Zilwa Attitude

Considering the circumstances that Europe had turned into the Corona epicenter and people might rather try to avoid Europeans instead of approach them we nevertheless got to experience true Mauritian hospitality. The few staff were going out of their way in order to have us enjoy our vacation even though limited due to Government regulations. The food was outstanding especially the last few days of our stay. We were very impressed with the dedication of the chefs on site. Big thank you to the entire team that was totally committed to offer a welcoming ambience and excellent service. Although having been some of the last guests hindering the Resort to close we always felt very welcome.

We visited the Zilwa Attitude for two weeks in early March 2020. We arrived on a Saturday evening. The check-in procedure was relatively quick. We were then shown to our room, while the bags were taken seperately to the room. The grounds of the hotel are lovely and well kept. The beach area is stunning, with great views over the reef to Gunners island, which is the island you see in most of the pictures from the hotel online. The sea area itself is quite shallow, with minimal visibility. If you're interested in snorkelling, the hotel run boats to the edge of the reef where the snorkelling experience is much better. The hotel is located in a small village. There is not much that you can do on foot locally outside of the hotel, except visit the local convenience shop. You either need to take a taxi or get the bus to Grand Baie. There is a selection of restaurants on site, 4 a la carte, and 1 buffet restaurant. We found the food in all the a la carte restaurants to be a much higher standard than the buffet restaurant. The a la carte restaurants need to be pre-booked, which i'd advise to do in block bookings, as they get quite full. Personally I found the Tadka Indian restaurant to be my favourite. The bar areas are good, and the staff all work so hard, especially Niraj down at the beach bar. It's really impressive. The all inclusive package includes for local drinks from the island. All of which we tried were pretty good. We found our room itself relatively basic for the price paid for the trip. All the essentials that you require are there, but there isn't much other than the essentials that you'd find in most standard hotel rooms. Unfortunately the 2nd week of our trip was affected by the coronavirus situation. Due to the local governments advise, the hotel had to operate on a lockdown footing. During the 2nd week, each day more and more parts of the hotel were starting to be shutdown systematically. I appreciate that the hotel were only doing what they were being told to do by the government, but I feel that what was happening could have been communicated to the guests better. It was mainly communicated on a notice board near the breakfast area. I think letters posted to each room would have been better. I don't know if we'd return to Mauritius, but it's certainly a trip we will remember for a variety of reasons.