4 Best Restaurants in La Digue, Seychelles

Located on a covered white-washed deck at the harbor's edge, casually sophisticated Le Combava is a beautifully designed oasis offering a classically international lunch and dinner menu. Lunch items include delicious and generous portions of salads, burgers, pizzas, and mains from spaghetti bolognaise to seared swordfish. In the evening the choices go more upmarket, with starters like a lobster medallion served with risotto and vanilla emulsion or foie gras mousse with figs, and mains such as grilled beef fillet or duck confit. The beach chic seaside setting makes it a romantic evening treat.

A wonderful new addition to La Digue's dining options, this friendly Italian restaurant on Anse Reunion serves excellent food in a tranquil garden setting. Wood-fired pizzas will hit the spot, as do the delicious pastas and risottos. Fish lovers are in for a treat, as the chef makes a point of using local fish and octopus, and the fish of the day with lime and cointreau or panfried with white wine and capers are recommended. Dinner guests should come early and enjoy a sunset looking out to neighboring Praslin island.

The only restaurant on the east side of the island, casual and friendly Loutier Coco serves an extremely tasty lunch buffet of the usual Creole favorites. Expect items like a beautifully spiced octopus curry in coconut milk, delicious grilled fish, roast pork, veggie curries, several piquant salads of mango or papaya, and dessert. Located just off Grande Anse beach, the sand floors, coconut-frond and hibiscus-flower decor, and brightly painted rustic murals invite dining in one's swimsuit.

Try to arrive early, as items like the grilled fish tend to dry out a bit towards the end.

Open for lunch only from 12:30–3, and serving drinks from 8–5. If you call a day ahead, you can organize a lobster feast.

This restaurant at La Digue Island Lodge enjoys a location on the edge of beautiful Anse Réunion. Tables are set up by the white sand beach and are surrounded by views of a lush garden filled with massive pandanus palms, frangipani, and Indian almond trees. Dinners are buffet style with a focus on the international, which means that on any given night there will be some degree of influence from Asian, Middle Eastern, European, and of course, Creole cuisine. Great grilled fish, fresh salads, and reasonable Asian fare can be expected (pastas are not a highlight), though check in advance if there is a theme on the night you intend to go (Saturdays are typically all Creole). Non-hotel guests are welcome, but large groups must reserve in advance. When the weather is fine, the beachfront tables, lit by gleaming oil lamps, are extremely romantic and peaceful.