How much does it actually cost to eat in the Seychelles?

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We are going for ten days next week and it's slowly dawning on us that it's going to be fairly pricey food wise

Those who have been - any recommendations? Of places to eat or how to make it cheaper. We are staying on Mahe

We aren't destitute and don't want to scrimp and save over there as it's a big holiday for us but nor do we want to spend hundreds a day on eating out

We don't drink alcohol so that's something

When I went we stayed in a five star and we couldn't afford to eat there. Thomson now TUI had a three star and we got the bus there every day and hung out there. My friend I went with also bought cup noodles and we had them in our room. It was insanely expensive. This was maybe 25 years ago tho.

I remember it as being super expensive. I went about 10 years ago and even then, bottled water was £5. An average meal out was £30 per dish but Im sure it's more expensive now.

I thought that's why everyone stayed all inclusive at those places

Friends of mine went last year and said they probably spent £150-200 a day on food for both of them for lunch and dinner. They're not big drinkers but would've had a glass with dinner I imagine. They also went to a couple of 3 star hotels to eat.

@LaurieFairyCake sadly they don't do all inclusive on the Seychelles. Thats the Maldives!

Thanks all. Not filling me with confidence

We didn't really check too closely tbh as we don't drink alcohol and have relatively simple food tastes and aren't huge eaters. We'd assumed aboit £100-120 a day but may need to reconsider this

We hit up a food market on the beach when we went for meals. Stayed in an Airbnb to cut costs too.

Mahé does actually have some all-inclusives - we were there last year and stayed at one (the Constanze Ephelia).

But to keep costs down, I'd look at finding some takeaway places. Takeaway is very popular among the locals in the Seychelles, is generally relatively inexpensive (although slightly more costly on Mahé than the other islands) and really good quality.

Where on Mahé will you be staying?

@Gulbekian good ideas thanks.

We are self catering at pineapple beach villas in Anse aux poules bleues

We are debating taking tins of tuna (for the husband, I can't bear the stuff!), box of porridge oats and a block of cheddar in the suitcase with us but that seems a bit ... bleak.

That looks a lovely place to stay! I'm very envious.

One thing I would mention is that we were told to take Western currency but we actually found that most places didn't really want it and we eventually ended up changing it into SCR.

Also: We found it quite easy to locate little local convenience stores and they really did not cost an arm and a leg. What was expensive were the restaurants offering a "buffet". These never seemed to work out at less that €50-60 a person so we soon moved to using restaurants where we could each individually choose what we wanted.

@Gulbekian good tips - we were going to take some euros so we may just use those to pay for the car hire

I think we will take a few basics with us - like bags of nuts / sweets etc but not go overboard and have a mooch round the convenience stores and takeaways

Oh if you are self catering it should be fine, big supermarket shop and you'll be grand. You can make sandwiches for day trips and just eat dinner out if you want to. We were in a sancy hotel with just a kettle in our room.

You cannot take plants or plant products (including nuts) or animal or animal products into the Seychelles without a special permit.

We went to local beach BBQ restaurants. A whole grilled fish between two of us and some rice. Wasn’t overly expensive. But yes, just head to the supermarket!