I was recently on a cruise in the Maldives for my friend’s 30th birthday, and as part of that itinerary, she booked out the entirety of Ithaa, the underwater restaurant at the Conrad Maldives Rangali Island. The restaurant has capacity of 16 or so, so that’s not as ridiculous as it sounds.
We booked a late lunch for 3pm, but as the Conrad is 1 hour ahead of normal Maldivian time, this was more like 2pm in our time. After two early morning dives, our yacht headed towards the Conrad, where we took a speedboat and got off on the Conrad’s jetty. We were welcomed by a host, who provided us with cool moistened towels, then another member of the staff who offered a welcome fruit drink, before we were ushered towards the restaurant. The host warned that because of the size of our party, it might get a little hot inside, so they had preemptively set up a number of fans.