Adaaran Prestige Water Villas - Premium All Inclusive

The 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.

Where 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 Ive 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 wasnt 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.

Everything 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!

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.

We had a wonderful stay at the water villas and can highly recommend it! We didnt have to lift a finger - everything we needed was just a call to butler away, and the food in restaurant was delicious and well-balanced. Menu was changing everyday, and we could choose from many different options. In fact, we were so content with Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner menus that we forgot to try ordering evening finger food or visit the ice cream hour. We enjoyed the high tea several times though and it was a lovely touch. There was also a big selection of both alcoholic and non-alcoholic cocktails which was a pleasant addition to the holiday. Service was good and not pushy, all personnel we interacted with was friendly and pleasant. I would like to note that room cleaning totally exceeded our expectations! It was not only extra clean every day, but even the smallest items were put together in a super organized manner, including charging cables and hair bands. We loved our stay and are willing to come back.