oldJack8
January 28, 2025
Let me talk about the good things first: the island is big, the scenery is diverse, and it's not bad. The facilities of the Grand Water Villa on Linxi Island are very new. The guy who cleans the house is named Mohammed, and he is a nice person.
Let's talk about the general places: the water villas on Linxi Island are all facing east, facing the Indian Ocean, and the wind and waves are relatively strong. Even at low tide, the waves are relatively strong when you go directly from the water villa to the sea, and the snorkeling environment is average. The food provided by the buffet restaurant is quite diverse, but they are all South Asian flavors and not very delicious. There are relatively few fish and corals on the entire island, and the shallow environment is average. Some beaches are okay, but the sand on most beaches is relatively coarse and prickly.
The worst place: discrimination against guests who have half meals. There is a very bad Chinese housekeeper on the island. His English name is Hollis and his Chinese name is Shanshan. He said he was from Guangdong, but he didn't look like it. When he first arrived on the island, he knew that we had half meals and started to talk nonsense, saying "The customers I receive are all full meals, or all-inclusive", what's wrong with half meals? The money you get for half meals is also in US dollars, not **! He didn't reply to messages in a timely manner. This hotel does not provide free soft drinks for breakfast, half-board and full-board customers during dinner. Only water is available for free drinks for all-inclusive customers. This is not stated in advance. They just send you a reception note in English with a very inconspicuous line saying this. When I booked through Ctrip, Ctrip said that soft drinks were free. Later I learned that Ctrip is also an intermediary and booked through agoda. In the end, Ctrip handled it relatively well and reimbursed me for the soft drinks for dinner. When I had a dispute with the restaurant about this, this Chinese butler asked me to tell the waiter that I was a SAI customer, and did not tell me what SAI meant. I thought SAI was a person's name (later I learned that SAI stands for all-inclusive). After checking the records, the restaurant told me that I was not SAI, but half-board, and there were no free soft drinks. I don't know what this Chinese butler meant by doing this. Don't tell me that she was confused. There are several Chinese butlers on the island. How many Chinese families can she personally receive at a time? In short, I think Xiaohei despises me, as if I want to cheat them of drinks. For half-board guests, the water villas arranged by this hotel are neither facing east nor west, and there are houses on the north and south blocking the view, and they are very far from the bridge connecting the water villas to the island. Full of discrimination. Before leaving, they added 40 dollars to the bill. Fortunately, I checked it carefully and they deleted it reluctantly.
This is not the first time I have come to Maldives. The overall feeling of this island is not satisfactory. Next time I come to Maldives, I will not come to this island. I may not even book any island of SUN SIYAM Group again.
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