Went there as Crew on layover for 14 days.

Appreciated the friendly and good service, nearby restaurants and quiet location.

Waterski is quite good with easterly or southerly winds.

Nice breakfast and multiple dinner options in the Hotel

Hi,
I stayed at sofitel flic en flac from 3rd Dec to 6th Dec. The place is excellent but while driving my driver said that "it is a french hotel". I said "so what", the management can be from anywhere. But i actually found that the guy was correct. During the cocktail where Jean Marie Gustav was invited all the Hotelmanagement taled in french. Very few english words, that means the hotel believes it caters to french population only. I from India could not understand anything.
Though the place is excellent but next time i may try some other hotel where i do not feel out of place in such a get together. Not sure if non-french speaking folks are un-welcome. I found this as french snobbery.

We decided to marry in November 2012 in the Sofitel after talking to Monika Beumers (German sales manager & wedding planner) who in advance consulted us in all matters quickly and professionally. The hotel itself has one of the biggest and one of the most beautiful beaches in Mauritius. Though the hotel was completely booked during our stay, the pool, the beach and garden seemed lonely. Next to many sun loungers there are plenty of generous outdoor canopy beds in the garden, where you can lay and enjoy the sound of nature. The beautiful architecture of the hotel and the whole complex incl. Japanese garden, So-Spa and the beach area help you relax immediately. The rooms are very comfy and clean, especially the beds are gorgeous!
The hotel has one main restaurant with theme buffet which changes each day. There are three more restaurants which the guests can choose: Jacaranda (French beach restaurant), Ming Court (Chinese restaurant) and a Japanese show cooking restaurant. We can especially recommend Jacaranda, who offers great fish directly at the beach. Only the prices for wine are extraordinary, unfortunately. The service staff is always very keen to make your stay as nice as possible. Especially Monika tries to fulfill each and every wish you can imagine. Our wedding took place at a nice spot at the hotel beach. The open pavilion was beautifully decorated with flowers according to our wishes. Monika accompanies the wedding couples the whole day and takes care of every detail. Soon she will be able to manage the weather as well ;-). She also accompanied us at our church wedding in St. Marc at Flic en Flac in her private time and has become a member of our family!!! Sandiren and his brothers (hotel photographer and videographer) did a great job: we had so much fun with all three of them, that the pictures and video seem very natural and relaxed!
Altogether we would marry again here, because the whole stay and our wedding were more beautiful than we imagined. Thanks to everyone, especially Monika, in Sofitel and see you soon!

The first few hours I thought I was on candid camera. Check-in was pretty efficient, but once we got in the room the problems started. Wi-Fi is not working. We asked to be relocated to a room with Wi-Fi and were told that wouldn't be possible. So we went to the beach. We asked for towels at the kiosk, where we were told they were out of towels. A very rude employee told us that they'll get some towels "ten minutes after the sunset." Why, thanks, that's great, we're only paying $300 a night and wouldn't expect towel service to be included in that price! We've decided to go have a beer instead, and waited about half an hour to get our drinks, and 10 more minutes to get our sandwiches.

The list of inconveniences goes on: at the buffet dinner and breakfast they would run of chicken, or cheese, or other items some 10 minutes after service started. For $60 a person, a dinner of lentils and potatoes is not so great, particularly if you're a meat-and-potatoes kind of guy! The Japanese dinner is a much better deal, but still nowhere close to what you would expect from a four star establishment.

We've seen a big cockroach in our room one night. Otherwise, service, when provided, is very slow.

Now for the good part: the beach is great and well maintained. The views and the water are wonderful. There's a large pool that we haven't used, but which looks great. There's free sailing (unfortunately the fleet is not well maintained). Snorkeling is also great (do it on your own, not using the scheduled trips from the boat house which give you about 15 minutes of actual snorkeling). Unfortunately all the good pales when considering the lack of value for money that the hotel provides overall. While one of the most expensive hotels we've ever stayed in, Sofitel Mauritius has the worst service by far among all hotels we've tried (including a Motel 6 outside of Portland, Maine).