All the villas are the same size, though the lead in room has a smaller outdoor area and the Payson pool villa has an outdoor shower. We got upgraded from the lead in room into the Panorama villa. To be honest, I wouldn't recommend any higher category. As mentioned, there are a lot of boats that pass the island on a daily basis. The panaroma villa are set high on a hill, away from the boats and perfectly private.

Here's the view...



Food and beverage is just okay. The only have one restaurant open at the moment and the offerings are kind of repetitive. They have plenty of room to expand their menus but haven't yet. We were here 5 nights already and got tired of the same menu over and over (although they change specials daily ) that we requested a pizza (they have a big pizza oven) but we're denied.

Also breakfast is a bit depressing. Small buffet and only eggs on the menu, nothing else!

The service has room for improvement. There's no dive center and the gem wasn't aware of the dive centers on la digue so we had to charter the boat ourselves, although it can pick up from felicite which is nice. There's been smaller problems but the hotel will work them out.

All in all, it's a good hotel. It will be even better once they open the dive center, expand menus, and train the staff more. I am even thinking of returning, given the privacy of the villa is something the wife and I have been searching for a while.