Movenpick Resort Kuredhivaru Maldives

Third time at the resort: was great as usual. Great food, friendly staff, amazing service. Lots of entertainment. Best New Year party in Maldives. Special thank you to Azim for always super clean villa. Nelly our host for helping with everything and anrranding things. All staff is amazing. Thank you a lot.

It was an amazing experience, we loved it. The personal is very polite and respectful, the food is amazing and delicious, there are so many varieties of selection. We stayed in overwater villa and the villa is very beautiful. Everything is clean. It was an amazing experience

Great resort for the families with the kids. Kids club is amazing, for older kids there are plenty activities as well. Highly recommend. The food was very good too. The villas are very clean and well situated. Many water activities, home coral reefs.

Movenpick Maldives is Paradise on Earth. Great architecture, qualty overwater villas, clear waters and good vibes all round. Unforgettable Big Game Fishing experience with the Dive Butler crew. We were extremely lucky and caught 2 Wahoos! We also booked Scuba Diving and Reef Hopping excursions. Customer service was good for most part with value-add concept of an island host. Our host was Mohammed. What we liked: Mohammed attended promptly to our inquiries and for matters he wasn't sure of, he would check and get back. Our minibar fridge was not cold at all, we called housekeeping and they changed the entire mini fridge almost immediately after we reported the issue. We could then keep the bottled juices and enjoy them throughout the day. Meals at the Movenpick restaurants never fail to amaze with their gastromic creations and treats. Every staff on the island was courteous and polite and greeted us at every encounter. What we didn't appreciate: Some follow-ups from island host needed reminders, such as booking of activities and restaurant reservations. Some of those bookings and reservations didn't appear in the personalised Movenpick app either. But we brushed it off thinking it's just some technical glitch and is handled offline. All was well and smooth until our our meals. So we caught the 2 Wahoos and was asked if we where we would like to have it served for lunch. Having the fishing trip the 1st day after we arrived, we couldn't remember all the names of the restaurant and just loosely mention that we will have it at the main restaurant (Onu Mqrche). Little did we know that OM did not have lunch service so we went on to Latitude and was told there's only buffet available. We were not that hungry and didn't want buffet for lunch. In the end , the Wahoos were served to our room and we ordered room service. We then told our island host to book Latitude for dinner that had an alarm carte menu for the night. We were told reservations were at 9pm which was too late for dinner by any standards, and so politely requested if we could have a 7pm reservation and was told Latitude was fully booked. Alittle disappointed , we asked if we could still order from the Latitude menu but served to the room. That was when miraculously, our host managed to get us a 7pm reservations. We had the salad, pasta, Tomahawk, Lobsters and Tiramisu for dinner and it was one of the best we've had. Shout out to the Caucasian-Chinese (from Kazakhstan I think, so sorry I forgot his name!) looking server who attended to us in the afternoon and in the evening. He looked quite young but was very professional and made sure all our needs were attended to. The next day we wanted to have dinner at Bodumas and informed our island host at breakfast when he came by as he did every morning before to check if everything was in order. He noted our 7pm dinner reservations and we assumed he would make the reservations on our behalf. Later that day, after reef hopping, we got ready and was first to arrive at Bodumas at 7pm for dinner. It was then that we were told that they didn't receive our reservations request and that they will double check. This was when I texted our island host to check as well, only to be told he made reservations at 9pm, and that he had forgotten to inform us. We had to find out from him at 7pm itself when we asked. After chatting and back and forth with the staff at Bodumas, a gentleman then came out and decided that he could accommodate us in the restaurant. Gihan then took the time to listen to our side of the story and also explained how the reservations work, and that they did not receive any reservations - not for 7pm nor 9pm, which only led us to conclude that our island host lied to us about the dinner reservations. Probably lied about the reservations the night before as well. We explained to Gihan (hope I got his name right) that it was our last day at the resort and we wanted to try out the different restaurants before we left. He got us a table inside the restaurant and generously served up complimentary drinks, food and desserts on top of what's we ordered, which made the whole experience a whole better. We want to thank Gihan for his professionalism and generosity, which made a huge difference in the way we ended our holidays. On hindsight, I wished the island host was not so pushy promoting the daily themed events at the restaurants and the resort would provide ala carte options at every restaurant on top of the special curated events. We are easy going people who appreciate honesty and sincerity, if restaurant is full just be upfront with us rather than lie about it. We had also asked if Kate (from the kids club) who went reef hopping with us if she could share the photos and videos she took. Our island host checked and informed that the marketing team would share the link by the end of the day. This was 2 days ago, to date, we have not received any link. All in all, Movenpick is a wonderful resort that I would recommend to friends and family. Island hosts should receive more training in how to be better communicators in handling situations that may not be as positive.

It was our fourth time in this hotel and I am delighted to say that I was impressed by the changes that were made since our last visit in February. We loved breakfasts in Bodumas and the new music band from Greece. The personal was friendly and helpful, especially our host Olga who stayed in touch 24/7, solved all our problems almost immediately and was very supportive. I highly recommend Movenpick Maldives as a great value for the money.