Food is expensive in the Seychelles. Find out prices in 2021 in cafes, restaurants and shops. We advise how to save on food and what to try from national dishes.
Exchange rate: 1 Seychelles rupee (SCR) ≈ 5 RUB.
Food Prices in Seychelles - 2021
Most of the goods on the islands are imported, so the cost of food in the Seychelles breaks all records. In a budget restaurant, the average bill for two is 500-600 SCR, and in a more expensive restaurant - 1000-1500 SCR. Two sets at McDonald's cost 420 SCR. To order sandwiches, a couple of bowls of soup and some drinks to your hotel room, you will have to pay 1000-1500 SCR.
Prices for food in cafes and restaurants in the Seychelles in 2021:
- seafood salad - 60-100 SCR
- hot dish - 150-300 SCR
- pizza - 120-160 SCR
- coconut nougat - 80-100 SCR
- coffee - 50 SCR
- Coca-Cola bottle, 0.33 L - 20 SCR
- portion of ice cream - 15-20 SCR.
Alcohol prices in Seychelles
Alcohol comes to the island republic from all over the world. In the Seychelles, you can taste excellent wines from South Africa and France. The prices for imported alcohol are 30% higher than at the airport.
Local drinks are cheaper. The Seychelles produces good light lager SeyBrew, dark and light rum Takamaka. Locals drink a strong drink made from fermented sugarcane juice - tank, lemon mint tincture - dite zitronel and fermented coconut juice - feces.
Prices for alcoholic beverages in stores in the Seychelles in 2021:
- island beer SeyBrew, 0.3L - 26 SCR
- imported beer, 0.33 l - 30-40 SCR
- wine - from 150 SCR
- Takamaka rum, 0.375 l - from 135-150 SCR
- Takamaka Extra Dark Aged Rum, 0.7L - 355 SCR
- Takamaka 8 Years Rum, 0.7L - 600 SCR
- whiskey, 1 L - 550 SCR.
In the bar and restaurant, a glass of alcoholic cocktail or wine will cost 150-200 SCR, and 50 g of spirits - 300-400 SCR.
Food prices in Seychelles
Seychelles is an expensive resort. Prices on the islands are artificially high, but if you rent an apartment with a kitchen and cook yourself, you can save money. The cost of food in stores and markets is not higher than in Russia, and prices for fruits and fish are lower.
Vacationers praise the assortment at the STC hypermarket, which is located in the city of Victoria. Many people like the SPAR store on the artificial island of Eden, but the goods are more expensive there.
Food prices in stores in Seychelles in 2021:
- bread - 12-15 SCR
- pasta, pack - 12 SCR
- condensed milk - 25 SCR
- milk, 1 l - 30 SCR
- small package of yoghurt - 7 SCR
- hard cheese, 1 kg - 195-210 SCR
- boiled sausage, 1 kg - from 50 SCR
- chicken meat, 1 kg - 85 SCR
- fish, 1 kg - from 60 SCR
- instant coffee, 200 g - from 105 SCR
- bottle of water, 0.75 L - 5.3 SCR.
What to try in the Seychelles
The island cuisine has evolved from the centuries-old culinary traditions of the islanders with a notable influence of European and Indian cuisine. In the Seychelles, seafood, fish, rice, curry and fruit are eaten. Many dishes are prepared with the addition of coconut milk. The islanders willingly drink tea with vanilla and black tea. Coffee is popular, which is brought from Ethiopia, Yemen and Colombia.
While on holiday in the Seychelles, we recommend trying:
- bat stew
- pwason yek diri - rice with fish
- bringel - eggplant fried with spices
- stewed and fried bananas
- breadfruit chips
- pumpkin puree giramon
- pancakes with fillings from fish to candied fruits
- bourgeois fish Grilled
- crabs trululu
- lobsters in lime sauce
- sinks tech-tech
- sees - octopus cooked in a spicy curry sauce
- kat-kat is a pudding made from the pulp of coconuts and bananas.
Find out when to vacation in the Seychelles.
What you need to know
Local establishments and small cafes are open until 18:00. Nearly all hotel restaurants close at 22:00.
Tipping is not customary in the Seychelles. A 10% service charge is included in the invoice. If you like the food, leave a few rupees for the waiter.
Fish and fruits are sold along the roads at prices lower than in supermarkets. You can buy fruit, but fish quickly deteriorates in the heat, and flies stick around it. Buy fish and seafood in the morning at the markets or from the fishermen who sell near the ports. On Praslin Island, fresh fish is sold at the market near Cote Dor Beach. Four cleaned fish cost 150 SCR.
With any package of accommodation in the hotel alcohol is included only in the price of breakfast. For drinks at lunch and dinner you will have to pay extra separately. In the Seychelles, it is forbidden to drink alcohol on the beaches.
As a souvenir, tourists willingly take the local liqueur Coco d'amour. It is made with coconut milk and tastes similar to Baileys Irish Cream. The bottle costs 300 SCR.
How to save money on food in the Seychelles
Choose not remote, but lively islands... The infrastructure is better developed here - there are supermarkets, small shops and markets. The competition between sellers is higher, so food prices are lower.
Hotels 3-5 * are expensive - $ 200-300 per day. Rent a room in a mini-hotel or guesthouse for $ 70-100. The advantage of this accommodation is the privacy and attentive attitude of the staff. In addition, in the apartments there is a kitchen with a set of dishesand you will be able to cook yourself.
Alternative to expensive restaurants - street food... In market cafes, tents and small take away eateries, prices are much lower than in restaurants. A portion of fried Asian noodles with chicken and vegetables costs 20-22 SCR, large charcoal fish 105 SCR, fish with vegetable salad or rice 50-60 SCR, spaghetti with sauce 11 SCR, hamburger 55-82 SCR, fresh juice mango or papaya - 27-30 SCR.
Treat yourself to tropical fruits while on holiday in the Seychelles. They are sold inexpensively: 5-6 mangoes - 13 SCR, 1 kg of bananas - 40 SCR, 1 kg of papaya - 50 SCR, coconut - 28-30 SCR.
For lovers of fish and seafood, we recommend visiting the fish market Oceana fisherieswho works at a fish processing plant. Four grilled octopus legs cost 120 SCR, four peeled crabs - 110 SCR, two large tuna steaks - 45 SCR, 1 kg of fresh peeled Red Snapper fish - 120 SCR, 6 fish cakes - 60 SCR.
