Located at Flic en Flac, La Pirogue, on the west coast of the island, is contiguous to its sister resort, Sugar Beach. It is on one of the country’s finest beaches of immaculate white sand over one kilometre long and nestles in a magnificent tropical garden, a remarkable palm-grove of 14 hectares pleasantly punctuated with colourful hibiscus and fragrant frangipani. Everything here is reminiscent of the traditional Mauritian fishing boat from which the resort takes its name – from the main building inspired by a white sail floating in the wind, to the cottages built in local volcanic rock and crowned with wood and thatch.
La Pirogue Mauritius - Aerial View
Bathed in light and warmth, with fragrant frangipani flowers delicately disposed here and there and ceiling fans with large blades of marine wood, the guest rooms and their terraces are an invitation to lazing about and day dreaming. Standard guest rooms (some communicating) are ideal for families. Superior guest rooms are grouped in small villages immediately fronting the Indian Ocean. Each can accommodate a family of four, thanks to a sofa bed or two convertible armchairs.
Completely redesigned and now more spacious and tropical, the main restaurant, Thatches, provides a great energy-and-vitamin start to the day with its copious and appetising breakfast buffets in its dining-room opening onto the garden or overlooking its decorative pool. In the evening, Thatches showcases a totally new dining experience, with six themed live-cooking stations: a stir-fry and fresh-noodle station; an Indian station with its tandoor oven for traditional local cuisine; a huge salad station; a fresh-pasta and pizza station; a grill-and-teppanyaki station; and a multitude of desserts as well as an Ice-Cream Bar to complete the array. For the more romantic, the restaurant also features cosy wood-and-thatch dining-islets overhanging the decorative pool.
La Pirogue Mauritius - Pool
Immediately fronting the Indian Ocean, the renovated Paul & Virginie Restaurant has enhanced its romantic appeal yet further with the cosiness of small thatch-roofed dining pavilions overhanging the new infinity pool. At lunchtime, it offers delicious authentic local cuisine as well as a whole range of exotic preparations of Mauritian Creole dishes, smoked marlin with heart of palm, sea-bream in lime sauce, tandoori lamb, grilled crayfish, and traditional ‘kulfi’ ice-cream, to name but a few. In the evening its offering is more sophisticated with a focus on seafood and healthy stir-fries, grills and smoked dishes: tandoori fresh-water prawns, grilled crayfish, prawn-and-chicken curry and excellent desserts. The wine list includes a variety of South African and New World wines.
Facing the sea, between La Pirogue and Sugar Beach Resort, guests can savour the delights of the Mediterranean’s sunny cuisine in the cordial warmth of Citronella’s dining-room, with its fine wrought-iron tables, or in the shade of the café’s teak terrace. The mouth-watering offering ranges from tasty light snacks to traditional dishes worthy of the best Italian restaurant, including giant prawns in Espeletta chilli pastry, crayfish-bisque lasagne, grilled crayfish with Mediterranean sauce, braised knuckle of lamb, and the sinful tiramisu.
La Pirogue Mauritius - Alfresco Dining
More than ever La Pirogue reasserts its vocation as a resort dedicated to the sea and to its pleasures, shared with a loved one, or with family or friends, for the most wonderful of tropical-holiday memories. Guests staying at the resort will also benefit from the restaurants and leisure facilities at the Sugar Beach.
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