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Go by le Cap Mechant
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About
Features
CUISINES
French, Chinese, Cajun & Creole, European, Asian, Fusion
Meal types
Lunch, Dinner, Late Night
Special Diets
Vegetarian friendly, Vegan options
FEATURES
Accepts Credit Cards
Highchairs Available
Outdoor Seating
Parking Available
Reservations
Seating
Serves Alcohol
Table Service
Takeout
Validated Parking
Wheelchair Accessible
Location
Parking Available, Validated Parking
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Hours
Closed now
Sunday
11:30 AM - 2:30 PM
Monday
Closed
Tuesday
11:30 AM - 2:30 PM6:30 PM - 10:30 PM
Wednesday
11:30 AM - 2:30 PM6:30 PM - 10:30 PM
Thursday
11:30 AM - 2:30 PM6:30 PM - 10:30 PM
Friday
11:30 AM - 2:30 PM6:30 PM - 10:30 PM
Saturday
11:30 AM - 2:30 PM6:30 PM - 10:30 PM
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3.6
754 reviews
Excellent
135
Very good
315
Average
189
Poor
71
Terrible
44
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Yannick M
4 contributions
Jun 2024 • couples
Since 2023 the restaurant has declined in quality. No more Duck Breast, now in June 2024 no more chicken sausages. We mainly only eat Chicken and Pork. Previously there were at least 2 Gratins, now only one on this Saturday evening when I went there. As the Restaurant is full of people despite everything, the Management should see no point in making additional efforts as in the past to better satisfy these customers even if it means paying extra. What hasn't changed is that the salads are very varied and very good. Chicken skewers too. Very disappointed with the Creole Meals. The Rougail Cod was tasteless and the Chicken Carry Bof. We need to rethink the taste of Creole meals. Dreamballs and Bread Fruits not bad even if it's frozen, you might suspect. For Dessert, for me who loved Flan, it had a flatter and less good taste than usual. Cassava Candy always excellent. If you want a Restaurant with a quiet atmosphere this is not the one it is similar to a Large Noisy Canteen where there are traffic jams to serve it. It makes you not want to come there too often. Once a year will be enough for me unless there are improvements on certain points as in the past.
Written June 9, 2024
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yoan p
1 contribution
Mar 2024 • family
The setting close to the beach is very beautiful. The food is pretty good... for an all-you-can-eat restaurant. I took a pina colada that was really poorly dosed because I had a lot of colds and lacked a good fresh coconut taste, too expensive for this result. I paid €25 on a Sunday lunchtime, profitable for a big eater. Apart from that, the service is fast and efficient.
Written March 17, 2024
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ToujoursLaRoute
Paris1248 contributions
Sep 2024 • couples
It's a sort of canteen, you can eat there (on the shadow, which is great), or you can take away (and eat on the beach, 100 meters away). Food is decent, portions are huge, prices are extremely affordable. Maybe the most important, beer is local and very cold...what else you need for a quick lunch whilst you are enjoying the sun and the ocean???
Written October 1, 2024
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Tessa C
4 contributions
Oct 2024 • couples
The wicked course, teaches and recognized in Réunion but what is the point?
A giant canteen where it is unpleasant to eat. A buffet where you have to play elbows to help yourself, hygiene to review and servers formatted to ensure a "canteen" service. The dishes are not of good quality. Sushi is to flee!!!
A disappointment
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Written October 12, 2024
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Carole C
France3 contributions
Jan 2024 • friends
Very noisy place. Arriving at 8:30 p.m., we waited 3/4 of an hour before getting a server, so there wasn't much left at the buffet. 25€ for some poorly seasoned raw vegetables is excessive. It seems that it's an institution and well not for us, we won't come anymore.
Written January 11, 2024
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Yannick
Sainte-Suzanne1 contribution
Aug 2023 • family
This place is really not friendly for a family meal. It's impossible to have a discussion given the noise there is.
In addition, the price in buffet formula with industrial food quote is horribly expensive.
I find that it looks more and more like the Flunch chain but more expensive.
Written August 13, 2023
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Nana V
5 contributions
Nov 2023 • family
Disappointed over time, the quality has become industrial.
No taste, the variety of dishes decreased and extremely limited.
Everything is restricted... A Russian salad without eggs, is it a Ukrainian salad?
Despite everything I keep a positive aspect a good welcome from the staff the price to pay?
I will never go again, very disappointing.
Written November 19, 2023
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Claudie R
1 contribution
Oct 2024 • family
Unsatisfactory service after an incident during dinner.
My husband asks for a mop so that he can clean the floor after one of our children vomits during lunch. The waitress tells us that they do not have a mop and that we have to clean with towels everything. Allow me to insist on the waitress by asking for the mop, while expressing my misunderstanding about the absence of a mop in a restaurant. The waitress then calls on her manager who gives us the same speech while adding that a cleaning service passes in the restaurant and that they are not the one who takes care of it. The manager even adds in the discussion that it is our child and that it is therefore up to us parent to clean up. Knowing that in no case had we expressed a refusal to clean but that we simply asked to make available a simple mop and a broom.
The manager then provides us with towels while asking to clean and tells us that someone will come to finish the cleaning, which is to pass a small mop of disinfection. Mop that we were denied because we are customers. My husband must have cleaned up the biggest one, vomit, crouched nose in vomit. After that, the appetite obviously soared.
The commercial gesture made (meal of the small erased from the final note), did not erase neither the incomprehension in front of this situation nor the revulsion felt.
An experience that will not fade from our memories either and that will not invite us to rebook a table in this restaurant.
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Written October 29, 2024
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Jean
6 contributions
Jun 2024 • couples
We have been several times to this establishment located on the waterfront
The cocktails are delicious
The service is fast and very friendly
Thanks to Marie for her efficiency
Meal taken on a rainy midday, the tuna was great and the desserts were plentiful
Stop the grumpy people, this establishment is worth the detour
Thank you for this special moment
Written June 17, 2024
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Laura S
3 contributions
Jan 2024 • family
We ate lunch at a buffet at Cap Villain. Very pleasant and quick welcome, we had a table near the window under a very pleasant fan at 30°. Room a little noisy but bearable... Very varied buffet with delicious local and more classic cuisine.
Nothing to complain about, I recommend!
Written January 7, 2024
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Patrice R
Reunion Island3 contributions
Aug 2023 • family
This restaurant is no longer what it used to be. Being in a school canteen is the same thing: the noise, the noise, the noise is hellish!!! As for the food, the quality is not there when you look at the prices. The waiters are in a hurry, they are running in all directions....And, there is one point on which they really need to review: THE TOILETS become disgusting very quickly: no one to clean them regularly, but on the other hand a security guard to check carefully that you paid before leaving LOL!!!!
Written August 13, 2023
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latronche2
Encamp Parish28 contributions
Aug 2024 • family
Unpretentious unlimited buffet at 25€ without drinks.
Nice setting.
Correct service.
Proper cuisine for a buffet: some dishes are good, others not. To escape for the gourmets but okay if we just want to eat.
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Written August 22, 2024
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Mark H
Esher85 contributions
Sep 2019 • friends
This restaurant is a little incongruous - it’s as if a hotel buffet restaurant has been lifted and shifted to a beach location. The choice of food is extensive - everything from sushi to goat curry. A number of our group appreciated the option of roasted meats that weren’t swimming in sauce or stew. Quality was very good and staff very friendly and helpful; some were able to translate into English. My only criticism is that the atmosphere was a little hotel-like. Others may see this as a benefit. We are likely to revisit before our trip ends.
Written September 13, 2019
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rguy2018
Sainte Marie36 contributions
May 2018 • family
nice location and easy access. but even you have a lot to eat. the food is average. most common meals u can do by yourself at home.
Written April 7, 2019
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Natis N
Port Louis59 contributions
Apr 2018 • couples
The dinner was an open buffet with a large variety of food including local ones. They were all very tasty. It’s worth the price per person for the buffet. The only thing is that the restaurant is very big and the number of waiters were limited, we had to ask several times for a drink. The atmosphere is pleasant but based on its size it gets very noisy as well. Overall it’s worth for the food.
Written February 9, 2019
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