Five-star One MICHELIN Key Saadiyat Island, Abu Dhabi
Rixos Premium Saadiyat Island
An all-inclusive resort on a Blue Flag beach on Saadiyat, with swim-up bars, a waterpark for the children and twelve villas with pools of their own.
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- MICHELIN
- One Key, 2026
- Rooms
- 288, with villas apart
- Opened
- 2018
- From the airport
- 20 to 30 minutes from AUH
The hotel
All-inclusive on the Saadiyat shore.
Rixos opened its resort on the shore of Saadiyat Island in 2018, a short drive from the Louvre Abu Dhabi and the city centre. The design borrows from Ottoman palaces and Arabic courtyard gardens: marble, jewel colours, open-plan rooms and lagoon pools. Most rooms look over the gardens or the Gulf, and many have a semi-private pool outside. The resort belongs to Accor's All Inclusive Collection.
It runs on the Rixos all-inclusive model, so meals, drinks and most activities are part of the stay. The beach carries a Blue Flag. In 2026 the MICHELIN Guide gave the resort one Key, singling out how much it gives families: swim-up bars, live music, a kids club and a waterpark, all within the grounds. Teenagers have a club of their own, and babysitting can be booked.
- Anjana Spa Described as the largest spa on Saadiyat, with a Turkish hammam, steam rooms, a jacuzzi and a snow room to cool down after the sun.
- Children and teenagers The Rixy Kids Club for the younger ones, a separate Teens Club, a waterpark zone with slides and a wave pool, and babysitting on request.
- Club Privé Twelve villas with their own pools, a restaurant reserved for villa guests and access to everything in the main resort.
Rooms & suites
Garden, sea or a pool at the door.
Rooms face the gardens or the sea. The resort does not publish room sizes.
- Rooms Deluxe and Premium King Deluxe rooms look over the garden or the sea. Premium rooms open onto a pool reserved for them, open from 9 am until sunset.
- Families Family rooms and suites Two-bedroom family rooms, and one- or two-bedroom suites, some with direct pool access.
- Villas Club Villa and Villa Privé Villas with a private pool, part of Club Privé by Rixos Saadiyat Island.
Dining
Seven restaurants, all included.
Restaurants as listed by the resort and Forbes Travel Guide. Shown for information.
- Turquoise International buffet Breakfast, lunch and dinner
- Aja & Teppanyaki Japanese Teppanyaki cooked at the table
- Mermaid Mediterranean seafood On the beach
- L'Olivo Italian À la carte, pizza from a wood-fired oven
- Highlights Pool Bar Drinks A swim-up bar
- Âme Bar Drinks On the beach
Good to know
Before you go.
- Arrival Check-in from 3 pm, check-out by noon.
- Children Welcome at any age, with a kids club, a teens club and babysitting on request.
- Pets Not accepted.
- All-inclusive Meals, drinks and most activities are included in the stay.
Getting there
Flying to Abu Dhabi.
Zayed International (AUH) is 20 to 30 minutes away by car, and the resort runs an airport shuttle. Private jets land at Al Bateen, about 25 minutes by road by our estimate. Dubai International is around an hour and a half away.
- Doha 45 min
- Riyadh 1 h 20
- Mumbai 2 h 55
- Paris 7 h 15 long-range jet
- London 7 h 35 long-range jet
Questions
What guests ask first.
- How many MICHELIN Keys does Rixos Premium Saadiyat Island have?
- One. The resort holds one MICHELIN Key in the 2026 UAE selection.
- Is Rixos Premium Saadiyat Island all-inclusive?
- Yes. The resort runs on an all-inclusive basis, with meals, drinks and most activities part of the stay.
- Is the resort good for children?
- Yes. There is a kids club, a teens club, a waterpark zone with slides and a wave pool, and babysitting on request. Children of any age are welcome.
- Can SkyCourtage arrange the flight to Abu Dhabi?
- Yes. We arrange Business and First Class seats on scheduled airlines and private jet charter to Abu Dhabi, with one final price, our margin included. The hotel is booked with the hotel or through our booking partner.
Also in Abu Dhabi
Other hotels worth the trip.
- Emirates Palace Mandarin Oriental Domes by the hundred over a 1.3-kilometre private beach, two starred restaurants, and the only hotel in the city with two MICHELIN Keys.
- Rosewood Abu Dhabi A knife-edged tower on Sowwah Square, its shape taken from the art of falconry.
- Four Seasons Hotel Abu Dhabi at Al Maryah Island One bridge from the business district, with a rooftop pool over the water.
- Conrad Abu Dhabi Etihad Towers Glass towers above Corniche Beach, with a whole sixtieth floor given to one suite.
- Jumeirah Saadiyat Island Rooms and villas on a beach away from the centre, with three infinity pools.
- The St. Regis Abu Dhabi In Nation Tower on the Corniche, where the Abu Dhabi Suite takes up the 48th and 49th floors.
- The St. Regis Saadiyat Island Resort, Abu Dhabi Five pools and 376 rooms on the beach, with the Saadiyat Beach Golf Club alongside.
- The Ritz-Carlton Abu Dhabi, Grand Canal Fifty-two acres on Al Maqta Creek facing the Grand Mosque, with the Bedouin Spa in a building of its own.
- Shangri-La Qaryat Al Beri, Abu Dhabi Every room has a balcony or terrace on the water, and traditional boats ply a canal through the grounds past the hotel's own souk.
- Fairmont Bab Al Bahr At the entrance to the island, with a private beach facing the Grand Mosque and a steakhouse under Marco Pierre White's name.
- Grand Hyatt Abu Dhabi Hotel & Residences Emirates Pearl At the western end of the Corniche, 368 rooms and suites and sixty serviced apartments with balconies.
- Andaz Capital Gate Abu Dhabi Inside the slanting Capital Gate tower beside the exhibition centre, with its pool deck and spa on the 19th floor.
- Saadiyat Rotana Resort & Villas Thirteen beachfront villas with their own pools sit beside 327 rooms on Saadiyat's nine kilometres of sand.
- Sofitel Abu Dhabi Corniche Its 280 rooms look over the Gulf from Corniche Road East, and the grill restaurant is on the eighth floor.
- Sheraton Abu Dhabi Hotel & Resort Open since 1979, one of the first international beach hotels in the emirate, with a lagoon pool and a British pub.
- Khalidiya Palace Rayhaan by Rotana A dry hotel of 443 rooms opposite Emirates Palace, on a private beach of two hundred metres.
- Beach Rotana Abu Dhabi Linked directly to Abu Dhabi Mall, between downtown and Al Maryah Island, with a private beach and some twelve bars and restaurants.
- Le Méridien Abu Dhabi Resort A city resort on a 200-metre beach close to Abu Dhabi Mall.
- Park Rotana Abu Dhabi Behind Khalifa Park on the Eastern Ring Road, a business hotel of 318 rooms.
Staying at Rixos Premium Saadiyat Island?
Book the room, then the flight.
Rates and availability come from the hotel itself. For the journey to Abu Dhabi, a Business or First Class seat or an aircraft of your own: tell us the date and we come back with one final price, our margin included.
Opens the hotel's own website. We have no arrangement with the hotel.