We stayed at the J.Resort Handhufushi / Herathera Island Resort over New Year's 2010 and it was a major disappointment. To start with, do not believe any of the advertisements on the internet as they are all dated.. Here are the facts - of the 273 villa's advertised there are only about 170 available. The others ( mostly Jacuzzi Beach villa's on the south end of the island) are in various states of disrepair. There was no stocked mini bar. The internet was hit and miss - mostly miss. Of the restaurants that are supposed to be available the only one that is open is the Kili. The Dhoni Bar / swimming pool is closed for repair and the Dhoaraa Bar / swimming pool is closed period. The staff were all very friendly . The majority of the guests were from Mumbai and the food served was Indian. I can handle one meal of Indian food but not every day. Over all the meals were substandard with the exception of the New Year's Eve Gala dinner for which I paid 100 USD and another 80 USD for my wife. We did receive one punch drink each with alcohol! The deep sea fishing boat was in for repairs and the night fishing boat was not available. The bed mattresses were very hard. The resort struggles to maintain a 3 Star rating and in most part does not succede. At the present time I would not recommend this resort to anybody. The resort is being taken over (as of Jan. 1, 2011) by a Thai business venture. Hopefully they will bring the Herathera Island Resort up to a higher standard

Hi, I just came back from herathera on 29th of december-2010. The experience was just awesome, all the staff was very nice and helpful and the best thing about them that they all keeps on smiling every moment. Specially Mr. Akku-ho (water sports), mr. Shian (Waiter) and mr. imran (reception) are very friendly with everyone. Last day of my trip was so bad, The herathera resort members have fined me 220 usd un-necessarily because they said that some paint or polish had come out from the table lying in my room, I said this mark is from the day one when I entered in the room but they not agreed with me and fined me 220 usd. I booked my trip from "make my trip" and there guide viraash and he was without knowing any facts just harrasing me to pay that fine. So guys whenever you go there just check everything and if there is some problem tell immediately to them otherwise you have to bear all the fines.
Brijesh Garg -Delhi

I just visited Herathera Island resort a week ago. I was there for my honeymoon, and an amazing experience. The arrangement made was extremely good, right from the airport pickup till the drop off.

Rooms are very nice & clean, spacious,AC cooled, wi-fi internet and cable tv enabled.
It is spreaded along half a island. Two bars, one restaurant, sports centre, water sports etc.

They provide scuba and snorkeling training and nice offers for open water diving. Which makes ourself to explore more and more.

I am really thankfull for each and everyone of the staff of this resort who made my honeymoon very special.

Thank you very much, and i score 10/10 with highly recommended place in Maldives.

I have just returned from Herathera Island Resort. It was very enjoyable,relaxing holiday. We had sea facing beach Villa, which must have been recently refurbished when the Resort changed hands this year.. Room was large and clean. AC could keep villa really cool even when outside temp. was high. staff in restaurant/bar was friendly with good service. Our tour operator had arranged for excellent Indian food with good variety everyday. Golf Carts transported us to any part of the Island and the service was prompt. Large Restaurants and Bars gave sense of seclusion though they were almost full. In all great stay.