'Bout de Vivre' by the Sea
Where the ocean sets the table
Waterfront fine dining in Port Glaud, where the tide arrives before the first course and the whole team calls this bay home.
The Arrival
A table Pierre Delplace built by hand, on a bay his family has always known
Pierre Delplace opened Del Place on a stretch of the Port Glaud coast he has known since childhood, choosing the site for the one thing no kitchen can invent: the way the light sits on this particular bay at six in the evening. The menu follows the same instinct, close to the water, close to the season, never further from Mahé than the boat that brought it in that morning.
Every seat at Del Place is set by a fully Seychellois team, from the grill to the dining room to the bar down on the sand. It is their island, their recipes, their grandmother's octopus curry on the menu tonight, and their welcome that guests remember longer than the view.
The Table
Dinner, set the way Pierre's grandmother set it
Grilled over coconut husk where it counts, dressed simply, never further from the boat than the plate. A la carte, printed the way a proper menu should read.
- Red Snapper RillettesSCR 195
Local snapper, slow-cooked and shredded with lime and green chili, whipped with butter, spread thick on grilled bread.
Seafood - A+ Tuna TartareSCR 245
Hand-cut yellowfin tuna, ginger, sesame oil, wakame, spring onion, a shard of sesame tuile.
SeafoodGF - Millionaire Salad, Smoked FishSCR 265
Heart of palm shaved thin, smoked local fish, lime and coconut vinaigrette, toasted cashew.
SeafoodGF - Eggplant FrittersSCR 175
Eggplant in a cumin and coriander batter, fried until the crust cracks, tamarind dip.
Family Sharing Menu
SCR 950 per person
The whole evening at one long table: rillettes to start, the catch of the day and the octopus curry to share, dessert to finish. Minimum four guests.
Prices in Seychelles Rupees. Market dishes may vary slightly with the day's catch.
The View
The bay, at the hour it does its best work
OH LA LA BEACH BAR
Loungers, cocktails, the bay at golden hour
Down on the sand, Oh La La keeps its own hours. Bare feet, a longer pour, the same view from a lower chair.
- Anse Royale SpritzSCR 165
Rum, passionfruit, prosecco, a twist of lime.
- Takamaka SundownerSCR 175
Takamaka rum, coconut, pineapple, a dash of bitters.
- Coco de Mer SourSCR 185
Gin, coconut, lime, a whisper of egg white.
- Baie Ternay MuleSCR 155
Vodka, ginger beer, lime, torn mint.
Events
Your evening, our table
Private dinners for a handful of guests, beachfront celebrations for a hundred, or the Family Sharing Menu laid down the middle of a long table for a group that wants to eat the way Pierre's own family eats. The team plans around the tide and the season, not a fixed package.
Tell us the occasion and the headcount, and we will build the evening around it, from the first cocktail on the sand to the last course under the stars.
Boutique
Take the table home
A small selection, in the making. For now, a preview of what will be at the bar.
House Spice Blends
Pierre's own curry and grill blends, bottled the way the kitchen makes them.
Signature Rum Selections
A curated shelf of Seychellois rums, chosen with the Oh La La bar team.
Gift Vouchers
A table for someone else, on a date they choose.
About
A fully Seychellois team, on the bay they grew up beside
Del Place is owned and run by Pierre Delplace, and every seat behind the grill, in the dining room and down at Oh La La belongs to a Seychellois team who learned this coastline long before they learned to plate a snapper. That's the whole idea: local hands, local fish, a local welcome.
The kitchen keeps its own rhythm, lunch through the middle of the day, dinner as the light goes, every day of the week.
Hours
- Lunch
- 12:00 – 16:00
- Dinner
- 18:00 – 20:30, last order
Open daily
Port Glaud, Mahé
On the water, Port Launay Rd
The Booking
Reserve Your Table
Tables by the water go first. Reserve yours before sunset fills them.