Hotel Cote d'or Lodge

This place has the makings of being a really nice place to stay, however misses the bar in several ways. The wifi is terrible and expensive. Even after paying the high rate, it was unusable. I get connectivity can be difficult on Praslin, maybe not charging for substandard things would be a good choice. The restaurant charged double for drinks compared to what was available in town, and didn't include anything without charging, including water. ($9 USD for a bottle of water is crazy) We ended up walking to the mini-mart nearby and stocking up on gallons of water we kept in our room. We did the same with beer & wine. The food was average, after a few meals we were no longer interested in their offerings and found interesting places to eat instead. The grounds were kept clean, except for the beach. To go beyond average, they should clean the beach daily. It's would not be a huge effort to rake it clean when the tide is low. Other hotels along the same beach did a much better job in this, noted as we walked it one day. The staff was indifferent on the issues, but the worst experience with them was the checkout, in which they insisted we pay the Seychelles taxes in cash. This wouldn't be an issue if they had an ATM on site instead of being a 40 minute round trip walk on a busy road. They made no attempts to solve this self-imposed problem. Being an average hotel is one thing, being an average hotel in the Seychelles is another. It's an expensive trip, the last thing travelers want is to be nickel and dimed at their lodging. I wouldn't say don't stay here, but I would say lower your expectations if you do.

On holidays with friends. This place is ok but I think that something more should be done to improve and modernize the entire structure. Breakfast normal. Great view from a seafront lodge. Very bad time with sandflies (bring with u body oil). Cool turtles on the back of the property. However, I suggest to rent a car to go around on the island. Excellent musical entertainment by Victor!!!!really congratulations.Very good in acoustics playing guitar!

Superb location - right on the beach. Every morning we woke up to the wawes and sunshine. Rooms/villas are put behind tall palmtrees providing shadow in the afternoon. Fantastic beach - however during the 2 seasons the wind in the winter brings some sea****, which is removed every morning. Really spacy rooms, fantastic staff, where Francesco provided us with a rental car when everything was sold out. Fine breakfast end food. The Italian management and staff made a fantastic New Years Eve right on the terrasse and beach with Sara as head of dancing. Can only recommend - located a bit from the village (20 min's walking) made our stay quit and just paradise

Highly recommendable Hotel with family atmosphere and an excellent kitchen. We started our Seychelles trip on Praslin and stayed at the Côte d´Or Lodge. Simple spacious and convenient bungalows are located close to the nice and long Beach. It is in Italian hands and we were very friendly greeted by Francesco who showed us around and also booked an excursion for us. There is a bus stop close by from where you can explore the island and you can take nice walks along the beach. We had some sea grass at times, but the staff is doing an excellent job cleaning the beach each day. If I had one thing to improve then I would be to leave it up to the guest to have the air conditioner running all day. Most people are not in their rooms all day and energy could be saved. Furthermore the AC cools quickly. Thank you for your consideration. We booked half board and the quality and choice of food was excellent. Fresh fish every day from the grill (the best tuna I ever ate) salads and fruits, and, of course, a little bit of Italian food each day 😊 ~ Grazie mille, we enjoyed and appreciated this a lot.

Unfortunately we have to agree with previous negative comments. The only good thing about this place is the absolutely stunning location on the most beautiful beach and I think they think this is enough. Be aware tho that there is huge sandfly problem on the beach. Also totally geared for Italian market... Now it was not so busy and with covid restrictions there was no entertainment but we were glad as otherwise being not Italian would have made it worse. We paid quite a bit - 800 eur for 3 nights wiht breakfast and were very disappointed. Below is why. We booked sea view and were not made aware that there are front and back rows of the bungalows - to charge extra and sell ours as Seaview is just cheeky-picture attached Bed and mattress were awful - like sleeping in the floor or piece of wood so hard and painful we had 3 sleepless nights Also mini fridge was so noisy we had to unplug it Breakfast was poor choice and quality and included the most disgusting filter coffee-espresso etc cost extra and were awful too. Omlette etc to order were bad as well. Waiters were super demotivated and not friendly... So was the chef making Omlette WiFi connection was bad Old uncomfy plastic chairs on beach dirty from birds poo Late check out we asked to have 3more hours for the room...13.00 instead of 10.00 and although room was not booked on the day we left they would have charged for it 1 small bottle of water included free of charge for 2 pax and 3 nights Everything is dated and old so the price for quality is absolutely not justified. We definitely feel like we have been ripped off. Shame as this is a once in a lifetime trip.

Very nice beach