W Maldives

This was for the domestic flight portion of W. Aisha who received us was great. Perhaps due to lower occupancy we took quite an early seaplane back to the airport and had a 7h layover.

Wonderful service provided by all the stuffs on the island. Requests are always responded to promptly, all the problems were solved in short times ,thank you for the warm care!We really got a perfect experience during holiday!

The snorkeling is super good. The food of every restaurant is delicious. The service here is fantastic, especially the manager Saito helped us a lot.

My wife and I just returned from an incredible stay at W Maldives to celebrate our 25th wedding anniversary and birthdays. We were fortunate to be some of the first to experience the newly renovated resort, which had just reopened after a major renovation. We stayed 8 nights in an overwater villa, which we booked with Marriott points. The renovated property is amazing. Everything seems to be brand new and the interior and exterior design is gorgeous. The buildings and rooms seamlessly blend with the environment of the island. The main pool (WET) is redesigned and expanded. The gym is also expanded and is well stocked with everything we needed for great workouts. Some construction work was still on going during our stay (March 2025), but it didn’t really affect our vacation other than some occasional noise in the distance and the fact that the Fire Restaurant was not yet open. The resort’s four other restaurants were open and the food was amazing. As other reviews note, the food is expensive, but we felt the cost was mostly justified by the high quality and the fact that you are on an Island and everything has to be shipped in. Also, as a Marriott Titanium member, breakfast was complementary, which helped defray the overall food cost. The relaxing breakfasts were a highlight of our stay with one of the most amazing buffets we’ve ever seen at a hotel. It was as if the chef took the best foods from around the world and brought them to the W for the guests to enjoy. We took advantage of complementary fitness classes (yoga, boxing, core, etc,) which were great and led by the talented instructors at FIT. Snorkel gear is complementary, along with stand up paddle boards and kayaks. So lots of reasons to get out onto the water. The house reef is amazing and we saw tons of fish, turtles and sharks while snorkeling and also while simply looking into the water from the deck at our room. But what really stands out about the W Maldives is the people who work there. I travel often and stay at hotels around the world. I’ve never experienced such warmth and friendliness from a team at a hotel. Within hours of arriving, everyone knew us by name. Everyone genuinely cared about providing exceptional and memorable service. The team delighted in providing little surprises to enhance our vacation and anniversary / birthday celebration. A huge thank you to Christian and his amazing team. Special mention to Cindy, Saha, Koke, Kai (who sent calamine lotion to our room when he noticed my wife had a sunburn), Chunky, Hussain, John / Aquaman (with awesome snorkel advice), Arro (thanks for chocolate wake up drink and Netflix recommendations at breakfast), Isse, who kept our room absolutely spotless, and the fantastic FIT crew of Mark, Tutu and Zarifa (thanks for the great yoga instruction)! The only problem we experienced the entire vacation was that we didn’t want to leave to go home. ;) We are already trying to plan a time for our return visit!