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NH Collection Maldives Havodda Resort

Wine & Dine at NH Collection Maldives Havodda Resort

REEF's open-kitchen buffet counter laid with fresh fruit, eggs, cured meats and condiments, the lagoon and palms visible through the open-air pavilion behind

REEF

Cuisine
International & Asian buffet
Setting
All-day dining, open-air pavilion with banquet seating for groups; themed nights through the week
Hours
Breakfast 07:00-10:00 · Lunch 12:30-14:30 · Dinner 18:30-21:30
Reserve
At the resort, or via IMJ

Havodda's all-day dining anchor, an international and Asian buffet with themed nights running through the week and open-air seating built for groups.

SURF restaurant's timber-framed pavilion lit up at dusk, its open kitchen and bar seating visible through floor-to-ceiling glass beneath a peaked thatched-style roof

SURF

Cuisine
Grilled meats & fresh seafood
Setting
Open kitchen, bar seating or al fresco beach dining, plus daytime cooking classes; closed Thursday and Sunday
Hours
Dinner only: Mon-Wed 19:00-22:00 · Fri-Sat 19:00-22:00
Reserve
At the resort, or via IMJ

Grilled meats and fresh seafood off an open kitchen, with à la carte, children's and vegetarian menus — the resort's own image files for this venue are still labelled "Ember Grill," an apparent earlier name for SURF.

An elevated pool deck with red umbrellas, a woven daybed and loungers, the open sea visible beyond the infinity-edge pool

Pizza Kaage

Cuisine
Pizzas & snacks
Setting
Elevated deck by the pool
Hours
Lunch 12:00-18:00
Reserve
At the resort, or via IMJ

A pizza-and-snacks counter on a deck above the pool — no dedicated photograph of Pizza Kaage turned up in the research pool, so the image here is borrowed from the same pool deck at Thari Bar; confirm the venue's exact look before showing a guest.

An elevated pool deck with red umbrellas, a woven daybed and loungers, the open sea visible beyond the infinity-edge pool

Thari Bar

Cuisine
Poolside cocktails & snacks
Setting
Poolside, with a sunken wet lounge and cabanas
Hours
10:00-24:00
Reserve
At the resort, or via IMJ

The pool bar at the point of the island — a sunken wet lounge, shaded cabanas, and chilled drinks running through to midnight.

Aerial view of a row of overwater villas on stilts leading out from a white sandbank, a thatched beach bar and loungers set at the sand's edge

Iru Bar

Cuisine
Sunset cocktails
Setting
Beachfront, overlooking the overwater villas
Hours
17:00-19:00
Reserve
At the resort, or via IMJ

A short evening window built entirely around the view — cocktails on the beach as the overwater villa jetty catches the last light.

Before you book

Are meal plans available at Havodda?

No named meal plan (no BB/HB/FB/All-Inclusive label) turned up on the pages we reviewed. Dining runs across three restaurants — REEF, SURF and Pizza Kaage — plus Thari Bar and Iru Bar, so confirm which plan, if any, and which venues it covers with your consultant before booking.

REEF restaurant's open-air breakfast terrace, wicker chairs at set tables beneath a thatched roof opening onto a white-sand beach and the lagoon 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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