Guest User
September 24, 2024
My husband and I came to celebrate our wedding anniversary and we had a great time at the St Regis. We had emailed them beforehand to book some restaurants and spa treatments. The St Regis experience begins when you get off the plane. When you land in Male, there is staff that greets you and drives you about 5 mins to the lounge to await the seaplane. You are shown a personalized video of your butler welcoming you to the St Regis. The seaplane transfer lounge building has many lounges for all the different resorts. We were the only people in the St Regis lounge and had a drink and small snacks while we awaited the seaplane. The timing of the seaplanes are arranged about 24 hours in advance. We were able to board a sea plane after about 1.5 hours in the lounge. They dropped off other passengers en route and I could see the St Regis greeting was the best as multiple staff members, including your butler are on hand to greet you and give you a welcome drink. Our butler Mami was very thorough and offered great advice. We thought she was wonderful. We have never experienced butler service before and was not sure how much it would add to our experience. She helped us make reservations for dinner, book water activities and spa activities. She also can pick you up and drop you off all over the island and would check in on you during breakfast to go through the day's itinerary. We did the dolphin boat tour but unfortunately did not see any that day due to choppier waters. There was a mechanical issue with parasailing so we did not get to try that either but we did book a snorkel tour and use of the kayak. The snorkeling around the island is good if you ask the staff where to go. Everything has to be imported, including the food. The food quality is pretty good. We enjoyed Cargo which is Middle Eastern and Alba for dinner the best, having tried all of the dining options. We enjoyed daily breakfast at Alba which is included with Marriott platinum status. We stayed in an Overwater Villa and it was the nicest hotel room we've ever stayed out. The private pool and deck were great and we took advantage of enjoying the amazing views. The room is refreshed while you are at breakfast and again at dinner which is a nice touch. For our anniversary celebration, they decorated the room with balloons, champagne, a cake, and lovely bubble bath. We got a couples massage and divine duo treatment at the spa which we liked, and tried the hydrotherapy pool. All of the staff on the island were very kind, courteous, and very hospitable. Overall we really enjoyed our stay there and plan to come back again in the future.