Underwater restaurant in the Maldives: 6 rooms below the sea, compared

5.8 sits 5.8 metres under the lagoon, and the resort calls it the world’s largest all-glass undersea restaurant; it seats no more than 10 couples, at lunch at noon and 2pm and at dinner at 6pm, and a private Champagne breakfast can be booked (5.8). Lunch is 5 courses at $250 a person and dinner 7 at $315, taxes and service included; the wine pairing adds $95 and $145 (5-course lunch, 7-course dinner). The dress code is smart casual and barefoot, and guests of other resorts are welcome, with the transfer arranged by their own resort (5.8); Komandoo, nearby, sells the meal with a $25 boat (Komandoo). Hurawalhi has 90 villas for adults (villas), 40 minutes by seaplane, and the international flight must land by 3pm (transfer policy). Google showed $932 a night for 2 on 16 November 2026 and $535 on 12 May 2027.

Ithaa lies 5 metres beneath the surface and seats 14 guests a service: breakfast from 8 to 9.30am, a visiting hour from 11am to noon, lunch at 12.30pm and dinner at 6.30pm, smart casual, with a children’s menu (Ithaa). The Conrad calls it the world’s first undersea restaurant, opened in 2005 (its history page); no overnight stay is needed to book a table (Ithaa). On the Ultimate Rangali Experience plan, guests have a credit of $145 an adult to spend at Ithaa (offer). Cases of Dom Pérignon are ageing on the seabed in front of it until December 2026, for Ithaa’s diners (Ithaa). The seaplane takes 30 minutes and costs $700 an adult return (getting here). Google showed $1,086 a night for 2 on 16 November 2026 and $863 on 11 May 2027.

H2O lies 6 metres below the surface with a 360° view and serves a set menu to 20 guests at a time, by reservation; its chef is Andrea Berton, whom the resort calls Michelin-starred (H2O). For bookings from 1 January 2026 lunch costs $220 a person and dinner $300, food only, with drinks charged as consumed; guests staying elsewhere write to the resort for a table (H2O). The Premium All-Inclusive plan leaves H2O out (Premium All-Inclusive), and the island takes guests from 16 (FAQ). The seaplane takes 45 minutes and cost $485 an adult return until 23 December 2026 on Booking.com. Google showed $756 a night for 2 on 16 November 2026 and $806 on 10 May 2027.

Lobigili bills Only BLU as the largest undersea restaurant in the Maldives (Only BLU); the page of OBLU XPERIENCE Ailafushi, the family resort across the bridge, puts the horseshoe-shaped room 6.8 metres beneath the surface (Only BLU). It serves set menus of meat, seafood or vegetarian dishes, at lunch from Tuesday to Sunday and at dinner from 7 to 10pm, booked ahead (Only BLU). The Lobi Plan, the only way to stay, includes the return speedboat and, every 4 nights, one dinner a guest at Only BLU or at the Gaadiya 17 food truck (Lobi Plan). The island has 68 villas, all for 2 adults (brochure). Google showed $1,433 a night for 2 on 1 November 2026 and $1,405 on 1 December 2026, read on 3 October.

SEA serves contemporary European cooking and caviar under the sea, at lunch from noon to 2pm and at dinner from 7pm; it closes on Fridays, and dinner is for adults except on Mondays and Thursdays (SEA). Beside it the resort keeps what it calls the world’s first underwater wine cellar, with more than 450 bottles (cellar). Half board covered 2 of the 5 restaurants, a guest wrote in August 2026, and SEA was paid on top (Google reviews). The seaplane takes 35 minutes and costs $850 an adult return, $900 from 11 January 2027 (getting here). Google showed $1,606 a night for 2 on 16 November 2026 and $2,160 on 11 May 2027.

Subsix sits half a kilometre beyond the tip of Chill, one of Niyama’s 2 islands (THIS IS NIYAMA), and serves a Nikkei tasting menu at lunch, from 12 to 2.30pm (dining); Minor Hotels gives the depth as 6 metres and the price as $250 net a person (Minor Hotels). There is no reef to swim to from the beach: the outer-reef snorkelling trip, 10 minutes out by boat, is free (activities). The Explorers kids’ club takes children from 1 to 11 (families). The seaplane takes 45 minutes and costs $780 a person return, taxes included; otherwise a 30-minute domestic flight and 7 minutes by speedboat (getting here). Google showed $1,139 a night for 2 on 16 November 2026 and $1,003 on 10 June 2027.