South Palm Resort Maldives

We went there for our daughter’s birthday. The staffs went above and beyond to make this special day into one of the beautiful memories that we could give to our daughter. The kids really enjoyed their time in this property.

Our time at South Palm resort was amazing on all levels. The staff were very friendly and always went out their way to provide a 5 star experience. The beach villa 116 was spacious always clean and provided everything you needed for an enjoyable stay. The room cleaner was super efficient and kept the villa spotlessly clean and topped up with fresh water twice daily and coffee and tea. The air conditioning in the room worked very well. We liked the fact that at the main restaurant a lot of food was cooked to order at the food stations creating less food waste and nice to have the meal cooked from scratch. There was good variety of food for all meals. The beach bar by the outside pool served a good variety of drinks and the sta ff were always friendly and helpful. The reception staff were always quick to act on requests and had great customer service skills always polite and helpful. So lots of positives for this Holliday stay. The only one thing that would have made our holiday experience even more enjoyable would have been to allow us to take back drinks to the room when you placed an order at the bar. Overall this was a 5 star holiday 10/1 0 I would definable recommend a holiday to the South Palm resort. Thank you to all the staff that really looked after us during our stay 😊

If you’re looking for an amazing time in beautiful Maldives DON’T choose this hotel. I read reviews before going and hoped that it won’t be that bad but most of the recent reviews are spot on! The food is repetitive (tuna steak and undercooked meat stews) even the pancakes at breakfast are a disappointment. I’m not a big foodie but the selection was quite poor. Also you’re allocated seating place and not allowed to change it. The decorations in the restaurant were horrible (please get rid of that Santa!!) mosh mash, dusty and out of place. Also the joke for us was how you’re on all inclusive package but a lot of things are ‘CHARGEABLE’ and the charges are not small! (Any other cocktails, food in the water villa, a la carte dining, drinks after midnight etc) Spa was lovely and the staff there were very nice but bear in mind to add $10 if you want an outdoor treatment (I’d say it was worth it but it should be included rather than forced). The trip from airport to the resort was supposed to take 10-15min but firstly the boat was not there and then (after half an hour waiting) it took 45min to get there. On return we had an actual speed boat and that took 15min! Be aware that there are only 2 flights per day from Male to Gan and even if your plane lands/takes off around midday you’ll need to leave the resort at 3am. The cleaning was not thorough. Same stains left on the surfaces for the whole duration of our stay. Towels are thin, worn out and scratchy. Some excursions were cancelled due go an engine issues. I was hoping to be able to visit next island as it looked very close on a map but there was no opportunity to get there (kayak was free for 1h and then became ‘chargeable’) Overall it wasn’t terrible but it definitely was not what I expected from Maldivian resort. Pay a bit more and find a better hotel!