Amilla Maldives Resort and Residences

Joe Garibaldi

went here for our honeymoon in November of 2022. Jason and the management team were incredible. service and staff was top notch. Mark in food+hospitality was great. Buddy our personal concierge was incredible. water villas were heaven in paradise. would like to come back some day! trip of a lifetime

Giorgio

Great resort, extremely careful personnel, incredible experience! Resort is great, villas are spacious and well maintained, wonderful reef and underwater life! The personnel is simply AMAZING! Our dedicated butler, Vicky, has been wonderful, pampering us every day of our stay!!! Esra at the restaurant has been incredibly gentle and made us feeling very special! Marc, the Food & Beverage Director, has been awesome!!! So STRONGLY RECOMMENDED!!!

Thao N

Amilla Maldives and Baa Atoll exceeded our expectations in every single way. We were impressed with the spacious and beautiful reef water villa and the attentiveness of our butler (Jupiter) and all of the wait staff. The food was amazing and there were plenty of options to choose from. We have been to a lot of different destinations but this is by far our favorite.

Luke Robinson

We thought the whole week was magical, the staff were really attentive, our katheeb Buddy was just the right balance of supportive without being intrusive. The reef villa was huge and comfortable, and the access to the reef was unbelievable. We spent way more time in the water snorkelling than we thought we would, sometimes getting in three snorkelling sessions in a day from various points around the island. (Our first time at Amilla, and our first time in the Maldives - so take this from a Maldives newbie perspective, but from someone with a decent amount of high-end accommodation in Asia and elsewhere.) GENERAL VIBE Jungly, not too built-up. Laidback. Not bling. Lazy bike rides everywhere. Bats flying through the trees. Largely felt uninhabited except at mealtimes. Elegantly classy without being stuffy. Maybe slightly disjointed in terms of guest interactions, but maybe that's just the Maldives for you. THE STAFF Overall a great experience. Bearing in mind that I don't think we asked as much of our Katheeb Buddy as much as other guests might do, he was very responsive when we did need him and very chilled out and friendly. He proactively booked stuff for us, and gave us guidance on snorkelling spots - even took us out snorkelling with him on the last day. He was unobtrusive, not obsequious but available when required and interested in our happiness and welfare. THE SNORKELLING The reef was great. We had great visibility on the northwest side of the island. Saw reef sharks, nurse sharks, eagle rays, green and hawksbill turtles, morays, and lots of "fish soup" schools. Lots of parrotfish and the odd titan triggerfish. We loved it so much and being able to just nip in for a quick half hour from the back deck of the villa was sensationally good. We loved our expeditions too - the Blue Hole trip showed us that actually we could snorkel over to it from our villa, which we did repeatedly, and the one that went out on the boat to the islands and reefs south of us was great too. The coral and fish life on the submerged atoll to the south was outstanding.

Abdulrahman Alsaawi

I got the beach villa, and the pool was amazing and it included a hammock too. But the only bad thing about it was the insects, our whole back was dominated by bites, rashes everywhere, and insects in the bed. Besides all of that. The hotel itself had nice things to do.