Rixos Premium Saadiyat Island, all inclusive

Rixos Premium Saadiyat Island is the island's ultra all-inclusive resort. Your rate covers meals at six restaurants, more than 100 brands of drinks including alcohol, snacks and ice cream through the day. For children there is an Aqua Park with slides and a wave pool, the Rixy Kids Club for ages 4–12 and a Teens Club.

With an Aqua Park and clubs for both children and teenagers, it is the most family-oriented of the five Saadiyat resorts. Choose it over Saadiyat Rotana if you want drinks and dining fully included rather than a set-menu package, and over the St. Regis or Park Hyatt if you want everything paid upfront. Next door, Club Privé by Rixos Saadiyat Island has 12 villas with three or four bedrooms and a 24-hour butler.

Rooms come with a garden or sea view, and Premium rooms open straight onto the pool. There are also family rooms of about 90 m², suites, a Presidential Suite and villas.

• Deluxe room: the entry category, with a garden or sea view.
• Premium room with pool access: on the edge of the pool, with steps from the terrace into the water.
• Club Villa and Villa Privé: the Club Privé villas, with three or four bedrooms and a 24-hour butler. Three-bedroom villas share a pool; four-bedroom villas have a private pool with a sea view.

The resort has its own private beach of white sand. There are three outdoor pools, and some rooms open straight onto the water.

The "water park" people search for is the resort's Aqua Park: water slides, a wave pool and sprinklers, next to a shallow kids' pool. It is free for guests but much smaller than a real water park. For that, go to Yas Waterworld on Yas Island, about 18 km away.

Day passes: the resort has sold all-inclusive day passes to visitors who are not staying, with meals, drinks, the beach and the pools. Check with the resort whether one is on sale for your date.

What the package includes:

• buffet meals at Turquoise
• meals at the à la carte restaurants, with a cover charge (see below)
• snacks and ice cream during the day
• more than 100 brands of drinks, including alcohol and cocktails, in the restaurants and bars

What costs extra:

• spa treatments and golf
• the teppanyaki show at Aja: AED 150 (≈ $41) per person
• a cover charge at Orient, L'Olivo and Mermaid: AED 50 (≈ $14) per person for stays of two nights or more, and AED 200 (≈ $54) for one-night stays
• for children, the cover charge is half price for ages 6–11 and free for ages 5 and under

Restaurants:

• Turquoise: the international buffet
• L'Olivo: Italian
• Mermaid: Mediterranean, by the beach
• Orient: grilled meat and seafood
• Aja: Asian, with a teppanyaki show
• People's: casual international dishes

The bars include Âme Beach Bar, Aqua Bar, Vitamin Bar for juices, and Bar Lounge. Book the à la carte restaurants in advance, through the front desk.

Rixy Kids Club takes children aged 4–12 and runs games, a mini disco, film time, shows and workshops through the day, with staff on hand until late evening. Teenagers have their own Teens Club with tournaments and workshops.

The Aqua Park has slides, sprinklers and a wave pool, and the kids' pool next to it is shallow. At the à la carte restaurants, children aged 5 and under pay no cover charge, and ages 6–11 pay half.