Conrad Maldives Rangali Island is known for Ithaa, an undersea restaurant in the Indian Ocean.

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Dinner in Ithaa Undersea Restaurant costs an extravagant USD $320 per person and lunch was not much less at USD $195 per person. Chris and I decided to make reservations for cocktails at the Ithaa Undersea Restaurant (which still costs USD $65 per person). We treated this as entrance into the underwater restaurant, similar to an admission fee into an aquarium.

Happy hour (50% off) drinks were available 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM at Rangali Bar (Main Island) and The Quiet Zone Lounge Bar (Water Villa Island). This made the prices for beer (normally USD $10-12) and cocktails (normally USD $17-18) almost reasonably priced.  The Quiet Zone Lounge Bar had lounging pods directly on the sand by the water (also with amazing views of the ocean).

Rangali Bar featured live music and had a food menu. We often had dinner at Rangali Bar on evenings when we did not want to splurge on food. Other than the sushi and pizza that we ordered the first time we were there, the rest of the meals at Rangali Bar were pretty delicious and were more reasonable from a price perspective than other options on the island.

Chris and I did spurge on a restaurant style dinner during our stay at the resort. Cheese Fondue is served at the Cheese and Wine Bar every Thursday and Saturday. Chris and I made reservations for 7:30 PM on Saturday night. The flavor of the three cheese (two Swiss and one French) fondue was more mild than the one that we had in Zurich, Switzerland. Chris preferred the stronger Swiss tastes in Zurich, while I had more of a palate for the milder version in the Maldives. The Cheese and Wine Bar was a chilled room with wine bottles across the wall and black volcanic sand imported from New Zealand covering the floor. After our fondue meal, but before our cheese dessert course, we were served vanilla ice cream topped with one hundred year old sherry.

Food and drinks on the island were quite expensive. With the jet lag traveling to the Maldives (from our last destination in Europe), we were not hungry for breakfast until later in the morning. This allowed us to skip a meal until our cocktail hour at 5:00 PM. Eating almost all other meals at Rangali Bar resulted in a more reasonable bill than other dinner options. And this is how we were able to afford our five night stay in the Maldives!