Ros1702
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We are just back from a truly wonderful and memorable holiday at Constance Moofushi which exceeded all our expectations. We booked through Angelfish Travel again, who guided us every step of the way in choosing this little piece of paradise. Their knowledge and insight helped us make an informed choice for a special holiday.||With so many 5-star reviews if Moofushi, we wondered if it would live up to our expectations – it exceeded them - due large part to its natural beauty, understated luxury, excellent all-inclusive package and super-tasty food offerings. However, as stated in most reviews, what sets Moofushi apart are their truly exceptional staff whose welcome, warmth, dedication and genuine passion to make the guest experience a memorable one & sets them apart from any other resort/hotel we have visited. They are stars individually and as at team and Constance should be very proud to have staff working so diligently on their behalf. We can now understand why you have so many returning guests.||From the moment you land in Male and are met and escorted to the Constance private lounge for the seaplane transfer, you are welcomed to the Constance experience. The seaplane transfer was efficient and one to tick on our bucket-list. Angelfish had recommended & requested Beach Villa No 17, which was ready on arrival – and was a lovely, well-located “home” for our stay. This was serviced twice a day by the wonderful, but practically invisible, Humbe – thank you for the superb towel & palm decorations!||The staff get to know you so quickly – calling you by name, remembering your seating preferences, food, drink – their recall is admirable! I am going to be put to shame to remember everyone as they are all excellent & there are the unknown but equally friendly staff behind the scenes in the gardens, stores, back-of-house. We thoroughly enjoyed the interesting back-of-house tour.||We do have to mention the wonderful Binju at Mantra restaurant – her hospitality, welcome and warmth, as well as wicked sense of humour, made us feel at home from Day One – thank you! Equally though, we want to thank Maeve, the Sommelier, for all her advice & fun chat on wines (& Mauritius!), Hissan (2 Peronis!), Gopan,Manager in the Bar – always so welcoming - along with smiley Saif and Sha, Nizz and Ricky. Luthi, Assistant Executive Manager, was also excellent at checking all was well – as were the front-of-house team in sorting any queries we did have.||We knew we were going at low-season, but didn’t expect less than 50% occupancy. So when everyone else disappeared on a trip in the morning, we felt we had the island to ourselves – bliss! The windy weather did mean some cloudy snorkelling on the house reefs, and one was unfortunately a bit prohibitive during our stay. However, we had some wonderful days and saw a variety of beautiful fish & corals, but the highlight has to be swimming with magnificent Eagle Rays – very emotional and an experience never to be forgotten.||We didn’t do any trips other than those in the all-inclusive package. We do feel the guided snorkelling on the house reef should be included in the all-inclusive as we did think the prices for the extra trips were excessive.||One other bonus we feel worth mentioning is that there is restricted WiFi in the public areas. Having previously had that as a major complaint at other resorts, we truly appreciated relaxing in peace without constant pinging of message notifications or family & friends joining us all for a social online breakfast at other tables from around the world!||We chose Constance Moofushi for the peace, no news, no shoes – a taste of paradise away from our working lives - & it more than delivered.