Oaga Art Resort

Ritu Lal

My husband and I just returned from a 4 day break at this beautiful resort. From the moment we arrived, our super efficient and friendly butler Maftuna ensured that we were extremely well looked after! The food was always great, and there was a lot of variety on offer! Your water sports team ensured we did not miss out on a snorkelling experience of the house reef despite our inexperience! Our water villa was absolutely delightful and really thoughtfully laid out. It will certainly help if you manage to get an intercom system in place along with a room service menu. Thank you so much for a memorable experience!

Melanie Gaschick

The art resort is fairly new. It's not the usual luxurious boring colors you usually see for Maldives resorts. Oaga resort was bursting with vibrant colors , and you see a lot of artworks from the local artists. We did some comparisons of different overwater villas in different resorts and found Oaga to have the biggest. We were a family of 3 so we were particular about room size. The slide on the villa was the icing on the cake, my daughter enjoyed it the most and there was almost no need to go to the main pool because our villa pool was also big. We saw small sharks and a stingray everyday under the water villa we stayed in, that made us always excited to look in the sea water. The staff were really nice too, most of our requests were handled well. We were lucky to be there during the Eid season and kulakula festival because they had different activities for the guests. They offered different varieties of food every night and that made it interesting too. If we would go back to Maldives again, we would definitely go to Oaga again.

Jakobus Strauss

Local island meets 5 star resorts meets art studio. This charming little island breaks the mould of high-end Maldivian island resorts. The rooms are spacious, neat and well designed. Each category offers a different insight into Maldivian history and culture. Among the regular amenities such as the watersports center, spa and children's playground, you will find an art studio, outdoor gymnasium and yoga pavilion. You will definitely be thoroughly entertained by the daily activities which include, among others, beer and gin tasting, cocktail making lessons and live music bands. For the animal lovers there is a petting zoo with goats, bunnies, ducks parrots and more. Ocean lovers will be delighted by the house reef which is healthy and bustling with sea creatures. The main restaurant gives one a true Asian street food bazar feeling. The different cooking stations are set up to look like food stalls and the theme of the meals changes daily. There is however a permanent pizza and pasta station and burger bar from where one can order all their favourite comfort foods. Guests are also invited to indulge into the local cuisine by visiting the staff canteen. The staff are all super friendly and very accommodating. They make you feel at home from the moment you set foot on the island.

Yucca Lin

*Villa- 1. Beach villa: outdoor shower is nice. There's a small pool to chill in the back yard with a private access to the beach to watch the sunset. The fresh juice delivered to room daily tasted great. Unfortunately the indoor carpet was covered with sand, the cushions were dusty, there was a small cockroach on the table where the welcomed snack was set and I got 3 flea bites from the rope chair near the pool. We felt like the room had no guests for a while. 2. Water villa: slide+net bed+infinity pool=everything you want! Unfortunately the slide didn't work properly, we stuck before got into the water, had to move forward by ourselves. Also it's a bit too high from the sea level as the bottom is not deep. The ladder to the water was covered with moss, so very slippery. Most corals were dead not much to see around the villa. Love the dressing room with much space and a dressing table. Shower and toilet are in the pool area and the doors are half transparent glass which is a bit uncomfortable as there were water activities and boats during the day. *Food- 1.food selection is limited. There were 5 food stands but only 2 opened to take orders. The pizza stand made really tasty pizza! 2. Nobody told us about the food section next to the other charged restaurant was also a part of inclusive meal. We found out on our 3rd night(we stayed for 4). That was really disappointing. 3. Dessert had local feature but too sweet. *Activities- 1. 10am-12pm: jet ski ride(you will be a passenger not a driver) , art class 2. 1pm: cooking lesson(recommended. You'll learned how to make a signature Maldivian dish) 3. 2pm: cocktail lesson(interesting but only 1 person per booking allowed to do), snorkelling lesson(must do. The coach will take you to a nice area to see) 4. 10am-2pm: SPA(initial available time but were booked at 3:30pm afterwards. The Spa is my favorite activity, they offer you special tea and you'd feel very calm there) 5. 4:20pm: fishing cruise(we missed it as we got the message around 3:40 while we took a nap) 6. 5:30pm: Sobi bar beer tasting(we didn't go as there was no gin offering), sunset cruise(must do. Impressive sunset as we were very luck to see an entire sun going down) #Remember to plan your activities upon arrival as our butler didn't tell us the time of the activities is fixed and we ended up having a tight schedule or missed few activities. She also refused to reschedule 'because we only stayed for 4 nights'. I had to be strong with my position then later she offered to reschedule. *Service- 1. Service at the main bar is the best. Staff were friendly and the vibe was great. 2. Staff at the main restaurant only asked us our room number but never offered a simple dining tour at least on our first day. On our honeymoon celebration dinner, we were sitting at a normal table until one staff told us they prepared a special table for us when we were already eating. That's unprofessional. 3. Room service at the beach villa was good. The housekeeper showed up when we needed something. But the water villa wasn't being cleaned during our stay. The housekeeper said his working hour ended at 1 and we planned to leave at 1:30 as we had our floating meal that day. So the in villa dining set and floating meal set leftover in our room until we checked out which is unacceptable for a 5 star resort. 4. We think our butler didn't pay much attention on us either because we didn't tip her on the first day or 4 night is a short stay for her. Honestly she didn't interact with us much after the island tour on the first day. She booked us a tight schedule and saying things inconsistently. She delayed our changing villa time for 1 hour. I guess other happy guests had a butler who can satisfy their needs. This trip would have been wonderful if we had a better butler. *Value- I heard it was their fasting season(4/5-8), so they took less guests. The slow service is understandable but the quality just didn't meet the 5 star standard and the value of the money we paid. The management should put more effort on their butler training.

ghostboy__-_-

We went for a family holiday and we chose this resort because it looked amazing on Instagram. Saddly when we went there we saw some garbage there and there but nothing too serious, it just needs a little bit more cleaning throughout the day. Our tourist guide Maftuna was very helpful and welcoming and gave us all the information we needed to have a good time. Also what's really cool is the welcome dance they give to all newcomers on the island and you can even partake in the dance with them to welcome other fellow tourists. The rooms were phenomenal and absolutely gorgeous. So many colours and paintings all over it really gave it an artistic cosy feel to it. The outside pool area was also super chill and beautiful to wake up to. The beaches are crystal blue and the water was always warm and clean. The food was also very flavourful and it had alot of variety, there's something for everyone whether that's a vegan or a vegetarian you have everything you need and also a very rich breakfast. As for the service the waiters were extremely nice and there was fast service, however they do need a little bit more professionalism. As for the included activities we had a wonderful time, what's really noteworthy is the entertainment, they brought live bands and very talented local artists to sing and dance for us and it was amazing. Also the snorkeling was fun and the reefs are rich and full of life and you can see many different kinds of fish and sea animals and interact with them. The only issue we had was the fact that there were some items that were supposedly included but they didn't have in stock which dissapointed us a little bit and how there are some places on the island that need some more work done. Overall amazing experience and I definitely recommend for any married couples or artists.