Château Mon Desir — French Colonial / Contemporary Mauritian, Port Louis
Château Mon Desir surrounds diners with period elegance in a 19th-century plantation house on the grounds of the Le Chateau Golf Course: wood-panelled walls, cornicing, crystal chandeliers, gilt mirrors, and linen tablecloths provide the most historically charged dining environment available in Mauritius. The combination of the colonial plantation architecture and the contemporary Mauritian cooking creates conditions for an evening of extraordinary historical and culinary depth.
The cooking at Château Mon Desir takes the French classical tradition that the plantation-era kitchen developed alongside the Creole and Asian influences that Mauritius’s multicultural heritage has contributed. The result is contemporary Mauritian cooking of genuine quality in the most historically resonant setting the island provides.
The wine programme draws on the French classical appellations that the 19th-century plantation setting demands: the Bordeaux, Burgundy, and Champagne that the colonial tradition identifies as the natural accompaniment to formal dining.
Château Mon Desir is the Mauritius restaurant for occasions that require the combination of historical grandeur and contemporary culinary quality in a setting that no purpose-built restaurant on the island can approach.
Best Occasion: Proposal
A 19th-century plantation house with crystal chandeliers and gilt mirrors, on a golf estate above the Indian Ocean: Château Mon Desir provides a proposal setting of extraordinary colonial grandeur.
Best Occasion: Birthday
The historical elegance of the plantation house, the crystal chandeliers, and the contemporary Mauritian cooking: Château Mon Desir provides a birthday dinner in the most beautiful setting Mauritius can offer.