DISCOVER A NEW LUXURY ALL-INCLUSIVE RESORT IN MALDIVES

  My wife and I are staying at The Pullman for 16nights. So far we’re only half way through our stay but felt I had to on behalf of myself and... read more wife leave a review now. The resort is perfect in every way. We have an over the water villa with a pool room 625. The reef just below us offers an enormous array of coral and beautiful colours which get brighter and bigger the further out you go. Common sense is to go out in calm waters in bright daylight. The food is excellent on all the 3 restaurants. A huge range of different cuisine. Too much and too good. The highlight is the staff. The staff makes or breaks one’s stay. In this case the warmth, hospitality and quality or personal are 5 star. Thank you to manager Hassan who is warm and extreamly genuine. Something very special about this man’s aura. Thank you to Aflah who services our room to a very high standard daily. A big Thank you to Nisha, Zin, Sarmila, and Mar for servicing us during our meal and beverage times. You are all so warm, hospitable and nothing seems to be trouble . Thank you to chefs Ram, Subrata, and Nasmin. Your cooking is unbelievable. Perfect each time and again nothing was trouble for you. You catered to our every requirement. There’s so many staff to thank and we thank all of you for making our stay a most memorable one. Thank you to all staff we haven’t mentioned by name as there’s so many of you wonderful people. Our room is hugh and the photos on the Pullman website is exactly what you will get. Well kept to a very high standard. We would not hesitate to stay at the Pullman again and are already talking about a return trip.

  Almost the whole week we are enjoying this divine beauty on the island

Water villa is our first experience..and we are so happy that we got our... read more room with this sunset view..every evening we have such a great nature beauty

But also we are enjoying the restaurant service
All waiters..baristas and stuff are amazing

Personal thanks to Nazim her pasta is just amazing
And of course her smile and kindness..she remembers what we like and makes it the best way we can imagineit’s always nice to feel that care

And another personal thanks to barista who found me hazelnut milk for coffee and makes me it every day because it’s the only kind I like

Thank you very much guys!

  The resort is excellent and staff are so nice they always ready to help I would like to say special thanks to Nikita at junction really kind and generous and... read more always willing to help and checking on us. On our family thank you so much for everything Pullman super nice food.

  Overall:
It was our first time in the Maldives and could not be happier with our stay and choice for our honeymoon at Pullman. We had done quite a bit... read more of research before our trip, talked to many friends who have visited the Maldives before, narrowed down quite a few resorts - and so glad we have stuck with Pullman! We were spoiled not only by the food, but also the warm and friendly service throughout our stay. From the front staff, buggy drivers, housekeeping, restaurant hostesses, gym trainers and dive center experts, everyone made sure we were well taken care of.

Our accommodation:
We stayed 2 nights in the Beach Villa (sunset side), and 3 nights in Over-water villa (sunrise side) - would recommend this as you get to experience both types of accommodation. The rooms were fantastic and well thought. Mini-bar is refilled once day.

Food:
The food is amazing here! We were initially looking at resorts that have 5 or even 10 restaurants (like the new Waldorf Astoria). But the reviews of the food drew us here, and did not disappoint!

Melange Cafe - the main dining area that serves breakfast, lunch and dinner, international buffet-style. The dessert and fruit station has fresh Kombucha! The dishes do change for lunch and dinner. In addition to your staple of omelette station, hash browns, bacon, pastries - the Chinese section has really good fried noodles, and pork. The seafood and fish curry, pancake and waffles made to order - are also not to miss.

Just have to say that one of the chefs (Wesley) went out of his way to make our stay and dining experiences more enjoyable whenever we dined in Melange. He always chatted with us and made us nice fruit blends and also pastas for dinner.

Souq Oven - serves Italian for lunch, Middle Eastern for dinner.
We came back for lunch nearly every day for the pastas at Souq Oven (highly recommend the Duck Pappardelle. Lobster and Shrimp linguine). Pana cotta dessert is a must try as well. Also want to say a big thank you to Shahid, a pleasant and affable

Saffron Affair - most people come here to have a drink and catch the sunset.

Gym:
Went there twice during our stay, brand new machines (treadmill, elliptical), free weights, bench press

Spa:
Had a choice of Jet ski or 60-minute spa which is what we opted for.

Snorkelling:
One buggy driver said "the real beauty of Maldives lies under the water" 😀

Bottom line advice from a first time traveller to Maldives:
There are many resorts in the Maldives. If you want to stay at a luxury resort, on a private island, all-inclusive (food, non-alcohol and alcoholic beverages) warm and kind hospitality, and you don't want to compromise too much on travelling time - look no further. Arriving at Pullman is one the quickest - by that I mean the domestic flight of 55 minutes and 15 minute speedboat (after your international flight in Male), compared to other luxury, private island resorts in the Maldives.

  We had the most amazing and memorable stay, something that will never be forgotten. Time taken to get to the resort is negligible, as the service and friendly faces all... read more the way were amazing. Once you get off the plane in Male you are greeted by someone to take you to a waiting lounge and they even check in your luggage for the next flight. The weather coming into land at Kooddoo was not great and neither was the boat ride but that can’t be managed, and quickly forgotten with all of the below. We stayed for 8 nights in the private pool over water bungalow and the service was exemplary. Ken the Customer Experience Manager made sure they stay was amazing from getting off the boat when we arrived.. We were driven around the island and shown all the different venues to eat, relax, rent bikes, snorkel, go to the gym and eventually our room. The room was amazing and very large. The amenities provided were restocked daily and more than adequate. We were so happy with what was in store and offer for us. Ken would regularly check in with us on Whatsapp to make sure everything was going ok, more like family than strangers that arrived in such a beautiful place A special shout out to Nemo AND Ardenia at Saffron Affair for our daily sunset shisha and cocktails (cocktails were amazing too by the way!!). Nemo... We had the most amazing and memorable stay, something that will never be forgotten. Time taken to get to the resort is negligible, as the service and friendly faces all the way were amazing. Once you get off the plane in Male you are greeted by someone to take you to a waiting lounge and they even check in your luggage for the next flight. The weather coming into land at Kooddoo was not great and neither was the boat ride but that can’t be managed, and quickly forgotten with all of the below.
We stayed for 8 nights in the private pool over water bungalow and the service was exemplary. Ken the Customer Experience Manager made sure they stay was amazing from getting off the boat when we arrived.. We were driven around the island and shown all the different venues to eat, relax, rent bikes, snorkel, go to the gym and eventually our room. The room was amazing and very large. The amenities provided were restocked daily and more than adequate. We were so happy with what was in store and offer for us. Ken would regularly check in with us on Whatsapp to make sure everything was going ok, more like family than strangers that arrived in such a beautiful place
A special shout out to Nemo AND Ardenia at Saffron Affair for our daily sunset shisha and cocktails (cocktails were amazing too by the way!!). Nemo was always so helpful and just makes everyone smile (especially us). We LOVE you Nemo x
Nawaz at Souk has to be the nicest and most polite person we have ever met in our lives. A true gentlemen and on every night we went to dinner there after our first night, Nawaz had already decantated our favourite red, hours before we even arrived, we had our usual eye fillet with Fattoush salad which we would recommend to anyone. We were even able to have a Rose Wine tasting at our table which included 8 different wines from the huge wine fridges in Souk oven – THANK YOU so much Nawaz! You are a special human .
The Dive Centre team were nothing short of amazing. They took our GoPro and managed to get some absolutely amazing clips of both types of turtles (green sea and hawksbill), coral, sharks and manta rays and numerous numbers of fish to create some truly brilliant memories. Thanks Soli for helping and convincing us to do the coral reef excursion after the turtle extravaganza. Truly amazing memories you have helped us keep for a long time, we love you so much for being a friend on our journey.
Subrata the Chef that Managed the food at Melange, WOW WOW WOW WOW! He went out of his way to make sure we enjoyed ourselves and even made us a special dish for our final dinner. The seafood night and the surf and turf are a must but in all honesty, the food at Melange for a buffet never let us down and you could even order a specific meal if you wanted and the chefs would go out of their way to make you what you wanted.
Last but not least, for making all of our restaurant experiences, Hassan the restaurant manager who always came and said hello almost everytime we ate at any of the restaurants
A must visit place able to provide true relaxation, customer service and true care that you don’t get often in this world. All of you will be remembered and the experience on the most beautiful place on earth was made even more special by each of you so a really big THANK you.
Thanks Pullman
Andrew and Rachel More

  This was a family surprise holiday for my 70th birthday from my husband and adult daughter. We all have no reservations about giving top marks in all areas. We were... read more greeted by an upgrade to a pool villa that included an underwater bedroom! Flowers and a card on my birthday as well as a cake. No attention to detail was too much. Every staff member should be commended on their friendly greetings and efficient service.