7 Romantic dining ideas for couples in the Maldives

It’s easy to sweep your loved one off their feet when in the Maldives. The unadulterated beauty of the islands is already the perfect backdrop for a starry-eyed holiday. Then, the tranquility and exclusivity of the resorts automatically create an amorous environment to further help ignite passion among couples.

As many are aware, food plays an instrumental role whenever we talk about love, desire, and romance. When holidaying in the Maldives, you’ll find the best chefs create delectable exotic and classic dishes using international and regional ingredients.

While gourmet food often satisfies the soul, you need to have a proper setting that accentuates the culinary experience even further for it to act as an aphrodisiac.

Guess what? You’re in luck!

The Maldives offers incredible opportunities for couples to have a magical gastronomic escapade, one that titillates the taste buds and also lets you appreciate a heavenly, love-filled moment with your better half.

Dinner on the beach

Admittedly, you can have a fancy dinner on the beach at many island resorts across the world. However, the soft sand, meritorious service, and unmatched panoramic sea views give the Maldives an edge over similar encounters elsewhere.

Moreover, you can enjoy different variations of a dinner on the beach in the Maldives. There’s the classic set-up on the sand, where you dine under the stars, surrounded by candles, in a secluded part of the resort.

A slightly more exciting alternative is when the staff places the table in the water. As guests, you walk barefoot and dine with your legs dipping in the refreshingly cool sea. A Slightly laidback activity, you can book a lunch date for this event and even dress up in your swimsuit to thoroughly make the most of your tropical surroundings.    

Underwater dining

At present, there are six underwater restaurants in the Maldives, each providing food lovers with a privileged and fashionable dining occasion, unlike anywhere else in the world.

Since most of the undersea restaurants are small, accommodating a select few guests in a single sitting, there is already an intimate environment that takes on a whole new meaning when you include the breathtakingly colorful aquatic scenery outside the glass windows.

Still, for that extra dose of romance, couples can request a table during non-meal times for a cozy dinner. Moreover, if traveling in a small group, consider booking the entire restaurant for an extraordinary private event, like renewing your wedding vows or celebrating a birthday.  

Breakfast in bed

During your vacation in the Maldives, there will be days when you just don’t want to leave the comfort of your bed. After all, the amalgamation of fresh air coming in through the windows, soft sounds of the waves crashing in the distance, and stunning views is nothing short of a romantic fantasy come true.

So, for lazy days like these, there is always breakfast in bed. Imagine a lavish spread with freshly baked croissants, juices, eggs, cold cuts, and pancakes, very much like you would have seen Instagram influencers show off on their social media feeds.

When savoring the luxuries of Maldivian resorts, you can do the same. Only inform the staff well in advance, so they can prepare the most temping breakfast that will either have you energized and perked up or leave you in a surreal slumber leading to hours of lounging on the beach.

Sandbank picnic

A picnic on a sandbank is the ultimate Maldivian experience you must have before leaving the country. The concept plays with the idea of being marooned on a secluded beach, a place where there is no one but you and your lover.

If staying on an inhabited island, ask your guesthouse to pack a picnic and then take a ride with a local fisherman to a nearby sandbank. They can pick you up on their way back.

Otherwise, your resort can plan an excursion. The staff will pack you a basket full of wine, cheese, and yummy delights and then leave you on the sandbank for a few hours.

There are more lavish versions of this escape wherein the resort will set up a bed for an overnight stay and assign a private butler who will serve freshly cooked food before retiring to a boat docked nearby. As a result, you enjoy a hot and tasty meal and have full privacy on the sandbank for the night.  

Treetop luncheon

When dining in the Maldives, everyone is focused on being near the water. So, the perfect way to surprise your date is by arranging something completely unexpected, like a treetop lunch.

Zero at the Sun Island Resort, Terra at Waldorf Astoria, and Nest at Niyama Maldives are all distinctly spectacular treetop restaurants in the Maldives that create an exciting ambiance for a memorable dinner.

Promising unbelievable panoramas to be relished while savoring epicurean delights, a date in a treetop restaurant is an unparalleled gastronomic adventure for couples to have.

Floating breakfast

When looking to book a villa in the Maldives, one of the factors to consider is a private pool. Even though you are near the beach, it’s nice to have a waterbody you can jump into at any time of the day or night.

Furthermore, having a pool in your beachside or water bungalow allows you to strike off a top bucket list item for many, a floating breakfast. Like breakfast in bed, it’s best to inform the staff well in advance if you want a floating breakfast. This way, they can prepare a large tray brimming with delicious and healthy goodies to be enjoyed in the convenience of your own villa pool.

It’s the kind of stimulating start to the day that will leave you in a jovial mood to go out and indulge in the many adventures that the Maldives has to offer.   

On a piano deck

Several resorts have a jetty that goes out in the nearby lagoon where couples can have a romantic candle-lit dinner away from the hubbub of the island’s restaurants. However, a new trend to emerge recently, as seen in Baros Maldives, is that of a piano deck.

A piano deck is so-called because the wooden plank area with a few steps going up resembles a piano. What makes this dining idea unique is that the piano deck is located away from the island, in the middle of the sea, giving it a genuinely whimsical aura.

You can have breakfast, lunch, or dinner here, and the resort also arranges for couples’ massages in this imaginative open-air location. Looking at the popularity of the piano deck at Baros, expect other retreats to follow suit soon.