honest, humble, and down-to-earth critic – bringing you the best and worst of food in the maldives.
here i present my faves and hates for you, the attentive reader. with luck, this list will improve over time. happy scrolling.
| Rating | Places | Notable stuff |
|---|---|---|
| 2.5 | Seagull | chicken curry – homemade feels |
| 3.5 | Comfood | beef pie, chicken and mushroom pie, rihaakuru roshi, chocolate cookies |
| 2 | Citron | tuna sandwich – kudakudhinge party style |
| 3.5 | Nouvelle | chicken rice, rashu noodles |
| 4 | Maagiri – Peak/Faru | the biriyani is brilliant. |
| 3 | Thai Wok | fried rice, fried noodles esp prawn, beef and peanut curry |
| 4.5 | Sala Thai | everything, esp masaman curry, salads, stir fries |
| 2 | Shell Beans | sprite |
| 0 | The Keyolhu | fuck this shit |
| 3.5 | Family Room | burger, hot dog |
| 3 | High Tide | bento boxes |
| 3 | Olive Garden | thai hot rice |
| 3 | Meat Street | steaks |
| 3 | Cafeier | ice cream, esp biscotti, chocolate delicasis |
| 4 | Scoop | red hot chilli burger, lasagne, quinoa stirfry, chimichanga, cream donuts |
| 3 | Blood Orange | maamage mashuni, raiy mashuni, miss popular, mess maker’s rice |
| 2.5 | Thyme | seafood spaghetti as tasted in florence |
| 3 | Sawasdee | thai grilled meats |
| 2 | Oxygen | kulhimas |
| 2.5 | Food Male | mashuni, momos |
| 4 | The Maldive Kitchen | hiki bashi riha, kulhi riha, kukulhu musamma, maskurolhi and baippen, fundi dhon riha, boakuri falho, falho fani |
| 3 | Muchas Gracias | soft-shell taco, enchilada, quesadilla, fajita |
| 2 | The Coffee Shrub | it’s gone downhill. |
| 3 | Machan Maldives | rice and curry, fried rice, pol sambol and string hoppers |
| 2.5 | Coffee Residence | sri lankan fried rice | 4.5 | Moti Mahal Deluxe | probably the best biriyani in greater male. beautiful butter chicken and great service. |
| 4 | K Café | all the Sri Lankan stuff, the rice and curry lunch deal, nasi lemak |
| 2.5 | Riveli Beach club | pizza’s amazing, but give the japanese pizza a miss. |
| 3 | Nami at Riveli | great sashimi, good yakisoba, sushi is mid. |
| 2 | Cinder | liked the pittu, everything else seemed negligible. |
| 2.5 | Scoozi | nothing |
| 4.5 | Som Tam Thai | the curries, the phad thai, the larb. almost everything is great except the fried rice. |
| 4 | The Rajdhani | biriyani is sensational. excellent curries. so-so dessert. |