Bandos Island Resort & Spa
Bandos Island Resort & Spa
North Male Atoll, Maldives
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Location : North Male Atoll Rooms : 225
Location : North Male Atoll Rooms : 225Bandos Island Resort & Spa is surrounded by numerous palm trees, located on a wide sandy beach where crystal clear waters of the azure lagoon glisten in front of the resort. Bandos, which has one of the country's only two decompression chambers for diving emergencies, has an excellent housereef just metres from the beach as well as the widest range of sports facilities available in the country. A variety of guest rooms offer tropical decor and modern comforts. Guests can also observe local artisans as work.
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Based on 508 HotelTravel.com Guest reviews
Standard of Room
Hotel Facilities
Food & Beverage
Service
Location
Value For Money
85%
Customer Satisfaction
Rated #21 for all Maldives Islands hotels
We had chosen the deluxe room - excellent value for money. Water sports center is exceptional with extremely friendly local instructor which will care for you having lots of fun. However the diving center absolutely insists on the check dive and refuses to rent tanks & leads to the experienced divers even for a fun dive from the shore. Bizarre... Therefore we didn't use their services at all and did a marvellous liveaboard / diving cruise instead....
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Hotel Rates are per room, per night
Triple/Quad occupancy may include an extra bed for some room types.
Bandos Island Resort & Spa-Facilities & Services
Hotel Services
Laundry
Doctor on call
24-hour reception
Currency exchange
Maid service
Airport transfer (Price advised by Hotel)
Multilingual staff
TV room
Dry Cleaning
Doctor on call
24-hour reception
Currency exchange
Maid service
Airport transfer (Price advised by Hotel)
Multilingual staff
TV room
Dry Cleaning
Business Facilities
Photocopying
Meeting facilities
WIFI Wireless Internet access
Audio visual equipment
Convention centre
Printing service
Translation service
Meeting facilities
WIFI Wireless Internet access
Audio visual equipment
Convention centre
Printing service
Translation service
Recreational Facilities
Fishing
Badminton
Billiards
Boutique
Gymnasium
Squash court
Diving
Tennis court
Hairdresser
Jewellery shop
Steam bath
Watersports
Aerobics
Gift/souvenir shop
Massage
Snorkelling
Catamaran sailing
Discotheque
Live entertainment
Sightseeing
Island hopping
Beach volleyball
Board games
Children's club
Karaoke
Table tennis
Windsurfing
Sauna
Spa
Badminton
Billiards
Boutique
Gymnasium
Squash court
Diving
Tennis court
Hairdresser
Jewellery shop
Steam bath
Watersports
Aerobics
Gift/souvenir shop
Massage
Snorkelling
Catamaran sailing
Discotheque
Live entertainment
Sightseeing
Island hopping
Beach volleyball
Board games
Children's club
Karaoke
Table tennis
Windsurfing
Sauna
Spa
Bandos Island Resort & Spa-Rooms & Accommodation
Deluxe
Jacuzzi Beach Villa
Standard
Water Villa
Water Villa
All rooms
Air Conditioning
Baby cot (on request)
Hair Dryer
Mini Bar
Shower
Sun Bed(s)
Coffee / Tea Making Facilities
Cable / Satellite Television
IDD Telephone
In Room Safe
Baby cot (on request)
Hair Dryer
Mini Bar
Shower
Sun Bed(s)
Coffee / Tea Making Facilities
Cable / Satellite Television
IDD Telephone
In Room Safe
Deluxe
Bathroom with Bathtub and separate Outdoor Shower
Hot / Cold Shower
Hot / Cold Shower
Garden villa
Hot / Cold Shower
Coffee / Tea Making Facilities
Four Poster King Bed
Coffee / Tea Making Facilities
Four Poster King Bed
Bandos Island Resort & Spa - Dining & Entertainment
Gallery Restaurant
Sand Bar
The Bandos Island Resort & Spa offers the following dining options:
Coffee Shop
Gallery Restaurant
Harbour Restaurant
Sand Bar
Sea Breeze Café
Sundowners Bar
Gallery Restaurant
Harbour Restaurant
Sand Bar
Sea Breeze Café
Sundowners Bar
Bandos Island Resort & Spa is located in the southern section of the North Malé’ Atoll, about 7 km from Malé International Airport and the capital of Malé. Transfer between the airport and the resort takes only 20 minutes by speedboat and 45 minutes by dhoni (a local mechanised boat).
- Beach Front
- Bandos Island Resort & Spa is 7 km from Male' International Airport
- Bandos Island Resort & Spa is a 15 minutes by speedboat from Male' International Airport
Bandos Island Resort & Spa- Location & Map |
North Male Atoll
Amit Kumar,Indian
Arrival Date: Oct 01, 2008
Room type: Standard
Standard of Room
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Food & Beverage
Service
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Value For Money
93%
Satisfaction
Good holiday destination for people who are looking for relaxing time.
A HotelTravel.com Member,Chinese
Arrival Date: Nov 01, 2007
Room type: Water villa
Standard of Room
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Food & Beverage
Service
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Value For Money
80%
Satisfaction
I stay in the water villa, the best room in this hotel. All the views and facilities are terrific. I really enjoy my honeymoon here. The excursion programs are also quite good. The service is not stable, depending on the person who serve you. Overall, I enjoy bandos quite a lot. always clean and the huge outdoor bathroom was very photogenic, we did not use the jacuzzi though (too hot). A bit annoying to have to hire everything including the pool table. Gym was great, restaurant was nice if you can get a table under the fan as it can be hot and humid at night. Buy all your water and drinks during the happy hour for the next day. Hassan in the restaurant and Hassan in the bar were great, they made up for some of the other more laid back and service deficient staff. buffet was changed a lot, I liked the cooking stations, however not always a veggie choice on offer at them. After a night flight the closeness tot he airport was a plus. However you see a lot of islands from Bandos so you will not feel completely isolated.
Shehryar Iqbal,Pakistani
Arrival Date: Aug 16, 2007
Room type: Jacuzzi beach villa
Standard of Room
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Food & Beverage
Service
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Value For Money
83%
Satisfaction
A very nice resort, we stayed at the beach villa it was lovely.We had our very own Jacuzzi in the backyard attached to the bathroom.Over all experience was great just one bad one was at our arrival at the hotel that we had to wait for 3 hours to get our room i do agree that we arrived earlier then the check in timings but could not help that as the flight timings were like that .Only if we knew earlier we would have been mentally prepared.Its not easy to get off from an over night flight and then wait for another 3 hours on a sofa.Do double check if you might arrive before the check in time (14:00).Other wise worth the stay.We loved it.
Children should have a seperate pool as there were a lot of them.Due to the volume of kids it was overly noisy and felt like a play area for kids .
Sean Parry,Australian
Arrival Date: Jun 26, 2007
Room type: Jacuzzi beach villa
Standard of Room
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Food & Beverage
Service
Location
Value For Money
77%
Satisfaction
The double story beach villa was perfect and we were lucky to get one of the ones closest to the sea. Some are further back and much less private. Memories of a chilled bottle of south african white wine consumed during the happy hour on the pier with amazing sunsets will remain some of the fondest of our holiday. As vegetarians we were happy with the choice of food available on the half board deal however you may get bored if you are staying more than a week. Being on the island and eating a lot we also got good use out of the well equiped gym. However you need to pay for all raquet sports/pool table and equipment so if you have your own raquets bring them. Be careful of the tide with leaving bags on the small beach, I returned to find my camera submerged after spending two hours snorkling! Bandos has so many sharks (white and balck tip) that you will become immune to seeing them and close encounters with them remain some of our more exciting memories.
Overall Bandos is an island that I would definetly recommend for those who like a larger island and do not need all the staff to be calling you by your name.
A HotelTravel.com Member,Spanish
Arrival Date: Nov 13, 2008
Room type: Deluxe plus sea view
Standard of Room
Hotel Facilities
Food & Beverage
Service
Location
Value For Money
93%
Satisfaction
A HotelTravel.com Member,Japanese
Arrival Date: Sep 13, 2008
Room type: Standard
Standard of Room
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Food & Beverage
Service
Location
Value For Money
63%
Satisfaction
A HotelTravel.com Member,Chinese
Arrival Date: Aug 11, 2008
Room type: Garden villa
Standard of Room
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Food & Beverage
Service
Location
Value For Money
80%
Satisfaction
A HotelTravel.com Member,Chinese
Arrival Date: May 28, 2008
Room type: Water villa
Standard of Room
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Food & Beverage
Service
Location
Value For Money
77%
Satisfaction
A HotelTravel.com Member,French
Arrival Date: Jun 08, 2007
Room type: Deluxe
Standard of Room
Hotel Facilities
Food & Beverage
Service
Location
Value For Money
100%
Satisfaction
We had chosen the deluxe room - excellent value for money. Water sports center is exceptional with extremely friendly local instructor which will care for you having lots of fun. However the diving center absolutely insists on the check dive and refuses to rent tanks & leads to the experienced divers even for a fun dive from the shore. Bizarre... Therefore we didn't use their services at all and did a marvellous liveaboard / diving cruise instead.
Yu len Chin,Malaysian
Arrival Date: May 26, 2007
Room type: Superior
Standard of Room
Hotel Facilities
Food & Beverage
Service
Location
Value For Money
93%
Satisfaction
Great for family. 15 minutes speed boat ride from Male airport. Choose the deluxe type room as it is spacious, has a living hall & with connecting door. House reef is wonderful - great for snorkelling. Water is clear and calm, lots of fishes to admire, even in 2 feet depth! Get a book/card on "Fish of the Maldives". I bought a copy from Male Airport (author - Andrea Ghisotti) and we had lots of fun identifying many types of colourful fishes found at House Reef. room spacious and with living area. staff at restaurants are friendly and courteous. a good spread of buffet.
only 15 minutes by speed boat. great from my kids who will get sea sick if the ride is longer and at choppy sea. speed boat ride is on time and efficient.
Gillian Price,British
Arrival Date: May 03, 2007
Room type: Jacuzzi beach villa
Standard of Room
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Value For Money
97%
Satisfaction
We enjoyed the atmosphere and natural environment of this island. The people were really friendly and the food was excellent.We would certainly visit this resort again
A HotelTravel.com Member,American
Arrival Date: Feb 19, 2007
Room type: Deluxe
Standard of Room
Hotel Facilities
Food & Beverage
Service
Location
Value For Money
90%
Satisfaction
We were very happy with Bandos resort. We arrived late at night and someone from the hotel was waiting for us at the airport for transport to the island. We were greeted at the island with a nice drink and a friendly staff. We were travelling with our two children (ages 5 and 7) and the resort was great for kids. There are two swimming pools and a club with pool tables, badmitton, foozball, etc... I would stongly recommend bringing your own snorkling equipment - even if you don't think you will use it...you will! The room was average- but as we were travelling with our children we were happy with it because of the size. There were two twin size beds and a king size bed. The room and bathroom were both very large- just could maybe use a little updating. We had a nice little patio outside of our room with two comfortable chairs- which we relaxed in every night. One other tip- Sundowners has happy hour every night until 6:30. All drinks are 25% off. We usually spent our time before dinner at Sundowners enjoying a cocktail while the kids watched all of the sharks coming in for their evening meal...and the view of the sunset is fantastic. I can't say enough about how friendly and helpful the staff was- can't wait to go back!
A HotelTravel.com Member,French
Arrival Date: Feb 16, 2007
Room type: Deluxe
Standard of Room
Hotel Facilities
Food & Beverage
Service
Location
Value For Money
97%
Satisfaction
It is a lovely place to stay either for snorkelling or diving. We saw fantastic fishes, turtles, sharkes of any sizes...when snorkelling in front of the beach ! incredible !
People were very friendly. Excellent dive sites and very professionnal dive shop.
A HotelTravel.com Member,American
Arrival Date: Feb 08, 2007
Room type: Deluxe
Standard of Room
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Food & Beverage
Service
Location
Value For Money
100%
Satisfaction
The resort was wonderful. The deluxe room was great for our family of 3. The beaches, service and Sundown restaurant were all great. Additionally, the child care was fantastic. Our 10 month old had a great time playing in the Kids Club and the staff did a great job with him!
A HotelTravel.com Member,Japanese
Arrival Date: May 15, 2008
Room type: Standard
Standard of Room
Hotel Facilities
Food & Beverage
Service
Location
Value For Money
80%
Satisfaction
Rehan Tariq,Pakistani
Arrival Date: May 04, 2006
Room type: Garden villa
Standard of Room
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Food & Beverage
Service
Location
Value For Money
90%
Satisfaction
It was my honey moon trip i would highly recomend it to others. One tip: don't try to vist the Male city, i didn't like the staring habit of the people there, however the Bandos island itself was great facilities exceeding expectations.
A HotelTravel.com Member,American
Arrival Date: Apr 28, 2006
Room type: Garden villa
Standard of Room
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Value For Money
67%
Satisfaction
The crew commented that there was not much variety in the buffet and that service was not fast enough.
Nina Sever,British
Arrival Date: Apr 02, 2006
Room type: Junior suite
Standard of Room
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Food & Beverage
Service
Location
Value For Money
93%
Satisfaction
We had a great holiday and would recommend this lovely resort. Very family friendly but without the feel of an over run playground!! Kids Club is convenient and free but no organised activities; children have to be good at either watching telly or making their own entertainment. Our junior suite was in good location and had loads of room for an extra bed. It was kept spotless everyday and had an endless supply of clean bath and beach towels. Some noise from adjacent suite as they have linked doors. Would advise an early trip in your stay to Male to stock up on snacks / soft drinks as resort prices are expensive and have 10% service added to everything!! Food was very good and varied. Even our fussy 7 seven year old was happy!! Good transfer service to / from Male and daily access to good diving from the dive centre; snorkelling is fab around the lagoon / house reef. Everything we needed was there. Very well maintained and clean. Daily room service and fresh towels / bedding every day. Staff professional and polite. Always available and happy to help. Kids club free and available all day. However, no organised activities and staff only supervise children. Babysitting available at reasonable rates. Children pool adjacent to main pool. Busiest place in resort.
Near enough to Male for quick transfer but far enough away to give sense of being away from it all.
Jill Rumens,British
Arrival Date: Feb 11, 2006
Room type: Jacuzzi beach villa
Standard of Room
Hotel Facilities
Food & Beverage
Service
Location
Value For Money
87%
Satisfaction
The jacuzzi beach villas are fantastic. Very spacious and cleaned spotlessly by the hotel staff every day. Wide choice at the buffet and the restaurants were excellent. Loved sitting outside watching the Black Tip Reef Sharks swim past whilst eating. Very professionally run dive centre with a choice of 2 tank dives in the morning and 1 in the afternoon. Also the possibility of night diving. No extra charge for Nitrox. Very relaxed resort in beautiful surroundings
Rachel Rice,British
Arrival Date: Dec 14, 2005
Room type: Junior suite
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