Ratings based on 145 Verified Reviews
4.7 Room cleanliness
4.8 Service & staff
4.6 Room comfort
4.6 Hotel condition
Expedia Verified Reviews
by A verified traveler
Posted 5 Oct 2021
The Best Experience,The Staff were Really Nice and Helpful
by A verified traveler
Posted 30 Jan 2019
Fantastic laid-back charm to this resort, as the name suggests. I couldn’t be happier with our stay at Barefoot. Everything was clean and comfortable, and the food and service was excellent. Anything more would have felt OTT and unnecessary. Congratulations on doing your best to keep things natural and eco-friendly. The Maldives are troubled by washed-up plastic and the more you do, the better I like it. 😊
Comment from Hotel Management
8 Feb 2019 by raffi, Hotel Management
Thank you very much for staying at The Barefoot Eco Hotel. We are so glad to know that you enjoyed our service and facilities. Hope to welcome you back again. Best regards
by A verified traveler
Posted 2 Dec 2018
Comment from Hotel Management
31 Dec 2018 by raffi, Hotel Management
Thank you very much for posting your 5 star review. Looking forward to welcoming you back in the future.
Recommended
for Everyoneby A verified traveler from Budapest
A very pleasant stay at the Barefoot Eco Hotel
Posted 20 Dec 2017
Pros: The Staff! The location, the concept, the food, the different possibilities to pass the time and the ability to go everywhere barefoot. :)
Cons: Nothing to improve.
Location: There is a village nearby which can be visited by bicycle. The hotel offers different kinds of paid and free daily tours.
The Barefoot Eco Hotel is an amazing place in the Maldives!
It's not your traditional Maldivian resort, since it is situated in an island with a village (normally resorts are located in private islands). This adds greatly to the whole experience! If you are the type of person that likes to learn about the local culture of the places where you travel, this is a perfect combination.
The hotel does a lot of work to support the local community, such as hiring locals, providing free training for people to work in the tourist industry, tours into the local village, cooking shows hosted by locals and others.
The hotel also tries to minimize its footprint in the environment. For instance, the hotel doesn't sell any drinks in plastic bottles.
The location is stunning! You clearly get this sense of being off the grid, in a tropical place. We saw turtles, harmless sharks, different kind of rays (manta, eagle, sting), tropical fishes and dolphins. The hotel offers different daily programs to get up close to these, as well as to visit nearby historical places.
The food provided is delicious! It's a mix of Italian with influences of local cuisine. On Friday's, is Maldivian night and you can have a full Maldivian dinner experience.
Finally the staff makes the whole experience 5 stars! Everyone, from the reception, to the restaurant to the diving center was friendly and helpful!
We spent there almost two weeks and had the time of our lives. We will definitely return, if we have the chance.
Comment from Hotel Management
24 Dec 2017 by raffi, Hotel Management
Dear Jose, Merry Christmas and thanks for taking time to review our The Barefoot Eco Hotel. Thanks for your wonderful feedback regarding our facilities and service. We are all looking forward to welcoming you back.
Recommended
for Everyoneby A verified traveler from Australia
Great,relaxing and off the grid
Posted 11 Sep 2017 on WotifGreat not having Television or 1st world technology. Eco friendly and great health retreat.
Recommended
for Everyoneby A verified traveler
Posted 1 Sep 2017
Pros: staffs are very nice
cleaning twice a day
efficiency is top notch
well done and thank you for making us feel welcome.
Cons: where the tissue is placed in the toilet.
maybe move it up so that the tissue is not always wet with water coming from the sink surface.
Location: water activities
cycling the area
very good experience
peaceful and calm environment
Recommended
for Otherby A verified traveler from London
Nice, quiet, remote place to stay
Posted 11 May 2017 on Ebookers
Pros: It's quiet, never seems like there are too many guests around. The beach is spectacular. The staff was lovely and helpful.
Cons: It is a place to disconnect so the wifi is very limited and there is not much entertainment in the evenings.
Location: It is far out. You have to take an internal 45 minute flight (not hydro-plane or speed boat) to get here. You can scuba dive and fish nearby.
If you are looking for a place to scuba dive / snorkel in a quite and peaceful resort in the Maldives, this is probably the best place to go. It is a bit further out than the other resorts, but it's worth the trek if you are looking for a quite place. The hotel is not very big and therefore not many guests overcrowding the areas. The food from the buffet is varied and delicious, the dinner menu changes everyday. The beach is beautiful and it's easy to find places to snorkel right there. The hotel offers some free amenities (2-hour kayak rental, morning yoga, bike rental) which are quite nice. The bar boat in the evenings is worth a visit even if you don't plan on drinking and the village is lovely and quaint.
On the down side, it is far out. You have to take a 45 minute internal flight to get here (no hydro-lane or speed boat). There are only 4-5 flights a day to the island so if you don't land in Male at the ideal flight to get on the next plane you may need to wait 4/5 hours to get to the island, but expect to wait a while anyway.
This is a place to disconnect, so no TV in the rooms or anywhere, which may be a plus for some people, and not much for evening entertainment. In the evenings you can go to the boat bar where they serve alcohol. It's 5 minutes from the hotel by speed boat, with beautiful views, but even there it's sort of quiet.
Recommended
for Couplesby A verified traveler
Outstanding
Posted 4 May 2017All good things come to an end... We've just come back home from an 11 nights' stay at the Barefoot Hotel on Hanimaadhoo. Our head full of precious memories. We could not have chosen a better place for our first stay in the Maldives and for my husband 50th birthday. The Barefoot hotel is an eco friendly hotel, where it feels good living. It is layed back, very well managed, friendly, clean and tidy. Staff were discreet but always ready to help. The hotel is well integrated on the island, right on the seaside, but nicely hidden by coconut trees and other tropical plants. Our seafront room was spacious and comfortable with a very good shower.
There is not much to do on the island, but we never got bored. We spent our time swimming in the beautiful lagoon and relaxing at the beach. The snorkeling is amazing and filled up a good part of our days... We were lucky to see some dolphins, some turtles, rays and so many beautiful colourful fish. We couldn't get enough of it!
The food at the hotel restaurant was always very good, with plenty of variety everyday. There is a good team of chefs, who are always present during the meals, presenting their food, always cheerful and pleasant. We loved the Maldivian dinner last Friday and the traditional music afterwards played by the Maldivian staff. It was great to have an opportunity to danse ...barefoot! Thank you for the nice memories! We walked or cycled to the village several times. It is a typical muslim village.
Recommended
for Everyoneby A verified traveler from Suffolk, England
Great hotel to experience marine and beach life
Posted 13 Mar 2017This is an excellent place to stay in the Maldives if you want to experience marine and beach flora and fauna as there are daily expeditions, kayaks, snorkelling excursions and a diving centre all operating from the hotel. As the island is inhabited, there is the added interest of the local village and people and the hotel has free bicycles to use as well as organising cultural and nature tours. The two resident marine biologists are knowledgeable, enthusiastic, energetic and friendly and lead the daily excursions so you can find out more about the things you are seeing. There is something on each evening for anyone interested - Maldivian cooking demonstration, film, documentary or an interesting talk by one of the marine biologists. There is no alcohol on the island but there is a bar boat off shore in the evenings if you want it - we found that the non-alcoholic fruit cocktails available at the hotel bar were delicious and were all we needed. Our son enjoyed the diving and was well looked after by the dive team.
Recommended
for Everyoneby A verified traveler
Amazing hotel with very friendly staff
Posted 18 Dec 2016 on OrbitzAmazing experience overall!
Couple of points for first time travellers... to get to hanimadhoo island, the only option is via 1.5hr domestic flight which costs about $340pp.
Not much on the island other than the resort, but for a 5day stay, never felt the need to venture out much.
