Name: Kurumba Villa
Address: Life, Kasthoori Magu, Maafushi (Kaafu Atoll), Maafushi (Kaafu Atoll), Maafushi (Kaafu Atoll), 08090, Maldives
Rating: 8

24-hour reception

Smoke-free property

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At the boutique hotel

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Male International Airport

Kurumba Villa

Maafushi (Kaafu Atoll)

child-bed

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external-private-bathroom

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lounge

treatment

no-window

bay-view

bosphorus-view

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garden-view

golf-view

harbour-view

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lake-view

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pool-view

river-view

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water-view

with-view

annex

basement

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1-bedroom

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not-guaranteed

wired-internet-access

smoking

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duplex

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kitchen

First say that the staff of 10. Rox, the guy from Sri Lanka who is at the reception a 10. Some hotel should hire it because it is excellent. The worst the hotel management. Half stay they tell me if please I can change to a lower room, they have had a problem with some customers, etc. That they will already compensate me. I say ok. The room was finished painting about 24h. 
At the end of the stay no compensation or anything. They also tell me that if I pay with VISA it has a surcharge of 3%. He does not put it anywhere in the hotel, reception, invoice, etc. I ask for explanations, they call the boss and tell me that they can write it by hand... In addition, the speedboat costs $ 25 when the other agencies charge $ 20. For the PCR I paid $70 when ICOM charges $40. Before taking this hotel look for other options even if they are $ 10 more expensive...

Great staff. The worst management in Maafushi

Not sure about the rest of the reviews that have high praises for this property but I had the worst stay there to be utterly honest. I had actually read reviews about this property and there are good and there are bad. Due to the cheap room rates I decided to base on the good reviews and gave it a try. Book for 6 nights, upon arrival (they were late to pick us up at the jetty) was taken immediately to another property and was told we are to stay 2 nights there (due to their overbooking). To my surprise was told that this is common, they have 14 rooms but had 18 rooms booking by their staff Shaun. Then it struck me that there was another review that said their initial stay was also at another property too. The mistakes I made maybe was to complain why I have to stay in another property when I have already made my bookings and also did not gave Mr Shaun tips ? Mr Shaun told me that I shouldn’t stress him as he is only 23 yrs old when I asked why I have to stay in another property when I had already made a booking for his ? From here onwards things got worse with Mr Shaun, he gave me hostile looks as though I am making trouble for him and during my 4th-6th nights stay there in his property I have to face a bad attitude/black face Mr Shaun.

I actually felt unsafe during my stay there and was thinking of changing property for my stay and forfeit my room rates. For the 3rd night I was told our room was still not available so we had to continue to stay on the other property, but was promised 3rd floor which is the top floor with sea view when we move over. 

4th-6th nights was given a 2nd floor room with a view of someone else’s roof top, poor WiFi, broken toilet window, no hooks to hang towels in the toilet ( no dry/wet area), no curtain in room ( room is bright at 6.30am), a thin sheet of linen as blanket, no make up of room. I had to borrow a broom to sweep the room floor myself. At 9.47pm I still can hear loud music the staff was playing downstairs. The breakfast area had a dozen of flies and you have to free 1 hand to “fan” away the flies. This property is not near the bikini beach , public beach or popular eating area.  On top of all these, I had to face a bad attitude Mr Shaun. I think that was his name who manage the place and had really made my stay there awful and felt unsafe. 

I made the booking through Agoda and it was not easy to cancel my stay and change to another property. As it’s only 3 remaining nights there so I decided stay put and also stay out of Mr Shaun’s way. I had a “strong“ feelings that things got worse when I did not gave him tips upon my arrival and my complaint of  my room’s availability. Why should I give tips in the first place when I felt that the service level was not satisfactory? Although it was a cheap accommodation but I think with a little extra you could get a better place to stay. Or you better be prepared to give some tips even if you find their service is not good. I actually wrote my review in Agoda but till today I did not see them publish my review. Guess they only put the good reviews and the really bad reviews they don’t publish. By the way, please take note that this property last speedboat ferry is 11pm ( at the jetty 10.45pm ) and it takes about 1 hr 30mins or more to clear immigration and collect your luggage. If your flight is 1010pm arrival you definitely won’t make it for their last ferry. And the property is very near to Mosque and there will be loud speakers prayer at 5.30am.

Worst 6 nights accommodation ever !

My husband and I cannot commend the staff here enough. Their assistance, hospitality, and smiles made our trip over the top funnnnn!!! Our room was clean, the location of the villa was convenient convenient, and the staff members there were so fun and helpful with arranging our activities and being flexible with us for everything! We even had a BBQ together with all of them on our last day! 

Amazing time and stay

Lovely people with a huge smile on their face to welcome you. 
if you prefer a budget and short stay in Maldives, kurumba villa highly recommended. 
we stayed for 3 Days and it was awsm. Clean Rooms with lots of privacy. 
Thank you shon. we will come back again for sure 


Best place for Budget stay

I love this place! Room was clean and light, beds are comfortable, guys who work in villa were very friendly. And, of course, food was delicious. I would definitely recommend this villa to my friends who plan to travel to Maldives.

Great experience

We stayed here for 3 nights and the hotel facility was amazing. The interior was cool and up to date, the room is spacious and all the staff are very friendly and hospitable. They always ask us if we need something or how they can further assist us. I would like to thank personally Shanaka from the reception, he is truly amazing and wonderful person, he make sure that our stay will be awesome and unforgettable. He helped us a lot in our tours and activities, he is the one who arrange it for us and even gave us discounts (which is very cool 😎) and always drop us to the pick up point for the activities and make sure we will have fun. He contributed a lot on my Maldives trip.

I love the local island as all the people are friendly and the foods are so cheap. You can even fill up your tummy with just 10 bucks 😄. There’s a lot of food options, and don’t forget to try their juice petty, it’s so yummy with different flavors to choose from.

Definitely I’ll be back here and will stay for more than 3 nights, and highly recommended. 

Forgot to mention there’s no alcohol in the local island but they do serve in the floating bar, you have to try it. The boat going to and coming back is free 😉 and as for me it was cool and new experience

Superb!!!

My birthday celebration with kurumba was amazing. I love the hotel facility. From arrival, people from kurumba assist us going to the hotel and gave us a warm welcome. The receptionist is really respectful and make our vacation lovely. He help us to experience maldives/maafushi in the most wonderful memories. From our tour he always come with us to the pickup point and make sure we are having fun with our activities. The service we experience was so cool staff are friendly specially the receptionist shanaka i think is the name. They always extend something to offer. 

I really highly suggest this guest house for vacation for family,friends,couple. They will make it memorable.

They always smile. 

Thank you kurumba team. Hope to see you soon.

Superb experience

Stayed in August 2019 which was a family visit to Male. Maafushi is a great Island with all activities and we were lucky enough to select Kurumba Villa for the stay. Sean and the staff are super attentive for all guest needs and the best hospitality ever experienced.

Family Vacation

A very nice & excellent place to stay.Sean & staff r very helpful & Sean helped us wit new stays & watersports.Wud recommend all to go for this place fr sure if you're in Maldives.Thanks sean & team..

Awesome place. Definitely go for it

Excellent place to visit In Maafushi. Staff are well trained, professional and experienced. They helped us get the best of the journey : best deals on excursions, trips and packages to enhance our experience here. Awaiting my next trip. 

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