Alila Kothaifaru Maldives

It was my first trip to Maldives & i picked Alila, love both the room interior and exterior. Food was surprisingly good 😍 Me and my bf enjoyed alot here!

The hotel has very good food options and all are very well made. The staffs are very attentive and friendly, always coming to chat with us and giving advice on activities and history of Maldives. I’m The hotel offers good variety of water sports so that we won’t get bored. The sand is fine on the beach and the water quality is very suitable for snorkelling. We can easily find lots of fish by swimming a hundred meters from the shore. We tried SPAs, table tennis, snooker, gym facilities. We joined scuba diving, fishing and they were all very well organised. The only shortfall is the pest problem. Lots of mosquitoes caused serious problems at the beginning. The staff should have warned guests seriously about this so that we can get prepared (closing doors and apply repellant) otherwise you will get really bad bites by various bugs. We stayed at beach villa and every night it’s like a battle of all kinds of bugs - gigantic cockroaches, snails, worms, caterpillars, flies, lizards, spiders, red ants and sand bugs. I even found one flying ant in bed one night. This really ******* me during the entire trip.

What can I say … WOW! My husband and I just left Alila after spending 5 nights celebrating our anniversary, one in the beach villas and four in a sunset over water villa. By far our most amazing and memorable vacation all because of the staff and accommodations here. I booked Alila because I love Hyatt properties and was excited about such a new resort and it exceeded expectations. From being greeted at the airport to being dropped back off after our vacation, we never had to worry about a thing! The staff was so helpful, kind and genuinely nice. We truly enjoyed getting to know them. Special shoutout to Sull our host who made sure we had everything we needed the entire vacation and seamlessly organized our week, Atoof who made our shack sundowner and private dinner unforgettable and Echo who was always such a delight while we were dining and the DJ at Mirus Bar in the evening who had the best beats, kept us at the bar late one night! My husband and I love to stay active so we booked quite a few activities and our expectations were exceeded with each one. Started off with Teppanyaki at Umami and found out upon arrival that they were doing a special sake pairing and moved our reservation for us, how fun and very generous with the sake! We did the floating breakfast which was such a bucket list item and worth it! Snorkeling to the turtle reef, Fernanda was our amazing guide, was so helpful while snorkeling and talked to us about her work in marine biology which we were so interested in! We also did a photo session which was so much fun and made sure we came home with some physical memories of our trip as well as the best massages of our lives at the spa and an unforgettable evening at the Shack for the sundowner. We had wanted to do the Dhoni sundowner but is under renovation so they put us at the Shack. It’s beautiful and private and an unforgettable spot to watch the sunset. We were sad to leave! Finally we ended our trip with a private dinner under the stars, which was setup beautifully, had dedicated serving and cooking staff and was amazing! The chef Frank also came out to check on us which was a nice touch! We loved the rooms, the views, the food and how the resort never felt crowded. My husband loved watching the bats on the island - so cool! And the house reef was spectacular. You won’t regret a visit to Alila Maldives!

This hotel on its own island/atoll in the middle of Indian Ocean is bucket list worthy. Settings and views with its beach and over-water villas are among the very best. Genuine friendly service and fresh/prepared-with-care foods are top-notch. The experience started prior to trip with responsive emails from Venu Gopal (Reservation Manager) regarding the upcoming stay. From the very start at greetings (by friendly and helpful Denny) at Male airport for seaplane transfer to the atoll to the welcoming by hotel GM Thomas Weber, our personal host Yoonus (who personally decorated special greetings at our villa and, as host, he was always at our beck and call), and staffs at the arrival jetty made us feel special. One can see that hotel grounds are well-cared for with beach and sandy walkway raked every day and trees/shrubbery plucked and tidied by staffs on our walks around the island. Every hotel employee always greeted/smiled/waved hello to us on our walk. Restaurant/bar staffs were friendly and helpful as well. Breakfast and occasional Boat to Table seafood dinner at Seasalt restaurant were very fresh/expertly prepared and presented. Meals/food here are understandably expensive at this hotel and the all-inclusive option helped with removing the planning/thinking from selection in term of cost. All-inclusive meal option involves 3-course meals (for lunch and dinner whereas breakfast is unlimited) that avoid wastefulness of a typical all-you-can eat buffet. Special commendation to Sandip (at Mirus Bar) and Arya (at Yakitori Bar, must try the skewer foods here) for their infectious smiles/energy/friendly services/colorful cocktail concoctions (must try Sandip's Alila Coco Loco and Alila Sunset drinks). Sandip and Arya also took some amazing pictures for us. We ran into GM Thomas Weber around the hotel a few time and he took the time to talk to us as he was very approachable, friendly, and easy-going. We were able to afford the stay here (4 nights) by redeeming Hyatt points (from Chase credit card signup bonus points) for beach villa and was upgraded to over-water villa, (thank you Venu Gopal), as we have Hyatt Globalist status. The over-water villa was airy with incredible view, clean, modern, and with its own infinity pool. Bathroom has its own floor to ceiling ocean view. We booked almost 1 year in advance to make sure of availability with point booking (with less in points in early or mid November as start of dry season in the Maldives). It did rain during our first day here and two evenings, but mostly it was dry/sunny. The seaplane transfer experience was also unique and fun. Overall, this was one unforgettable stay with incomparable view and experience for us. Thank you Alila Kothaifaru !