Sun Siyam Olhuveli

We had an amazing stay at the property & could fault it not it one bit until checkout! The snorkeling is incredible aswell as staff & managers, we loved it here

This is our second time in Maldives, first time was pre-covid and it was a couple vacation and at fancy expensive luxury Como hotel. Which was amazing but obviously it costs a fortune. This time round we were going as a family with 4 and 5 year old kids. We are Ru / French couple. Main criteria’s were - reasonable priced (given maldives overall overpriced but something that is acceptable), we dont need to take a plane (boat was preffered and ideally not more than 45-1 hour travel time). Also i wanted the hotel / island to have its own reef, kids club and a bit of space so not a tiny island but where we can do a little more as we stayed a week there. From that perspective this hotel was a great fit. The trip to the island was 45 mins, after plane arrival we had to wait less than 20- 30 mins to get on a boat, trip was fine not too rough, quite easy. Hotel is located on 3 small connected islands whereu can freely move between the islands. One of them though is Adults only, so no kids allowed. But we left kids to play at the kids club and enjoyed a nice drink in quite adults only beach restaurant. There is a small buggy / bus that circulates between islands, longest we had to wait for one was 10 mins otherwise within couple of mins u usually get it. Kids liked this small buggy bus so for us was not any issue, u can also walk between the islands and there is enough shade from trees. Reef: its easy to access from either diving center or also from the beach where our villa was, we saw plenty of fish, turtles, small sharks, rays, octopus almost every day. Rooms/ villas: i was a bot worried when booking the hotel as i read a few reviews saying villas are very old but inalso noticed that most of these reviews were in 2021 which is peak of covid and i think most hotels suffered so decided tontake a risk. In the end the villa we booked (on the beach with a pool) was very good and quite new. So was happy.

As a family with 2 young children (5yr and 8yr) this was our second visit to this resort - we will surely be returning again. We travel frequently to beach resorts in Europe and Dubai - and I can confidently say this resort is up there among the best in terms of value for money in the £500-600 per night bracket (inc. half-board for a family of 4). It is a large resort with different types of accommodation to suit your budget - this review is based on our experience of the Grand Beach Suite (with pool) on the Dream island. Location: The resort is appx 45min boat ride away from the Velana airport - and their team was there to collect us at the airport (there is an extra charge for this transfer for adults - but kids go free). The resort consists of 3 islands connected to each other via bridges - with a frequent shuttle service to ferry guests from one end to the other. The grounds and beaches are maintained to an excellent standard...all very clean and green..full credit to the maintenance team. Accommodation: Last year we had stayed in a Grand Water Villa on the Dream island which we thought was excellent - this year we wanted to try one of the newly built Grand Beach Suites with private pools. The suites are at par or even better than some 5 star properties we've visited before. Well done to the management for the well thought out design and luxurious bathrooms. The suite, with its 2 rooms, was large enough for our family - with a large patio area with a pool and directly leading to the beach. Room was well stocked and we had daily visits from Santosh and his team who did an excellent job in keeping it clean and stocked up. Food and restaurants: We were booked on a half-board basis and chose to eat at the Malaafaiy buffet restaurant due to close proximity to our room - but there are numerous other restaurants to eat. Staff: All staff are very well mannered and work hard to provide a good experience. Overall great experience and we will return again!

The food was fantastic, and the room was really comfortable. The staff were very attentive, and as we were travelling with our baby they were very much on hand to help too which was lovely.

I used to stay in dream island for 3 night villa 64x Resort facilities was superb, beach are calm even its rain. Room are nice (i use to stay 6xx villa) , Malafaiyy chef most friendly, chef Pradeep omelette section always take care of me, chef Muzan fruit counter always give nice greeting. Also restaurant envirorment dine-in area are oustanding. Definately, my next vacation i will choose dream island for stay. I used to order floating breakfast its delivery on time Housekeeping will make sure that you stay with most convince and happily. I like to sit and spend evening time at Dhoni bar best bar in Olhuveli. Also i took late lunch from Island Pizza, Chef Mustak will make sure that you got pizza as your type what you are looking for. :) (any special request in a la carte place i do prefer to communicate with chef as your perference, chef will serve best for you.) You will never get bored in this place, i wish i could stay longer, it never feel enough for here. I used to travelling few resort in Maldives, but not feel like what i feel in Sun Siyam Olhuveli.