There’s a jaw-dropping all-glass underwater restaurant in the Maldives

Forget The Shard and Sushisamba, if you like your dining experiences to come with a view, you might want to head to the Maldives for some winter sun this year.

If turquoise waters and brilliant sunshine weren’t lure enough for you, the tropical nation is now home to the world’s largest all-glass undersea restaurant, where guests can crack open a bottle of Champagne and sit back as reef sharks, turtles, manta rays and shoals of fish swim past their table.

Located 16 feet below sea level at the Conrad Maldives, the dome-shaped seafood restaurant has a curved glass roof, glass sides and a glass floor, giving its diners a panoramic view of the incredible sea life beyond.

Guests who’ve managed to bag a spot at one of just 14 tables access the restaurant by making their way to the hotel’s private jetty, where they then descend down a spiral staircase into a coral reef below.

They then make their way through a glass tunnel into the spectacular restaurant beyond.

The jaw-dropping sunken restaurant was built in New Zealand before it was shipped over to be installed on the built the island of Hurawalhi at the end of last year.

Eating at the exotic venue in the Maldives doesn’t come cheap, however, and a six-course 'sprinkled with romance' dinner in the cinematic restaurant will set you back around £382 per person.

Billed as the Maldives' trendiest spot, the restaurant, called 5.8, forms part of an exclusive romantic adults-only hotel that costs around £500 to stay in per night.

The luxury oasis is spread across two palm-fringed tropical islands connected by a 500-metre timber footbridge, with a destination spa and Instagrammable thatch-roofed water villas all onsite.

The Maldives is already home to the world's first undersea restaurant, the Ithaa Undersea Restaurant at the Conrad Maldives Rangali Island resort, but this its sister restaurant 5.8 is even bigger than its contemporary.

Already celebrities have been flocking to the resort to try out the unusual dining experience.

Sharing an Instagram picture, Made in Chelsea star Lucy Watson told her fans: "Had the best time observing the ocean life and the creatures within it, whilst they enjoyed their freedom."