Mango Home Seychelles, LXR Resorts & Lodges assessment

What is Mango House Seychelles?

Opened in July 2021, Mango House Seychelles, LXR Hotels & Resorts is a luxury resort with just 41 rooms and suites ranging from starting-category Deluxe rooms with twin beds to Premium rooms with either king or twin beds and a variety of one- to three-bedroom suites, some of which have their own private plunge pools.

The resort stretches along the low coastal bluffs of a peninsula above a small beach, though chances are you’ll spend most of your time around one of the three main swimming pools rather than in the ocean since currents can be rough and only a little sand remains at high tide. The hotel is home to a handful of restaurants and a few other high-end amenities, including a pocket-size gym and a small spa.

It is located near Anse aux Poules Bleues in the district of Baie Lazare on the southwest coast of the Seychelles’ main island of Mahe, which means you don’t have to connect on an expensive interisland flight to reach it once you arrive in the country.

It takes about 45 minutes to drive there from Seychelles International Airport (SEZ) over Mahe’s central mountain range, and a taxi will cost roughly $80-$100 each way (bring cash since few hired cars accept credit cards).

How to book Mango House Seychelles

As part of LXR Hotels & Resorts, Mango House Seychelles participates in the Hilton Honors program, so you can earn and redeem points for stays there.

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Nightly rates start at around $480 per night and include breakfast, though they can regularly range above $1,100 per night.

Award nights typically cost 110,000 Hilton Honors points apiece, and even when paid rates are high, there tends to be a decent amount of award availability. Always check paid rates and compare them to the award pricing since you’ll want to be sure you will get enough value by redeeming points if you choose to go that route.

Rooms at Mango House Seychelles

What I ate at Mango House Seychelles

There are five restaurants and bars at Mango House Seychelles, so you might not even feel the need to leave the hotel during your stay, though it’s certainly easy to do so if you want to venture into some of the nearby towns for a meal or two.

Muse

Muse is the hotel’s all-day dining outlet. Lunch and dinner fuse Italian cuisine and Seychellois ingredients, with dishes such as red snapper carpaccio with passion-fruit vinaigrette and seaweed chips ($32), black truffle and burrata pizza ($38.50) and king tiger prawns with zucchini scapece ($70). Because I only had two nights at the hotel, I skipped dinner at Muse.

However, this is also where breakfast is served, so I staked out an alfresco table on each morning of my stay where I could listen to the waves while I was treated to plates of tropical fruits and house-made pastries.

Servers would come around periodically with help-yourself plates of vegetables, charcuterie and cheeses and you could order as many small a la carte dishes as you liked including decadent roasted banana pancakes drizzled in dulce de leche and healthy avocado toast on rye bread with pomegranate.

Soley Bar

Located by the hotel’s eye-shaped main pool near the entrance to the property, Soley Bar is a cute open-air lounge and restaurant where you can enjoy tropical cocktails and light fare from 11 a.m. – 7 p.m. daily. I skipped the drinks since a server brought me an ice bucket filled with water bottles, but I tucked into a tandoori chicken wrap with cucumber and tangy raita sauce ($31) that hit the spot for lunch.

Kokoye

Be sure to check the time for sunset each day so you can snag one of the outdoor tables at Kokoye, the cocktail bar on the floor above reception. Although the interior is artfully decorated with wallpaper showcasing Seychellois flora, wraparound velvet banquettes and wicker furnishings and fans, you’ll want one of the balcony tables for those panoramic views.

As dusk settles, you can even see the island’s giant bats wheeling through the sky or hear them chattering loudly in the nearby trees.

The drinks menu is populated by botanical-infused cocktails like a martini of jasmine tea-tinged gin with elderflower liqueur and vermouth ($15.60), a sweet and earthy dark chocolate rum Old-Fashioned ($15.60) and a tart, frothy five-spice rum sour ($15.60).

Azido

Take advantage of the fresh fish and seafood sourced locally with an outdoor dinner at the hotel’s Japanese-inspired restaurant, Azido. You can dive into ultrafresh bluefin tuna sashimi ($49) along with specialties like scallop and tiger shrimp truffle gyoza ($35.50) and heaping hand rolls like a hearty one with soft-shell crab, avocado and cucumber ($31).

Moutya

Spend an evening at the hotel’s romantic Creole restaurant, which is usually outdoors except in inclement weather. The menu includes signature dishes like crunchy Desroches Island heart of palm salad ($25), red snapper ceviche with coconut milk ($28) and rich, savory snapper curry served with fluffy coconut rice and cucumber satini salad ($37).

Amenities and things to do at Mango House Seychelles

• The main infinity pool is adjacent to the lobby and features days-long views over the bay, plus plenty of daybeds.
• The eye-shaped pool is livelier thanks to Soley Bar and access to a tiny strand of sand where you can wade into the bay.
• The elevated, quiet pool at the far end of the property has a shaded deck ideal for afternoon snoozes.
• There are lounge chairs on a lawn overlooking the hotel’s small main beach, but beware of the strong tides.
• The petite fitness center has a smattering of Technogym cardio machines and weights.
• Upstairs from the lobby, the Anpe Spa proffers treatments like a purifying facial with a coconut-charcoal clarifying scrub (75 minutes; $168). As a Hilton Honors Diamond elite, I was treated to a complimentary 20-minute mango balm foot massage.
• The hotel can help you book both on-site activities like cooking classes and off-property excursions, such as jungle hikes, yacht charters and scuba expeditions.

Insider tips for staying at Mango House Seychelles

• Points rates aren’t always a bargain, considering room rates dip below $500, so always double-check your math before redeeming and consider booking a higher-category room for more amenities.
• Breakfast is included with stays, so make sure you put any additional elite-status amenities to use.
• While you save on not flying to an outer island, you also miss out on tourist-free beaches and reefs to snorkel, so plan on booking an extracurricular activity or two.
• Service is generally friendly and efficient, but you might have to ask twice for things like activity arrangements or room fixes. Relax, though, you’re on vacation.

Accessibility

The main building of Mango House Seychelles, where you will find the lobby, the infinity pool, most of the bars and restaurants, the gym and the spa is wheelchair accessible, with ramps as well as elevators to get between various levels.

The hotel offers buggy service to rooms for those with mobility issues. However, wheelchair users might have a difficult time navigating the sometimes uneven terrain and accessing the pools, which do not feature chair lifts.

There is a wheelchair-accessible King Deluxe room with a 32-inch-wide door and various features such as lowered beds, counters and room controls, as well as grab bars in the bathroom and emergency pull cords.

Bottom line

Not only is Mango House Seychelles, LXR Hotels & Resort a beautiful, luxury property that feels like a destination in its own right thanks to its secluded location and small size, but it can also be an excellent stopover stay between jaunts to some of the Seychelles’ farther-flung island resorts. The sunny staff will ensure your stay goes off without a hitch, and the variety of poolside settings and dining venues means you won’t get bored here, even on longer stays.