Dining

The resort’s restaurants are well-catered to eating and drinking pleasures. Dr. Ali’s leads the restaurant selection with three distinctive living rooms that focus on fine cuisine from the Indian Ocean, the South China Sea and the Arabian Gulf. For quality café dining during the day and refined Western fare in the evening, Javvu will delight guests. And if you seek an exceptional Maldives dining experience, find it as you lunch aboard a luxury yacht while cruising on the equator.

Dine by Design

Discover new dining experiences in some of the resort’s most secret locations. Be it a torch lit dinner under the banyan trees of the resort’s jungle, a spa dinner in the privacy of a meditation pavilion overlooking the ocean, a romantic in-villa evening or a dinner of local ingredients freshly prepared in the Chef’s Garden, our culinary team will help create a memorable experience.

View the resort's Dine by Design brochure  

Shangri-La’s Villingili Resort & Spa has four exceptional bars and lounges, offering a choice of atmospheric milieu for chilling out or being invigorated.

Executive Chef 

Born in Sofia, Bulgaria, award-winning Executive Chef Emil Minev has more than 20 years of international culinary experience. He has trained under the guidance of acclaimed chefs in prestigious cooking institutes including the Alain Ducasse Formation Centre in Paris, El Bulli in Barcelona and Le Cordon Bleu Institute in London.

Creative and contemporary, Chef Emil likes to tailor his cuisine according to the fresh local produce available. Inspired by the variety of local ingredients found in the surrounding waters and neighbouring farms, Chef Emil promises to delight guests with innovative recipes. Encounter fresh tuna fused with papaya and discover coconut metamorphosed into a subtle dessert.