Seafood? No, seefood! Underwater restaurant with incredible views of sea turtles, sharks and stingrays set to open in stunning Maldives

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A new resort in the Maldives is set to open with a stunning underwater restaurant, allowing guests to find out what the tropical fish served up on their plate really look like.

Minus 6 Meters (styled as M6m) will be the Maldives’ second underwater restaurant when the five-star resort, OZEN by Atmosphere, opens in July.

Guests will be able to admire everything from angel fish and sea turtles to stingrays and sharks while enjoying modern seafood dishes, Champagne, cocktails and fine wine.

Minus 6 Meters (M6m) will be the Maldives’ second underwater restaurant when the five-star resort, OZEN by Atmosphere, opens in July

Guests will enjoy modern seafood dishes, Champagne, cocktails and fine wine while admiring the unique perspective or marine life

The resort's owner is promising plush interiors with white furnishings and splashes of colour inspired by the hues of the lagoon

For the underwater experience and this view, holidaymakers will have to pay £2,749 per person for a package including airfare

Located off the island of Maadhoo, M6m will be the first underwater restaurant within the South Male Atoll and the first in the Maldives to be included on an all-inclusive plan, said the resort’s owner, Atmosphere Hotels & Resorts.

To experience it, holidaymakers will have to pay £2,749 per person, based on two adults sharing an Earth Villa for a seven-night, all-inclusive stay, with return airfare from London.

Work continues on the restaurant, but renderings released by Atmosphere Hotels & Resorts reveal what it will look like.

It is promising plush interiors with white furnishings and splashes of colour inspired by the hues of the surrounding lagoon.

There are 31 beachfront Earth Villas, each with high ceilings, a deck and tropical garden. Seventeen of them have private infinity pools

Twenty-four of the over-water Wind Villas (pictured) have 26-ft long infinity lap pools, but every single one offers amazing views

And it insists the restaurant was designed and built in way where it wouldn’t harm the surrounding marine environment or sea life.

Guests won’t eat all their meals in the underwater restaurant, however.

Other dining options include restaurants serving international cuisine, South Asian dishes, food from the Far East and a poolside bar and pizzeria.

Guests will also have access to a gym and aqua club with complimentary snorkelling, and they will receive one free fishing excursion

When guests aren't lounging in their private infinity pool, they can go windsurfing, stand-up paddleboarding or swimming in the sea

The resort itself has 41 beachfront villas and 49 over-water villas, and is around 20 miles from Male International Airport. 

By the end of the year the Maldives will be home to three underwater restaurants.

The first one opened at Conrad Maldives Rangali Island five years ago and Hurawalhi Island Resort & Spa will have one when it opens this year. 

Bath time will never be the same after guests enjoy a long soak in this freestanding tub, which offers an amazing vantage point of the sea 

OZEN by Atmosphere has 41 beachfront villas and 49 over-water villas, and is approximately 20 miles from Male International Airport