Wine & Dine at Anantara Veli Maldives
Cumin
- Cuisine
- South Asian
- Setting
- Beach setting, open-air
- Hours
- Hours vary — confirm at resort
- Reserve
- At the resort, or via IMJ
Maldivian tuna curry and Sri Lankan flavours built around herbs from the resort's own chef's garden, seating up to 70 on the beach.
Origami
- Cuisine
- Japanese
- Setting
- Indoor dining room and outdoor terrace
- Hours
- Hours vary — confirm at resort
- Reserve
- At the resort, or via IMJ
Sushi, sashimi and charcoal-grilled robatayaki, with teppanyaki tables for the theatre of it — indoor seating for 38, an outdoor terrace for 40 more.
Baan Huraa
- Cuisine
- Thai
- Setting
- Overwater, teak house on stilts over the lagoon
- Hours
- Hours vary — confirm at resort
- Reserve
- At the resort, or via IMJ
A teak house on stilts over the lagoon, serving shared plates drawn from across Thailand to up to 60 guests.
Fushi Café
- Cuisine
- International
- Setting
- Open-air, all-day dining room
- Hours
- Hours vary — confirm at resort
- Reserve
- At the resort, or via IMJ
A breakfast buffet with live cooking stations by morning, a themed dinner buffet by night, seating up to 154.
Sea.Fire.Salt.
- Cuisine
- Grilled steaks and seafood
- Setting
- Open-air, lagoon-facing
- Hours
- Hours vary — confirm at resort
- Reserve
- At the resort, or via IMJ
Reef fish, tuna and lobster alongside prime-aged Australian cuts, grilled to order for up to 80; vegetarian options are available.
Aqua
- Cuisine
- Italian and snacks
- Setting
- Poolside
- Hours
- Hours vary — confirm at resort
- Reserve
- At the resort, or via IMJ
Poolside through the day, with a light lunch menu, an Italian dinner menu, and evening drinks for up to 90 guests.
Dhoni Bar
- Cuisine
- Café and bar fare
- Setting
- Poolside
- Hours
- Hours vary — confirm at resort
- Reserve
- At the resort, or via IMJ
Iced coffees, smoothies and Mediterranean bites through the day; champagne, signature cocktails and tapas as the sun goes down, for 26 seated or 45 in the lounge.
Before you book
What are the dining options like?
Anantara Veli runs six restaurants — Cumin (South Asian), Origami (Japanese), Baan Huraa (Thai, on stilts over the lagoon), Fushi Café (all-day international buffets), Sea.Fire.Salt. (grilled steaks and seafood) and Aqua (Italian, poolside) — plus Dhoni Bar for all-day drinks and sunset cocktails. Dining by Design adds private beach banquets and candlelit dinners outside the regular restaurant schedule, and the resort's own Wine Guru runs tastings and private wine dinners from its cellar.
Talk to a specialist about dining here.
Thirty minutes on dates, occasion and which table actually suits you: no obligation, no scripted pitch.