Domaine du Café Grillé Travel Guide: Top Sights in Réunion, Tours &

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Domaine du Café Grillé- Travel Tips What to See, How to Plan & Tours: Historical & Cultural; Réunion; 5 Reviews

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Suggested Duration: 3 hours

Le Domaine du Café Grillé, located in Pierrefonds on Réunion Island, offers a fascinating blend of nature, history, and culture across its four hectares. This ethnobotanical garden showcases around 800 plant species, including endemic, indigenous, and exotic varieties that narrate the island's evolution through time. Guided tours provide insights into plants integral to both contemporary and historical Réunion, from fragrant ylang-ylang and vibrant orchids to coffee fields and medicinal herbs. Visitors can explore recreated historical scenes, such as a slave's hut and traditional distillation methods, while also enjoying the on-site café and artisanal boutique.

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Reviews of Domaine Du Cafe Grille

Alex Penfold

5
Reviewed: 2024-11-20

A really nice botanical garden with a vast variety of plants and trees.
Giann Vasquez

5
Reviewed: 2024-07-21

It was a marvelous experience, a lot more than was expected. The highlight is not just the coffee, but the botanical garden. The garden is big and there is much to see so it's a great go to, if you want to see the plants of La Réunion, or if you're a plant enthusiast. Just, get there a bit early if you want to see everything with time. I took like 2 hours and rushed the ending as it was going to close soon. I wish I was able to see a little more of the coffee part in action, and get more explanation of the process of coffee making. But there were signs to explain some of it. The ladies were really nice and welcoming and even lent me a guide book in English since my french isn't very well. She also came out of her busy work to show me the entrance of the garden and explained to me a little of what to expect. The Self tour was pleasantly worth it. I didn't spend much time at the Cafe but it was nice, spacious, and very affordable. The coffee is very cheap (2.50) compared to an espresso of Bourbon Pointu in other places (8 euros). The creole snacks were very nice as well, and they had 1 euro macarons available. If you visit, take some time to sit down and enjoy more of their refreshing drinks as well. There is also a very nice and complete gift shop where you can buy an array of La Réunion souveniers and lastly, their coffee is available for purchase, at 24 euros, but it's only 100 grams. It does come in a very interesting, traditional package however that makes it a good souvenir as well. I really enjoyed my visit overall.
DT

5
Reviewed: 2022-11-14

Fun and chill experience, the staff is very friendly, and the coffee great. You can book an auto guide (2 euros) and do the tour at your own pace, or you can book a tour with the group but you'll need to book in advance. The plants are interesting, and the descriptions are not boring. You have 2 large parkings in the domaine.
FABIAN Mitrache

5
Reviewed: 2022-07-18

In fact is way more than coffee! You will find the creole garden, the spice garden, the exotic flowers garden, the exotic fruits trees garden...all in one place and on top you must taste the coffee, both of them: the bourbon pointu and the bourbon rond! Very different tastes! Great experience!
Alexandra Skotenko

5
Reviewed: 2020-09-07

Absolutely fantastic place! Such a well organised botanical garden with so many different plants and trees! So beautiful and magical. Totally worth paying a visit. The cafe that works at the place has such a unique variety of drinks. I tried the blue tea, it was so good