La Réunion itself is very much French, so don't be surprised by smoking everywhere- including the restaurants. The architecture if Lux Réunion is beautiful and the welcoming drink is refreshing. The personal list of questions was a bit invasive, but I suppose if you don't want to give your Anniversary date or email address, you can get away with it. A natural reef protects the beach making for a nice ocean swim. Lovely big tiled pool surrounded by "rock" formations. Service from the pool bar and beach bar was great - there if you wanted them, otherwise invisible. There is a special "hut" that hands out towels and rec equipment, though my husband found the snorkel and fins a bit inadequate (we are divers, so poor fitting equipment is as bad as no equipment). They had a lovely welcoming reception with samosas , champagne, sorbet cones and punch ( w or w/out rum ) - very nice touch. We met the lovely Marie-Lucie (phenomenal employee ). If you like a hard bed , this hotel is for you - "sleep right " bamboo structured beds, but I turned over a lot in the night and did not sleep well. Overall, it was an okay, expensive hotel (up about 12 stairs to half the rooms) but bathrooms need refurbishing (showers spill out to the floor, toilet roll on same side as where door turns in, NO bathroom fan) and (actually very nice, upscale essential oil) toiletries are NOT replaced daily, however ground coffee and comp. bottle of water are. Nice spontaneous, whimsical touches of a hidden message in a bottle (we didn't find), yoga (teacher was GREAT), gym (good ), "phone home" for free concept was great- if only the phone lines worked when we tried (broken ). Generally though, it was relaxing and fine EXCEPT the unbelievable housekeeping attendants who literally and ROUTINELY knocked very quickly, then barged in (four separate times) DESPITE the sign on the outside door handle indicating "Do Not Disturb!" That completely blew us away for a so called five star, charging ~ $400 a night and frankly, it blew their tip. This is a former Club Med that has been greatly spruced up. Their marketing brochures and videos are great. We would have used LUX again in Mauritius, but I am used to a Tempurpedic, not a bamboo mattress, so we chose an alternate (Baystone ).