Best Candle Light Dinner Restaurants In Maldives (2024)

The Maldives surely understands every intimate need of married couples who want to celebrate their love and gives you plenty of options. A lovely candlelight dinner is a great option to experience the Maldives with stunning landscapes. With an increased exposure of Maldives toursim there are multiple theme based restaurants that have opened. Also, by picking a Maldives tour package the process of planning a trip becomes a lot easier. These setups may be designed for couples but still, family or a group of friends can enjoy it too. Check below some amazing types of candle light dinners in the Maldives and have fun.

Types of Candle Light Dinner in the Maldives

Sandbank Candlelight Dinner
Restaurant Candlelight Dinner
Private Balcony Candlelight Dinner
Ocean Reef Candlelight Dinner

1. Sandbank Candlelight Dinner

Candle-lit dinner on a secluded sandbank with privacy and serenity, what else does anyone need? The Maldives has innumerable sandbanks and sand bars and you can decide on a perfect sandbank according to your choices. Enjoy the idyllic ambience of these strips of land on the Indian Ocean with your love of life. You may have a canopy or a pavilion over the dinner table for two, with candles and dim floor lamps to set the mood.

Price – $120 USD for an afternoon (approximately 3 hours)

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2. Restaurant Candle light Dinner

Private dining experiences are always more expensive than candlelight set up in a restaurant. It will let you have your share of romance without making a hole in your pocket. The hotel/resort staff will arrange the special setup decorated with flowers and a bottle of champagne. The Maldives is known for a romantic getaway, so need not worry!

Price – USD 190 per person (approx.)

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3. Private Balcony Candle light Dinner

Couples can also have a candlelight dinner arranged in their private balcony in the Maldives to have all alone time. It is so exciting to have romantic dining set up right in your villa, without any crowd! Have delicious food while enjoying the moment with your love.

Price – USD 190 per person (approx.)

4. Ocean Reef Candle light Dinner

This destination offers plenty of candle-lit dinner experiences that go beyond the regular dining setups! You can have a wonderful time at Maldives water villas with pools and adults-only resorts that allows its guests to have an entire ocean reef to them. Won’t it be an amazing feeling to have an entire ocean reef booked just for you two with delicious delicacies? Of course, who doesn’t want all of this! You can go to “Huvafen Fushi” for this type of dining which is known as “Rock Dinner”.

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Dress the best for a Candle light Dinner in The Maldives

So, the Maldives is a cosy and vibrant destination, known for beaches, love and adventure, formal dressing won’t apply. However, you can dress up in your finest apparel if you are aiming to impress your spouse. You can even pose for a dinner-time photoshoot, which is loved by many visitors. Men can wear cotton/linen trousers or shorts and a half-sleeved beach shirt whereas, ladies can choose between lightweight beach dresses or a breathable blouse with a long or short skirt. Also, remember to wear comfortable footwear which is easy to walk on. In the end, wear whatever you want and whatever you like because at last, it is your moment to enjoy!

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Options to Enjoy a Candle light Dinner in The Maldives

The Maldives is known for having a spectacular candle-lit dinner by the sea and its weather agrees to it. Night times in the Maldives are often breezy, and if you want a rain-free evening date on the beaches then prefer to visit it in the dry season of December to April. There are plenty of Maldives resorts and hotels that offer candlelight dinners to their guests and truly are some of the best experiences to have and enjoy. So, check below some great locations to dine in the Maldives-

Hideaway Beach Resort & Spa
Arena Beach Hotel
Kuredu Resort
Dusit Thani

1. Hideaway Beach Resort & Spa

Located on Dhonakulhi Island in the Haa Alifu Atoll, Hideaway Beach Resort & Spa is a great place to visit. It is a perfect place to have an elevated candlelight dining experience where you can expect to have an elegant canopy and a heart shape etched out in your private patch of sand. Beautiful candle-lit lanterns, flowers, delicious food and love in the air is what you can expect to have and create a memory.

2. Arena Beach Hotel

Arena beach hotel is located on the local island of Maafushi, where you can enjoy the candle-lit sandbank dinner setups. You will witness the arrangements with a basic private table setup which includes heart-shaped candle-lit sand and floral décor. You have the choice of food, and pick from the buffet (USD 18) or pick the six-course options (USD 22) or seafood (USD 50).

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3. Kuredu Resort

It is located on Lhaviyani Atoll, where it lets you decide your own fare for the romantic candlelight dinner under the stars and choose the dishes you like from their exclusive menu. Do not forget to try their famous and tasty Australian Black Angus beef carpaccio and tenderloin, and chocolate fondant.

4. Dusit Thani

Dusit Thani is a famous place and known for the special “barefoot dress code”. You will get all the privacy you need and be seated around a sunken table shaped out of the sand, with similar couch-style seating covered with fabric and some cushions. The lovely atmosphere with tasty food, just perfect!

The romance of candlelight dinner cannot be compared to the amount of love you have for each other or neither be equated in monetary terms. Book your romantic Maldives honeymoon package with candle light dinner on Pickyourtrail to have the experience to remember. Here, you can also customise your Maldives tour package on your own, without compromising. Weave your dreams and let us complete them!