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Underwater Restaurants in Maldives

Situated 16 feet below the surface of the Indian Ocean, this all-glass restaurant is the world’s first undersea eatery. A part of the Conrad Maldives Resort, it offers 180-degree panoramic views of the surrounding coral reefs and the gorgeous marine life. The lunch and dinner menus feature exclusive delicacies prepared by blending local spices with Western flavors. You can also enjoy mid-morning cocktails at this exceptional dining destination if you feel like a more casual exploration of this extraordinary eating place.

Thus, it is undoubtedly a must-visit underwater restaurant Maldives boasts of, providing a one-of-a-kind experience. As you sample a four-course lunch or a six-course dinner comprising locally sourced seafood and Maldivian-European fusion cuisine, thousands of multihued fish, turtles, and stingrays will accompany you. Sometimes, you can also catch the glimpse of a shark floating overhead. You can also reserve this winner of three Global Awards at the 2017 World Luxury Restaurant Awards for weddings, private breakfasts, and other celebrations. 

Price: INR 13929/- per head for lunch, and INR 22859/- per person for dinner (including a glass of champagne)

Cuisine: European, Fusion

Location: Rangali Island in Alif Dhaal Atoll

Timing: 11 AM to 12 AM every day 

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If you want to visit the world’s largest underwater restaurant, Maldives is the place you must include in your holiday bucket list. Set at a depth of 5.8 meters below sea level, and hence the name, this restaurant is the ideal spot to dive into the pleasures of gastronomy. While you delve into an extensive five-course lunch or seven-course dinner, exotic marine creatures like moray eels, sharks, and fish in a kaleidoscopic spectrum of colours keep you company.

The menu lists sustainably sourced seafood along with mouthwatering vegetarian and non-vegetarian delicacies. You can reach the restaurant from a pier at the Hurawalhi Island Resort followed by a long descent down a spiralling staircase.

The hypnotic views, combined with the minimalistic décor, and the intimate setting, create the perfect spot for a romantic evening with your loved one. Prior reservations are mandatory as this exclusive resort serves only two guests at each table.

Price: INR 17143/- per head for a 4-course lunch, INR 23571/- per person for a 7-course meal

Cuisine: International, Fusion, European, Seafood

Location: Hurawalhi Island Resort, Lhaviyani Atoll, Hurawalhi Island

Timing: Lunch - 12:30 PM onwards, Sunset dinner - 6:15 PM onwards, Moonlit dinner - 9:15 PM onwards 

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Apart from every experience common to an underwater restaurant Maldives offers, the SEA presents an underwater zoo that you can admire while you dine. And the encyclopedia of marine life featured at every table gives you fascinating insights about the creatures you can view.

Green turtles, clownfish, parrotfish, and butterfly fish swim by as you delight your taste buds with mouthwatering dishes that can give stiff competition to works of art in their presentation style.

You can savour delicacies like a Maldivian Lobster or a Japanese Wagyu as the part of a five-course lunch or a four-course dinner. Featuring the world’s first undersea wine cellar, a selection of wine aged over nine decades enhances the culinary pleasure and recommendations from their sommelier helps you pick the right wine to bring out the flavours in your food.

The restaurant also serves an exceptional breakfast. The glittering glass walls make you feel one with the magical world outside, three feet below the water sea surface.

Price: INR 14287/- per meal

Cuisine: International, Maldivian

Location: Kihavah Huravalhi Island

Timing: Lunch - 12 PM to 2 PM, Dinner - 6:30 PM to 10:30 PM 

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This restaurant allows you to experience the out-of-the-world charms any underwater restaurant Maldives offers even if you face budget restrictions. The meals, although priced reasonably, are scrumptious and fulfilling, making it one of the most visited undersea restaurants in the country.

Chairs shaped like sea anemones, a bar that is shaped like a clam, coral-like chandeliers that emit a blue glow, capiz shells strung from the ceiling, and floor-to-ceiling windows bringing the ocean inside create the enchantment of an underwater world. To reach this destination located twenty feet below the sea, you have to take a speedboat to a location 500 meters offshore.

Then you must go down three flights of stairs into the ocean, dramatically lit by abstract chandeliers, adding to the thrills of a dreamlike dining experience. It is also the site of the first underwater nightclub in the Maldives, offering the frenzy of weekly Glow Parties and DJ nights. Those who have a thirst for knowledge about aquatic life can quench their craving with lectures from marine biologists here.

Price: INR 5143/- for two

Location: Niyama Private Islands, Huluwalu, Dhaalu Atol

|Timing: Lunch - 12 PM to 2:30 PM, Underwater Glow party – 9 PM onwards every Wednesday and Saturday 

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