KEMPINSKI SEYCHELLES RESORT ^{* * * * *}

Tried to book a table at any restaurant in their hotel/ resort via mail. No response after days waiting, was forced to call them, paid extraordinary high roaming charges for the calls and got promised to receive a call back ASAP, no call back received after 1 week waiting. Really bad performance for such a brand…

Babhra Motte was really amazing!!!!

Overall this is a fantastic resort offering high quality service from a very professional team. We had a great holiday over the New Year period and thoroughly enjoyed the experience.

There are so many plus points but a few to mention :
Rooms are kept spotlessly clean, are spacious and have all the facilities expected of a five star resort.
The location is fantastic with our sea view room being 50 m from the beach. White sandy beach with turquoise blue ocean. It’s the ultimate exotic beach location for a relaxing holiday
Great facilities and events - a full daily schedule of fitness and cultural events to take part in and changes on a daily basis..
Exemplary New Years Eve gala dinner. Complete professionalism from the entire team made this is never to be forgotten experience.
Staff are open and friendly with a can do attitude. Particular shout out to Lady in Red - Aleksandra and to the Fitness team of Kenny and Charles.

Areas for improvement. The Management should take note of where things should be looked at as this would move the overall rating from great to awesome :
Early arrivals which we were given our Emirate flight landed at 0600 are expected to pay circa euro 50 per head for the buffet breakfast. Being hungry after an overnight trip this was not a positive first impression. Make it complimentary - it doesn’t cost you anything and will build goodwill.
Dinner buffets. The food from night to night is 70% the same and the international aspect is extremely limited. This meant we took the buffet only once. This variety of the foods needs to be increased to make the buffet format attractive.
The a la carte restaurant had very inconsistent service. On 4 separate evenings we did not receive what we ordered, service was extremely slow although the food was mostly good when it was served.
There was little or no management oversight of the restaurants or the staff. Management was extremely low key and I saw no greeting of or interaction with the guests.
Lactose free options were limited. It’s expected that full option is available nowadays.

Overall however the pluses far outrated the negatives and have no hesitation to recommend the Kempinski to other visitors to the Seychelles.

Excellent service. Barbara at Windsong provided excellent service. Thank you!

We loved our stay in this paradise place!
Special thanks to Uluk from Le Petit Chef restaurant who made our celebration evening magical!