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Reviews of Lonuveli

3 out of 5
Lonuveli
Beach Rd, Hulhumalé

Reviews

6.6
Rating 10 - Excellent. 18 out of 86 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 22 out of 86 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 21 out of 86 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 15 out of 86 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 10 out of 86 reviews" "

7.4/10

Cleanliness

7.8/10

Staff & service

6.2/10

Amenities

6.6/10

Property conditions & facilities

7.4/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

4/10 Poor

David

Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Not clean.
Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2024

8/10 Good

Timothy, Norwood

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2024

10/10 Excellent

Robi

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Very good flight
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2024

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Affordable, friendly, and air-conditioned
This hotel is perfect for an affordable stay near the beach. The staff was very friendly. Although the pictures do not reflect the current state of the rooms (the rooms are not as updated or large as the pics show), the AC works great, they make sure to get you to and from the airport, and the breakfast was good.
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2023

8/10 Good

Byron

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2022

4/10 Poor

Megan

Travelled with partner
Disliked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The photos online and the property are NOT the same. The super deluxe room was miserable. No windows/ sunlight, dingy, the towels were crusty (sun dried vs in dryer), the bath mats were dirty and our one side of "king bed" (two twins pushed together) had stains. We saw a spider and what looked like it's next meal, a cockroach. The rooftop photos versus what is there is not true. Pictures show a fun dining experience but reality is 3 chairs scattered about. There are no activities sponsored by the hotel otherwise suggested on their Instagram/site. There is also no elevator however the only plus was the staff was helpful and took care of our luggage. The beach is across the street, but there is no "hotel guest" spot. It is a public beach with enforced local laws, ie. no bikinis, shorts with bathing suits. Also bring your own beach towels because the hotel does not provide although they did let us use the bath towels. There are no lounge chairs at the beach either. We stayed here for 1 night before our flight home.
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2022
Response from Falaah on 31 Jan 2022
Hi Greetings from Lonuveli and we apologize for the stay you had. Our super deluxe rooms do have windows and you may not have been able to enjoy the sunlight due to a building that's being constructed next to us. We wholeheartedly apologize for the amenities and the insect problem you encountered. We assure you that we will look into it and fix it right away. Regarding the rooftop, we had to stop dining there due to the covid situation and the restrictions that the government put in place. Hopefully once the situation improves we will resume. The same goes for some activities as due to covid we had to shut some of it down. However, we still have some activities such as romantic dinner dining on the terrace, and watersports. As Hulhumale is an inhabited island that follows Islamic religion, we cannot have a beach spot. The beach belongs to the public and not to any hotels/properties in Hulhumale. Furthermore, as the beach is a public property we are not allowed to put any of our amenities such as lounge chairs. Please note that these are local laws and it is completely out of our control.

8/10 Good

KAMAU

Travelled with group
Liked: Staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Small and cozy.
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2021

10/10 Excellent

Gagan

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The size of the room was small but the rest was perfect.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2021
Response from Falaah on 23 Sept 2021
Hi Thank you for your review. We will make sure to accommodate you in one of our bigger rooms next time. Hope you choose us next time for your visit :)

4/10 Poor

Azfar

Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2021

6/10 Okay

Monica, Lansdale

Liked: Staff & service, amenities
Disliked: Cleanliness
Transfer to hotel/airport included. Very friendly and extremely helpful staff. Rooms not very clean. I think they had a crazy busy period but I stayed in 2 rooms and neither were ver clean. Beachfront property, and seaview rooms were nice. No elevator/lift but staff carries luggage to your room. Food in restaurant/ room service very good.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2021
Response from Falaah on 8 Sept 2021
Hi Monica Thank you for your response. We apologize that you did not find cleanliness to your liking. We will improve it further. Hope you had a great stay with us and hope you would think of us again.

4/10 Poor

venugopal

Travelled with family and small children
Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Misquote bites were not expected
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2021
Response from Raymond on 30 Aug 2021
Good day! Apologies for the experience you had with mosquitos. It is the rainy season now and despite our efforts to minimize it by spraying morning and evening, it could not be completely solved. We are putting mosquito nets soon to further minimize the effects. We value your feedback and will strive to improve further. Thank you for staying with us and hope you will think of us next time.

8/10 Good

Sriharsha

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Staff were friendly and helpful
Stayed 14 nights in Aug 2021
Response from Falaah on 30 Aug 2021
Hi Thank you for your review. We are extremely happy that you had a nice stay. Please let us know if there is anything we can improve on. Thank you for staying with us and hope you think of us next time.

2/10 Terrible

Verified traveller

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
This is a best defined as a guest house than a hotel. With bare minimum in all aspects room, breakfast and other aminities.
Stayed 5 nights in Aug 2021
Response from Raymond on 23 Aug 2021
Dear Sir/Mam, Greetings from Lonuveli Hotel! We are a guesthouse category hotel. we are sorry for your experience .Thank you for your feedback we will continue to update our amenities. Regards, Reservation Team

6/10 Okay

Andrea, Seattle

Disliked: Staff & service
Did not find them at the airport for pickup had to rush them on to make sure I got back for my transfer
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2019

6/10 Okay

Chun Hong

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
Would consider staying here again for a night only
Overpriced hotel, could have spent much lesser on hotels around that area with better quality standards. Lots of mosquitoes and the furniture are old and defective. Entitled to 2 bottles of water. Anything more you have to pay them. Plus point is that they provide free airport transfer (24 hours).
Stayed 1 night in May 2019

6/10 Okay

Kumar

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
Ok stay.
Altogether, the Hotel was not bad. Hotel rooms photo is somehow taken at an angle or stretched so that it appears big. In reality however the Deluxe room which I was staying in is somewhere 8ft x 8ft which was kind of let down as we did not expect room to be so small. It had a separate bathroom and toilet with enough space, a balcony for smoking, side table, small fridge and a Safe. There was no phone, AC remote and TV remote in room which I had to ask the reception and they promptly provided. Wifi speed was okay in general however the signal would be completely lost frequently. Breakfast was not buffet as I was expecting however they would provide you with milk, corn flakes, honey, butter, bread and some items from the kitchen menu during breakfast. It's better to eat somewhere outside as I didn't see anybody eating in the Hotel, actually I didn't see any tourists around. There is a beach outside however water is not as clean as you might get around the islands, and also tourists are rare on the beach. You can stay here as the hotel staff were polite and if you are okay with small room ;).
Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2019

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2019

2/10 Terrible

Verified traveller

Stayed 5 nights in Dec 2018

8/10 Good

Eric

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
This was a good hotel for overnight stay in Male before taking off to other islands.
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2018

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Staff & service
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2018

2/10 Terrible

M

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
No room is avaliable when I arrive. They arrange a room in OTHER HOTEL which is absolutely terrible.
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2018

2/10 Terrible

Verified traveller

Disliked: Room comfort
So when we were shown to our room the first thing I noticed when we walked in was that the room smelt. They had an oil burner going but it did not mask the smell. Not sure if their were issues with the sewer pipes?? The honeymoon suite was much smaller then pictured although the bathroom was quite large. After having been travelling I was so excited to have a shower, there was no shower pressure it was just a dribble, and there was no hot water. I called reception and they said to try again in the morning. Ok then. Tried in the morning and still no hot water or pressure, I ran the water for awhile and due to the way the shower was set up water went all over the bathroom floor, after 5 mins still not hot water and I wasn't able to shower. The bathroom sink had mould around the drain, like the sink was clean but they never cleaned around the drain. The tv only got 1 channel. Breakfast was ok. Overall preety disappointed.
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2018

8/10 Good

Dana, Canada

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Very modern.... clean... small rooms, every bit of space was used for function.
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2018

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Excellent staff and service. Breakfast was also really good
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2018

4/10 Poor

Verified traveller

Disliked: Room comfort
Stayed 7 nights in Sep 2018

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Close to airport, across the street from the beach, free breakfast and friendly staff
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2018

8/10 Good

Vanessa

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great if You need to be near the airport...
Great comfort, transportation to and from airport is provided, customer service is excellent, and the views (if you get a room with a view) are beautiful! The downside is the location due to there only being local beaches (so you have to wear long clothes/swimwear) and not being much to do. It’s a great place to stay if needing to be near the airport. The city is unfortunately dirty; there was a lot of trash in the city and tourist beach, which is down the street.
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2018

10/10 Excellent

Alex, New York

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed at the hotel for a long layover and they picked us up and dropped us off at the hotel. Staff was great! and really helpful.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2018

2/10 Terrible

Aa, USA

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Would not recommend for a friend, uncleared towels, so such noise from the street, no hot water, poor breakfast, overly priced.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2018

10/10 Excellent

CC

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
This hotel works for a quick overnight stay. But, for a long vacation I'm not sure it's ideal.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2018

4/10 Poor

joseph, australia

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities, room comfort
average hotel my snorkel and face mask got stolen.
i had bad experience staff were helpful,that is all i got to say i guess we had to pay over 1000 dollars a night to a resort to be pleased. any way forget the big pictures and advertising if you only going to spend 100 dollars a night.
Stayed 6 nights in Jul 2018

2/10 Terrible

Anthony, hong kong

Disliked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Bad service and staff attitude
No hospitality and bad hotel. Nothing like the pictures. The transportation to hotel was fine, but once in the room the first thing I did was kill a cockroach. The staff was borderline rude and the room was clean but nothing like advertised. After a flight we wanted to shower, but there was no warm water. Reception said the boiler is powered by solar so we don't have warm water in evening? Communications about our flight and transportation to the airport was bad. No one had a clue about the flight time and transportation pickup time. Local fee was 6 us dollars which we paid using a 10 dollar bill but they didn't have change offering to give us change in other currency.
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2018

4/10 Poor

alfred, hk

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
washroom not in good order, towel a bit black-white in appearance
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2018

10/10 Excellent

Daphne

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
it was wonderful, we were picked up from the airport and taken to our hotel. we were given a welcome drink on arrival . in the morning we woke to dolphins playing, so nice. the staff was wonderful
Stayed 1 night in May 2018

8/10 Good

David, Melbourne Australia

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Nice and clean
Very good location not that far from Male international airport with a return airport transfer available. Very ideal for one night stay before transfer to one of those paradise resorts if you arrived late in the evening in Male.
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2018

6/10 Okay

jodie, australia

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Disliked: Room comfort
Average. Kicked us out before check-out
We got asked to leave before our check out time. They wouldn't rearrange out airport shuttle so we were stranded in the lobby for over 2 hours. Food was okay. Bed uncomfy. Shower had no pressure. Won't be back.
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2018

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Breakfast was basic and often cold. No option or avaiabiliry to have dinner at the hotel. Construction site next door so could be noisy at times. Staff could do with improving their communication skills. Nice view of the beach and room.decoration when.requested was fabulous. Very talented man that did it. Could do with a revamp and us the roof top terrace for more entetainment or dinner. Pictures you see on the website are not like the rooms they are basic but ok. Bitten my mosquitoes most nights and tou have to ask for.your room to be cleaned daily.
Stayed 7 nights in Mar 2018

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Near to Airport i.e. 15 minutes by car Near to ferry to Male city i.e. 20 minutes walking
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2018

6/10 Okay

Cholly, Thailand

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
Good
Good hotel and location near beach and Thai restaurant . Friendly Staff Thank you
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2018

8/10 Good

D, Doha, Qatar

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great for a short stay
Pros : Amazingly friendly and helpful staff, great and affordable food! Close to the beach for a quick swim. Supermarket and bus stop very close as well. Cons: area around the hotel still under construction hence some noise and dirt at the beach
Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2018

10/10 Excellent

Sam Zam

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Lonuveli Hotel was very good view to sea.
With one word it was very good evening. Hulhumale city also very good.
Stayed 3 nights in Feb 2018

4/10 Poor

Lilibeth

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Room not good but staff were great
The room was not that great. The toilet seat was completely off the toilet. The room we had didn’t have a window and it was so tiny but staff were great.
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2018

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
Enough for one night stay
Airport pick up and all other logistics arrangements for my departure in the next morning were very well managed by hotel staff.
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2018

10/10 Excellent

Maggie, Canada

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Nice Hotel Service
Hotel staff are nice, friendly amd reliable.. Hotel was clean and affordable with beach view.
Stayed 5 nights in Feb 2018

2/10 Terrible

Daphne

Disliked: Room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2017

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2017

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Nice Hotel with the best view and location
The seaview room provide a fantastic view for sunrise! And the beach right in front of hotel is superb.
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2017

6/10 Okay

Ahmed

Stayed 1 night in Dec 2017

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Really good
Airport pick up and drop off was nice. Extra charge of late checkout wasn't expecting.
Stayed 3 nights in Nov 2017