On the beach, white sand

Reviews of Hotel Cote d'Or Lodge

4 out of 5
Hotel Cote d'Or Lodge
Praslin Island, Praslin Island

Reviews

8.0

Very good

Rating 10 - Excellent. 8 out of 26 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 13 out of 26 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 3 out of 26 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 1 out of 26 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 1 out of 26 reviews" "

8.2/10

Cleanliness

7.8/10

Staff & service

6.8/10

Amenities

8.2/10

Property conditions & facilities

8.0/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

8/10 Good

dinu cristian

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Nice beach
Very nice beach
Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2021

8/10 Good

Raza

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Serene beach, decent property, paid WiFi!
It’s a very cozy property located on one of the best beaches of Praslin. They even have house tortoise in the garden that you can pet. The quality of food and service are decent. My only concern is that the WiFi is not free, you need to pay extra to access it. I would have understood if it was a budget hotel, but I find it weird to not have free WiFi at a property where you’re paying almost €200/night.
Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2021

6/10 Okay

Greg

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Disliked: Room comfort
Somewhere between luxury & camping. perfect beach!
Location is spectacular. Food options and quality are low. Service was good. Rustic getaway. Expensive for the lack of amenities, but again the setting is magic. Wasn’t disappointed, but a bit overvalued in my opinion.
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2019

2/10 Terrible

Verified traveller

Travelled with family
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Worst hotel i stayed in my life, Ben matress had fleas in it, Worst foor and most expensive ever Super expensive, Dont go there, there are far better alternatives Veautifull beach though
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2019
Response from Hotel Manager on 27 Oct 2019
Dear Guest, we are happy that you enjoyed our wonderful beach. We are sorry that you did not like our Hotel which is located on the most beautiful beach of the island of Praslin. As for the price we regret that it was not adequate for you even though you received an up-grade in the Junior Suite even if you had booked a Standard Room with a garden view. Junior suite located about 5 meters from the wonderful beach you talk about.  The price you paid is what you chose during the booking and is perfectly in line with the hotels that have our category. All our team works every day to improve and assist all guests. We are not reporting from you either to our reception or to the Guest Relations department on the problem you encountered and we believe it is the result of your imagination. The pillow that you felt was not adequate, after your report to our Guest Relation was promptly fixed. We have never had similar cases and the Republic of Seychelles is not a country where similar cases arise. However, we invite you to contact expedia customer care to try what you are saying and show you that we don't think it's possible. Thanks for your attention and best regards.

10/10 Excellent

Jeanne, Arizona

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Best beach on this side of Praslin. Wonderful location and staff. Highly recommend it.
Stayed 4 nights in Jun 2018

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
great beach, even better staff
Staff were absolutely amazing. every day they did something extra for us. really wonderful beach area is amazing. just enjoy the beach at the hotel. also there is lots of shade, which is key because the sun is brutal hotel has no pool also rooms don't have coffee or hot water maker. this would be a nice plus hotel is a little on the expensive side
Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2017
Dear Guest, We thank you for your message posted. We are thrilled that you had a great time at Cote D'Or Lodge in The Seychelles and that you enjoyed the location, the rooms, the Staff and the amazing views. We will look forward to see you soon again, Kind regards,

6/10 Okay

Elaine

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
The room we had was connected to another room and we could hear everything from the other room. Mostly French spoken and entertainment was all in French. I thought they would have local dancers. Had a delightful hike in the forest reserve. Beach in front of hotel had a lot of sea grass.
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2017
Dear guest, Thank you very much for choosing to stay with us and reviewing our hotel with your valuable feedback. We will consider all your suggestions, telling you that we are already working on everything to improve our service. Part of our rooms are villas with a common wall, even if not really connected one to the other: knowing that while you were on spot, it may could allow us to find an alternative solution in a more private situation. About the language, we have are providing our services in French, English, Spanish and Italian, but we are always working to improve our communication skills for guests coming from all over the world. Local dancers are coming once a week in a night that we dedicate completely to our hosting Country, starting from a typical Creole dinner to continue with a show made of local dances and a presentation of typical handcraft. Sorry if you lose the chance to see it ‘cause for sure you would appreciate our attention to the local tradition. We are providing also to the sea weeds: part of our staff is now completely dedicated to the cleaning of our beach, but always in the respect of the Seychelles’ law limits and nature itself. Glad that you enjoyed your hike in the unique and beautiful Vallee’ de Mai, we hope that we will have the chance to give you hospitality once more, to show you our improvement and give you the chance to appreciate more and more our Hotel and the beautiful Praslin island. Best Regards and enjoy your next holidays, COTE D’OR LODGE STAFF

8/10 Good

Laurent

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Sejour convenable plage superbe Pas de wifi dans les chambres
Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2022

8/10 Good

Yves

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Un bel endroit.
Endroit sauvage et préservé, accueil sympathique et bon rapport qualité prix. Les lodges sont spacieux et propres, directement sur la très belle plage. Seule petite réserve sur la restauration, pas très raffinée sauf si on prend les crudités. Ambiance italienne, très conviviale. Un bel endroit.
Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Siamo tornati dopo 23 anni portando con noi i nostri figli. La struttura nonostante l’età è ancora ottima, per la posizione,che è la migliore di tutta l isola,per lo staff sempre attento e cordiale e perché è rimasta una struttura semplice e accogliente,In perfetta linea con lo spirito delle Seychelles.Un grazie allo staff che ha contribuito alla nostra perfetta vacanza.
Stayed 7 nights in Jan 2019
Response from Rada on 8 Mar 2019
Gentili Ospiti, Vi ringraziamo per il vostro feedback che ci aiura a migliorare giorno dopo giorno. Ci auguriamo di avervi ancora nostri graditi ospiti... non lasciamo passare ancora 23 anni!!!! A presto

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Stayed 7 nights in Jan 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 7 nights in Jan 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 7 nights in Jan 2019

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 7 nights in Jan 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 7 nights in Jan 2019

8/10 Good

Marek

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Dobry hotel przy przepięknej plaży
Byliśmy z żoną w tym hotelu przez 5 dni. Pięknie położone miejsce przy fantastycznej plaży. Spory ten, mało ludzi (ale to ostatnie to niemal norma na Seszelach). Bungalow przy plaży spełnił nasze oczekiwania. Było czysto, cicho i spokojnie (słychać tylko szum fal :)). Personel hotelu bardzo przyjazny i pomocny w każdej sprawie. Organizują całkiem fajne kameralne jednodniowe "wycieczki" w różne miejsca, także na inne wyspy. Restauracja serwuje bardzo smaczne jedzenie na lunch. Jedyne co nam nie do końca pasowało, to śniadania (były dość monotonne) i forma podawania kolacji (wyłącznie bufet za 40 euro od osoby, nie można wybrać z karty np. samej sałatki). Powtórzę, że nasze zastrzeżenia dotyczą formy posiłków, a nie ich smaku (jedzenie jest naprawdę dobre). Każdego dnia o 17:00 goście spotykają się przy plaży na herbatę z trawy cytrynowej i ciasteczka - bardzo fajny pomysł :). Z hotelu najlepiej ruszać się samochodem, ewentualnie publicznym autobusem - na piechotę można się co najwyżej wybrać na spacer wzdłuż plaży. W sumie to piękne miejsce na wypoczynek dla tych, którzy lubią przestrzeń i spokój. Polecamy!
Stayed 5 nights in Nov 2018
Response from Team Cote d'Or Lodge on 21 Nov 2018
Dear guest, thank you for leaving your review on our hotel; It is always nice to know that our position, our food and the room assigned to you have been to your liking. We are constantly working to improve our services based on the reviews of people who book with us. Every day our Chef tries to create menus for every need. Hoping to see you soon, we greet you cordially.

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 3 nights in May 2018
Response from Team Cote D'Or Lodge on 2 Jun 2018
Thank you very much for your Feedback!! we hope to see you soon Greetings from Seychelles!!

8/10 Good

Jan

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
The cottage´s where nice and very big. At this point they run it Italian style and it means that every one eat at the same time. Lunch is served at 13:00 and dinner at 20:00. So you can´t eat when you want. I guess the Italians buy full pension and we who booked thru hotels did not have that deal. They have there own beach wich is big and flat. Enough sunbeds. For my taste you should take down some trees there were hard to find sun spot after lunch time. A lot of shadows beacuse the sun goes down behind the place. The food was great buffe with two chefs one making fresh pasta and one grill your fish or meat. The staff really was great every lunch and dinner they all came and wish you a happy meal. Every evening they did something only downside that they spoke only italian. But after a few days they tryed to involve us and they spoke some english. But we had fun anyway. There was a "village" 15min away where you had some restaurants and shops. We went there for lunch some days. The only bad was that they charge You for WIFI and it did not function that well specially in your cottage. They have to stop doing that.
Stayed 5 nights in Dec 2017
Response from Team Cote D'or Lodge on 30 Jan 2018
Dear Guests, Thank you very much for taking the time to forward to us your feelings regarding your recent stay. We are glad that you appreciate our property and position right on Cote D’Or Beach, that as you said is rich in nature and plants which are offering natural shadow to our guests. We are very proud of our garden and about the fact that we don’t need any artificial beach umbrella to repair from the hard tropical sun. We decided also to support the ecological plan of Seychelles, that respects nature and that in many case is even not permitting any intervention like cutting takamaka trees present near the beautiful beach. About food service, we offering a snack-a la carte service from 11.00 to 14.30 to extend the chance of eating almost all day long (breakfast from 8.00 to 10.00, lunch from 11.00 to 14.30, tea time from 17.00 to 18.00, dinner from 20.00 to 21.30, with chance of sweet snacks from 10.00 to 11.00 and aperitif food from 19.30 offered both at the bar). Dinner time is also an occasion to create special atmosphere that we want to share with all our guests and that give us the chance to create special happenings to spend some time together. Once again we sincerely thank you for the constructive feedback you have given us; this will definitely help us in continue striving for changes and improvements. KIND REGARDS,

10/10 Excellent

Paola262, Roma

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Hotel sulla spiaggia fantastica
Ho trascorso solo tre giorni qui ma ci tornerei volentieri. Un posto all'insegna della tranquillità, bella spiaggia senza ombrelloni. Stanza grande, bagno grande. ottima la ristorazione.
Stayed 3 nights in Nov 2017
Response from Team Cote D'Or Lodge on 7 Dec 2017
Cara Paola262, grazie mille per averci scelto. Ci auguriamo di rivederla presto.

10/10 Excellent

matteo , civitanova m

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Vacanza indimenticabile
Il fantastico staff ha fatto la differenza! a partire da Marco ( il direttore) , Mario che ci ha fatto divertire e Mattia che ha organizzato delle escursioni che non dimenticheremo (soprattutto grand soure e la digue) ma anche tutto il resto del personale (dai cuochi ai camerieri). Abbiamo mangiato benissimo (del resto abbiamo scelto una struttura italiana anche per questo...). La spiaggia lunga 3 km permette di fare splendide passeggiate sia di giorno (ammirando gli splendidi colori e sfumature del mare e del cielo sia di notte per ammirare le stelle). Una delle più belle vacanze che abbiamo mai fatto!
Stayed 7 nights in Nov 2017
Response from Team Cote D'Or Lodge on 7 Dec 2017
Caro Matteo, Grazie per averci scelto. Ci auguriamo di Rivederla Presto!!

4/10 Poor

Palermo

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
Hotel con ottima posizione sulla spiaggia. Sala ristorante (colazione,pranzo e cena) vecchia e soorchissima formata da 9 tavoloni in legno mai puliti durantevi 7 gg di nostra permanenza, eternamente pieni di formiche ed altri insettini. Allestimento del buffet scarso e sporco anch'esso. Le camere di grandezza media con bagni sporchi e pieni anche li di formiche e zanzare...per fortuna c'era l'aria condizionata ed una zanzariera su un letto a baldacchino. Peccato davvero per condizioni di tenuta del hotel perché la location è veramente bella e non valorizzarla come fanno altri hotel vicino (ad esempio il Paradise Sun facendo cene davanti il mare) è uno spreco. Animazione scadente. Nel complesso è un 3 stelle mediocre in Italia ma con la possibilità di diventare un 4 stelle di nuovo quando la proprietà si deciderà ad investire quattro soldi sulla struttura, personale e pulizia visto che come prezzi é assolutamente in linea con altri alberghi limitrofi che offrono decisamente un servizio migliore. Noi su 7 notti pur avendo la mezza pensione abbiamo preferito pagare 500 rupie a testa (33 € circa) al Paradise Sun che offre una cena a buffet con decine di portate di tutti i gusti su dei tavolini adagiati davanti la spiaggia con un servizio camerieri ed una pulizia impeccabili. Se dovessi tornare a Praslin allo stesso prezzo non andrei mai più al Cot'e d'Or a meno non pagassi quanto un 3 stelle.

8/10 Good

Sergio Silvio, Imbersago

Liked: Staff & service, room comfort
Posizione del villaggio straordinaria
Ribadisco la stupenda ubicazione del villaggio fronte mare e che mare! Ho apprezzato anche la simpatia e gentilezza degli animatori italiani. Consiglio un maggiore assortimento delle proposte culinarie in particolare a colazione. Senza dubbio una bella vacanza

8/10 Good

Joseph

Liked: Cleanliness, room comfort
Disliked: Staff & service
Betaalde wifi maar voor 1 device, hotel gericht op Italiaanse groepen, andere gasten tellen niet zo mee. Service met een smile bestaat er niet. Ontbijt tot 10 uur, we zaten er tot 10.10 en men werd hier al boos om. Wel een mooi strand met ondiepe zee, alleen 's morgens kun je goed zwemmen. Veel restaurants in de buurt (15-20 minuten lopen).

6/10 Okay

Caterina

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Wonderful location, wanting service
We spent here 4 nights. *Plus* The village is located on the beach of Anse Volbert, probably one of the best locations in Praslin. Other beaches, like Anse Lazio, may be ranked higher, but they are smaller and almost disappear during the high tide. *To be aware of* This is an Italian holiday village, hence almost all the guests are Italian who have paid a meal-inclusive formula and visit the rest of the island only through the tours proposed by the same village. Some recreational activities (karaoke and similar) are organized during the evenings but they assume participants understand Italian. The staff is made by some locals as well as Italian people, who do not necessarily speak well English. Please note we are Italian too. *Minus* We wrote a couple of emails to the travel agency managing the village before our arrival, but they never answered. Our booking was erroneously registered as the breakfast were not included. The issue appeared to be fixed when we showed hotels.com confirmation email, but kept showing out multiple times during our stay with the local staff asking us to pay for it. The efficient Martina had to intervene a couple of times. When we left, we uselessly waited for someone to come to pick our luggage. We arrived at the reception and none of the three persons there helped us with the luggage. They did not even show interest to greet us (we moved to greet them). Bungalows' decoration was quite cheap. The bed is covered by a dusty mosquito net.

8/10 Good

Ylva, Linköping

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Toppenläge vid Anse Volbert
Italienskägt hotell där man som övrig gäst inte fick ta del av samma information som de italienska gästerna. Ville man veta något fick man dra informationen ur personalen. Bra mat och bra frukost. Toppenläge vid den fina stranden Anse Volbert.