Mauritius Chinese Restaurant 2026 Star Rating
- Over the past five years, I have literally visited most of the Chinese restaurants in Mauritius.
I have been active as a food critic for over 20 years, during which I have experienced a diverse range of Chinese cuisine in China, Korea, Japan, Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Singapore, as well as visited various Chinese restaurants in the United States, South Africa, and France. I have also consulted with Chinese restaurants outside of China to identify issues regarding taste, interior design, and service.
(If you are operating a Mauritian-style Chinese restaurant, I will provide a free consultation, because I do not want Mauritian-style Chinese restaurants to disappear.)
Chinese cuisine in Mauritius is broadly divided into two categories:
- Mauritian-style Chinese cuisine (Hakka..etc..)
- Authentic Chinese cuisine - Cantonese, Beijing, and Sichuan styles; while diverse, Cantonese style is generally more common.
3.. Over the past five years, a significant number of Mauritian-style Chinese restaurants in Port Louis have They have closed down or changed into authentic Chinese restaurants—as a lover of Mauritian style-Chinese cuisine in Mauritius, this is a regrettable situation.
I particularly love Hakka-style Chinese food.
I have visited several Chinese restaurants in hotels in Mauritius (e.g., Hilton), but none of them offered good value for the price.
While "taste" is subjective, "bad taste" is objective.
Honestly, I don't want to reveal my list of favorite restaurants and want to keep them to myself. However, I have received a lot of help from friends here over the past six years, and now I want to give back.
Now, I will share my list of favorite restaurants.
As I mentioned above, I have actually visited most of the Chinese restaurants in Mauritius, but I have excluded all places that lacked distinctive flavor. If you ask in the comments, I will respond with a star rating.
★★★★★ Excellent, I want to go every day
Dumpling & noodles house 餃子麵館- Grand baie
The dumplings at this place are It's number 1 in Mauritius, the noodles are excellent, be sure to try the noodle soup.
★★★★ Excellent, I want to go often
Hunan Restaurant,Curepipe
This place offers the best value for money among Chinese restaurants in Mauritius, and it is a place where you can enjoy authentic Hunan-style Chinese cuisine.
It is a hidden gem for me.
The only downside is that the quality of the fried rice varies every time I order...
Moy Yuan Restaurant, Beau Bassin-Rose Hill
You can eat Mauritian-style Chinese food,
The owner is friendly and the food is delicious.
port dumpling snack东北饺子馆
The Chinese owner makes authentic Chinese food, making you feel like you are traveling in China.
DUAN, Casaville
Almost the only place in Mauritius where you can eat Beijing-style Chinese food
The owner is friendly.
Moy Zhou Restaurant
Whenever I go to Port Louis, I only go to this restaurant; the owner is friendly, and you can eat Mauritian-style Chinese food. The fried dishes are excellent.
WEI YANG Restaurant - Domaine Les Pailles
★★★ Delicious, worth every penny
Fortune 8 Restaurant, Port Louis
I used to be a regular for a long time, but I stopped going because the owner was unfriendly. You can eat Hakka cuisine.
One of the Chinese restaurants in Port Louis that is still thriving.
Chinese Wok Restaurant, Curepipe
Except for the Peking Duck, all the dishes at this place are mediocre.
Nine Dragons Restaurant - Honestly, the dim sum here is delicious, but the other dishes are just average.
House of Canton - All the dishes are reasonably tasty.
Kirin Restaurant
Grand Canton Restaurant
Little Sichuan Xiao Sichuan
The City Orient Restaurant
Lao Zhao Hotpot Restaurant / 老赵火锅 Mauritius
★★ It was really disappointing.
Treasures, Floreal - Currently temporalry closed.
I was quite shocked when I first went to this restaurant. The prices are high, but every dish was tasteless; like the chef ran away, and I had to go to the kitchen to ask if the waiters were cooking.
Opium Restaurant - The seasoning and exterior are fancy, but honestly, the food is tasteless. The seasoning is off for every dish. I visit this place periodically for business, and the quality of the food seems to be getting worse every time I go.
Red Phoenix Restaurant
Restaurant Lai Min
Golden Hong Kong Palace
Royal Choice Restaurant
★ Tasteless. No intention of going back.
Chuan Restaurant (川餐厅)-All the dishes at this restaurant look great, but they all taste terrible.
Wei Yang Hot Pot 未央自助火锅-If you go on a weekday, there aren't many options for hot pot, and sometimes there are more dark entities (I won't say what they are) than customers.
Restaurant Canton-The food at this restaurant isn't bad, but I wish they would pay a little more attention to hygiene.
This restaurant proves my hypothesis that there are no good restaurants in tourist areas to be true.
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Of course, I have visited Chinese restaurants and snack in Rose Hill, Quatre Bone, Curepipe, etc.,
But the names of all the shops I don't remember
You must keep this in mind when eating delicious Chinese food in Mauritius:
- Generally,There are no good Chinese restaurants in the north.
- Generally,There are no good Chinese restaurants in the west.
- Generally,Most hotel Chinese restaurants are expensive, but the taste is not very good.
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I will update the above ranking of the best Chinese restaurants in Mauritius for 2026 whenever I remember.
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I am learning a lot from your comments as well.I have been a professional food critic for over 10 years, critiquing food in magazines and on the radio.
Since I am not making money from this, I have no intention of promoting it.
My intention is simple: I love Mauritian food, and I want to share my knowledge with you.
Also, as a chef, as far as I know, I am almost the only person in Mauritius who can cook Japanese-style sushi rice. (Most Japanese restaurants in hotels in Mauritius also cook rice in the Briayni style.)
I am one of the few people in Mauritius with an understanding of Beijing-style Chinese cuisine.
Isn't that enough?
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Just so you know, when I go to Chinese restaurants, sometimes I go alone, and other times I go with my Sino-Mauritian friends.
The taste of the food is the most important thing, and after that, friendliness, hygiene, atmosphere, and value for money are also important.
The reason I don't rate Opium highly is the difference in taste between weekdays and weekends, the excessive use of seasonings, and various other reasons.
I also frequently visit Mauritian-style Chinese restaurants like Ah-Soo Snack.
I just avoid places that use excessive sugar for the sake of my health.
I have experienced a wide variety of places, from local Mauritian noodle shops (like Mine Bouille) to places like Ming Court at the Sofitel. (The Hilton Hotel mentioned above no longer has a Chinese restaurant.)
If you guys respond positively, I would also like to share my opinion on hotel restaurants in Mauritius.
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In my first year in Mauritius, I had to commute to Port Louis, and that year I visited every Chinese restaurant in the city.
I saw many old Mauritian-style Chinese restaurants struggling to stay afloat and closing down. It was a sad sight to watch.
On the other hand, new, authentic Chinese restaurants began to spring up.
If any of you have a favorite Chinese restaurant, please show them this post and ask me for free consulting.
I literally love and respect all Mauritian-style Chinese restaurants, and I am willing to help them.
As far as I know, among the foreign cuisines available in Mauritius, Chinese food is the closest to the authentic taste.
Of course, many Indians make Indian food, but my Indian friends don't seem to like the taste.
Here, Korean food doesn't taste Korean at all, and while Japanese food looks like Japanese food, it doesn't taste like Japanese food.
What about Italian food? I'll have a chance to talk about that later.
