Anantara Dhigu Maldives Resort

Thoroughly enjoyable 7 night stay at Dhigu, in a sunset over water villa. The accommodation and service are both excellent. The selection of food offered is good, the menu's however are limited and the cost is prohibitive....89 US dollar subject to plus plus per head for an average themed international buffet is laughable! The house reef is good if somewhat sparse and snorkelling isn't the big draw I expected to find here. All in all a high class resort with a more international rather than Maldivian flavour. I will try another island next time.

Pros: excellent for kids, high speed internet, variety of restaurants, nice pool, Nice play Area, Excellent Hotel management team Cons: room is smelly, TV signal not clear, internet access point was often disconnected

Wonderful hotel

We spent 10 days on Dhigu. It was just marvelous. Location - we picked a sunset beachfront villa. Overwater villas seem to us as less convenient due to corals during low tide. Villa - spacious and well secluded by trees and bushes from others. Nice access to beach. Beach and sea - almost empty which was surprising as the lagoon was calm and clean. Food - fairly expensive but delicious. Had to reduce the intake after 2 days... Staff - very helpful.

Service was really good, all staff were extremely friendly all the time. I stayed in the over-water suite, really large and spacious. Food was really good. Range of activities to do were really good. Water sports center was also really good. However, you need to make sure to book any activities you would like to do ahead of time. A really good family hotel for a nice getaway in the Maldives.

My wife and I stayed 6 nights to celebrate our honeymoon. We had an outstanding stay from start to finish. The staff were incredibly friendly, and helpful throughout. The location, and set up of the rooms is amazing. We could not have found a more perfect place for our honeymoon.

Over the water suites are.amazing, beautiful view to the sea (just a few steps from your bed). Diving, water sports are some of the options for the visitors. A 3-5 days stay is enough to cover everything. Staff is really good and friendly. The prices for everything is really high (everything is over priced 2 or 3 times). Food is really normal, need a real improvement in the variety and flavors (specially Terrazo and Aqua bar). Dont forget to pack your water proof camera!!!.

Great location, beautiful scenery but hit and miss service. The standout exception being the Thai staff at the Thai restaurant and the kids club staff who are really good. Shame the bar staff were not up to scratch ( refusing to get drinks when they had other chores they thought were more important, like cutting up fruit for later; not knowing how to pour a glass of champagne or refusing to open a new bottle because they had one opened the day before - helpful tip, at $42 a glass I would like a fresh glass please). There were many awkward exchanges of this sort. The dive centre helpers were similarly unhelpful and could not help plan anything; we were unable to do various trips because they clashed with others but even finding out what was on and when proved to be trying. We could not ascertain what the time tables were to plan and they could not help us. We found the staff on the fishing trip to be extremely rude and dismissive and they allowed small fish to be kept which should have been put back. They left these gasping in a waterless bucket to die ( we asked if they could please not do this and either kill and ice them for eating or at least put them in water until later) . When we arrived back they asked if we wanted one of the tiny ones since it seems those catching it didn't want to eat it after all. A stupid cruel waste.

Our stay was a pecial one to be remembered for a long time. We upgraded our room to a villa looking at the indian ocean with a private swimmimg pool and a butler at our disposal 24 hours a day. It was a very comfortable stay, a bit too expensive especialoly tho food, but it was really nice, full of activities like fishing, diving, dolphin watch trip and jet skeying. The only thing is the weather, it is a bit warm and humid but if you are planning on swimmimg all the time then you should not worry about it.

The most beautiful location I have had the pleasure experience, some of the best service I have encountered. I have been to over 30 countries in my life and countless hotels, this one one of the best experiences.