10/10
Reviewed Jun 15, 2026Absolute Traum Unterkunft. Das water villa Resort ist wirklich eine kleine Oase. Kann man nur empfehlen!
Es hat einen wirklich privaten character, da es nur 10 Villen gibt und die Wasservillen ein eigenes Restaurant, Strand und Pool haben. Zusammen mit Addhu der sich um uns gekümmert hat ein absoluter traumurlaub. Wir kommen bestimmt wieder
Das vorhandene Riff ist sehr schön viele Fische am Abend patrouillieren kleine / mittlere Riffhaie und Rochen den Strand
Kleinigkeiten zur Verbesserung.. Strohhalme sind aus Papier.. aber in einer Plastikhülle befestigt..
Kokosnüsse kosten selbst im AI 6$.. das einzige Product das nicht importiert werden müsste.. berechnen.. aber alles andere ist enthalten?
10/10
Reviewed Jan 28, 2026The staff, the staff make this place what it is. It's a private island and all the staff are super friendly and happy to help. Great on island dive centre who are multilingual
transfer in Male pre travel communications. The team in the capital and the transfer instructions could use an update. The desk crew didn't care (one transport staff who attempts to meet at the arrival gate was exceptional though). Make sure you coordinate for the seaplane There's a 445pm cutoff time that was extremely hard to get out of the team before arrival.
10/10
Reviewed Oct 2, 2025- Manoj, il nostro butler é stato fantastico e ha preceduto ogni nostra esigenza senza mai invadere la nostra privacy. Simpatia, competenza e sempre con il sorriso pronto. Ci ha fatto sentire davvero come a casa.
- Ristorante dedicato alle ville overwater davvero spettacolare. Menù diverso ogni pranzo e ogni cena. Qualità veramente eccellente sia nel cibo che nel servizio. Apprezzato il fatto che non era a buffet ma si rimane serviti al tavolo.
- Posizione spettacolare. Barriera corallina tra le ville ricchissima di pesci e non è cosi raro vedere qualche piccolo squalo e tartarughe.
- Pulizia delle camere 2 volte al giorno, camera sempre pulita e impeccabile. Grande nota di merito anche al ragazzo che se ne occupava. Sempre gentile e molto efficace
- Camere con vista mozzafiato ma avrebbero bisogno di essere rinnovate (ho notato che però una villa era gia in fase di ristrutturazione)
10/10
Reviewed Sep 15, 2025Die Wasser Villas sind sehr sehr schön! Nach der Treppe kann man gleich schnorcheln. Die Dusche ist super, schnell warm und ein Regenfall-Duschkopf.
Das Personal ist überall mega nett, zuvorkommend und hilfsbereit. Sowohl der Butler/Ansprechsperson wie auch das Personal in den Restaurants und Bars. Unser Butler Niyaz war bei allen Fragen immer schnell und konnte uns helfen. Das Wasser Villa Restaurant ist super, man kann praktisch rund um die Uhr ein gutes Essen geniessen. Am Abend gab es super 4-Gänger. Unser Kellner in der Woche war Asim, er hat einen super Job gemacht. Auch die anderen Restaurants auf der Insel sind sehr gut, wir waren ab und zu im „Main“-Restaurant und im Indischen, bei beiden gibts Essen vom Buffet, was für uns super für den Lunch/ kleinen Hunger war.
Der Strand ist wunderschön und man ist meistens für sich allein. Der Pool ist ebenfalls sehr schön und sauber.
Wetter war auch im September super.
Würden es definitiv weiterempfehlen!
Da gibts nichts auszusetzen.
10/10
Reviewed Jan 17, 2025wonderful service and staff. Chef Pradeep was truly professional and gave us a wonderful experience.
Adam, the butler, had a perfect performance. All in all a wonderful experience, we will definitely come back.
the cleanliness in the room is exceptional
The landscape leaves you breathless, the transfer services impeccable
the furniture a little old and worn.
We had a wonderful relaxing time. All possible because of our wonderful butler Manoj who went above and beyond to make sure the stay was as enjoyable. It was my birthday and he made a lot of preparations with wine and cake. Very much appreciated the personal touch.
10/10
Reviewed May 2, 2024Excellent service, very attentive staff. Felt right at home from the beginning. Clean rooms. Excellent food in the water villa restaurant, and variety of other food options across the various other restaurants.
Rooms would benefit from a renovation - are slightly dated (still ok - but an overhaul would be due)
9/10
Reviewed Jan 29, 2024We stayed in Water Villas and the private premium service is great. Adam, our personal concierge, took such a great care of us and made sure our stay was memorable.
The Water Villas restaurant, while at first didn't meet our expectations, after we made our wishes clear, they not only improved, but exceeded our expectations. Chef Nuwan and his colleagues were amazing. Our server Ifaau (sp?) went beyond and above.
All staff at the resort just makes the stay a really pleasant experience. If we ever returned to Maldives, we won't hesitate to return to this resort.
10/10
Reviewed Oct 28, 2023The staff were all very helpful. They often already knew I needed gluten-free meals, so I helped point out what I could have and what they could adapt for me. Our butler Niyaz helped us book excursions and meals and gave us interesting information on the local wildlife, which is plentiful.
The complimentary snorkle equipment was the most useful thing this holiday. We spent most days going for at least one snorkle around the home reef, with its hundreds of fish species and ocean life. It was like swimming in an aquarium. We even got to see a few turtles on our swims.
The cocktails were lovely, plentiful, and not weakly poured.
The bed was huge and super comfortable. And we were thankful we could turn the light on the aircon unit off. The curtains even blocked out most light for sleep, which was brilliant.
The back jacuzzi was wonderful, sitting in that whilst a storm rolled by with a cocktail and canapes in hand was a wonderful experience.
I can not recommend enough going to Hanifaru Bay. We got to swim with feeding manta rays who came so close that they would sweep past and touch us slightly. Such giant majestic creatures, really it was a magical experience.
I can't think of much here. Occasionally the villa pool wouldn't be manned but we could call for what we wanted.
10/10
Reviewed Sep 18, 2023Arne best holiday I have ever been on. Too many reasons to list. Thank you to Adam who made the stay so comfortable.
Nothing.
10/10
Reviewed Sep 10, 2023Where to start… My wife and I stayed in the water villas for 7 nights to celebrate our 5th wedding anniversary. The villa was spacious and tastefully decorated with an enormous and comfortable bed. Naaf our butler was fantastic and extremely helpful at organising every aspect of our stay. Private facilities (bar/restaurant, pool and beaches) reserved exclusively for water villa guests were excellent. Food in the restaurant is of high quality with a daily changing a la carte menu. One evening we caught a fish during an included fishing excursion and the chef kindly cooked it for us (it was delicious). One evening we had the seafood platter which was exceptional, with lobster, giant prawns, crab and squid. It was extra but well worth it. We also made use of the other facilities on the island (restaurants, bar, pool etc.) for a bit of variety and for people watching! The island itself is beautiful and surrounded by its own house reef (most beautiful on the north side of the island), with plenty of fish to be seen whilst snorkelling (we even saw a turtle). There is an excellent selection of water sports available, as well as snorkelling and island hopping excursions, a dive point offering diving for all abilities. There is a beautiful spa and my wife and I went for a 2 hours couples massage which was probably the best massage experience and most relaxed I’ve ever been in my life! Overall we had a wonderful experience and cannot rate this property or the resort staff highly enough.
Motorised water sports and snorkelling excursions are VERY expensive, to the point where they felt like a rip off, though I expect this is how the resort makes its money given everything else is included in the room rate. This was made worse as the day of our turtle and mats ray spotting excursion the weather was terrible and the water sports staff could have advised us to wait for a day with better weather. On the other hand, the dive point seemed much better value for money. Also, note each of the water villas have two bedrooms, so for honeymooners seeking absolute privacy be aware you may be able to hear your neighbours. This wasn’t an issue for us, as we liked to play music in our room and our butler kindly offered to speak to our neighbours if they were being too loud.
9/10
Reviewed Feb 14, 2023The water villas were right on the reef so had great snorkelling. They also came with an exceptional restaurant and a personal butler.
Not much to be honest.
10/10
Reviewed Dec 15, 2022Everything is to like about the property. To start, I travelled in my own and was a bit apprehensive trying to choose a good 5* place in Maldives to cater for my needs of having a relaxing time away from the noise and cold of London for 2 weeks, good service, excellent food and variety of choices, I am so glad I chose the Adaaran Water Villas!: the location of the water villas cannot be better, snorkelling is fantastic, it was a fantastic exclusive place, as I wanted it to be. My butler Chandan was extremely kind and very respectful during the whole stay, reminding me of bookings I had and taking me every time to the spa treatments I booked in the golf car they have to transport guests in the island. he also helped me with reservations and gave me advice during my stay. he was available 24x7 (not that I called him at funny hours! but I knew he would be there in case of an emergency etc)
The food is second to none in the water village exclusive restaurant and the service of Human, Asim and so many others made the whole stay to feel at home while being on holidays, really cannot fault anything!
thank you for an unforgettable stay!
none!
3/10
Reviewed Nov 23, 2022The location and view of the hotel and the water villas specifically is outstanding. We really enjoyed snorkeling around the reefs. The breakfast was pretty diverse and of good quality. Our butler was cordial and serviceable. The room is great, the jacuzzi was nice. The minibar was refilled daily.
For a 1000$/night hotel, it was quite terrible for the following reasons:
1) The food (excluding the breakfast) was of terrible quality and took an abnoxious amount of time to be served, every single meal, every single day of our stay;
2) The all inclusive is very much not inclusive at all. Everything is an extra, and what is available is very limited in quantity and in schedules. The meals were served on a very limiting schedule, the activities were all extra, there were no snacks available during the night.
3) Every single issue we raised was dismissed by the staff in a very disrespectful way with no compensation associated. It was all "being taken care of" from the first day until the last, with no real improvements in sight.
4) The internet is absolute garbage, social media would not load from the very first time we logged in and the management would then proceed to call us out on our "heavy internet usage".
5) Our room tab was closed before the last day of our stay, making it hard for us to pay for said extras.
6) The shower consistently leaked and inundated our bathroom, while nothing was done about it during our stay.
Really well executed transfer from the hotel, and resort intorduction upon arrival.
Great room with swim in -swim out facilities for those keen on snorkelling.
Really great staff - always happy and smiling and keen to make sure our stay went well
One one minor issue was the level of the music coming from one of the resort bars - could have been turned down particularly after 22.00 / 23.00 when many people had turned in for the night.