Paradise Cove is set around a picturesque artificial creek and has an abundance of pretty vegetation. The vegetation is likely the cause of the crawling and flying beasties which will try to eat you alive. The hotel does fog some areas periodically, but it's really half-hearted and not effective compared to other Mauritian hotels in our experience. Two other big problems for us at this hotel were the inconsistency of both service and food quality; both ranged from excellent to terrible, and seemed to be random. On the food front, the quality of meat was very variable, on the service front, it was both at the bars and restaurants. Maybe the managers take their eyes off the ball too much! Swimming and snorkelling at the hotel are both poor. Water visibility is terrible, and the area just outside the creek is randomly subjected to high-speed passes by visiting boats making it quite dangerous. The hotel does have a glass-bottomed boat which goes out to the reef daily. The snokelling out there is OK, visibility can be a bit poor, but I did see turtles swimming close up which was amazing. Drinks are decent quality and food at the central bar is really excellent. We didn't rate either of the a la carte restaurants, limited menus but nice settings. Be warned about the buffet restaurants when they sometimes do table service. Expect very slow service. We had a nice time but would not return, or recommend it to friends without warnings. Big shout out to Tulsi and the rest of the team at the main bar who were very good. You guys rescued this review from a 3☆ rating. One final moan about the evening entertainment. The acts (apart from the house DJ) were all very good, but their performances were so loud, that nobody wants to sit in the comfortable lounge area. The noise regularly sent us back to our room early and we could still hear the music inside our room with the windows shut, such a shame as it could have been really enjoyable.