What to Eat in Seychelles (Mahé, Praslin, La Digue): A Food Guide

What to eat in Seychelles (Mahé, Praslin, La Digue)

• Grilled fish + Creole sauce

  Job fish, red snapper, parrotfish — Marie Antoinette (Mahé) SCR450, La Grande Maison (La Digue) SCR600.

• Octopus curry + tec-tec (clam) soup

  Del Place (Mahé), Chez Jules (La Digue) — SCR350–600.

• Ladob (breadfruit + banana coconut dessert)

  Local homes + Creole restaurants — SCR150.

• Coco-de-mer + tropical fruit platter

  Praslin's endemic double coconut — buy sealed at Vallée de Mai gift shop SCR3,000 (large export limits).

What to drink

Tap water safe at resorts; bottled elsewhere. Seybrew + EKU are local beers. Takamaka rum (Mahé) is the flagship — distillery tour + tasting US$15. Coconut water fresh SCR40 roadside.

Dining etiquette and practicalities

• Tipping 5–10% — not always expected but appreciated.

• Modest wear off-beach; topless bathing frowned upon.

• Take nothing from marine parks — reef fines up to SCR50,000.

Where to eat in Seychelles (Mahé, Praslin, La Digue)

• Mahé — Beau Vallon / Northwest

  Main beach strip, snorkelling — Hilton Northolme, Constance Ephélia, Story Seychelles.

• Mahé — South (Anse Intendance / Anse Takamaka)

  Wild south, best beaches — Banyan Tree, Four Seasons Petite Anse, Kempinski Baie Lazare.

• Praslin — Côte d'Or

  Vallée de Mai gateway + Anse Georgette — Constance Lémuria, Raffles Praslin, Paradise Sun.

• La Digue

  Car-free island — Anse Source d'Argent (world's most photographed) — Le Domaine de L'Orangeraie, Le Repaire, Le Nautique.