There are no rooms on the island, just the 50 Waterbungalows in the lagoon. The 40 standard rooms are elegant rooms with Asian touches such as the low bed, wood panelled walls and sliding wooden screen between the room and bathroom. It is possible to open screens to see all the way back to the jacuzzi and also to watch a second tv from the jacuzzi. Oddly the main tv is bolted to a wall almost at head height, too far away from the sofa and unable to turn towards the bed. And the seat cushions of the sofa slip from under you. These are surprising details in such a classy resort so I expect they will be rectified. There are no steps down to the water from the bungalows but there are steps down at a point along the jetty.
The 4 Honeymoon Suites are similar rooms but are on their own jetty away from it all. The premium rooms are at the end of the main waterbungalow jetty. These are the 6 ‘Japanese’ rooms. They were conceived and delivered by Japanese and they are serviced by Japanese staff only. They look absolutely authentic and are quite delightful. It is the Europeans who really go for the rooms, as the Japanese have just come from Japan to the Maldives and perhaps do not go for the old style, classical Japan interior.
There is a fine Japanese restaurant in addition to the main dining room. This latter is one of the few remaining resort restaurants that has a menu and table service for all 3 meals. Dinner would usually be a choice of 2 starters, 2 soups, 3 mains (superb beef) and 2 deserts. The food is excellent and nicely presented. It is all smart enough to make you feel a bit special but not too formal.
In high season bed and breakfast is a common choice, so the other meals can be eaten anywhere at anytime (the Japanese restaurant, in room, on the beach or on a desert island). In the low season all the meal plans are available, up to all-inclusive light and all-inclusive premium.
Day and night it is quiet here. There are no evening entertainments. Having said that, there is no time for the bar to close. As long as someone is there enjoying themselves, it stays open. Similarly there is no time for the swimming pool to close, and it is frequently still in use at 10 at night. It must be said that this swimming pool is one of the finest I’ve