The location is very good. Right in front of the beach. The view from the room is excellent (we stayed in room with balcony and sea view) as you can literally see the entire sea and it's very relaxing. The room is huge enough. What you see in the photos online is what you really get when you stay. The staffs are very accommodating and friendly. They also have daily room service. Bikini Beach is just a minute walk away from the Inn. The speed boat transfer ranges 25usd/way from Airport to Maafushi Island.

I went to Maafushi and staying at crystal sand for my honeymoon trip. The hotel was very comfortable, clean and near to the beach. The best part about staying here are the warm hospitality from the all the staff. The reservation manager (Jack) is very friendly and helpful. They will try their best to fulfil the request and make the stay and all excursions activities enjoyable and fun. ps : must try the “Sizzling Chocolate Affair” from the restaurant, simply delicious.

The best hotel in Maafushi with 5 stars services. Location right on the bikini beach with stunning views of the ocean. Staff are very friendly and helpful. They made every effort to make us feel comfortable and happy. Very good internet. Also great variety of food options and very delicious. All the prices are reasonable, you get more than what you pay. We'll definitely choose Kaani Grand Seaview when we'll come back to Maldives.

Maafushi is a very nice island to be on in the Maldives. From here you can do excursions that Arena provides. Everything was well organized, from check-in to checkout. The staff was very kind and always smiling. Al Amin from the restaurant was in particular very funny. Amam who did cleaned the room was also very nice and did a very good job. Thank you Arena for our unforgettable trip to the Maldives.

Ystävällinen ja palvelualtis henkilökunta. Käytiin hotellin reissulla snorklaileen ja yökalastaa. Saatiin olla kaverin kanssa kahdestaan! Suosittelen. Aamupala ok. Paahtoleipää, yhdenlaista hedelmää, paikallista tonnikalatahnaa, tortillalettuja, kahvi/tee. Paistettu nakki+kananmuna. Kahvi aina ilmaista. 0.5l/pv vesi kuului settiin. Hyvä sijainti. Perustarpeet täyttävä majoituspaikka.

The toilet is clean, no smell Not far from where speedboat drop you Not far from Bikini beach (maafushi itself not that big) Staff very helpful, just tell them what you need (speedboat,dinner buffet, snorkeling trip) They upgraded our room facing the beach(we went in July which is low season they said) For snorkeling trip, the hotel combined us with next hotel and the staff is awesome

I can’t recommend this hotel enough - from the fantastic location with balconies overlooking the ocean, to the friendly and helpful staff, to the best food on the island (e.g. try the sesame tuna) to all the excursions the hotel offers. Many thanks to the entire Velana staff for making our stay at the hotel so enjoyable! Missing Maafushi already and hope to be back soon!

New hotel with super clean rooms! Just 1 minutes away from Bikini beach. Excellent seafood, way better than any place in Maafushi! What makes the difference is warm and friendly approach of their staff. General manager Ibrahim, as well as Ashrad and other boys were very helpful and understanding, so my return to this place is guaranteed! Keep up a good work!

Beautiful hotel and very friendly staff. Michael aka magic mike, aka MJ was SO friendly. He helped us arrange every trip and was very honest and reasonable. It was a ‘salesy’ way. After all we went to Maafushi especially for snorkelling and Michale helped us do exactly that and more! The trips were great fun.

Everything was great!! Hostess Imma tell us everything about the island where we can go for a dinner for lunch and shopping and activities. He offered us activities that he arranged for us. From the hotel we have sea view and the bikini beach is 4 minutes by foots.very good breakfast

Accomodation was good. It is well integrated with Maafushi Tours and their packages are good. The half day snorkeling is very very good and also at a good price. All tour guides and hotel workers were really helpful.

the speed of the Wi-Fi network location the staff in the hotel was really helpful and friendly they let us to have late check out at 15:00 h

It’s a small hotel in the village, perfect if you are looking something simple.

The hotel is clean and good. The staff's are very helpful.

Rasel especially at the restaurant went a very very extra miles and had excellent serving skills and suggested the best dishes at the inhouse restaurant kaalamaa. Must taste the food here,the one who stays at velana and even others who stay at other hotels. Natasha at the reception was were soft spoken and assisted whenever required. The Excursion staff Mohammed,ebu were all good and felt free to do under water adventures even without knowing swimming or snorkelling. Overall an excellent team work at velana and superb Attitude of the staff. Even captain-jambe will take care of transfers and excursion.:) I will surely visit Velana again.

Stayed for 13 nights and it was so comfortable that I felt home. The food is delicious, rooms are very quiet, the location is good accessable to the whole island and the staff are very friendly and more than willing to help with anything. All in all 10/10!

We so happy we chose this hotel! Awesome location in a quite island, staff is really helpful and nice, the nicest staff I've ever met at the hotels like this. Just two minutes from the beach and cosy room. Also great pool 😊

Warm, comfortable. The friendly staff attends to all your needs promptly. Facility is pretty with a lovely pool & dining area. Easy walk from the ferry.

Muhammad and Shan were really great Even helped us to take our ferry

Staff especially butler F&B