Male
This cool spot on Male's busy seafront road is a godsend to anyone travelling through Male. Sleek and minimalist, Newport feels very different to Male's…
Must-see restaurants in Maldives
Male
This smart and beautifully designed restaurant is generally held to be the best on the island, and it's busy most nights of the week. The Thai menu is…
Addu Atoll
A local meeting point on the main road between the airport and Hithadhoo, Just Tea is unmarked in English, but is a superb place to try local cooking in a…
Maafushi
This friendly Maldivian-Chinese place offers a choice of outdoor dining in a relaxed sandy area facing the harbour, or a brightly lit interior where you…
Addu Atoll
This rather stylish place arranged around a large ornamental pond is the best choice for a meal on Hithadhoo. The menu is fairly standard international…
Male
The Seagull boasts an impressively designed space complete with a charming downstairs garden and a first-floor terrace with a tree growing through it. The…
Addu Atoll
This very pleasant place on the main road is rightly considered one of Addu City's best restaurants. It's popular with a mixed crowd of local families,…
Male
This great little place, with a charming garden and an air-conditioned, stylish dark-wood interior, is housed in a rare surviving example of a ganduvaru,…
Male
This rather cool place on the seafront is a bit of a change of pace for Hulhumale, which doesn't really do much in the way of hipster spots. The main…
Southern Atolls
Overlooking the harbour, this cute restaurant has a lovely location, a raised dais with sea views and shaded gazebos scattered around the palm-strewn…
Maafushi
This lovely little locally run bakery is the brainchild of Suzy, who learned how to bake in Sri Lanka and has brought her love of baked goods back to her…
Southern Atolls
This very pleasant spot is right next to the gorgeous white-sand Thoondu Beach. It serves up Maldivian standards such as curries, noodles and seafood as…
Male
This is one of the best teashops in the area, and due to its fish-market location it’s popular with fishermen and open around the clock. You can get a…
Male
On the ground floor of the Newtown Inn, this multi-coloured Indian restaurant is one of the best on the island, with a large menu of cooking from all over…
Maafushi
This simple sand-floor place does surprisingly excellent wood-fire-oven pizza in a range of flavours. It also has a coffee shop on one side of it, run by…
STO People's Choice Supermarket
Male
Male's best-stocked supermarket, People's Choice has possibly the best selection of imported food and drinks for sale in the entire country.
Male
This breezy (and sometimes downright windy) place above the Hulhumale ferry terminal has expansive harbour views and a large menu that runs from pizza and…
Male
The Thai food here is good value and authentic, though the best reason to visit is for the thrice-weekly buffet (R140 per person), where you can take your…
Male
This useful spot on the seafront serves up tasty sandwiches, full breakfasts, burgers, good coffee and pastries. It’s a great spot for lunch on the run,…
Southern Atolls
Located in the middle of the island, this friendly garden restaurant has individual booths surrounded by trellises and lots of plant life, making each…
Male
This popular, clean and friendly 'short eats' place has both indoor and outdoor tables on one of the Hulhumale's busiest commercial streets. There's a…
Male
Ravin's is a popular lifeline for foreigners living on Hulhumale and also with a younger, local crowd who appreciate the international cuisine. As well as…
Male
Our favourite ‘short eats’ place in town is this perennially busy meeting place by the Henveiru football field. After prayers at the next-door mosque, it…
Maafushi
This lovely al fresco courtyard restaurant with a sand floor offers a big menu of fish and seafood specialties, although it also has beef and chicken…
Male
A popular place right in the centre of things, this friendly and somewhat upmarket teashop serves up a delicious selection of ‘short eats’.
