Brilliant resort if you want yummy food and lovely staff!
Jul 20, 2025 Samantha G
We had a fantastic 9 nights in the Heritence. After coming from another fabulous island it was gonna be hard to beat.
The highlight of this island was the outstanding attentiveness of all the lovely staff we met and the quality of the food.
If you want an island for the above then it’s brilliant the rooms are also fantastic big and everything…
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We had a fantastic 9 nights in the Heritence. After coming from another fabulous island it was gonna be hard to beat.
The highlight of this island was the outstanding attentiveness of all the lovely staff we met and the quality of the food.
If you want an island for the above then it’s brilliant the rooms are also fantastic big and everything you could wish for, however the island isn’t as nice as the other 4 islands we have been to in the past.
Very spread out, disjointed and we felt there were some elements by management that could have been done so much better.
It didn’t have its Maldivian natural charm like the other islands we have visited recently and in the past.
The Maldivian village however that was built on the island was brilliant and one of the highlights of our stay here along with the staff we met.
The restaurants were great for their outstanding food quality and service but lacked a bit of atmosphere! Sometimes we felt the only ones in there! The main restaurant staff huge thanks to our lovely chef Jayalal who made us Thai curry and pad Thai just specially for us was just amazing and Manjula greeted us every time we visited and was so personal asking was every thing ok etc and we were made to feel like royalty at times! Big thanks also to Raff our lovely young waiter at the fish restaurant his experience and professionalism at just 18 was truly inspirational.
All the bar staff in the main pool bar including Kanishka bar manager, Traven,
Saradha and many more were fab and made our holiday.
Thanks to Traven for teaching us how to make cocktails as along with other staff!
Our cleaner Ahmed Ikram was adorable and kept our room immaculate thank you!
Momo the activity wellness instructor was also a happy tonic to our day! Encouraged us to do aquasize, salsa dancing and table tennis! A brilliant person who made everyone smile.
All we would say is the activities around the pool and in the gym and on the beach should be advertised more in rooms and on the daily itinerary sent out by your butler so people are aware of what’s going on more!
We felt if people knew about it then more people would have attended.
Finally the musicians in the bar The Angels String Acoustic duo were so talented and a joy to watch why we were there.
Huge thanks to our lovely Butler Jaube for organising everything during our stay.
Personally we feel the management need to do more to make it feel more natural, like there were areas of space with no sun loungers by the sea, the main restaurant felt like a canteen inside not a maldive restaurant, and no outside seating on the beach here, just under cover, and the pool area was quite cluttered and congested if it had been 100% full not sure where everyone would have gone!
Overall a lovely break but we wouldn’t be back to this island but definitely return to Maldives!
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