Hideaway Beach Resort & Spa

“Family Holiday in Paradise”

It is our second visit to Hideaway and the 6th time visiting the Maldives. This time my wife and I came with our two daughters, their husbands and our two grandchildren. We stayed in the Sultan Signature Villa. Two years ago the two of us stayed in a Family villa not far away from the Signature ... lisää

It is our second visit to Hideaway and the 6th time visiting the Maldives. This time my wife and I came with our two daughters, their husbands and our two grandchildren. We stayed in the Sultan Signature Villa. Two years ago the two of us stayed in a Family villa not far away from the Signature villas. The new villas are on the North Beach of this beautiful large natural island, facing sunset and secluded in between a lot of natural bushes and trees offering a lot of privacy. Even though the Signature villas come at a considerable price tag they offer something spectacular and to us unique: we felt home in our villa, we felt like on our own private island and beach for two weeks and there is absolutely nothing missing in this luxury home, 4 enormous en suite bedrooms, a gym, steam sauna, a large living/dining room next to a wonderful pool deck, large pool with slide and our stretch of secluded private beach. We all loved it and even the grandchildren had difficulties to leave the pool when returning home. Jasmin or Yasmin was supporting, caring, advising and organizing everything for us during our stay, taking us with the buggy to any place we wanted and was extremely friendly and patient with us and the children. This personalized Service was from our point of view maybe the biggest difference between Signature Villa and Non Signature Villa. Yasmin: thank you again for your kind support during our stay. General speaking it is the staff at Hideaway who make the difference to other resorts. Always friendly, always helpful, always with a smile in their face. Another topic where Hideaway in our opinion stands out compared to other luxury resorts is the Quality of their restaurants. We stayed on a Signature White Platinum plan and where impressed by the culinary qualities Hideaway has to offer with OASIS and Samsara being our favorites ( often getting close to Michelin star quality ) while Meeru Bar and Grill or Sunset Pool or Matheefaru buffet where also great choices. There were very limiting items which were not included in AI ( in particular lobster ). Another highlight I want to mention is the quality of beef tenderloin or lamb rack ( OASIS )… the best we have experienced so far in the Maldives. When Hideway would manage the same restaurant quality consistently every day they would qualify for me even as a 6 star resort. Sometimes quality and preparation is inconsistent and varies from excellent beyond dream to normal and average. Willy, head of the local Padi diving center was helpful and flexible to teach my two daughters and son in law’s diving. My younger daughter unfortunately has post COVID, but Willy catered and supported so that even she could do her open water and nitrox exam. We were lucky to even see Mantas very close on three of our dives and I enjoyed having my children sharing my hobby for diving and the Sea. The House reef of Hideaway isn’t bad either. The corals are in a much better condition than anywhere else in the Maldives and we saw turtles, octopus, moray eels, lion fish, lobsters, jacks and tuners next to all the colorful reef fish abundant at home in this region. Sharks are not that frequent but eagle rays are at home at the house reef and often pass by in large groups ( up to 11 we have seen ). The watersport center was also friendly and supportive. I could do some topcat sailing together with the children and they have a nice water castle and trampoline for the younger guests. The Signature villas are beyond everything we have experienced during 40 years worldwide luxury travel. The Signature White Platinum plan could in our view however be a little more distinguished to the standard AI white platinum plan with some more inclusions; but the AI plan and the beverage package was without question extensive and of excellent quality comparable for example to Amilla in BAA atoll where we stayed last November and beyond Outrigger Mafushifaru where we stayed twice before. It was a wonderful experience for all of us with a feeling of never wanting to leave or definitely wanting to return as a family all together to our villa 401.

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“Wonderful place & Team”

Paradise place, large island, azure beaches, delicious food, cleaning 2 times a day, great house reef for snorkelling and very friendly and professional staff, would like to mention: Damith, Chamila, Ravisha, Shaan, Rajika. Guys thx soooo much!!!! I’m excited

“Heaven on earth”

Island is so well taken care of. Food was amazing. Our Butler Uttam took such good care of us. If I get a chance to ever go back, I would stay here again.

“Perfect honeymoon”

Spectacular resort. Everything from the villa to the restaurants was amazing however it was the service and staff that made this place a must stay. Special thanks to our personal butler Uttam for making each day so special - nothing was too big a request.