Kuredu Island Resort & Spa

We stayed here for 2 weeks and enjoyed our stay. The food at the buffet restaurant was always top quality and we didn’t have a bad meal. There is a good choice at all meal times so you shouldn’t go hungry. The second week is pretty much the same as the first, but due to the choice you don’t need to eat the same thing unless you enjoyed it the first week. Having said that, there was the odd dish that was on everyday for lunch and evening meal. I think it was called a vegetable Sambar. We also paid a fortune for a special meal on the beach at the sandbank. It was really good and we left stuffed as pigs. We had an issue with the starter, because we didn’t realise bruschetta caprese is mozzarella not toasted bread. The staff were fantastic and took it away and the chefs made us the bruschetta we thought we were getting. Our restaurant was the Bonthi and we were well looked after by Rashmi, Mamoj, Kiso and Praga. Praga gets a special mention though as he was so attentive. He came in a few days after we arrived and the first lunchtime we had our water bottles with us. While we were choosing our food he had topped up the water bottles without being asked to do so. He looked after us for the rest of our time. The main beach area is busy and there are not enough shades. You need to get to breakfast for 8am and put a towel on your bed by the shade if you want one. The pool area has loads of shades though. Other areas of the island you will have no issue with finding shade. This area is busy because it’s where the snorkelling is. We noticed Russians saving 2 beds each, one in the shade and one in the sun so they could lie wherever they fancied. No staff went round removing towels from empty beds. Some of the sunbeds are broken too. There are some that like to leave their cigarette butts on the beach too, which I found quite irritating considering the beauty and the wildlife that could be harmed. I found quite a bit of litter along the main beach and round the other side between the water villas and the O beach. They have a scheme where you can pick litter and leave the bag in a collection point and they give you a bottle of sparkling wine. Drinks here are quite expensive if you come on full board basis, however, there is a happy hour at 16.00 to 17.00 and 21.30 to 22.30 in the pool bar. This makes the drinks more reasonable. We were well looked after by Mausam who got to know my order quite quickly. All inclusive indicates you would not have to pay for anything, but you would be wrong. Even if you buy the top “all inclusive” gold package, you still have to buy your alcohol in one of the bars. Snorkelling equipment is NOT included. Non motorised sport is NOT included. This resort seems to have forgotten what the words “ all inclusive” actually mean. Snorkelling equipment hire is $6 per day, so if you have your own, bring it. Make sure it is serviceable before you arrive. I didn’t and ended up having to pay $64 for a new mask. Cheaper than hiring for the 2 weeks though but double the price of back home.0 Snorkelling is really good. The house reef stretches along the beach and you will see, turtles, reef sharks, rays and a multitude of colourful fish. The reef itself doesn’t have much colour but there are signs of colour coming back. They say you can walk barefoot all day everyday and I know some probably do. I would recommend flip flops as a bare minimum though because the “road” is quite hard and the beach has plenty of coral mixed into the sand. Definitely no need for shoes.

This was our first trip to the Maldives, and I got to say they left such a good impression on us that we fell in love with the country and it's beauty. In short our host Abhi was amazing and very friendly, he made our stay comfortable and provided great service which we really appreciated. The island is a hot spot for beautiful sealife like turtles, mantis and nursesharks which we spotted daily on our snorkling ventures by the beach. We also had a Candlelight dinner and private cinema that sparked up our evenings, but besides that the buffet at Koamas was also very good with enough options. Extremely friendly hosts and waiters, great service and the Jacuzzi Beach Villa was lovely, aspecially it's location as we spotted turles right at our doorstep! I would highly recommend staying at this resort as it is well worth the price tag. Only downside is travelling to the Maldives from Europe as the journey is very long with lots of waits, but nontheless worth it all. Thank you Kuredu team and Abhi for the experience! Hopefully we will be back soon.