Probably the best hotel we stayed in, anywhere.
Dec 17, 2024 kena831 Belfast, United Kingdom
The title says it all. We had the most wonderful stay at Faarufushi for nine days in November. The setting, the ambience, the accommodation and the staff, were all outstanding. The team are lead very professionally and efficiently from the top down, with Patrick, the General Manager being very visible and keen to receive feedback. Rao, the…
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The title says it all. We had the most wonderful stay at Faarufushi for nine days in November. The setting, the ambience, the accommodation and the staff, were all outstanding. The team are lead very professionally and efficiently from the top down, with Patrick, the General Manager being very visible and keen to receive feedback. Rao, the extremely attentive resort manager, sorted out an initial issue we had with our villa, very quickly efficiently indeed and heads up a great team.
Housekeeping was wonderful, again very efficient and personable, offering several personal touches, such as when recognising our anniversary and our departure. We moved from a water villa to beachside villa, with two superb attendants in Irman and Wuyan responsible for each. The ONLY reservation we had was that the steps into the sea from the water villa to the sea was extremely slippy & with a broken step, so we tended not to use them. Both rooms were spacious and very stylishly furnished. The beach villa with pool, probably had the best location on the island and was a firm favourite
The choice of five restaurants ensured we never found the meals repetitive, our personal favourite being Mediterraneo, protruding into the sea. We watched at night as several colourful fish, reef sharks and on one occasion, a ray, swam close. All restaurants were truly excellent, enhanced by the truly outstanding staff. However, the Asian as well as the Terryaki restaurants, were also very memorable. We are not particularly fans of buffet restaurants but the buffets here were absolutely top quality, several notches above others we have experienced. Praise should also be given to the lovely Grill Restaurant.
The drinks were indeed premium, wonderful cocktails, highly impressive wine list and champagne included. The bar was a great place to have a drink before and after dinner, or indeed at any time of day, presided over by Joseph, Kassung and Ram with great personal service by Bona too.
Finally, our great thanks to Chami, our concierge, for whom nothing was too much trouble and who looked after us from arrival until departure. He is relatively new to the resort so an excellent addition to the team. Outstanding!
I am very conscious that although we have named some staff, EVERYONE was exemplary and I apologise that we didn’t capture all the names we should have from the bars and restaurants. A few that we did: Roy, Primyanka, Sabine, Smiley?? (Pool Bar,) Shimaau, Ameen, Mija & Vishnu. The staff who cleared coral off the beach and the women sweeping up sand should also be recognised, as they too make a valuable contribution. That these functions are performed shows how much attention to detail the resort applies.
In summary, this is a must-go-to resort. We had high expectations but they were most definitely exceeded. Without a doubt we will return. A truly wonderful & very memorable stay.
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