Sugar Beach A Viceroy Resort

Good Bits ??? Covid - the reassuring preventative measures that have been taken ??? Quality of food ??? exceptional ??? Wi-Fi speed and coverage. Beach included. Better than my UK provider ??? Location and beach. Spectacular ??? Room, quality, size and location ??? although we did pay for a Beach Bungalow ??? Shommette was super efficient waitressing both in the restaurant and beach side. Less good ??? Cost ??? a very, very expensive place to stay ??? Pace (or lack there of ) of food service. There is a fine line between relaxing whilst dining and feeling that you are waiting significant periods of time to be served. 10 days in resort showed consistent imbalance of waiting. You can reduce lead times slightly by pouncing one staff but even then, expect a simple one or two lite course lunch to consume 90-120 mins of your precious day in the sun. We defaulted to lunch on the beach which meant that all the waiting could be done on our sun lounger! ??? Variety of menu. Commendable given covid but could / should easily vary further. Same sources are used for multiple of the meat dishes. ??? Visiting fishing boats keep their Diesel engines running whilst dropping / collecting guests. One day the boat was running its smokey exhaust engines or 2 hours whilst moored up on the hotel???s jetty. Fumes were carried through into the open dining area which wasn???t pleasant ??? Sports team should have warned us of the risks of stinging that the occasional batch of floating sea weed can present. My wife had quite a bad skin irritation having swum through clumps of floating seaweed (brought in from a recent storm). We???d later find out that the sports team had told some guests of the risks but not all. Could have avoided this discomfort/issue very easily if they had put a sign up or told us all in other ways

Sugar Beach provided the most perfect escape from it all - we felt transported almost to another planet! From the swift and informative arrival with our fantastic butler Gus (shoutout Gus and Felicia for being absolutely perfect butlers throughout our stay - they went to such trouble as cutting fresh aloe vera for my sunburn and secretly assisting my fianc?? in organising a romantic private cabana dinner - nothing was too much trouble) we loved every minute. Our Luxury Cottage was huge, beautifully furnished, and spotless, with fantastic attention to detail and a bathroom to die for. We had gorgeous views of Petit Piton from our terrace and plunge pool. We could have happily spent the entire week there but so much of the resort is gorgeous we did manage to leave the room! The views from the sunset deck where we partook in morning stretch class after using the gym are majestic, the rainforest walk was gorgeous, and what can I say about the most stunning beach ever - sandwiched between the lush green pitons with views for days! Every single shuttle driver, restaurant member of staff, beach attendant, receptionist and spa staff were so friendly and happy and welcoming, we felt at home immediately. The landscapers told us about the plants on our morning walks and plucked fresh mangoes for us. The Rainforest Spa is a structural wonder and I had an amazing wrap (complete with outdoor rainforest bamboo shower) and massage, while my fianc?? had the best pedicure he has ever had. The food at Bayside was delicious (especially the amazing breakfast options - you have to try the banana pancakes, and their granola!) and we really appreciated the daily specials and lots of choice in the evenings. The private dining food was out of this world and I think the chocolate coconut dessert we had was one of the best I have ever tasted. Cocktails were also amazing - head for the Viceroy Spritz, you won???t be disappointed! Double joy is sipping one and watching the daily spectacular sunsets! My fianc?? often tells me off for having unobtainable standards when it comes to hotels, but I honestly couldn???t fault a single thing - I think I could only say that about one other resort in Mauritius, in all my 27 years of travels. In a year where we had to cancel our wedding twice, Sugar Beach provided an absolute haven of happiness and we can???t thank everyone enough for making our stay magical. We will be back for sure, hopefully ASAP, and hopefully for many many years to come!