Melissa Suniaga
The staff is incredibly friendly, informative and helpful. The rooms are very comfortable and the views from the beach villas are great. All facilities are great. Even the gym is very complete. There is plenty of variety of food and everything is delicious with plenty of options for all dietary requirements.
Indy S
We stayed here for 4 nights in the garden facing rooms. The good things first. This resort is located in a small island in Baa Atoll and is very well kept and beautiful. Full points to the gardener and the staff who maintain the green space in the island. The food in the main restaurant (buffet meals) was very good and lot of variety. They keep the non-adventurous western guests in mind for the food and give them lot of choices so they feel at home :) The staff on ground is super friendly; although I cannot say the same for management. The management is mostly there to make money and is very inflexible to any requests you have that is not in their rule book. The island is very scenic, lots of instagram opportunities. The waters around has very good snorkelling opportunities - sea life is plentiful and you can spot a lot of exotic creatures. The area is full of baby black tip reef sharks.
I would recommend only going here all inclusive as your budget would take a beating for every little thing you would like to do there. Food and drink prices are astronomical and every little bit of "extra" service that you ask for costs a lot of "extra" money. The day trips are expensive. I would recommend to go stay 4-5 days in a guest house in a local island nearby and do your day trips from there at 1/3 the price. Once you are in the island you are stuck with their products and their prices - you have no other option. Their airport transfer service is also very expensive - it is not very fair to charge customer with a huge markup. Arrange your own transfer if you can.
Markus Kurbes
Nice Resort but be aware of special excursions. If you are booking a private timeout on the nearby sandbank be aware that this agreement just fits for Transport. There can be other visitors from your or other islands around. Therefore the much cheaper group experience is really the same same but much cheaper…. But to be fair about the location or how clean the room the rooms are,… nothing to complain about this. Clean rooms and mostly friendly employees. Very close to Hanifaru bay which will nearly guarantee you an close encounter with Manta rays.
Ewa Rzepecka
My stay at the Royal Island Resort was terrific. From the moment we arrived, the staff treated us like royalty. The employees were friendly, pleasant and treated us with a smile. The food was delicious. Something new every day, lots to choose from, and everything nicely labeled, with information about spicy, vegetarian and allergen-containing dishes. The waiters were wonderful, unobtrusive, well-behaved and smiling, just like the rest of the hotel staff.
On the island there is a water sports centre (having many nice trips to offer as well as many nice things to rent) and a diving center. The island is not so big, but sufficient. You can circle it in an hour. The animals are not dangerous (at least I haven't heard of or saw any), but there are plenty of small lizards, cute bats and various birds. The presence of living creatures under water is a completely different story. This is something amazing. There you can find silver, colorful, long, fat, slim, small or larg fish and diversed, peaceful sharks, rays, starfish, barracudas, turtles, everything you can think of. For this reason, I highly recommend bringing your snorkeling equipment. It is also important to take something against mosquitoes, strong SPF creams and after sun lotions. If you forget or run out of them, there are some nice cosmetics at the spa or in the store.
It was a perfect vacation - unforgettable views, delicious flavors, great friendships - this is how I will remember my stay. Many thanks to all the employees.
Martina Medved
We had such a wonderful time there! ♥️ This was the best vacation ever! We celebrated our honeymoon there. Where to begin ... Overall it was a very pleasant experience. We were staying in cute Beach villa with lots of privacy. The staff and service was excellent! Very friendly and they were always looking for solutions. We want to thank Kath, who was always quickly responsive to our requests and took care of us all the time. When my husband needed medical help, it was arranged so professionally and they dedicated so much time to his problems, with tranquility and genuine interest in him. Special thanks goes to Dr. Angkan and nurse Vimala.
Mithail in restaurant was so caring, he always checked if my husband feels better. He even brought him extra soup, cooked only for him, which was not on the menu, and coconut water with electrolites to feel better! Kavya was always at the front door of the restaurant to welcome us with big smile. We loved eating breakfast and dinner accompanied by positive and optimistic Kishore. Razis and Neyan took care about our villa, room keeping cleaned the villa twice a day! And surprised us with such a lovely bed decorations, even manta ray. 🙂 Now, at home, we still talk about this vacation and we miss extraordinary food we ate there. Thanks to chefs Madeleine, Mahesh, Damith, whose food melted in our mouth! I loved their Padang and shrimps in sweet chilli sauce. There was always such a big choice and many international cuisine options to choose!
If you are looking for rest and tranquility, go for this vacation. It's so worth it! ♥️ It's a beautiful and calm area with good preserved underwater world. Do snorkeling everyday and relax all your senses. So much to see there, only in front of your door! We daily saw baby sharks, bigger sharks, manta ray, all beautiful colorful fish ... Resort is led with respect to nature and island's inhabitants. We didn't see any disadvantage there. We felt like at home there. 🙂 Atmosphere there is so homey, laid-back and easy, but at the same time, staff is so well organized and professional, that there is nothing you could miss there - everything needed is always provided. We strongly recommend Royal Island Resort, it's heaven on Earth!