonymous with the best of fine dining, where French haute cuisine is flavoured with little Indian and Chinese touches to produce pure gastronomic delight, a pleasure even for those wary of spices. The Chef's speciality is pan-fried foie gras that has never seemed so wonderful, and the Chocolate soufflé is divine.
This is personalised service as it should be. All guests are greeted by name and what attention to detail - a little sorbet, so mouth-watering that you wish it would never end, is served with the compliments of the house, to cleanse the palate before the desert.
- Le Langoustier – A sea odyssey
This elegant seafood restaurant is set on its own terrace, overlooking the pool and the lagoon beyond and is perfect for a romantic evening. The jewel in the seafood crown is the special four-course lobster extravaganza, served once a week.
- Bar Club Savanne – Into Africa
Shades of Africa, with exotic cocktails and Cuban cigars from Beau Rivage’s private collection.
- Monsoon Lounge & Bar – Oriental charm
The bar is next to the swimming pool, facing the sea, and a popular meeting place. The atmosphere is one of colonial luxury, with furniture and furbishing inspired by the East Indies trade route. Guests sit here in the evening to watch the evening entertainment.
Legends
Balance and equilibrium, are central to Feng Shui. Energy enters and the flow has to be perfectly harmonious, so that Chi is used effectively. Both the environment and cuisine of Legends respect this natural law.
Each of the 5 elements of wood, fire, earth, metal and water has its own colour, time, properties – and taste. The acidity, bitterness, sweetness, spiciness and saltiness in ingredients are combined to bring out their qualities and to provide the energy needed according to the time of day.
- Gingko
Looking out over the pool and towards the sea, the hotel's main restaurant offers a magnificent breakfast buffet, including almost everything that anyone might want to start the day on a happy note. Dining specialities include tables d'hôte, gala dinners on alternate evenings and buffets themed with Mauritian, Asian and Mediterranean.
- La Bastide
The beach bar and grill is very popular at lunchtime with those who enjoy Mediterranean cuisine, with a hint of the tropics. It has a relaxed atmosphere, under large parasols on a decked terrace, by the water's edge, looking out towards the northern islands. The restaurant is also open for à la carte dining 4 times a week.
- Karma House
The hotel's gastronomic restaurant and the culinary flagship of the hotel is perfect for a special evening in an elegant setting with impeccable service. A superb open terrace overlooking the pool adds to the feeling of space, also reflected in the open-style kitchen and the walk-in wine cellar. Karma House is based on a "Trilogie" concept ( food cooked in three different ways).
- Abalone
For those who love seafood, Abalone is like heaven on earth, with produce straight from the sea brought daily to the hotel. In the evenings, seafood and pearly shellfish alternate with scarlet red crayfish twice a week. Abalone is also open for lunch, when its specialities include hearty salads and local, Mauritian dishes.
- Grand Bleu
Grand Bleu is Legends'pool bar, with comfortable sofas in the middle, surrounded by tables and chairs for meals. Light lunches come in all shapes and sizes, from club sandwiches to snacks, traditional Chinese tea service and dim sum. Home-made pancakes are served between 4 and 6 each afternoon. It takes a while to read the cocktail list, full of exciting concoctions. The Bar also serves a wide selection of local and international beers, wines and spirits.
- Spirit Lounge & Bar
Enjoy memorable moments in the elegant and refined Spirit Lounge, ideal for a quiet drink, before or after dinner. Lounge music flows through the Champagne & Caviar corner. The atmosphere is reminiscent of the plush comfort of an English club, with a choice of Havana cigars.
- Banyan Pool, Grill & Bar
The Banyan Bar is a laid-back place, under some of the oldest banyan trees on the island, beside its own pool, with seating at the Bar itself or under parasols on the lawns.
The Bar's selection includes fresh fruit juices, beers and tropical cocktails. At lunchtime, fish, seafood and meat grills are cooked in front of you and there is also a selection of salad dishes.
Les Pavillons
Closed for renovation as from January 2008 until October 2008
Executive Chef, Ludovic Gomiero, joined Les Pavillons recently, with a distinguished background, notably working for many years in the 3-star Michel Bras restaurant in Laguiole.
- Etoile de Mer
Etoile de Mer is the main restaurant and used for breakfast, lunch and dinner by guests on half-board. It is one of the focal points of the hotel.
Breakfast is a lavish buffet of refreshing juices, fresh fruit and cold dishes, as well as hot breakfasts cooked to order right in front of the guests.
Evenings feature a variety of table d'hôte menus, Indian, Asian and Italian buffets, as well as Creole nights and gala dinners.
- Le Benitier
This is the hotel's beachside restaurant, on a large wooden deck with tables set under giant beach parasols. An ideal setting for lunch, with some particularly fine fish and meat dishes, as well as a range of salad choices. It makes an ideal lunch venue.
Afternoon tea is also served here, featuring delicious ice creams and mouth-watering pancakes.
Seafood features with lobster and giant-prawn specialities for honeymooners' special evenings.
- Provence
A little corner of the Mediterranean, under the coconut palms of Mauritius. A sunshine menu, with southern European specialities, right by the beach. Open for lunch and dinner under the stars.
- Tam Tam Bar
The Tam Tam Bar is open from 11 in the morning to around midnight. All day long, this lively meeting place offers an array of fruit cocktails and special rum drinks. The place to sit and watch the sunset in the evening, sipping one of the Bar's exotic cocktails and punches. After dinner, a liqueur perhaps, or another cocktail while the band entertains.
Le Merville Beach
- Le Badamier
The Bar feels comfortable and relaxing. Sitting under a traditional thatched roof, guests can admire the breathtaking view of the turquoise lagoon, whilst sampling colourful cocktails, local drinks or a range of international beverages. The Bar also provides a Beach Service during daylight hours.
- La Terrasse
The restaurant, with its terrace, lies surrounded by lush, tropical gardens. The ambience is one of serene tranquillity, overlooking the swimming pool and with wonderful views out over the whole Bay.
The restaurant has a reputation for exotic cuisine, inspired by Chinese, Creole and French traditions. La Terrasse's special touches include tables d'hôte menus, buffets and friendly barbecues.
Le Tropical
- Le Cocotier
The restaurant is light and airy, looking out directly onto the lagoon on one side and onto the swimming pool from the other. Guests enjoy a wide choice of cuisine, including European, Chinese, Indian and Mauritian specialities.
- La Canne à Sucre
The bar runs alongside the swimming pool and its comfortable armchairs make it the ideal place to sip a selection of exotic cocktails, the bar's speciality.
Diva Maldives
The resort has a superb range of restaurants and bars, set in stunning locations.
- Dhidoo Restaurant
The Oriental has a subtle and contemporary elegance, with wood and white terrazzo features. It breathes sophisticated chic.
The view is out over the swimming pool and the lagoon beyond. Guests from Water Villas can have breakfast here.
Exquisitely prepared salads, grills and seafood are served at lunchtime. The room is bathed in candlelight for buffet or à la carte dining in the evening, when the best of European cuisine meets the oriental savours of Morocco, Lebanon and India. The result is really amazing!
- Nautilus
The Nautilus, in the centre of the island, is a spectacular, shell-shaped, beach restaurant, full of sunny colours, for breakfast, lunch and themed buffet dinners.
- Teppaniaki*
Standing on stilts over the water, the Teppaniaki is the place for romantic dinning in an elegant and contemporary setting. This intimate restaurant has a contemporary décor, with Japanese influences. Open for dinner only, it features a refined Japanese cuisine and open cooking.
- Italian Restaurant & Bar*
The Italian Restaurant, with its gushing fountains, is on a white, sandy beach, facing the crystal-clear waters of the lagoon. The concept is again open-kitchen, with Italian specialities at both lunch and dinner. Exclusive arrangements can also be made for small parties to dine in the midst of the wine cellar.
- Water Restaurant & Bar*
This is the main restaurant with a wonderful setting, standing on stilts out over the water, offering breakfast, lunch and themed buffet dinners.
- Lounge Bar
The Lounge Bar is airy and light, with a huge terrace, under a thatched roof, right at the edge of the beach, looking out over the pool and the lagoon. It shares the chic atmosphere of the nearby Oriental restaurant and serves a wide range of cocktails and international wines and spirits, including of course, French champagne.
- Half Moon Bar
The circular bar stands dramatically beyond the beach, its terrace jutting out over the sea. It glows with colour and is filled with light as the sun sets. As well as a tempting selection of drinks and cocktails, snacks are also available in the evening.
- Pool Bar
The Bar is next to a circular swimming pool that extends out to sea, with views of the turquoise lagoon all around. The atmosphere is laid-back and cheerful, the place to lounge around barefoot in a swimming costume and pareo during the daytime.
The Bar serves Italian, French, Spanish and Japanese snacks during the daytime.
*Diva is an exciting new project for Naïade Resorts and will be fully operational in October 2008
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