Soneva Fushi

So if there was one place in the world that I would rather be, it will forever be Soneva Fushi. From the charming, gentle and thoughtful staff, to the beautiful, authentic villas and lush surroundings, there is nowhere quite like it . The airport lounge gives a glimpse into what pleasures lie ahead, lovely nibbles, massage and compression leggings to ease the symptoms of a long flight. Our lovely barefoot guardian, Adonia, was super fantastic! We never felt awkward requesting anything ( which we have felt previously in other places) and she thought of everything before we even knew that was what we wanted! Truly, she made our time here amazing. The food here is sublime, great quality and created with great skill and thought. We loved the evenings where all the chefs had a cooking station and you could wander around, just picking what you fancy. Great for experimenting new flavours! We had a family Villa for 4 adults on the sunset side, so much space and we loved it…although the new Crusoe 2 beds tour left us breathless…. Next time! We really don’t mind the view of the local island, ( nor did the dolphins that pass by in the channel between!) but I can appreciate some won’t want that. The beautiful beach more than compensates, and we enjoyed the views of Out of the Blue and out of the Sea in the distance. Shout out to all the beautiful restaurants staff, I’m so bad with names, but they were all, without exception, outstanding! They remembered our names, what we liked etc, the spa staff, Josiah the Chinese doctor is highly recommended. I have a thing about lovely loos… and Fushi has beautiful toilets, all with a view!!! Check out was flawless and easy.. so sad to leave, but the consulation was a 2 night trip on Soneva in Aqua on the way to Jani…buts that’s another review for another day! To sum up, Soneva Fushi..you have our hearts! Check in and out was seamless, very sad to l Shout to Adonia,

Soneva Fushi is special! We stopped in a sunrise overwater villa, & it was excellent... & HUGE The water slide is a lovely touch... But we used it twice in a week... However the study, bedroom, deck, pool & bathroom are all incredible spaces. The food is excellent (would strongly recommend Out of the Blue), & breakfast is always special. This is NOT a cheap island to book, but once you're there, prices are very comparable with most other Maldivian resorts. Service superb throughout. If you only get to go to the Maldives once - Then this is the one to pick.

What a treat Soneva was. We came for a few nights as part of our honeymoon. Complete paradise, it's exactly what you dream it to be. We loved our villa on the beach, it was really nice to have direct access to the shore line. We went snorkelling most morning's and evenings - so many fish! We had dinner one night at So Bespoke which was a highlight, a Japanese meal was made in front of us while we watched the sunset. The ice-cream / chocolate room was also a big highlight, this was open to enjoy at our leisure. I highly recommend the guided snorkelling. They take you on a boat out to see and you'll get to snorkel at a reef out in the middle of the ocean, we saw turtles, 1000's of beautiful fish and reef sharks. The sunset dolphin cruise was also stunning. We loved out time at Soneva Fushi! We also went to Soneva Jani, Soneva Fushi was our favourite out of the two.

I am absolutely appalled by the way this hotel handled our departure with several safety concerns throughout our journey. The seaplane from Manta Air was delayed and Soneva staff knowingly sent us away even though many of us repeatedly asked and voiced our concerns to the hotel staff, regarding how we could possibly make it before dark. The planes are only allowed to fly when there is visibility and yet they still send us away on the plane at dusk and after 7 minutes in the air, we had to do an emergency landing. When we landed back in the lagoon, the staff instead send us away on a speedboat to a commercial airport 15 minutes away with full speed -and at this point it was now dark out. We felt very unsafe and we were offered no lifejackets. We had several children on board. Very very concerning. The staff then put us all on a commercial plane to Mahle - also knowing full well that we would be stuck in the middle of the night there. The second we arrived the local airport staff from Manta Air told us we would not make the plane, and we would be rescheduled. This was also confirmed by the local Soneva staff on site as they had told the people rearranging the flights that it would not be possible to make the plane. They still send us away because they didn’t want to deal with putting us up at Soneva for an additional night and paying for our new tickets even though it was solely their responsibility that we didn’t make the plane. We had to purchase new tickets out of Mahle ourselves, which we do not know if the insurance covers and the hotel doesn’t seem to take this seriously at all. We are very very dissatisfied with the way the hotel has handled this whole situation and will also be pursuing this case legally at this point, as several safety breaches was made from Soneva’s side. We are a group of 14 people in total who had this experience and have paid several over a hundred thousand dollars at this hotel for the last couple of weeks. Suffice to say, we will not be taking this lightly.

It was such a magical experience for our honeymoon. Lots of activities to do and it was such an extraordinary feeling to connect with nature especially with the barefoot walks around the island. The staff were extremely nice and we had the best barefoot butler by name of Miqdad who was really helpful and seems to be vert vast on the island and all fun things to be done and when to do them. We also had couples private photoshoot at different locations and the photographer HANEEN was very professional and also gives quality advices on what to where and locations and times for each picture and outfit; she’s extraordinary. The out of the blue restaurant had really nice foods and the chinese chef was also very good and had lots of good things we wanted. The female room cleaner was very nice too and she’s always available. We did lots of activities including snorkeling where we were lucky enough to see some tortoises inside wanter and On our last day we had Jungle dinner experience and the setup was sooo nice and matches the romantic vibe of the occasion thanks to the fresh in the garden restaurant manager Rilwan and Chef Chinthaka and his team. Overall it was a really good experience at Soneva Fushi and we would really like to come back.

Amazing hotel and amazing staff. Everything is done to let you enjoy your holidays. Relaxing and enjoying life are the only target of the day I recommend scuba diving in one of the best place of Maldives The restaurants offer excellent food with a large choice of dishes