Robinson Club Maldives Adults Only

This is NOT a 5-star resort. it's fraud to claims they 5 star. -Not clean. everything is super dirty from cushion to bed they don't clean after guests. I couldn't sit on the sofa. It smells stinky sweat. The curtains stink. - Air CONDITIONING NOT WORKING it's very old and makes a sewage smell. the sound will not allow you to sleep. The technician came to fix it and spent hours but the problem remained. -THE BATHTUB does not work at all. It was raining and windy,needed a hot bath. bathtub didn't work with all the money we spent for nothing. - THE FOOD WAS Very disappointing. No fish except one bad type served every day. no seafood. Rubbery frozen shrimp. Bad breakfast,very bad quality egg canned beans and frozen potatoes very unhealthy. The food is false advertisement Everything is badly frozen, soaky food, and low quality ingredients. the chefs are creative and can make a variety of dishes with the same ingredient. But I didn't pay extra for frozen soaky unhealthy food . -All inclusive is not inclusive. No frish juice, no activities, no bathroom amenities, and everything is with extra charge. If you don't want to pay, they will treat you with disrespect. They will try to sell you something all the time. -Bad, unprofessional staff. *chef named Rakesh is very disrespectful; he told me literally, You don't think; you took too much food. You have to think first." *manager named Sam saw me sitting on a table; he told the waiter to immediately push the chair before I sat down, told me I couldn't sit here; it's for manager only. so rude. - Smoking everywhere. I got very sick. It is a hotel for smokers. Smoking in restaurants during breakfast, lunch, and dinner Smoking in the room next to us. No privacy between rooms The beach is damaged and rocky. It's hard to walk on the beach because it's rough. They don't serve you. When I asked for help, the waiter said, Go get yourself.

The service, food, location, stay, etc was extremely good. There are minor nitpicks I could make here and there (e.g. it took 30 seconds longer than I'd have liked for a coffee at one point, haha) but Robinson's is amazing. I'm writing this review right now from the Dominican Republic, where I'm staying this week for a conference, and the entire time I've been wishing I was back in Maldives at Robinson's. If it weren't so far from me in the USA, this would be my go-to destination, and Maldives in particular. Staying in the beach/ocean villas is absolutely the right choice--the ones on the water are hot as hades during the day, they're far from everything too, and the garden ones you don't get the private beach walkout and the savings isn't enough to justify the sacrifice of feeling like you own your own slice of paradise.

Likely my fault, but I wasn't aware at the time of booking that the plane/speedboat ride to the island would be an extra $540 a person. Combined with airline incompetence and cancellation fees, this hit me with a $1300 expense right out of the gate. The turtle safari was OK when we went, not really worth the cash, and not substantially better than snorkeling around the island--which is INCREDIBLE. If/when I go back, I will likely avoid all extra activities, including the massage which was OK, but prices were per person and not per couple, and $300 for a massage was...not worth it for us. I felt like a lot of the add-ons were cool, but wound up being $1,100 for us, and combined with the flight/speedboat that doubled the total cost of the stay. Would have been fine if I could have planned ahead and expected the expenses, just felt a little nickled and dimed throughout which annoyed me. It's a resort and you know they're going to tourist trap you, so this is not exactly a complain, just something I wish I had known.

We booked last minute and we okay with our last minute rate. We however found out that domestic flights to KDM from MLE if you are to buy for yourself cost $80 one way and $160 return for same day purchase, over the counter. The hotel charges $352 for this alone! Its a complete rip off. Their alcohol selection is also quite limited. It's a nice hotel, but pretty far from rest of the atolls (73 minute flight) and the staff make you feel like they're doing you favors being there coz you have to depend on them for access to or off the island. My opinion, you can find better experience for the same price elsewhere.

if you like snorkeling in group of sharks, this is the place. everything looks amazing. the hotel will arrange staff to meet you at male international airport, arrange domestic flight for you, and arrange you to wait in the Moonimaa lounge. when you arrive at the local airport there is also staff to pick you up to connect you to the boat. there is one glass welcome sparkling wine since you step on the island. there is also welcome handmade necklace. of course the scenery is always amazing!!! we arrived in afternoon missed the lunch time, they already arranged some food in our room. very very considerate! the restaurants are also trying their best to change the menu and diversify food. please be noted, your stay in Moonimaa lounge, either arrival or departure, will be arranged by the hotel. you dont need to pay by yourself.

everything is perfect , except when we left and arrived at male domestic airport, there were a few hours before international flight. the staff there asked us if we want to stay in lounge or touring in the city before checkin , I chose lounge. I thought we were talking about Moonimaa lounge where we stayed on 1st day on arrived and waited for domestic flight. then he guided me to buy lounge tickets, when I paid and got the tickets I then realized this Leeli lounge is in the international airport(after check-in), which means only after check-in we could use that lounge. then we were sent back to Moonimaa lounge to wait! the ridiculous thing was when we checked in and went into Leeli lounge, there was only less than 1 hour before boarding, the price listed at the Leeli door is much much cheaper than what I paid outside. in summary, we can stayed in Moonimaa lounge before checkin, but staff there misled us to pay for the unnecessary Leeli lounge at a higher price that we actually cannot enjoy . I know this is not Robinsons responsibility, but Robinson has a duty stop this behavior.