My wife and I arrived for a one week stay on April 4th 2025, just 3 days after its official opening. Excited to be staying in something brand new but also nervous at the same time that we’d end up finding defects with our room etc. as you often get this when taking delivery of a new property. Thankfully, that nervousness soon faded upon arrival as everything from check-in and settling into our water villa went so smoothly well, along with meeting the team of staff that couldn’t do more for you.
During check in you are given a “customer champion” to look after you - we had a guy called Mazin who was awesome!
THE WATER VILLA:
We were assigned Villa #310 which is within the set of villas closest to the main restaurant. It had a lovely view (see pics) and extremely private.
RESTAURANTS:
The are three restaurants to dine at. The main one is called The Gallery. It’s a buffet style eatery which doubles up as the main breakfast, lunch and dinner restaurant.
2nd on the list is The Blue Fin which serves À la carte. This is more boutique and classy, with great choices of dishes and super creative and tasty deserts.
3rd and finally is The Club. This small and upmarket place to eat is reserved for guests in premium villas offering afternoon tea and premium drinks outside of dining times
KEY FACILITIES:
(1) Main Swimming Pool was massive with a great swim up bar at one end.
(2) SPA was excellent and so were the massages.
OUR STAY:
Overall our stay was magical. I’d go as far as saying, it’s been my favourite one week break away with my wife in the 12 years we’ve been together!
To summarize our experience, the best things about the resort are:
1. The People - you’ll love the customer service, simply the best I’ve ever experienced in all my travels.
2. The food - top notch quality and taste with some of the most interesting and creative dishes I’ve eaten
3. Super modern and beautifully furnished water and beach villas
4. Its close proximity to Male Airport
5. The privacy of the water villas.
THE NOT SO GOOD:
Now although everything I’ve said above is very positive, there were a few niggles we had to deal with:
1. As beautiful as the swimming pool looked (all white and seamless), the steps in and out of the pool were virtually invisible and difficult to work out where to put your foot. After a while though you can master it.
2. Wifi service was intermittent at times
3. The exterior look of the villas were quite underwhelming at first sight. They all looked like utility buildings as you approach them as the AC equipment is quite visible from behind the slatted wall which faces you (same side as the front door)
4. The Door lock on our villa failed twice on the last two consecutive days of our stay resulting in us having to wait around 20 mins for new replacement door key cards to be delivered to us
5. There was odd breaks of the serenity and silence being broken by what I like to term “freeloaders” or better known as Influencers or Content Creators! They had been hired by the hotel chains social media agencies to come and create content to promote the new resort, but ended up sticking out a bit from the more ‘refined fee-paying guests'
TO SUM UP:
So to sum up, should you;
• A: Pass on this new resort and look elsewhere
• B: Consider it
• C: Shortlist it
• D: Go ahead and Book It
I’d 100% go ahead and BOOK IT. You’ll love every moment thanks to the world class team of associates they have working there and the food they offer. By the end of your stay you will come away feeling relaxed and itching to come back for your next vacation.
We’re already planning to come back for my birthday in late November, but I’ve told Andrew the GM that without his team he has now, the resort will be no different to the many new hotels that are opening up in the Maldives this year and during 2026. It’s his current team he has now that makes this place very very SPECIAL and for now he has a USP (Unique Selling Point) that will have guests flocking back time...
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