Sun Siyam Iru Fushi Maldives

We are a family of four, who travelled for 2 weeks with 2 kids aged 4 and 6. When booking our trip, we were looking for a family-friendly hotel on an island which is not too big. During our research, we stumbled across this resort who had incredible reviews, which very often praised the hotel staff & amenities. In the end, this is what convinced us to book this hotel and boy, did we not get disappointed! As the title already says, we had an incredible experience and can easily say that these where the best holidays we ever made - and this is definitely not just because of the fact that it was the Maldives! Island size & Amenities In our opinion, the island size is spot on. It is not too small and offers plenty of activities and useful amenities, such as an beautiful spa, kids club, gym, recreational rooms, tennis courts, water sports (& more), multiple restaurants and doesn't boast too many bedrooms/villas, which for us is vital (we don't want to travel to huge hotels anymore due to bad experiences with it). A few things we'd like to highlight: - The spa is absolutely incredible. It is looks like something out of a movie. The staff is super friendly and we can recommend to everyone to visit it and to book one of the treatments or participate in a Yoga/Pilates session there. - We loved that all beach villas come with their own sun lounger at the beach. - The diving center and Nemo park are really cool. You just need to select the right time of the day (high tide / low tide) when the water is calmer, and you'll have a great time without having to book an extra diving trip. Our kids also really enjoyed snorkelling in the Nemo park, which was one of my personal highlights! - The various restaurants with different themes and cuisines are all scattered across the island and not in one place, which we also felt was very cool. They all had really nice food and we really enjoyed taking turns in them. Awesome staff One of our absolute highlights, which makes this hotel stand out so much, was the staff. From the very first encounter with our personal butler after landing by water plane, up until we had to leave again, the entire hotel staff was absolutely incredible. The personal welcome by our butler Ali was a great way to arrive on the island. We felt at home from the very beginning and Ali made a great job to convey us all the important information that we needed to start our stay. But not just this, throughout our entire trip, our butler was available for our questions and needs via WhatsApp, regularly checked-in with us how we were doing and heavily contributed to our trip being an absolute wonderful experience! But it wasn't just the butler! It didn't matter with whom we interacted during our stay.. we never experienced such friendly and helpful staff ever before. From the gardeners, to the restaurant staff, recreational staff, up to the cleaning staff. Everyone encountered us with a smile and made sure we were doing well. We also felt like all employees are happy to work in this resort and were also treated in the right way. Of course, this is just a feeling, but it felt really genuine and after many discussions with the hotel staff, we also feel like this is a big testimony to the local Maldivian ownership of Sun Siyam. We would like to give a special shoutout to the following people, who went above a beyond to make our stay so wonderful: - Our butler - Ali. As already mentioned before, one of the key people that made our stay absolutely wonderful and fulfilled all of our requests to full satisfaction. - Aksham - Thank you for performing this wonderful video & photo shoot with us! The images are an incredible memory of this trip that we will cherish for the rest of our lives. As you told us "you make dreams happen" ;) - Room cleaning service (unfortunately we didn't catch his name - we stayed in room 302 and it was the same male person during the entire 2 weeks from CW6 - 8, 2025). Our room was cleaned twice a day and the attention to detail with small gifts and "towel art" was incredible. I always looked forward to see what would be the next thing we will see in our room after the cleaning service was there. Tremendous job who doesn't get credited enough. - The entire Kids Club team - Our kids absolutely loved going there and if it would've been up to them, they probably would have stayed there the whole time instead of being with their boring parents :'P - The one and only "Pancake Maestro" - Sathis. Every morning, we were greeted by Sathis during breakfast and it became a custom, that our kids went and got their custom made pancake. I've never seen such Art & Skill with pancakes and Sathis was always super friendly & dedicated to this craft. - Moreover, another custom that quickly became was an Indian Dosa for breakfast, which was prepared with love & skill by Nazmull every morning. - Lastly, we absolutely loved the bar service provided by Beni. Another incredibly friendly & competent member of the staff, who managed to always provide us with the best drinks & cocktails in the evening. A BIG thanks to all of you for making our stay so wonderful! If we ever decide to come back to the Maldives, we will definitely come back to Iru Fushi! Best greetings from Switzerland, Grunder Family

We visit the Maldives every few months and Iru Fushi was our +-27th resort . Iru Fushi being the least luxurious one. If we talk about value for money it really is not bad. So overall we did have a good stay. I'll keep it short and break down of what we like and what should be looked into. The excellent: Our butler!!!!! Ari was absolutely fantastic and actually made our stay!!! She was a lot better that a few butlers in One and Only and Four Seasons.... The reef!! Ok I didnt expect there to be one. So we were pleasantly surprised. For an island that is known to have no accessible good snorkelling we had one of the most amazing snorkelling experiences. We saw many eagle rays, turtles etc. Yes it's not as fishy as Kihavah or Dusit, the coral regrowth is not as good as Ayada, SSLaamu or even Baglioni but we saw a lot more of the "big stuff" than ever before. However it is far behind the seawalls , between two water villa jetties. The kids club!!! It is quite big, it's not rundown, the girls seem to be doing a good job. The lagoon for swimming!!! The island has a very good lagoon with soft sand! Anyone who has been to the Maldives knows that it is not everywhere. We never took out our swim shoes. So it's excellent , at least around water villas. The good: Food in a la carte restaurant ( French, The grill) was really good . The atmosphere was good too. While it was more expensive than a number of Luxury islands we visited , it was not outrageous by Maldivian standards. Dive centre seemed to be adequate . Even though dive sites are nothing spectacular in Noonu Atoll. The bad : The atmosphere in main restaurant!!!( It's even worse than Dusit) Its hot, the food isnt good, flies on food, its chaotic , I can only compare it to a cruise ship like vibe plus the heat the bugs etc ... We obviously avoided it as a plague for dinner . Next time we decided we would order in villa dining for breakfast . Reservations: for a la carte restaurants have to be made before you arrive! Otherwise you stand no chance during busy season. And no, going to the main canteen is not an option for us. Snorkelling fins : Those have seen better days. They did the job but asking to be replaced. Ice Cream: Yes it's free but its so bad Im sorry its just some colouring and sugar. Id rather pay for ice cream but get good one for my child Insects in the water villas!! We had cockroaches (the small ginger ones I have only seen those 30 years ago in Russia) we had ants , mosquitoes (with plug in repellent on) I think together with Conrad and Waldorf Astoria , Iru Fushi is on the our list of islands not handling this issue well. Yes it's a tropical paradise , but Six Senses , Constance, Soneva do little to no fumigating and have no problems like this. Especially cockroaches in the villa. May be we were unlucky but its cockroaches are not what I want to share my villa with or bring those home:-))) No bikes or buggies on jetties. Yes it's understandable as the jetties are old and it would be noisy but it made going for breakfast or anywhere a chore with an elderly and a child. We always stay in water villas and as far as possible but beware of the walk in the heat or during a storm! All in all we did have an acceptably good week. Improving hygiene in restaurants and villas is a must. We have it booked it again for July:-) Fingers Crossed our villas will have good Aircons and no insects .

We are just finishing our two week holiday on this beautiful island. It’s been one of the best holidays we’ve ever had and we’ve been on lots of holidays and never been back to the same place twice - but we would come back here. Nothing is too much for the staff and they’ve been amazing. Special call outs to Aalam (our butler - who made sure we had everything we needed at all times, first class thank you), to Kapesh (our cleaner - sorry I hope I spelt your name right - I don’t know how you did it - but our villa was spotless and never had sand inside), and the everyone in all the al a cartes (the meals were amazing and we were spoilt for choice) also the staff in Iru were brilliant- always attentive and looking after us. Another special mention to Kristoffe- thank you for looking after us and being so understanding - you made our holiday special under difficult circumstances. All in all, this is an amazing place and I would highly recommend it and will be back. Thank you. Xx

Great resort food next level And a great member of staff Asiri what a fantastic asset to the team He was very welcoming very good at his job and great personality The food was great and fresh especially flavours and fluids being a great place to stop off for a snack

Wow, what an unforgettable escape! Iru Fushi Island, you absolutely spoiled us! From the gorgeous views and dreamy sunsets to the friendliest staff who made us feel like royalty—every moment was pure magic. Our villa was a little slice of heaven. Huge thanks to the entire team Specially to Azam for making our stay so amazing—we laughed, we relaxed, we ate way too much, and we loved every second. Can’t wait to come back for round two in paradise!