Wonderful staff in Paradise
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Spent 11 nights at Sun Siyam Iru Fushi at the end of May 2025. The Sun Siyam Lounge at Male airport was very welcome to us all after a long direct flight from Heathrow. Children especially loved all the food choices available as well as many drink options. We ate our food on the swing chair watching the sea planes arrive and depart - a great way… Read more
Spent 11 nights at Sun Siyam Iru Fushi at the end of May 2025. The Sun Siyam Lounge at Male airport was very welcome to us all after a long direct flight from Heathrow. Children especially loved all the food choices available as well as many drink options. We ate our food on the swing chair watching the sea planes arrive and depart - a great way to start our holiday. Spending no longer than a hour here, we then departed on the Sun Siyam Sea plane for a 45minute flight. We were greeted by many members of staff who gave us a garland and flower for my hair, as well as a wonderful drum reception. We were taken to our Beach Villa by our Butler - Thahseen - who talked us through everything we needed to know. After reading many reviews on here, we had booked many restaurants and activities on the App before we arrived. We loved the App and found it very useful. Our Beach Villa 203 was very close to everything but also very close to where the Sea Planes take over very early each day from around 6am. After our first night I spoke to Reception and asked if we could move to the other side of the island which they were able to do that afternoon. We moved to Villa 289 which had a Pool. This was amazing! We all loved this and the location was quieter and less in the thick of it. All of the Standard Beach Villas are located on the side where the Sea Planes take off - if you are easily woken then this may be an issue for you. We were fortunate that island occupancy was around 35% so there were options for us to move. After having a Pool Villa, I would 100% recommend these especially if you have children. We ate at every restaurant and thoroughly enjoyed them all. Staff were amazing and very attentive throughout. The food is outstanding for All Inclusive and the wine choices were great too. The beauty of this resort is that you are not limited to just one visit to the restaurants, you can go as many times as you would like, as long as you can get booked in. My favourite for location/atmosphere was Flavours. We were told before going that Trio would not be available so were disappointed until we realised that Flavours would be having the Trio menu too as a separate menu. Eating outside under the stars with the sharks and fish around you is magical. The Buffet restaurant was great for breakfast but I wasn't a fan of the sit down A'la carte options for lunch with a limited buffet - we would have preferred a larger buffet but maybe this was due to low occupancy and not wanting to waste food? Either way we decided to eat at Fluid or Waters Edge each day for lunch which provided great options. Staff in the Buffet were always on hand to help with anything we needed. There are lots of cats around the Buffet area - very sweet - but sometimes a bit too eager to see if any food is left. Every member of staff we spoke to or had an interaction with were so friendly and helpful. They really helped to make our holiday - nothing was too much trouble. A few names to mention - Sonu, Grishma, Susmita, Panca, Nischal Special mention to Abbas who makes the amazing pancakes for breakfast. He made me many animals and even tried to create a pancake of our pet dog - amazing creativity! He also works in Fluid for lunch and made our lunches very special. Staff at the Waters Edge, day or night were always on hand to deliver us milkshakes or cocktails. A welcome treat after a snorkel off the House Reef. The weather was changeable during our stay - plenty of sunshine, very windy and some rain. The wind meant that for 4-5 days of our holiday, there was a red flag by the House Reef which meant that we could not swim. Even on the other days, you needed to be a strong swimmer against the waves - definitely not for everyone. We saw plenty of fishes, sharks and a couple of turtles. We also snorkelled from the beach outside our Villa which was mostly much calmer and still saw plenty of fish. Just beware that there is lots of coral as you enter the ocean so water shoes/flippers are advised. We used the Spa a couple of times - once for my free facial which was amazing and then for a couples massage where we also used the Hydro Pool area with our children for 1 hr beforehand. Both experiences were very relaxing and good value for money. We took part in the free Nature Walk and the Wine Tasting which were both very enjoyable and led by knowledgeable staff. We also did the Sunset Cruise which was lovely but was on one of the windy days so the current/waves were quite strong. We saw some dolphins but too cloudy for the sunset. The windy conditions also meant that we were unable to use the Kayaks or SUP until our last day when I begged them to go out, which was a shame, but understandable due to the wind. We made use of the Pool Table, Table Tennis, Darts and Tennis courts while we there. The Recreation room is the hottest room on resort - open to the weather so unable to have A/C. More fans around the room would be beneficial though. We all enjoyed the swimming pool at Fluid. A fantastic size and depth too. We really enjoyed our holiday at Sun Siyam Iru Fushi. Just a little disappointed that the wind affected some of the activities we had planned to do but can't be helped. Staff definitely made up for this and treated us so well during our stay. Read less
