Le Chamarel Restaurant, menus and when to visit

The Le Chamarel Restaurant in Mauritius

This guide covers Le Chamarel Restaurant at La Crête on Main Road in Chamarel, not similarly named restaurants in France or London. Use the full address when arranging transport or searching for the restaurant, rather than relying on the name alone.

The restaurant looks over the south-west coast and the Indian Ocean, near the roadside Chamarel viewpoint. It can serve as a meal stop during a visit to the hill, but the restaurant and the public lookout are separate places. Choose the restaurant for the meal you want, rather than treating its service hours as the viewpoint’s opening times.

Breakfast before sightseeing

Breakfast runs from 09:00 to 11:00. It suits a day that begins with a meal in Chamarel before continuing to the area’s attractions, rather than a schedule built around reaching every sight at opening time.

The breakfast window ends an hour before lunch begins. An arrival at 11:30 therefore falls between the published breakfast and lunch services, not within an extended morning menu. If breakfast is the reason for your stop, leave room to arrive and eat within its own service window instead of aiming for the changeover.

La Table Créole or à la carte lunch

La Table Créole and à la carte lunch both run from 12:00 to 15:00. La Table Créole is the restaurant’s traditional Creole lunch option; à la carte is the alternative for diners who prefer to choose individual dishes. Start with that distinction when deciding which experience to request.

The current official experiences page supersedes older listings that give lunch as 11:30 to 15:30. Build your plan around noon to 15:00 instead. This matters if you are fitting lunch between sightseeing stops, because arriving at 15:15 would put you outside the published lunch window.

Choose between the restaurant’s current breakfast, à la carte, set-lunch and afternoon menus before booking. Their dishes and prices differ, so a price for one service should not be used to budget for another.

Les Terres de Chamarel on Thursday and Saturday

Les Terres de Chamarel is offered on Thursdays and Saturdays from 12:00 to 14:30. Its focus is regional products, with coffee, vanilla, honey, rum and chocolate among the ingredients associated with the experience. This is a distinct lunch choice, not another name for the full à la carte service.

If this is the meal you want, choose the day first and arrange sightseeing around it. Its published window ends half an hour before the other lunch services. Give its name when reserving so your request is clear, rather than simply asking for a lunchtime table.

Kas Poz Gourmande in the afternoon

Kas Poz Gourmande runs from 14:30 to 16:00 and is the afternoon-tea option. It fits visitors who have already eaten lunch or want to finish their sightseeing with an afternoon stop at the restaurant.

There is a half-hour overlap with La Table Créole and à la carte lunch, but that does not make the services interchangeable. At 14:30, specify whether you want lunch or Kas Poz Gourmande. After 15:00, the published afternoon-tea window continues, while the lunch window has ended.

Make the meal part of the plan

Reservations are taken on +230 483 4421. Have your date, party size, preferred service and intended arrival time ready. Mention allergies or dietary restrictions when booking or ordering, and ask about suitable dishes rather than assuming that every experience can accommodate the same needs.

For a morning-focused visit, choose breakfast and then continue sightseeing. For a day with activities on either side of a meal, use the noon lunch window as your anchor. Choose afternoon tea if you would rather eat lunch elsewhere. The published times describe service windows, not how long each meal takes, so avoid scheduling your next activity immediately against your arrival time.