Ithaa means "mother of pearl" in Dhivehi, and like its namesake, this all-glass sanctuary five meters below the Indian Ocean's surface offers the most extraordinary experience - dining within the ocean itself.

With only 14 seats, every table is the best table, every angle offers front-row viewing of the reef's theater. A curious moray eel might peer out from its coral cave, schools of yellow snappers spiral past during appetizers, but the real magic happens outside your underwater bubble. Lunch brings brilliant turquoise waters where every fish shows its true colors - electric blue surgeonfish, candy-striped angelfish, parrotfish in impossible shades of green. Dinner is pure romance as the reef shifts to night mode: sharks begin their elegant patrol, sea turtles glide past with prehistoric grace, and if you're lucky, a manta ray might sweep overhead like a spacecraft from another world. Tonight you have the best seats as nature directs a performance that's been running for millions of years, no two moments ever the same.