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Four Seasons Resort Maldives at Landaa Giraavaru

Wine & Dine at Four Seasons Resort Maldives at Landaa Giraavaru

Blu's overwater dining room set for service under woven pendant lamps, with a server arranging a table beside the lagoon

Blu

Cuisine
Italian
Setting
Indoor dining room with an outdoor bar and beach seating
Hours
Hours vary — confirm at resort
Reserve
At the resort, or via IMJ

The signature dish is a homemade cavatelli built around red prawn, reef fish, langoustine and squid in a bisque with seaweed; the room seats 40 indoors, another 40 at the outdoor bar, and 12 more on the beach itself.

Al Barakat's terrace set for dinner at sunset, with lit torches along the railing and the ocean beyond

Al Barakat

Cuisine
Arabian
Setting
Indoor room with an outdoor terrace and bar overlooking the ocean
Hours
Hours vary — confirm at resort
Reserve
At the resort, or via IMJ

Braised lamb shank with saffron rice is the dish the kitchen is known for, served across an indoor room for 40 and an outdoor terrace and bar that holds well over a hundred more.

A chef tossing vegetables from the teppanyaki grill at Café Landaa

Café Landaa

Cuisine
Café dining, with a teppanyaki counter
Setting
Indoor dining room with a dedicated teppanyaki counter
Hours
Hours vary — confirm at resort
Reserve
At the resort, or via IMJ

Seating runs to 82 indoors plus 16 more at the teppanyaki counter, where the chef works the grill in full view of the table.

Beachfront tables set for dinner beneath a banyan tree strung with lanterns at Fuego Grill, staff preparing a table at dusk

Fuego Grill

Cuisine
Open-fire grill
Setting
Outdoor, beachfront
Hours
Hours vary — confirm at resort
Reserve
At the resort, or via IMJ

The Whole Ocean for two — tuna medallions, octopus, rainbow runner, scallops and prawns off the grill with charred asparagus — is the dish to order at this 40-seat outdoor grill.

Blu Bar's open-air lounge with driftwood styling and bar stools overlooking the pool — standing in for Five Degrees North, which has no dedicated photograph in the source material

Five Degrees North

Cuisine
Bar & lounge
Setting
Indoor and outdoor lounge seating
Hours
Hours vary — confirm at resort
Reserve
At the resort, or via IMJ

A 56-seat indoor lounge with room for 24 more outside, for a drink between the day's activities and dinner.

A guest in a white dress standing on Seabar's jetty deck at sunset, holding a cocktail, with lit villas in the distance

Seabar

Cuisine
Bar & lounge
Setting
Overwater jetty deck
Hours
Hours vary — confirm at resort
Reserve
At the resort, or via IMJ

A jetty-set lounge over the lagoon, best held for the last light of the day.

Blu Bar's open-air lounge with driftwood pieces on the daybed, striped cushions and bar stools, overlooking the pool and lagoon

Blu Bar

Cuisine
Bar & lounge
Setting
Overwater lounge with driftwood styling
Hours
Hours vary — confirm at resort
Reserve
At the resort, or via IMJ

An overwater lounge deck styled with driftwood and open to the lagoon, for a drink between the day's activities and dinner.

Shisha Bar's overwater lounge with ornate metal lanterns, low seating, and a yacht anchored offshore

Shisha Bar

Cuisine
Shisha and lounge service
Setting
Overwater lounge with Moroccan-style lantern styling
Hours
Hours vary — confirm at resort
Reserve
At the resort, or via IMJ

Low seating and filigree metal lanterns over the water, with passing yachts often visible on the horizon.

A guest seated at the edge of the main pool holding a blue cocktail, palm trees and a thatched roof behind her

Poolside Bar

Cuisine
Bar & lounge
Setting
Poolside
Hours
Hours vary — confirm at resort
Reserve
At the resort, or via IMJ

Positioned at the edge of the main pool, for a drink without leaving the water's edge.

Before you book

How many pools and dining venues does the resort have?

Four pools in total: a 50-metre main pool with a swim-up bar and private gazebos, a 20-metre 'floating' seawater pool over the lagoon, and a children's pool. Dining runs across nine restaurants, bars and lounges, from the Italian menu at Blu to the teppanyaki counter at Café Landaa and beachfront grilling at Fuego Grill.

Al Barakat's terrace set for dinner at sunset, with lit torches along the railing and the ocean beyond

Talk to a specialist about dining here.

Thirty minutes on dates, occasion and which table actually suits you: no obligation, no scripted pitch.

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