The Oberoi Beach Resort, Mauritius

I am generally suspicious when reviews mention only good points and give 5 stars, but I must say our 5 nights stay was nothing short but perfect. The location and landscaping of the hotel is amazing, and the limited number of rooms with small villas made it so much more cozy than large international resorts. The gardens are extremely well looked after, and there were no insects or crawlies that I really don’t like. Only a few cute lizards here and there, and those beautiful giant bats far above at night. The rooms are very large (and we went for the normal ones and very well equipped, with a view on the garden and the sea, just perfect to open the curtains in the morning. The beaches are not huge but very nice and well supplied with lounge chairs and thatch umbrellas. One nice touch is the button on the umbrella to cal for a waiter when you need anything. The sea is very clean and ideal for snorkelling. The pools are very big (much bigger than they seem on the website photos and very beautiful (you must watch the sunset from the beach or pools . The restaurants are just incredible. Both the main restaurant, or the alfresco grill. We have been in a few 5 stars resorts, and here the chefs are playing in another league. BTW I wouldn’t recommend the half board option, as we ended up with a similar price all in all including the drinks, while in the half board option they are not. Plus we could choose which restaurant we wanted every night. To be honest, I never thought Indian fusion food could be that good and not burning spicy. Kudos to Sumita we did the cooking classes with : The service is also incredible. I can not remember the name of the staff members we interested with, but all are extremely helpful, humble, genuinely smiling and really doing the extra mile to make our stay enjoyable. From the waiters at the restaurant or at the bar (they gave us a l’an improvised rhum tasting session for my birthday , the cleaning staff, and also the water sport instructors. I must also name Vinay our amazing driver, so kind and knowledgeable about the island and it’s history. I would highly recommend the helicopter tour to see the underwater waterfall, the south island car tour with Vinay, the tai chi (Henrio was so didactic and patient as we were beginners , the star gazing and the cooking class. Snorkelling was also very nice with a lot of fishes (even though Maldives was better . The other activities might also be good but we ran out of time. We were not sure when we picked this hotel, as there are many other hotels on the island, but this was an absolute bulls eye. If we come again in Mauritius (and we probably will if we can as the island has a lot to offer we will definetly choose the Oberoi resort. I am now even curious about the other hotels from the same chain. I *loved* it

Its an amazing resort. Absolutely worth it. The location is perfect, amazing. The food is also great. Staff is very hospitable.

Let me start by saying this has been a splendid stay in the beautiful Mauritian sanctuary “ The Oberoi”! 1. Checkin and checkout were seamless which exactly what you’d expect of the luxury resort. 2. The service and the people are the genuine secret to what gives this resort an edge over another luxury 5star hotel we stayed in Mauritius before. The reason I say that is that we were celebrating our honeymoon in our first stay at Mauritius in FS Anahita and everything went well but no one did anything extra to make our stay special, but here literally everyone from room service, yoga team, breakfast crew, dinner crew, duty managers, chefs, and general manager ensured that we were pampered! I will mention couple of names but I simply couldn’t mention the entire resort 1. Prakash, for his lively demeanor and laser-focus on clients’ satisfaction 2. Chef Singh for his lovely sage advice on food, tips and secrets to a healthy diet! 3. Chef Sanju( grill master! and chef Anish for their amazing generosity with us on several occasions. 4. Shaan, Oomar, Rohan, Aum, Prathan, Rohan, and Nivish and many more members of the crew! 5. Last but not least, Executive Chef Tomas for his overall oversight and designing such a refined food experience for all the residents, no matter what their dietary restrictions are. The menus change every couple of days with options for vegetarian, pescatarian, meat-lovers, and virgin fresh drinks for everyone. 6. Great variety of free activities like snorkeling, yoga classes, star gazing, evening walks, sculpture and cooking classes as well. 7. The facilities and pools were well maintained despite being one of the first luxury resorts on the island. My advice try to book the herb trail dinner experience and it is a must for anyone that loves slow cooked meat. In a nutshell, if you want superior service, genuine hospitality, traveling as a couple for special event, or with your family that makes you feel like you are part of their generous extended one, then this is your place! We will definitely be coming again and making the Oberoi our new fav luxury hotel brand.

We had the most wonderful time staying with you! Everything was just perfection! The staff was so friendly making our time at the Oberoi special for us. Thank you so much for that. The rooms are great, the beach and hotel park breathtaking. We loved just everything about it. Special thanks to Ronnie, who is an amazing personal trainer! Had great workouts with him in the mornings! Best guy!

One of the best hotels I’ve ever been, the staff were amazing and they made our stay beyond our expectations and they have treated us very well. One of the things I like about the staff they will make you feel like you are the one only gust they are having and they will do whatever to make you feel more comfortable and happy. We arranged for a taxi from their hotel and upon dropping off back the taxi asked for more money which was not what we agreed with the management and when we informed them about this they took very serious and the day after they offered us a luxury car in regular taxi prices which made us speechless. Thanks to everyone there and for sure we will be back.