Alila Kothaifaru Maldives

The hotel has very good food options and all are very well made. The staffs are very attentive and friendly, always coming to chat with us and giving advice on activities and history of Maldives. I’m The hotel offers good variety of water sports so that we won’t get bored. The sand is fine on the beach and the water quality is very suitable for snorkelling. We can easily find lots of fish by swimming a hundred meters from the shore. We tried SPAs, table tennis, snooker, gym facilities. We joined scuba diving, fishing and they were all very well organised. The only shortfall is the pest problem. Lots of mosquitoes caused serious problems at the beginning. The staff should have warned guests seriously about this so that we can get prepared (closing doors and apply repellant) otherwise you will get really bad bites by various bugs. We stayed at beach villa and every night it’s like a battle of all kinds of bugs - gigantic cockroaches, snails, worms, caterpillars, flies, lizards, spiders, red ants and sand bugs. I even found one flying ant in bed one night. This really ******* me during the entire trip.

I don’t even know where to start with this place. I’ve been all over and this is by far my favorite stay of all time. It took us DAYS to get here from the west coast of the USA so that trip was no joke but we are already trying to find a way back. First off grounds: the softest, whitest sand you will ever see. Just pristine without trash or seaweed. The water is clear and varying shades of the brightest blue/turquoise. The vegetation is lush and immaculate. The resort is very eco friendly as they are aiming for 80% solar power in the next couple of years as well as mostly eliminating plastics on their island. Service: also cannot say enough. All the team members were warm and welcoming to us all. We were traveling with two small kids and of course they were jet lagged, sleep deprived, cranky. All team members not only showed respect for our kids but welcomed us with open arms, offering ice cream, smoothies, or just to play and high five cranky kids. As someone who regularly travels to luxury resorts where the atmosphere is barely tolerant of kids this attitude really speaks to me and truly made our stay special . Food: tasty, fresh, plentiful choices at breakfast. We never got tired of eating the pastries or the fruit, or hot cooked dishes made to order. They were very generous with breakfast which included both buffet and ala carte options. Both my husband and I agreed these were the best pastries we have ever had outside of France. Room: perfect for families. Had two separate rooms and they thoughtful set up both a rollaway and made the sofa into a bed. The plunge pool also made all the difference as it was a great way for the kids to blow off steam without screaming and yelling in a public space. Kids club: the ladies in the club were EXCELLENT. My normally very shy daughter wanted to stay all day with them. They were engaged and sweet to both kids. My kids were talking all night about how they couldn’t wait to get to the kids club in the morning. Globalists benefits: we really enjoyed the happy hour with the team. It was a wonderful stay and we will surely be back.