Where and What to Eat at COMO Hotels in the Maldives

August, 2023

With cuisine drawn from all over the globe, Maldives is fast becoming a dream destination for food lovers. COMO hotels culinary scene is no exception in the Maldives with a dazzling collection of fine dining restaurants where you can taste national cuisine from around the world in haute cuisine form.

Whether you’re seeking healthy food or haute cuisine explore the spectacular dining options the destination has to offer at COMO resorts.

COMO Cocoa Island

Best Experience for: Couples, Spa & Health, Beaches, Diving

For a gastronomic adventure that nourishes and satisfies Ufaa is the island's inside-outside, pool- and beach-side restaurant. Open for breakfast, lunch and dinner, it serves modern interpretations of Indian and Mediterranean cuisine with an emphasis on fresh farm-grown produce, sustainably caught seafood and healthful COMO Shambhala cuisine. The alluring Cocoa island is surrounded by sea teeming with fresh seafood. Using the bounty of the Maldives, the chefs create mouth-wateringly nutritious dishes like Reef Fish carpaccio or Lobster cobb salad with avocado.

Refreshing delights inspired by the island location, Faru Bar is a poolside restaurant in the Maldives with direct beach access and inventive drinks to suit every taste. The resident bartenders create cocktails and mocktails to suit every taste, alongside a menu of fine wines, classic cigars and light snacks.

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COMO Maalifushi

Best Experience for:   Ultra-luxury, Families, Groups, Couples, Wellness, Surfing, Diving

Casual dining in a relaxing environment ‘Madi’ means 'manta ray' in the local language and features menus, including Kids menu inspired by the region’s tropical produce and abundant seafood. A favourite place for morning meals at COMO Maalifushi with family and friends you might tuck into cereal, natural yoghurt and fresh fruit or a pile of honey-drenched pancakes at home. The restaurant's easy, all-day dining menus are expanded into themed events three days a week. On Monday nights, the 'Taste of the Indian Ocean' explores the area's characteristic sweet, sour hot and salty flavours. On Wednesdays expect either a Thai or Indonesian menus, each featuring delicious curries, soups and salads. The week ends with a seafood barbecue every Friday night, where you can enjoy dinner while watching the stars rise above the lagoon.

An open-air Thila bar serves cuisine from Madi restaurant, as well as beverages around a warmly lit angular lounge. Cocktails include classics alongside island creations with notes of lemongrass, basil, honey melon and more. Non-alcoholic drinks are also provided, with mocktails that are just as artful as their alcoholic counterparts. Thila also has a games room that all guests can access.

Tai restaurant celebrates Japanese cuisine. The menu items masterfully harmonise the poise and precision of Japanese cooking with the bold, unapologetic flavours of sustainable seafood from the Indian Ocean. Think robata grilled, sushi rolls, oyster tempura, noodles and rice, freshly made Seabass sashimi and tender meat dishes, backdropped by an sea views. For beverages, Tai also serves Japanese whiskies, soju, sochu and umeshu.

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