First the positives. The room was spotlessly clean and well equipped with everything we needed including an umbrella. The staff were unfailingly friendly and helpful, nothing was too much trouble. We visited the Maldives a few years ago and loved snorkelling around the live reef teeming with marine life in tranquil surroundings. So we were so disappointed to find that this is a man made island with very little reef and very little marine life. Instead it was very noisy thanks to jet skis, piped music and motor boats. We took a boat trip and saw that this was the case on the other islands we saw. It’s so sad to see such a paradise overdeveloped and ruined. The food was pretty good but we were staying half board which meant the menu choices were restricted in some of the restaurants, we expected to pay for alcoholic drinks but not to be charged for tea and coffee with meals. The drinks were extortionately priced, 9. - 10 US dollars for a beer for example, not including 20% sales tax, the place followed the pernicious US trend of not including tax on any prices on the menus. We felt fleeced to be honest. We won’t return