Biyadhoo Island Resort

Stayed there one night with my family. On paper, it looks like a good bargain. Nice pictures of a comfortable, affordable and lovely hotel. Reality is quite different! Yes, the island is lovely, with luxurious vegetation and beautiful reef full of marine life, but that is it! All the rest is terrible! It looks like an old, crumbling place. All equipements are dirty and damaged. Food and service is average at best. We arrived late (around 22:30) due to the late arrival of our flight. They were advised as you need to take a speed boat (40 min). And when we arrived, we were told that the restaurant (only one) was closed. No room service available, no snacks to eat at the bar, NOTHING! They had only prepared a disgusting tuna sandwich and some fruits for us… At least advise your guests and they can eat something at the airport before coming!!! As a general rule, the food we had (breakfast and lunch buffets) was average to bad. And go early as the food disapears quickly and you may struggle to get some more! The island itself is quite nice. Luxurious vegetation, nice beaches, beautiful and plenty marine life to watch while snorkling. But don’t you dare going to the middle of it (« staff only », no wonder why!!!) as I did, getting a bit lost on the tracks. It is basically a giant junkyard with all sort of stuff (from old boats to anything else, containers, fridges, cut vegetation… A SHOCK!!!). Buildings are old and dirty, left to crumble it seems. Rooms are dirty too (our had a big water leak that nobody seemed to care about eventhough we reported it various times!). Bathroom was filthy, really dirty! Toilet old and broken, shower was not practicle at all (you basically end up spraying water all around, no matter how hard you try not to…). Uncomfortable beds (HORRIBLY hard pillows!). The fridge was litteraly covered by mold!!! DISGUSTING! the slidding door gets hardly stuck each time you open it… And it goes on for every piece of equipement! Needs maintenance or simply replacement URGENTLY! Same goes with snorkeling gears, beach chairs (most filthy dirty and broken!). Internet is average at best… In other words, all the manmade stuff is obsolete, dirty, barely working and need serious maintenance if not just replacement… Now the price… It is a rather cheap place stay (which looked as a good bargain for a single night!), but there are a lots of hidden costs. First the speed boat, MANDATORY. Almost 200$ per person (more expensive than the room!!! What a joke!). Why not include it if it is mandatory?! You pay for the water!!! I mean, I know all is imported in Maldives, but pay for the water (when the juices at breakfast are included for exemple!), REALLY??? All activities are quite expensive with poor quality material. We finally ran away after lunch… AVOID until they refurbish this place….

+ The island has fabulous vegetation, and the reef is impressive. A very large variety of fish species for snorkeling lovers. We were amazed by the kindness of the staff. In addition, they behave very well with children. The food was varied and delicious. We would come back anytime with pleasure. - The rooms need renovation, and the wifi is not very good.

We had the most amazing stay at this Island, everyone was so attentive, food was great, drinks were reasonably priced and the whole stay was just amazing! We were sad to hear about the island closing for renovations/upgrade, I am assuming its going to become of these over priced islands as the Government wants a Luxury Resort apparently. The only thing that needs upgrading are the bathrooms in my opinion, everything else was just perfect. Huge thank you to our room boy JAMAL, he could not do enough for us.

Ciao a tutti, esperienza unica in questo resort. Top restaurant, staff, activities, beaches, reef and much more. I hope to come back when the renovations works will be finished to have other amazing experience. Special thanks to Thoriq and Rashid, 2 lovely persons. Grazie Alessandro e Carolina

From airport 35 minute by speedboat to resort! amazing welcome drink with reception staff beautiful smile. shortly checking. room are old but cleaned. food and activities is good. I am step on sea urchin it is very painful, one man from front desk (I forgot his name) help me and gave treatment also provide medicine his very helpful, if step on sea urchin use warm water it is help for relief from pain. all the staff are very friendly,Front desk, Bar, sport, restaurant & room cleaner staff excellent.