Blue Margouillat

Rooms were clean but very small with limited amenities for a 5-star hotel. Staff are friendly but limited with helping and providing information. Breakfast was good but tiny portions. Keep in mind that room coffee is priced after consuming 2 cups (not a usual). Far from everything which is fine but the hotel needs to cooperate with tour and transportation companies to offer options to customers. Overall experience is similar to 3 star hotel instead of 5.

We stayed here for the first three nights of our honeymoon. Our travel agent told us the restaurant was the best on the island but we were blown away by the quality of the food. It is easily the best food we have ever eaten and probably will ever eat. The cheese cellar is really special and a must for cheese lovers. The whole hotel was beautiful and we enjoyed the amazing view from our room. The hotel were very helpful with our rental car and dropped us off to go and collect it. When we left, we were given a homemade olive oil and vinegarette which was a lovely touch. We hope to visit this special hotel again.

We are vegan and went there for dinner. When we booked a table we told them we were vegan. As a result we had one of the best vegan dinners ever. Vegan gastronomy! The experience was enhanced by an “Accord sans alcool”, pairing special “mocktail” with each dish. Angelique, the barmaid and excellent mixologist, did an outstanding job creating unique drinks to truly enhance and highlight the flavors of each dish.

An incredible stay. We loved every minute at the Blue Margouillat. The views are second to none and we spent many an hour watching as humpbacks jumped and played in the water just off the coast - incredible. The staff are attentive and so lovely. The food is world-class, we couldn't fault a thing. We tried so many new foods and loved every one of them.

Staff were really welcoming and friendly. Exceptional service, nothing too much trouble, food amazing! Great view, including of the migrating humpback whales. Lovely location as well for Saint Leu restaurants and Kelonia turtle sanctuary.

Pros are enormous; brilliant Chef and great restaurant all round. Rooms are comfortable but tiny. Views are superb. Pool is small but very pleasant. Cons; location is hard to reach on foot ( a car is essential) and wine, although excellent, is extremely expensive (as is anything else you might want to buy like lunch). Lovely staff. Great place for a night or two but not recommended as a base for a long stay.

The Blue Margouillat was by far our best hotel on La Réunion. What immediately stood out was the cordiality of the staff, who are genuinely interested in the guests and do their best to make the stay as pleasant as possible. Our room was very nice, quietly located, top maintained and offered a great view. The food, both breakfast and dinner were excellent. For the above reasons, the hotel is a clear recommendation! The associated place Saint-Leu has unfortunately not much to offer, although this of course depends on your own planning and preferences (we can recommend as starting point for paragliding, Kélonia and a helicopter tour). The hotel itself has its own parking spaces, but since these are also used by restaurant guests, we did not get a parking space one evening and had to look for one a bit away.

Beautiful setting and great cuisine, wine pairing in our opinion was a miss but most of all this 4 course meal of well made dishes but nothing out of the ordinary (salade de palmistes, salmon with wild rice etc …) for 2 adults and a child meal certainly did not warrant a hefty bill of 500 euros! That being said it was a lovely evening!