Waleed Alghusun
I am pleased to say that my stay at Heritage the Villas Hotel has been excellent and has surpassed all my expectations. The staff was very wonderful and catered to my every need. The room was impeccably clean, and all the facilities were in perfect working order.
Kate
Stay away from this incompetence of people. After my booking was confirmed, the hotel manager suddenly demanded three times the price a few days laters and threatened to cancel if I don't accept the tripple price. All 7 family members had already booked flights etc. It's an outrage to suddenly charge three times the price. No one answered to my messages and no accommodation from the hotel.
Abdullah
We love the resort, amazing staff everything is oriented.
Positive items:
Great welcoming staff, Variety of facility/activities to do:
Cycling, tennis, golf, snorkeling, kit surf, quad, hiking,…
Issues:
1- The best Dinner restaurants were fully booked!! Which is disappointing really as didn’t have the chance to try them.
2- No diving center their
3- we didn’t like C beach club restaurant morning staff
4- No Arabic Shower
5- we don’t like Savana restaurant (we went their because it was the only one available for dinner)
Wedaad XWB
Exceptional service and beautiful villa. Amenities were top notch. Loved the infinity pool and excellent outdoor showers. The only negative was the weather did not coperate...🥲.
Villa was kept clean the whole stay. We sure will be back very soon.
Thumbs up to Mohesha, Melanie,Gopal,Sham,Vishal ( C Beach), Aurelia (C Beach) Fabrina,Dhanraj and all reception team.
Emma LC
Our experience was disappointing to say the least. Here are some details:
- Our taxi brought us to Heritage Telfair - I knew this was incorrect for check in to The Villas, so I informed the driver and the guard at the security gate multiple times. They insisted we were in the right place so we were left at reception. Then we were told that we were in the wrong place and they would arrange a shuttle bus to take us to the right place. We waited over an hour for the shuttle to arrive (we asked multiple times what was happening, when it would arrive, and kept being assured it was on its way). Meanwhile our two young kids were very tired after our journey.
- In the villa, each bedroom had a security safe. One of these was broken - this was known to hotel staff, but instead of fixing it, they told us to use a safe in another room.
- Despite the website and hotel factsheet saying that all 4-bedroom villas have free use of 2 golf carts (which makes sense for 8 of us since each golf cart seats 4 people), we were informed that as our villa is “garden view” we only get 1 golf cart. This was not only an inconvenience relying on the shuttle buses for travelling between resorts, but also false advertising. Anyone reading the factsheet, please note it isn’t accurate! Then our golf cart wasn't charging, so we had to stop using it for a while to avoid getting stuck somewhere, until it was fixed.
- I expected half board to include buffet breakfast and an option for buffet dinner, as with other resorts I've stayed at in Mauritius. This is not the case here. Breakfast is not a buffet. Dinner is at a choice of 3 restaurants, one of which offers a buffet on select (not all) nights. The food at Annabella’s was good quality, however service was sometimes good (thank you Lucie!), sometimes not: children's meals weren't served, we had to ask multiple times for steak knives (meanwhile our steaks went cold), our drinks order was forgotten.
- Guests at Heritage The Villas are treated as second-class citizens compared to “real” guests at the Heritage resorts (Telfair and Awali). There was a sense that we’re not considered as important as other hotel guests, and we had to specifically request things that others get by default, such as beach towels or kids club bags.
- The worst thing to happen was my breakfast at C Beach Club. I ordered a Bisou Bowl, which consisted of fruit, yoghurt, oats, honey, and surprisingly a piece of glass!!! I chewed a mouthful of food, it crunched, and I spat out pieces of glass. Not only was this dangerous and worrying (especially if one of the children had received this bowl), but the response was disappointing. No apologies, or reassurance that this wouldn’t happen again. They just took my bowl away and I was left to search for the toilet to rinse the glass out of my mouth. Luckily I wasn’t injured, but it could have been a lot worse. Avoid C Beach Club!! The service was terrible throughout our stay - staff are abrupt, rude, get orders incorrect, forget things you've ordered.
- While checking out, we were accused of scratching the golf cart. Luckily there had been an assessment done when we arrived that stated there were existing scratches, but staff assuming we had done this was uncalled for. They had to call their mechanics to confirm the state of the golf cart before they would let us leave, while we waited over half an hour to checkout.
There were *some* good experiences. Khushboo and Brando were staff members that were helpful and kind to us. The villa is nice - 4 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, small pool, living room, well equipped kitchen, all very clean. However, not all bedrooms have a 40-inch tv, as advertised, so another thing to note if this is important to you. Wi-Fi is not great - it cuts out a lot, and can't cope with multiple devices. There was also a wasp problem!
I wouldn't stay here again - there are plenty of other resorts in this area that are cheaper, offer better service and better food (according to relatives who were staying in another resort nearby). Please find somewhere else to stay.