Waldorf Astoria Maldives Ithaafushi

A beautiful, A’ Class resort with excellent service and friendly staff making your stay more memorable. Ideal for families and a great chance for children meeting and playing with families from other parts of the world. The rooms are spacious with a delicate smell of diptyque. The restaurants are all of excellent tastes. Spa brilliant especially facial therapies and strong massage pressure.

Let me just say that Waldorf was the highlight of my Maldives trip. After staying at the Conrad, this luxurious resort lived up to its name. I am already planning my next trip to come back to the Waldorf. My butler Boos was exceptional along with each and every single staff member here. Even had a manager come up to us and buy us a round of drinks. We always had a staff member or manager come up to us to see how everything was. The food here is incredible. The breakfast selection literally was unbelievable. I had dinner at Li Long twice because it tasted like true Chinese flavors. The Peking duck was 10/10. The attention to detail here legit blew me away. One of the days, I went swimming with my partner and I. There was no one at the pool and no staff in sight. After getting out of the pool, I realized the staff had brought over a pitcher of ice cold water & juice. We had not asked for it. This is how I know Waldorf values customer service. Waldorf is definitely more expensive than the other resorts but I think you pay for what you get. We stayed in the king oversized reef villa and my mouth dropped when I realized how big the room and the pool was. Whenever I needed a buggy, my butler showed up to pick us up and drop us off. He answered all of my questions. He made all the reservations for us and even squeezed us in for a time slot that wasn't available. I was here celebrating my birthday and they went above and beyond to celebrate with me. My butler also told us we wouldn't have to worry about filling out the travel form to leave Maldives, because he would do it for us. I was so shocked because at the Conrad, my butler told me to do it myself. I can go on and on about the level of service here but I will let you experience that yourself. The resort and pool area is beautiful. I do wish they had more snorkel areas but if you're here to relax, you have everything you need. Because you are closer to Male, you will see more boats traveling past your villas. The $70 oyster and caviar martini at Terra was not good at all. It tasted like watered down vodka. Definitely skip on that. Although It was super disappointing that we really wanted to try Zuma here. We made reservations for dinner and they told us they aren't opening that night because there wasn't enough reservations. I wish they compensated us with something else. Overall I recommend the Waldorf and would be planning to return.