Thanks!! Oh my bad. It is 7 nights, so I see that I am leaving Sunday. Almost short changed myself! I’m guessing sunset grill Saturday then? Thoughts on the wine cellar?

Yeah, no idea but there are definitely fish around it. You don't need coral for fish though, and the pylons and OWBs themselves generally provide some base for fish to appear in.

Also, on dinnners- make sure you have a backup for the wine cellar. In 3 stays and 6 bookings for it I've never once had it go ahead

I am 6 for 6 in 4 stays for the wine cellar but I have always visited in February. I understand though that there are many cancellations during other times of the year.

@MF - why do you say this about Sunset (keeping it to the end)?

i ask because I loved sunset grill and would want to go a few times

Do you have a dining plan for your 30 night stay or are you just gonna go with the flow?

I’m currently toying with Ithaa for lunch or dinner. Has anybody brought their kids to Ithaa? Is the eating free for under 6s for Ithaa too? Just not sure about the menu - she might not like anything there (if it’s like the main menu). So maybe bringing her to the cocktail hour might be better just so she can experience Ithaa or are kids not allowed down then?

kids are allowed at cocktail hour

Let's say it is, for us at least, the perfect end to a trip to the Maldives. Mandhoo doesn't have the sunset (and is closed one day of the week, but hey, so is Sunset Grill now :-( ) and you know how it goes.....sunsets end perfect stories. I suppose that's why they do it in the movies.
After all those hours of preparing for our first Rangali visit I decided to put SG on the last night and have done so ever since, so regular in fact that they now remember SG is on our last night and have our favourite table ready with "See you soon!" written in dyed rice. I'm sure we're not the only ones. So yeah, if it ain't broke, don't fix it!

Good question. SG, Vilu & Mandhoo all once a week I guess (not gonna bother with pre-bookings I don't think). Except for that, mostly going to go with the flow with a few special requests (some recipes that we're keen on trying) and a couple of booked private beach dinners thrown in for good measure. I figure the nights where we can't get a table for wherever we want to dine, we ask the Atoll Market chef to do one of the recipes we will be taking. Oh, and yeah, SG on the last night. Or did I mention that already?

I think that poster meant the renovated DBV for the private pool ... at least that’s how I interpreted it.

Hello everyone - its been really useful reading up on all of your posts and all the tips. Special thanks to @MaldivesFreak of course. On our way at the moment transiting via Colombo - we’re booked for 5 nights starting today 2nd June, curious to see if anyone other members on here will be around. We’re booked into a WV and hopefully looking forward to an SWV... very eager to see this property obviously.