Name: Banana Residence
Address: Saadheevilla, Alif Alif Atoll, Alif Alif Atoll, Alif Alif Atoll, 09020, Maldives
Rating: 9

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Banana Residence

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We booked very last minute and were delighted with the value of our room. We would highly recommend doing one of the outings with BR- the prices were fair and we had the best experience! The hospitality was genuine and consistent throughout our stay. They even stayed with us at the harbor until our ferry took off! We were sad to go and even sadder when our next accommodations didn’t come close to competing with BR. If you don’t book here, you’re making a mistake.

Best value accommodations in Maldives

We've been in several hotels and guest houses on the Maldives and this one is by far the best.
The staff is super friendly and really helped us a lot. The island itself is great too.We greatly recommend this guest house

Great place

We had a great time at the Banana Residence. The staff was very attentive, kind and were keen to help us.

‌They had lots of activities at good prices. You can't get bored!
They cooked a wonderful Maldivian breakfast, served in a very nice chill out dining area.
We highly recommend it!

Great experience!

I was at the Banana Residence from 25 to 31 December 2018 and it was an exceptional holiday. I had already been in a guest house in the Maldives and I was expecting just what I found at the Banana. Staff friendly, friendly and helpful, clean and comfortable room, good food even if I only had breakfast. Among other things, close to the beach, two minutes walk. Considering that I was alone I had no kind of difficulty and there was everything I needed. Of course, those who are used to spending their holidays in luxury residences must be aware that in guest houses in general everything is more modest but for me the important thing is cleanliness and friendliness. I really hope to come back soon to this fantastic place! Goodbye Rashdoo ❤️



Wonderful holiday in Banana Residence Rashdoo 

Myself and My husband stayed here during christmas and new year occasions. They provided good activities such as night fishing, sand bank trip, island picnic, etc which saved our time from going to other third parties. They played good music in nights and great outdoors seating. Very peaceful times that nobody disturbed us where we had our own privacy. The customer service was good as well as their hospitality where they are ready help anytime. There is bikini beach very nearby in case to relax. They provide restaurant facilities and there are also 2 nearby restaurant. The island is easy to explore just by walking and hence the groceries/cosmetics/souvenirs/clothes shopping are just walkable distance.
Breakfast is good.
There were also solo women who stayed here. Hence this is safe place for solo women travellers too.
Therefore, my overall review of this place is excellent. 

Good Place For Couples as well as for solo women travellers

on arrival i was welcome by the airport representative. His service is very good and friendly. It took 01 hour to reach rasdhoo where the hotel is located. On arrival to rasdhoo i got a warm welcome by the staff Nishat and he walked me to the hotel which is just 5 minute from the harbor. All were very organized as the when i entered to the hotel staff make a very nice table with drinks and my name was there too. All about hotel explained on arrival and they escorted me to the room. The bed was decorated nicely "welcome". During my stay there is nothing i have to worry. Everyday room was cleaned and good breakfast. I eat other meals from Lemon drop restaurant which is also very good. I went to sandy beach which is called sandbank and it is beautiful. The night fishing was fun as i caught lot of fishes like red snapper, baracuda etc. All staffs were friendly. I recommend this hotel as the services was exceptional. More than i expected.

Amazing guest house

We decided after a lot of research about Rasdhoo, to stay at this hotel.  However, when we arrived, we were told by Hussain that there was no wifi because of a problem but he assured us that it would be fixed the next day.  Okay, not perfect, but we thought we could handle that.  The following day, there was still no wifi and he said that there was now a problem with the wifi provider and that there wouldn't be any wifi for the foreseeable future but we could use the internet of the neighbouring hotel.  Definitely not okay - we want to read and surf the net in our room, not have to get up, get dressed and then go to another hotel.  Anyway, as it turned out, the other hotel also didn't have wifi so to access emails and other urgent stuff, we had to walk about 100 meters down the road to another hotel.

Aside from this real inconvenience, we also didn't like the way that the hotel manager tried to get us to book his snorkelling and island trips with him within five minutes of arriving.  He was very insistent and had at one point arranged for a 'travel agent' to visit us at 7pm - which wasn't what we wanted at all.  Eventually, we decided that his trips were extremely overpriced compared to other dive centres on the island and he got the message that we weren't going to book with him.

Anyway, we had booked for five nights on Rasdhoo and had paid up front for our rather dingy room with no internet but the real con that got us was on the morning of our second to last day, the manager came to find us to tell us that we had better get a move on as the ferry was departing in an hour.  We reminded him that we were booked for another night but he said that the ferry had changed and he thought we knew we were leaving that day!  It was then that we said, 'well why did you take money for five nights if you knew we were only staying four?'  

We were really unhappy with this hotel so to be honest, we were quite glad to be out of there and off the otherwise lovely island.  

The rooms were dingy in the hotel and quite unlike what we expected.  It is a pretty longish walk to the beach, there was no wifi, service was poor and the manager was hard to find.  There is no restaurant and if you want food, you have to put in an order hours before to get an overpriced meal.  Even the Bangladeshi waiter asked us if we could give him a job in New Zealand! 

Do yourselves a favour and don't stay here although to be fair, I'm not sure where exactly I would recommend on Rasdhoo as most of the hotels/guesthouses looked similar to this one.

Poor service

I guess you get what you pay for, so this hotels is just that....cheap and nasty. I got conned into staying here by the Expedia website and wished I had not. Dark dingy room, with pathetic bathroom/shower. Little natural light through frosted window. Nowhere near the beach!

Don't believe to website......or the positive reviews!

I had booked this hotel and arranged transfer 3 days prior. I arrived at 11:00am at the airport their representative met me and told me that the boat would leave by 4:00 PM. Their representative comes to me at 3:30 and tells me there is no boat due to mechanical problems. So I was like alright sometimes things go wrong. The representative insists I pay for a hotel near the airport of his choosing which was $90 and that my transfer would be free and the hotel would refund it. Sounds reasonable right but combined the cost of the booking and the transfer was also $90. So it is unfair because I have spend the entire day in the airport and I still have to spend the same amount and waste a day as well. This was not agreeable to the representative he got rude and just left me at the airport. I tried reaching out to the guesthouse and they ask me to call a few different numbers. None of these numbers responds. This is terrible hospitality and really put a damper on a vacation I was looking forward to.

Worst Experience Ever

We have thoroughly enjoyed our stay at the banana residence. From the moment of arrival we found hussein and his team consistently friendly polite and very very helpful. We were welcomed at the dock and were made to feel like that someone was always available for help and advice. Nothing was too much trouble for the team. Considering the price we paid the food was very adequate but a bit cold at times. A lovely friendly island the people were so kind and friendly it's a very safe place to stay. We appreciated to be able to join in an island event which was 👍 nice. In all a reasonably priced break on a friendly little island.

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