Wine & Dine at JA Manafaru
Kakuni
- Cuisine
- All-day World Dining — international buffet, weekly themed dinners
- Setting
- Main all-day restaurant, buffet and à la carte
- Hours
- Breakfast 07:00-10:30 · Lunch 12:30-15:00 · Dinner 18:30-21:30
- Reserve
- At the resort, or via IMJ
The main all-day restaurant, running a breakfast buffet and international lunch through to weekly themed dinners — Maldivian Malaafaiy, Asian Street Night, Sustainable Seafood BBQ.
Ocean Grill
- Cuisine
- Seafood & grill — local and Indian Ocean seafood, steaks
- Setting
- Show-kitchen seafood grill
- Hours
- Dinner 18:30-21:30
- Reserve
- At the resort, or via IMJ
A seafood restaurant and grill built around a show kitchen, working local and Indian Ocean catch alongside steaks.
Andiamo Bistro and Pool
- Cuisine
- Mediterranean-Italian
- Setting
- Poolside, beside the main swimming pool
- Hours
- Lunch 11:00-18:00
- Reserve
- At the resort, or via IMJ
A relaxed Mediterranean-Italian bistro parked beside the island's main pool, running lunch through the afternoon.
White Orchid
- Cuisine
- Japanese-inspired cuisine & teppanyaki
- Setting
- Overwater terrace
- Hours
- Lunch by reservation only · Dinner 18:30-21:30
- Reserve
- At the resort, or via IMJ
Japanese-inspired cuisine and teppanyaki served on an overwater terrace, with dinner reservations recommended in advance.
The Cellar
- Cuisine
- Fine dining — chef's menus & wine pairings
- Setting
- The Maldives' first (and reportedly still deepest) subterranean wine cave
- Hours
- Reservations only
- Reserve
- At the resort, or via IMJ
A fine-dining table set inside the Maldives' first subterranean wine cave, running chef's menus and 'Dining by Design' pairings by advance booking; not part of the all-inclusive plan.
Kuri – Treehouse Dining
- Cuisine
- Maldivian tasting menu (5 courses)
- Setting
- A private treehouse built into a living tree at the island's edge
- Hours
- 18:30-21:00 (approx.)
- Reserve
- At the resort, or via IMJ
A private treehouse dinner for one or two couples, a five-course Maldivian tasting menu by Executive Chef Moosa Nazeeh served inside a living tree at the island's edge.
Veli Bar
- Cuisine
- Light bites & cocktails
- Setting
- Bar — live music and karaoke in the evenings
- Hours
- 17:00-24:00
- Reserve
- At the resort, or via IMJ
The island's dedicated bar for sundowners and light bites, with live music and karaoke most evenings.
Before you book
Do we need to book The Cellar or Kuri Treehouse Dining in advance?
Yes — The Cellar, Ocean Grill's evenings, White Orchid's dinner service, and Kuri Treehouse Dining (which seats only one or two couples) are all reservations-only or advance-booking venues. We build these into your itinerary before arrival rather than leaving them to chance on-island, especially Kuri, given its very limited nightly capacity.
Talk to a specialist about dining here.
Thirty minutes on dates, occasion and which table actually suits you: no obligation, no scripted pitch.