LUX* South Ari Atoll

It was amazing! Beyond our expectations.

lovely staff, gorgeous beaches - exceptional even for The Maldives

Superb vacation in the Maldives, even more so with this terrible COVID year My preference beach villas Food is good. Diving and water sports awesome. It is a budget but more than worth it If you go at a busy time, make sure to book restaurants and activities when you check in

I went to this resort specifically to have a nice place to relax with beautiful views after diving. I actually went to Maldives to dive and heard great things about euro divers. I was more than disappointed with Sandrine who was rude and unhelpful. My billing was incorrect when I got there. The villa was beautiful and spacious and well appointed. It does take quite a bit of time to get from one side to the other and as a result you can rent a bike (for a fee of course) or wait for the golf cart shuttle. After a rough start the first day, I was looking forward to the next day being a fresh start... my breakfast was wrong so I sent it back. Ended up going diving and also found out none of the preprogrammed extensions worked on the phone in my villa. I had a lot of issues that I didn’t have in hotels that were 3*. Mr Mamoun met with me personally and expressed his sincere apologies. He took a genuine interest in getting feedback and wondering what may have been communicated better or how to improve the process. He makes it a point to greet guests personally and is very involved in the day to day operations. There’s quite a bit to see and do there but overall, I didn’t experience them because I had gone there specifically to dive with EuroDivers (which I don’t think I would ever do again). I would consider going back to Lux* to see if I would have a different experience in general. The bill was wrong when I checked out but they fixed it quickly.

Lux was amazing!!! The staff was incredible and Inthi was our butler and he responded to everything we needed. There were manta rays and black tip sharks that came up to the pier every night. The island is a 30-40 minute walk from one end to the other but Lux had complimentary carts driving back and forth all day so you could catch a ride to anywhere you wanted to go. They also hide bottles along the path way that have prizes in them. The dive center was incredible and I did some of my favorite dives here. I saw lion fish, mantarays, stingrays, sharks, puffer fish, sea turtles, tuna and many other small fish. The rooms had USB plug ins which was great in case you forgot the Maldives adapter. My only complaint was the food was very expensive. A burger was $34 a steak $55 and our dinner buffet for 2 people was $240. The food was good but very overpriced. I’m sure any resorts out here are priced the same. I would highly recommend this resort to anyone wanting to get away and enjoy the beautiful clear water!

Lux and staff went completely above and beyond for us! The resort was beautiful, accommodations and (vegan) food was all amazing! My husband and I will definitely be back.

Amazing service, unpretentious comfort

Ver good. The water is cristal clear. Not far by seaplane. Food is very delicous.

Brilliant service! Great choice of restaurants and food exceptional!

They gave us both food poisoning totally ruined our 3 day get away. We spent the whole 2nd and 3rd day vomiting and diarrhea. The management said they would investigate and get back to us but did nothing!? Completely Horrible!!!