This was the second time we have been and both times were brilliant. We arrived on the island early due to a following wind on the flight, which was nice, and allocated room 22. Off we went, once inside we were shocked! The room was a disgrace, it was filthy, dusty and old. It hadn't been cleaned in some time and you could run your fingers through the dust! Fortunately some friends were in room 82 so we trotted off to see what there's was like. It had recently been refurbished and was a million times better, anyway, a quick complaint at reception and the next day were moved to room 72 which had been refurbished. Apart from the errant room everything else was brilliant. Swam with turtles every day(got photos to orove it), swam with a Manta, again got photos. The staff were good, a special shout out to Sham in the bar. Overall Embudu is a fantastic place to stay, just don't expect a tv in your room. Would love to go back but Thomson aren't flying from Manchester any more so we have to travel from Gatwick. Not impressed .

very nice viewed rooms ,excellent washrooms,fast boot pick and drop to airport,nice food.Love to spend few more days here in future trip.

I have visited a few different islands now and also work in the travel industry and can honestly say that this island is excellent value for money. We stayed in a refurbished room which was very clean and a brilliant glass enclosed shower with black granite sink and fully tiled bathroom. The bed was massive and also quite firm but that's fine with me. New air conditioning units in the room worked perfectly. There is also a fridge for you to use. Whilst we were there, the island had just taken a delivery of new black rattan furniture so every room has a new table and chairs outside.
The food in the restaurant was buffet style for breakfast, lunch and dinner. Not much variation in the fruit (only pineapple, bananas and melon) for breakfast but they did have proper pork bacon which I have never come across before in the Maldives being that the staff are muslim and aren't normally allowed to handle it. Lunch had a few different dishes to choose from including curries, normally some sort of fish dish and some other meat dish. There was also pasta and salad and soup. Dinner was a different theme every night and I must say that the beef steaks are absolutely lovely! Again there was always a curry available and different dishes depending on the theme. If there was still nothing there that you would eat, you could ask your waiter and they would cook you something else from the kitchen. This never happened with us though as the food is always varied at dinner time and really tasty.
The reef is the best I have seen yet! The coral garden is huge and has the most living coral I have ever seen in the Maldives. I would come back to this island again just for the coral and marine life alone. Many people we spoke to on the island were actually on their 10th, 11th, 12th........visit to the island because of the reef.
I don't think there is a 'bad' spot on the island to have your room. Having walked round the island (everyday) all rooms either have a little alcove of beach or are very close to one of the larger expanses of sand. There is a windy side and a calm side and you need to be mindful of currents when you go snorkeling outside the reef.
I don't normally go back to the same island twice as there are so many to see but I would definitely go back to this one.

arrived at embdu village on nov 6th for 2 wks,this island is out of this world,such a pretty island snorkelling is great, array of fish so many colours,resturant food excellant,all the staff on this island makes you so welcome,thanks for that,our room had been updated,very clean,cleaned everyday,and back at evening time aswell,to check our room boy was excellant sory forgotten his name. so a big thank you to all the stafffor making our holiday such a good one would we go back to embudu, yes,hoping to get back there in may.