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We just came back from this resort and are already planning our next vacation at the same place. We stayed for two weeks in a standard beach villa and liked everything, the most important for us being the house reef. The house reef: simply outstanding, daily encounters with the sharks, turtles, whole families of the eagle rays, porcupine and boxfish, moray eels and so on. We enjoyed snorkeling at least twice a day and were never disappointed. The food : simple but good, with Italian influence. One could find pizzas and pasta at a daily basis (pasta with speck and safran sauce is my favorite). Every day the resort changes the theme of the diner, my favorite being Maldivian, we had it twice during our stay. Live barbecue with meat and fish, live naan station (just excellent) as well as other dishes from all around the world. We also booked the lobster dinner, while being a bit too expensive, it was one of the best we had so far. The Chef prepared an excellent lemon butter sauce that was just perfect for the lobster, highlighting its delicate taste. Thanks to the General manager Jaco we also had one diner at the a la carte water villa restaurant, we liked a lot the romantic setting, lounge music, service and of course the food. The excursions: we went on a whale shark excursion and were lucky to see two different of them. In our sixth’s time in Maldives it was the first encounter, what a beautiful experience ! We also went on the night sharks snorkeling and had seen at least 30 friendly nurse sharks of different size, it was impressive and beautiful. Finally, we went on manta safari and unfortunately haven’t seen any, but we will try again the next year. The resort also organizes the house reef snorkeling excursions twice a day (free of charge) with the marine’s biologists. If you are not a confident swimmer and/or would like to know better the marine’s life, I highly recommend to give it a try. The shop: I loved this shop.

Beautiful hotel at the beach on a calm local island. Staff are incredible nice and there is variety of tours available, so there is no chance to get bored. Snorkeling with mantas, turtles, fishing...you can do anything. SUP rental was available too and it was great to paddle around. Akeyz is very attentive and ready to help. There is a roof top restaurant and they also serve delicious coffee. Thank you for beautiful memories :-)

The staff were great, they really worked hard to make us feel at home and pampered! The beach dinner set up was fantastic 😍

It was a wonderful stay made by the owner Hassan - thank you very much for the facility and tasty dinner

Everything. The location in the island was unbeatable, next to the pier to see the sharks. The staff? EVERYONE was great, and Abdulla (hopefully I spelt it correctly) was SO KIND. The welcome to the hotel was incredible, and it really felt like they were there for us for anything. Also, the property was incredible. The best indoors we've seen in the Maldives, especially for guest houses. All and all, we agreed that having chosen their guesthouse was one of the best decisions we made on this trip.

Peaceful Paradise on Omadhoo! This beautiful new guesthouse on the stunning local island of Omadhoo is a true gem! Thoughtfully designed with great attention to detail, it offers every comfort you could wish for, including a lovely outdoor shower and a peaceful atmosphere. The location is perfect, close to Bikini Beach and everything else you might need. The hosts are incredibly kind and helpful, assisting with transport and organizing activities. I felt warmly welcomed from the very first moment. One of the highlights was the breakfast served right on the beach. Nothing was missing, it was simply perfect!

I had an exceptionally enjoyable experience at this guest house. The beachfront location is truly breathtaking, and the staff were exceedingly friendly and helpful, I went once snokelling and it was really fun. They picked me up from the harbor and driving me to the guest house in a quaint three-wheeled car. Upon checking in, they gave me a tour of the island, highlighting key buildings and guiding me to tourist-friendly beach areas. The breakfast was good, served in front of the beach in the shadow so very enjoyable. My favourite part was that at 5.30pm we went to see stingrays on the beach and then nurse sharks from the pier. it is the only island I have been to that offers this activity (for free!) it was a lot of fun. I have visited some local islands in the South Arii Atoll but Omadhoo is definitely among the most beautiful and peaceful.

So! Let’s lost whole your stress and fast life - stay in this place! In compare to another our visited place in Maledives - it was more than expected. The staff (rather the Great Nice Team with really phenomenal Manager!) prepared many nice surprices, very good food (our recommendation is to ask about nice buffet dinner here!). So - finally, even if it’s sounds strange - don’t think about beaches only (bikini beach is very close, this is nearest acommodation, 3 min), don’t think about excursions only (sandabank and all typical activities are available) - the base of this acommodation is really local Island with fantastic/magic team on that house. Of course don’t plan your visit here if you need 5 (or 6)stars hotel , but be sure this team provide everything (personally and with the highest atention) what is possibile here. What is not possibile - its not possibile, if you need your own meaning of luxury everyday stay at home;) But if you need Maledivian hospitality and individual realtionships with the friendly people and very, very good standard - stay in Ocean Lilly Inn. And the position of this house on the Island is the best in our opinion. It was also 20th anniversary of our marriage (after unexpected unfriendly cancellation in another place/Island). Can you belive - the Manager in Ocean Lilly Inn organized all in less than two days before our arrival, even seats on spedboats when the seats are normalny unavailable/sold out. So, what a good result: to stay in that place with great events and standard better than expected we decided about this place. Also for this occasion it was ideal. Thank you!

The property is fantastic, clean and the staff is very friendly. It feels boutique, but has facilities of a large hotel (5 restaurants, gym, spa..)