Ocean View Guest House

We were delighted with Ocean View Guesthouse. It is excellent value for money. We just got back from a week's stay (July 2013) and couldn't fault any aspect.||Vanessa and the other lady in the kitchen were really helpful and trustworthy. They cleaned the room beautifully every day and kept the apartment from turning into the Sahara what with all the sand we would bring back from the beach! The nearest beach is about 5 mins walk, but it is small, especially at high tide. Beau Vallon is 15 mins walk along the main road (relatively busy for Seychelles standards) and restarants can also be found here. ||There is plenty of car parking even if all the apartments have rented cars. ||We stayed in Takamaka room which we thought would be a double but actually had an extra bedroom attached which was useful for us to store our things (even though there would have been enough room in the main room anyway). the bathroom is in good working order. There is a safe in the room and bars on all the windows so when you're out there are no worries about security. The views from the balcony were amazing, we watched lots of sunsets from there.||We had a meal by the owner at the Beach House one night. Transport was provided free of cost and the meal was one of the best we had in a great location!||Thank you for a wonderful stay!||||Positives:||Breakfast is the best we had.||Quite, easy to find, location with great views.||Clean, well-kept rooms.||Helpful staff.||||Negatives:||There was some noise from dogs in neighbouring houses but this was the only issue we found, and nothing that could fault the owners of the guesthouse.

I stayed in Ocean View 6 nights in a ground floor room during my stay in Mahe for scuba diving. Room was like a small apartment with self catering facilities which was good considering that Seychelles are not a cheap destination. Mattress was a little bit two soft, linen and towels were changed twice during my stay.Guest house is not far from Beau Vallon you can either take a bus (5 rupees) or walk (sometimes even faster) 15 minutes. The room was clean there was AC in the bedroom and fan in the living room. Breakfast was good and the Two ladies in charge were helpful and kind, you can ask them to do your laundry if you need to. There is an option to have diner as the other guest house Beach house transport is provided by the guesthouse, or there is Casa Dani buffet 2 min walk up road, which is Ok and has a free but slow wifi connection if you eat there.

distance from beach is about 1 km far a way, it was fine walking, but Seychelle does not have sidewalks so you have to walking to road.||Ocean view is small accommodarion with nice staff and very kind women in the kitchen, who do modest breakfast every morning. It contain with toast, butter, marmelade and eggs in every ways. Then, fresh fruits and 100% fresh juce from maracuja, mango or papaya was pleasure variegation :)||The room was big, clean, comfortable with view to ocean. Bed was comfortable, bath was with shower. ||We felt in Ocean view very fine. This accommodation is fine for a few days, certainly not for the entire stay||Landscapes was paradise.

We stayed here for 6 nights on Honeymoon. Cecile is a lovely owner, but sadly we didn't see her very much as she has other guesthouses; it would have been nicer to be welcomed by the owner immediately otherwise you feel a bit lost. The area is also a little quiet and a bit shabby, not what we were expecting. Apparently Beau Vallon/Bel Ombre is the place to be on Mahe but we found it shabby and a little rough. You are also cut off from the rest of the island, you have to go over the hill to Victoria every day before you can access the rest of Mahe. The rooms were very nice and clean at Ocean View, and our balcony view was excellent. We spent every night with a glass of Takamaka Bay rum watching the sun set over Silhouette Island. Although the room was big, the fixtures weren't great. The shower has periods where it doesn't go hot (water pressure issue they said), the bathroom tap was broken (but they fixed it the day we noticed) and the aircon seemed to only have on or off, the temp didn't change. There is a second bedroom with a fridge and kettle, but not really enough of a kitchen to truly cook for yourself. We actually ended up eating and renting a car at the Villa Dani up the hill. Overall, could be a lovely place, and Cecile would be lovely owner, if it wasn't let down by a few annoyances.

This part of Mahe has the best beaches. Ocean View Guest house has 2-4 amazing rooms on the top floor with ocean view. Must reserve those!||||Summary: ||||+ Excellent location||+ 5 mins walk from beach, 7 mins drive from better beach||+ excellent staff, especially Vanessa !||+ good breakfast||+ important: get ocean view room on second floor||||Tip: eat buffet for 305 rupees/person at hotel/restaurant up the street (go right as you get out) -- cheap good buffet, much cheaper than any place.

We had an amazing stay at Ocean View Guest House :) ||||The room was really spacious, equipped with everything we needed and very clean. The Guest House is located close to the very nice (and not crowded) beach, bus stop, little stores and quite close to some restaurants (inckluding famous La Scala).||||The best of all were the ladies at the Guest House taking care of the place and also of us - serving us delicious breakfests, advising us with lots of things (what to see, when and where to go, etc.) and being super friendly :)||||Thanks to all of the above we had a fantastic honeymoon :)

Really nice little guest house. Totally friendly staff, clean rooms and fair price. Breakfast with egg, toast and fresh fruits. The nearest beach, the bus stop, a mini market, restaurants and a snack bar are within walking distance.

+ Very nice owner, awesome view, spacious apartment. + - Beach is pretty far - need to get by car. - dog from neighborhood is barking each night till 4 AM - this is not acceptable :(