Pazzesco! Stupendo!”

Io e mia moglie abbiamo concluso la luna di miele qui. Soddisfatti al 200%. Abbiamo preso l’ocean Villa con piscina. E’ stupenda. Ha accesso sul mare diretto, con tanto di sdraio, gazebo e doccia , tutto privato . la stanza e’ stupenda , ogni giorno cambiano la fragranza. Puliscono spesso la stanza, con molta cura. Saponi, shampoo e ogni accessorio sono di qualità. Lo staff e’ gentilissimo. Il bagno della stanza e’ esterno ed e’ veramente bello. Venendo al discorso piscina interna privata cosa posso dire... e’ stata la sorpresa più bella viaggio di nozze . E’ esteticamente bella , di dimensioni aaattw e garantisce la privacy. Ha anche la vasca idromassaggio riscaldata. Insomma e’ un posto di lusso ed e’ all’altezza di ogni aspettativa. Molto consigliato

Small hotel with high C/P and beautiful coral and good enough marine life”

Compare to those big resort, this small reosrt equipped with good facilities. Almost guaranteed to watch the reef shark and Stingray. They even have the marine lab for the environment protection which could share their work with the guest in the workshop. Low density and near to the airport which make very easy to travel by their own speed boat. The time wont be wasted in the transportation in seaplane.

Been to numerous island resorts all over the world. ”

By far the best resort. The rooms are beautiful and overlook the ocean. Beaches are clean. The reef is close to the shore and great to snorkel. A guided snorkeling trip in the day or at night is definitely spectacular. The staff are very friendly and very attentive to your needs. The manager Habeeb was very helpful. Harish who was our liaison did a very good job making us feel at home. Tolol and Sam who guided the snorkeling trips were excellent. Overall would recommend this resort. The all inclusive option is the best value .

Lovely place with hospitable staff”

Beautiful place and amazing house reef. It’s our 2nd time in this resort and will definetely be back again. The staff were very helpful and nice, special metion to Shabeer from housekeeping, Sharif from the Restaurant and Iliana from the front desk.

Excellent stay”

We had a good stay. We were there to celebrate our anniversary so they arranged for a bottle of wine & decorated the bed with petals. We were also given a complementary 30 minutes massage which we enjoyed tremendously. I booked Banyan Tree because of the daily stingray feeding. I thought there was a turtle conservation ( that i will be able to see them as well) but there was an issue with turtle & their government policy. We were given little gifts too. It's the little things like this that makes it special. The island is great and you can hop on the boat to get to the next island Angsana Resort. I had the best time at the jetty because i can see sharks. Breakfast buffet is good. Lunch and dinner is set menu which my partner didn't enjoy as much. The lemon sorbet is amazing! Khalil (i think is his name) was very nice. He's the one that made up our room twice daily and he's very helpful and friendly. Actually everyone working there are very friendly which makes you feel right at home

Fantastic”

I love the tea tree soap, bath gel, shampoo very much. Room is big enough with beautiful garden. Ocean view and pavilion is fantastic. Well, as I had been to Great Barrier Reef before and thus the sea is not that charming to me.

Excepțional”

Fantastic island with beautiful see and view. Stuff are very nice and helpful. Anywhere is good for photo. So many sea cucumber are sleeping in the shore. Many coral reef but not that beautiful compared to GBR. However, the turn around coral reef cliff is still marvelous. Sunset is charming. Lay down on the bed and watch the blue sky and sea with cool air.

Best Resort Ever”

Everything was excellent , beautiful place for relaxing , great and professional staff , the restaurant has a variety of dishes and the buffet was delicious. I enjoyed every single moment of my staying and I highly recommend this resort.

The level of service was great! ”

First timers alert - there are many boat transfer counters at the Male airport that goes to nearby resorts so no need to fret even if you haven't made any transfer reservations. They have a list of who's due to check in that day. + points here already! We got a free upgrade to a bigger garden villa because we are celebrating our wedding anniversary (with compliments of Laura, a beautiful German lady). She asked for a copy of our wedding cert but we didn't bring. I did have my wedding photo on my phone which had the date stamped on it and could have shown it to her but there was no need to. Major trust there! She also made special arrangements for our transfer at check out. ❤️ Our sunrise-facing villa (no. 45) was huge, 2 outdoor showers, 2 jacuzzi, 1 pool, 1 veranda, 1 patio, and direct access to the lovely 50 shades of blue waters. Everyone was warm and lovely, and ever so accommodating with our requests. The sand at our door step was not quite as fine as the opposite site of the island but it turns to the powdery form further down. Room and turn down service was great, they even set up the ambience really nicely. We took bed+breakfast option as we booked through Agoda. It was fine with us as we had quite a no of things to do and didn't want to abide by the dining timings. 2 restaurants in the entire island, with daily menu changes. Breakfast was quite a wide spread (muffins - my favourite) while dinner, we usually order dine-in room service (seafood pizza is a must-try!). If you're a beginner at snorkeling, Banyan is an awesome place to begin with. You can already see marine life just a few meters away from shore. It's my first time too and I did the group guided tour. It was awesome (for a first time!), I saw many small sharks and finally a turtle just as we were returning. 😍 Don't forget the 5pm feeding stingray and 530pm baby turtles time slots! It was quite the experience. Thank you Banyan, for making our stay so pleasant.

Pure Magic”

The resort is located about a 30 mins ride by speed boat from the airport. There was a staff of the hotel at the airport to welcome us and direct us to the awaiting boat. It is extremely well organised. when we arrived at the resort, there was a resort staff waiting for us at the pier to welcome us and explain the lay out of the hotel, facilities and the room. The resort, the beach service, food is excellent. our stay was pure magic. highly recommended, extremely relaxing and more important is the privacy each room provides to the quest. will definitely go again.

You'll love it!”

Very enjoyable that we were upgraded on check in to a slightly better villa , only 2 in the group of 48 villas but most importantly were the attention and care given by the staff like Prica, Alvin, Rajivh (the chef) and Aslam (our room maker)plus every staff we greet you anytime you walk past them or if they see you from a far.

Paradise Island”

The island is a true paradise on earth...beautiful, quiet, peaceful & tranquil. We were worried about the weather since August is within the rainy season...but we enjoyed sunshine for all 5 days of our stay. Blue sky & cool breeze. The room is comfy & clean with pool & jet pool attached. They even lit up essential oils everyday in the room. Highly recommend the beachfront villa. Our villa 28 is just beside a jetty. The food served is also delicious & quite a wide variety from maldivian, western to asian style cuisines. Breakfast & lunch are in buffet style. The 5 course set dinner is also very tempting. For kids, there is a kid menu to choose from(pizza, fish&chips, mini steak etc). My son(7 years old) is a very choosy eater...however, the restaurant staff made extra effort to satisfy him by cooking to his liking. We really appreciate the extra mile with many thanks. Tha marine lab is one of the best place to spend time. We attended the marine class(mon & thu) which is very informative & interesting. The sting rays & sea turtles feeding are not to be missed. The major reason for me to choose BTV over other resorts is the nature preserving concept & activities provided. Watching the sharks at the jetty at night is also very interesting. Snorkelling around the house reef is very fascinating with lots of marine creatures & corals. BTV provides snorkelling equipments & life jackets free of charge. We will definitely visit BTV again.

hotel, restaurant, room, beach everything is great”

It was perfect holiday. I was there with my 7 year old grandson at beach front bungalow ich is just marboleus. Butler in room is great it was very clean. Reastaurant and staff in restaurant and chief of the restaurat are the best. Recepton is maximum pleasue to talk to. Only little problem with corals on the beach but hotel is cleaning that every day. Transport speed boato is very conftable. This hotel is for recomandation to everybody.

Nice resort, great reef for snorkelers”

Small island surrounding by great coral and marine life. I did a lot of snorkeling during my stay, and found that good snorkel sites are almost around the island, and the best ones are all on the edge of the reef. On the south-east corner (left to the arriving jetty), you'd get a good chance to see some blacktip reef sharks, as well as great coral and other fishes. The Stingray Feeding operated by the Marine Lab was great, a group of 9 stingrays will come for the free food everyday at 5pm and the marine lab staff will give a lot of information about stingray and marine life. The room is well designed and decorated by the Banyan Tree standard. The room is clean and well equipped. The swing pool is small but the jacuzzi is cute. The room cleaning was done very professionally and in time. This is a celebrate our 10th anniversary, the Resort was sweet enough to provide a complimentary room makeup and a cake, thank you! The down side of the resort is the restaurant. The restaurant staff was not professional trained to the 5-star resort/restaurant. The choices were not too many. There's only one restaurant on the island. The guest are mainly from China (about 70%), the resort has several Chinese speaking staff to server Chinese customers.

A nice resort”

We went to Maldives for our honeymoon and we stayed in two resorts. Banyan Tree Vabbinfaru was the first one. Though we booked the two resorts and the Male hotel by different means, the communication between them is really good. We needed not to worry about anything, but just enjoyed our trip!! We stayed in the beachfront pool villa, with our own pavilion facing the sea, which is breathtaking!! The villa looks exactly like the photos we saw on web. The service is good, the food is good, and there are different activities here, of course including the interesting stingray feeding show!! Overall it was a wonderful experience at Banyan Tree Vabbinfaru!!

Nice Room, Nice Staff”

I stayed there for just one night. It's a small island with wonderful housereef. The staffs are considerate to answer all my requests. Most of the tourists are Chinese so many Chinese staffs. The gift shop is going to reconstruct so we got 50% off when we bought presents for our family and friends.

Amazing place. Staff were EXCEPTIONAL and took very good us.”

Wish they had more food options for dinner. Really enjoyed the Buffet on Friday night. Overall... really enjoyed out stay.

Dont stay here if youre return flight is in the evening”

if youre flight is in the evening like ours DONT STAY HERE, we requested late check out for any extra charge they ask because we had a 1 year old with us they told us they are fully booked but on every site online they still had 6 rooms?? they told us they can give us a room for 100 USD which we happily accepted after they moved us to that room the shock began the room is 3 by 3 meters filled with insects and Geckos appartenly this is a day use room and apparently they upgrade some dayusers of their choise to the resort rooms which we pay over 700 USD for, we payed over 5000 USD for 3 days here and this is how they treat us on our last day ruining our whole stay by bringing us to a 3 by 3 m room because they gave our room to a day user who was suppose to stay in the day use room they told us the 6 available resort rooms are used by dayusers after 4 hours of arguing mrs noha came she was very nice to us and did everything she can and managed to give us our room back

Absolutely exceptional!”

We stayed two nights and three days and every aspect of our stay was exceptional. The staff are so lovely, the villa is amazing, the snorkelling off the reef is magnificent. If you are after a resort relatively close to the airport but far enough away to feel away from it all - this is it! We finished our trip off at the Banyan Tree and flew home completely relaxed.

Tranquillity in the making”

Banyan Tree is one of my favourite chains. I love the exotic vibe, the jungle-feel and the meditation oriented rooms everywhere around the world. This time Banyan Tree in the Maldives was on a super deal and my gf and I decided to make use of this deal. The staff was so amazing and so kind; perfectly trained to please customers. Our originally reserved room was unavailable but that did not stop the staff to give us an early check-in in an UPGRADED room. This was just awesome and we appreciated it so much. The only hick-up for me was the expensive prices in the resort. I know this is a luxury place in the Maldives and so this is to be expected, but seriously $3.50 for a bottle of locally produced water in a place were its always hot is a crime. The food was also too expensive for our likings, but I can see that they are targeting far richer people than myself :). Other than that