Merlin Guest House

Clean, comfortable and delicious food.

very very nice guesthouse in a perfect location. at first we had some misunderstandings because of language difficulties :) but the people are very nice and helpful, the food is amazing and the room very nice and comfortable. I would definitely come again and stay longer next time

Breakfast was great

Small scale, pleasant. the half board was very good. 5 min walk to a great beach. helpful personell.

didn’t like the roosters at 1 & 4 a.m.

Our stay at Merlin Guest House for four nights was a real delight. It is situated at the east end of Rodrigues and was easy to find in our rental car (about 40 mins from the airport). There is a car park across the road, which meant the car was out of the way of traffic). The room was spacious with a balcony (from which, one morning, i spotted a Rodrigues Warbler) and the bed was comfortable. The real highlight of our stay was the food that was served. There is no menu and just one communal table. All the food is home cooked and excellent (we never had the same dinner twice) using fresh local produce is used (fresh caught fish for example). Eating with other guests is a great experience (even if our poor French meant for the most part we couldn't always contribute). Breakfast was hearty and again used fresh produce - it really set us up for the day! The Guest House is a few minutes from a lovely beach and, by walking a bit further you can reach secluded little bays that are stunning. Colin arranged a trip to Ile Catherine and Ile aux Coco for us and a couple of other guests, which was a real highlight of our stay. The room was very thoroughly cleaned everyday and all the staff were cheerful and friendly. All in all we could not have experienced a better stay and hopefully one day will be able to return.

Nothing to do with the hotel (this is our fault), but not being French speakers was a slight hinderence as English is not as commonly spoken on Rodrigues (compared with Mauritius). The other guests were all French (mostly visiting from Reunion), but we still enjoyed the communal meals and really appreciated the efforts that everyone made to include us in conversation as much as possible. Otherwise everything was excellent