The staff was very kind, helpful, and attentive. Clean rooms. Dining area was great. Hotel transportation to and from airport was quick, easy, and amazing! Very accommodating

I am not used to the call to prayers and with so many mosques (two directly next to the hotel) it was quite loud. Especially because the mosque now have loudspeakers and almost sound like they are competing. This is something the hotel doesn’t have control over as it happens all over the Male and many other Maldivian islands.

This place was perfect. We needed one night stay in Male before we left the Maldives. So coming from a very nice resort to this place felt like it would not be great. The opposite was true. When we landed in Male via our seaplane, there were representative of the hotel waiting for us in air conditioned van. After a short drive we got there and were greeted by the host with a delicious Mango drink. The room was decorated for my birthday which was lovely. We had dinner at the restaurant on the top of the hotel and honestly had one of the best meals of our lives for $48! The server was lovely and I am sorry that I do not remember his name. He was from Sri Lanka and was a wonderful waiter. The following morning, even though we had an early flight, the staff opened the breakfast for us 30 min ahead of their regular time. We had another smooth transfer to the airport. It was lovely. The shower, the bed, the food, the staff... all wonderful. There was also a little balcony which was great as we were still trying to dry our wet clothes from snorkeling. Another positive was that we had ocean view so we could see the planes and boats come and go which was all very fun. We had a nice sunrise but not a sunset.

Just an FYI, and not a negative by any means. Male and Maldives are a Muslim location. The hotel is in the middle of two gorgeous mosques. If you are familiar with international travel, the call to prayer is something you will hear 5 times a day if you are close to a mosque. We could hear that and while my husband and I loved this, it may be a bit loud. Having said that, Male is so small that I am sure no matter where you are, you will hear the sound of the call to prayer. We absolutely loved it.

Clean and Comfortable room. Breakfast was great with multiple varieties and the seating area was nice. Airport is very close, and the hotel arranged pickup. The staff is very nice and helpful. They answer all inquiries. Once we arrived, they suggested spending half a day in a nice resort for a cheap price and they helped us to arrange the booking through the internet. The boats station is near the hotel.

The hotel and room are a bit small but was not a problem for us at all. The Hotel Building had 11 small stories with 4 rooms per each floor, I guess. Ground floor is reception with nice seating area. Floor 10 is the breakfast area and floor 11 is a terrace. There is an elevator. The place is nice.

The hotel is well located to access the artificial beach, shops, fish market etc and easy to get to the airport. The room was clean and comfortable and good TV. The on site restaurant and roof garden were excellent and well priced. They even rustled me up a lovely packed breakfast which they hand delivered bang on the time specified for my early flight. Balajin who checked me in was particularly helpful and professional, and got me a cold drink and towel to freshen up on arrival. As a solo female traveller, I felt very comfortable and well looked after at Samann Grand.

10000% recommend! The staff were great from organising us complimentary transfers from the airport and back which was very useful and we felt very well looked after. Also prior to our check in we stored our luggage there for a day and they were happy with doing that, also they allowed us to have complimentary late check out and this was super convenient for our evening flight. The room was very clean and tidy with modern light switches. Toilet was also very clean and they were both cleaned daily. The location was also very good as it was easy accessibility to food places/ supermarkets and touristic activities.

There isn’t anything that I would say that I did not like.

Generally friendly and helpful staff, only a bit dissapointed that the hotel only has 1 (one) agent for water activities when we wanted to book and could only confirm that they are not able to accomodate to our booking on the morning my friends and i were supposed to go although the weather was OK. The hotel staff had no other contacts either and we ended up walking in the city and luckily we found a sports equipment shop who was helpful enough to hook us up with an agent in Hulhumale for the water activities we were looking forward to

Some food served at breakfast was not properly covered and after sometime under the aircond, the cakes and breads for example, became dry and hardened.

Fantastic property. Picked us in the airport in a van. It was spacious and smelled great. At the hotel, we were greeted and given some mango juice which was lovely. The process checking in and going to our rooms was great. The gentleman took our suitcases up for us. The room is lovely, modern and clean. The shower was beautiful and the beds are so comfy! Big tv to watch off and plenty of TV’s. I ordered room service and wow, the food is 10/10 and really good pricing! We had a fridge, shower amenities. Everyone who worked there was very polite and friendly. We had an early flight to catch. They took us to the airport in time and even gave us breakfast to take with us which we had at the airport before our flight. Overall a great experience. Would book this hotel again. 10/10

Nothing.

The staff were so helpful from the boat pick up to drop off back at airport. Front desk always friendly. We ate all our meals at the restaurant, great choices, fair price.

Lack of hot water to shower, would go cold during one shower. Breakfast had enough selection but would benefit from a tea and coffee station so guests can make their own. Maybe a card to inform guests what cooked egg selection was available. If busy it seemed like a lot of work for one staff and some mistakes were being made…sorry.

The airport transfer was excellent We were met at the top of the street on arrival at the hotel and quickly taken in seated and given a cold drink. Check in was quick we were taken to our room and our bags were already there. We had a lovely meal in Cloud roof top restaurant. Breakfast was good check out easy and transfer excellent again.

Would have been better if we could have been dropped right outside the hotel instead of the top of the road, but I think it’s probably not possible as the road is so narrow. It is only a 1 minute walk so not to bad.

The staff at Samman Grand were wonderful. We were picked up for transfer to the hotel exactly when and where we'd specified, and similarly transfer to the airport was ready at the stated time. They enabled a late checkout, and then kept our bags in the lobby until departure, when we were able to sit in the fresh air at the rooftop facility.

Things the hotel can't change, like the size and location of the building. While the photos are accurate in retrospect everything about Samman Grand is anything by grand. The rooms are very small, as is the bathroom and the common facilities. The wake up in the dark of morning from the loudspeakers right outside the windows is unfortunate.