We have stayed at this hotel now three times over the last twelve months and also had our wedding there. The service and the staff are fantastic and it is a lovely getaway with fantastic scenery in a National Park. It is quiet (which suits us) so not suitable if you are a night owl looking for night life. Good for honeymooners!

The only slightly diappointing area is the main dinning which is now a buffet every evening but in different styles. (It became a bit "samey" after a while.) There is the choice of two other restaurants. We tried the fine dining a couple of times which although there is any extra cost is well worth the extra.

The rooms are really nice with a shower and a large sunken double bath and the standard of cleaning very good. We always use the laundry facilities which are quick (back the same day) which for us is a luxury not having to iron before we go!

The staff are always pleased to see us when we return and often surprise us with the odd glass of "bubbly". We love their sunny nature.

As a young couple we wanted to find a romantic getaway and a base for our trips around the island. The location of the hotel is excellent: very quite and traditional surroundings where you can still see the traditional mauritius in some villages, plus deserted beaches, etc. all the opposite from the crowded north and east.

The hotel itself and the services are very good: well planned, a lot of space, decent restaurant, proper beaches with snorkeling possibilities... the rooms are very nice, comfortable, huge, and the round bathtub in every room is a premium add-on for a hotel this price category. The views from the main hall at sunset are just unforgettable.

What prevents it from being top in its class? Basically that despite the efforts and enthusiasm of its staff, there is some level of disorganisation and mismanagement. Just a few examples: The restaurant is à la carte, but as there was a very noisy group half of the stay, it was converted to a buffet, which is OK for a group in a resort hotel, but unacceptable to others looking for 5-star service (you will never find buffets in real 5-stars beside breakfast). I can't understand why they couldn't keep the buffet for the group and the normal service for the rest.

Also the seating policy on the restaurant was a bit strange: some sections were closed with no advertising, so every day there was some incidents when people had to change their table, sometimes while eating already

Besides, I would recommend this hotel to anyone as the experience did pay-off, given the good facilities and location. If it could just improve a bit, it would be perfect.

We stayed at the Movenpick for two weeks.

The Movenpick is a lovely hotel, the complex is well maintained, staff are friendly and the rooms are great. The scenery is great. The place and is calm and great for a relaxing holidays.
As Mauritius is small, you can explore the island from there, by hire car or public transports (buses are frequent and cheap and take you everywhere).

A relatively big let down is the food. After a few days the buffet becomes very much the same and both the quality of the food and the choice could be improved.

The spa complex is ok, but not a revelation.

We are a family from Germany ,our daughter 10 0k 11 at the Hotel ..habe a Beautifull Birthday celebration! What a surprise for her.. a georgeus table decorated with flowers and a chocolate cake at the old Colonial Houseclub .This is a example of the nice things that we live in this Hotel... Service Excellent ! The people there is unique from the gardeners(once we been playing minigolf and one gardener ask if we finish with our drinks,We say yes and he take our 3 empty glasses and he bring them to The Club),at the pool bar is nice lady asking to clean your sunglasses (profecional cleaning), at the restaurant The Cooks,always explainig or making a wish...waitress reading your mind, SPA very profecional and Managers always checking in general perfect. , You habe the feeling that everybody there is happy doing her Job. Rooms are very big all sea view, with a very nice bath (in other hotels they offer you as a suite).Garden,pools and beach veryclean. And dont forget too bring this especial shoes to walk at the beach,every day we make long walkings collecting shells:) from 11 nights we only make 2 excursions one was the catamaran dolphin watch (I recomended) and the other to Port Louis, criolle lunch at Moka and Pampelmouse Gardens was very interesting but too long really we prefer to stay at the Hotel and relax and enjoy the see.If you are looking for a family or couple vacation with firstclass service and first class accomodation in a very special place I mean RELAX this is the place.