Eriyadu Island Resort

The staffs all friendly, amazing location, delicious foods feel like heaven.

We were absolutely delighted with the resort & in particular the staff who are extremely polite, attentive, friendly & cannot do enough for you. The snorkelling off the beaches is amazing with so many different & plentiful species. We saw turtles & a pod of dolphins as well as the fish, sharks & corals. We couldn’t understand some of the other reviews criticising the food on offer. We found it both extremely tasty & plenty of variety. We want to give particular praise & thanks to our waiter Ryan who was brilliant & also the gentleman on the omelette / cook to order station. We are already planning our return trip & cannot wait to go back. We also met some lovely fellow travellers during our stay.

If you are looking for luxury, this is not the place for you. However, if you are looking for a very chilled relaxing break, then this is definitely the place for you. From arrival to departure, all of the staff go out of your way to make your holiday special. Food in the restaurant is excellent. Snorkelling on the house reef is fantastic, along with the organised trips through the excellent dive centre. I would highly recommend this hotel.

This place…. Lived up to all of our expectations, having read a good few reviews, which give you a very balanced account of what you are paying for. It’s not 5* luxury but we didn’t pay for that (there are plenty of these type of resorts around if that’s what you are after). It is a bit rustic around the edges but feels so authentic, it’s a paradise island you can lose yourself for a week or two. A wonderful house reef and abundance of sea life. The amazing staff run a well organised resort, it’s clean, tidy and very comfortable without being pretentious. Everyone has a happy approach to all of their tasks. Whatever their role, they work hard and are positively attentive. When we had issues with a cancelled Emerates flight and became stranded at Malè Airport at the end of our holiday, we contacted the resort as we needed somewhere to stay and the airline would not assist at all, despite being full and very busy, they were able to organise everything including our same room for the extra two nights. They could not have done anymore to help us. Special mention to Eriyadu’s wonderful meet and greet lady on D3 boat transfer desk at the airport and Govinda and Moonin at the resort for co ordinating all of this for us and really helping us out at such a chaotic and difficult time for us. Eriyadu is very much deserving of their 2023 Trip Adviser award, they really are true stars!! We would totally recommend this island for an authentic Maldivian stay and super staff that help make a holiday great!

We have just spent a truly wonderful 10 days at Eriyadu 🏝️🏝️🏝️ All the staff are fantastic - whether it be the reception, the bar, the restaurant, the room service or the grounds keepers …. they are all super efficient, super friendly and super polite. The house reef surrounds the island and whether novice snorklers like us or experienced divers there was something for everyone - with its own dive school with specialist diving excursions. We saw so many wonderful fish … and turtles too !! 🐢🐢 The island is only a 45 minute boat trip from Male airport and Eriyadu has its own speedboats to shuttle guests to and from the airport. This is perhaps an older resort and some reviews may say the rooms are a little tired - the rooms are perhaps a little dated - but the bed is big and very comfortable, air conditioning is great, there is plenty of storage, bathroom is big we had double sinks bath/shower plus a separate shower open to the skies above, a great terrace, walk out terrace to soft sand and the beach, and even a separate outside door direct to the bathroom with outside tap to rinse the sand off your feet before going in. This place is barefoot living and takes relaxed to a whole new level - for sure it doesn’t have the rooms on stilts or plunge pools and slides to the sea - but what it does have in genuine character makes up for that and is an absolute gem.