Wine & Dine at Velaa Private Island
Aragu
- Cuisine
- Contemporary fine dining, East-meets-West
- Setting
- Oceanfront dining room, piano music each evening
- Hours
- 7:00pm-11:00pm
- Reserve
- At the resort, or via IMJ
Chef Gaushan De Silva's East-meets-West menu, award-winning, with a pianist playing through service.
Tavaru
- Cuisine
- Teppanyaki
- Setting
- A dedicated tower, beside the Maldives' largest private wine cellar
- Hours
- Hours vary - confirm at resort
- Reserve
- At the resort, or via IMJ
Teppanyaki theatre inside a purpose-built tower, with a wine cellar — the largest private collection in the Maldives — built into the same structure.
Faiy
- Cuisine
- Garden-to-table, seasonal
- Setting
- Garden restaurant
- Hours
- Hours vary - confirm at resort
- Reserve
- At the resort, or via IMJ
A garden-set menu built around balanced, seasonal, nourishing dishes rather than one signature style.
Athiri
- Cuisine
- Global comfort food, chefs from 14 nations
- Setting
- The island's all-day dining centre
- Hours
- All day
- Reserve
- At the resort, or via IMJ
The resort's day-long anchor, staffed by chefs from fourteen nations cooking global comfort food rather than one national cuisine.
Cru
- Cuisine
- Champagne, sommelier-led
- Setting
- Overlooking the sea
- Hours
- Hours vary - confirm at resort
- Reserve
- At the resort, or via IMJ
A sommelier-led champagne list, poured with a clear run of sea in view.
AVI & Beach Bar
- Cuisine
- Poolside lounge and casual bar
- Setting
- Poolside at sunset, plus a separate waterside bar
- Hours
- Hours vary - confirm at resort
- Reserve
- At the resort, or via IMJ
Live music through sunset at the poolside lounge, with a second, more casual bar down at the water's edge.
Before you book
What dining options does Velaa have?
Six venues: Aragu for fine dining with piano music, Tavaru for teppanyaki beside the Maldives' largest private wine cellar, Faiy for a garden-set seasonal menu, Athiri as the all-day dining centre with chefs from fourteen nations, Cru for a sommelier-led champagne list overlooking the sea, and AVI & Beach Bar for a poolside sunset lounge plus a separate waterside bar.
Talk to a specialist about dining here.
Thirty minutes on dates, occasion and which table actually suits you: no obligation, no scripted pitch.