On the Palm, two bookings that both say “AED 200” can buy very different afternoons. A cabana may be priced per person or for the whole group; a weekend ticket may return only part of its price as food credit; and a beach pass does not always promise a pool or a reserved lounger. Palm West Beach adds its own cluster of dining-led clubs, alongside the resorts and shoreline venues around the crescent.
Sunbeds, day passes and private units compared
| Venue | Sunbed or access product | Private bed or cabana | What to check |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beach by FIVE | Weekday beach pass AED100/person; weekend AED150/person. Includes sunbed and towels; fully redeemable on food and beverages. | Cabana AED200/person weekdays or AED250/person weekends, up to 6 guests; fully redeemable. This is a per-person rate, not the cabana total. | Open daily 9am to sunset. Advance booking and payment are recommended; sunbeds and tables remain subject to availability. The beach-pass page does not confirm pool access, so book it as a beach pass unless the operator confirms the pool for your date. |
| Anantara The Palm | Pool-and-beach day pass: AED150/adult Sun–Thu incl AED50 dining credit; AED250/adult Fri/Sat and public holidays incl AED150 dining or spa credit. Children aged 3–11: AED75 Sun–Thu/AED100 Fri/Sat and public holidays. Prices include taxes. The offer page does not say whether a sunbed or towel is included or assigned. | Separate Beach Cabana Escape: AED600 per cabana, fully redeemable as dining credit at Mai Bar. Includes a towel setup, four chilled water bottles and chilled towels. Capacity and cabana hours are not published; pre-booking is required. | Prior booking is required; voucher collection at the pool counter starts from 10am, but the offer page does not give a pass end time or access start time. Credit is single-use at one venue, applies to full-priced à la carte items, and unused balance is forfeited. No outside food or drink. |
| KYMA Beach | Beach sunbed AED200/person Mon–Thu; AED250/person Fri–Sun and public holidays. Fully redeemable Mon–Fri; 50% redeemable Sat–Sun and public holidays. | Beach gazebo for two: AED500 Mon–Thu / AED700 Fri–Sun, with the published credit terms. Current booking pages list beach-cabana base rates of AED1,500 Mon–Thu / AED2,000 Fri–Sun, but do not state capacity, redemption, extra-guest terms or tax treatment. | The sunbed booking includes access to the beach and infinity pool. Beach bookings run 10am to sunset and are 21+. The separate weekday daycation from AED275 includes pool access, a welcome drink and a three-course set menu; it is not the same product as a sunbed. |
| SĀN Beach | Separate pool and beach sunbeds, AED300 each. Fully redeemable Mon–Thu; 50% redeemable Fri–Sun. Towel included. | Beach cabana or floating cabana AED1,200 for two; beach villa AED3,500 for up to six. Each is fully redeemable Mon–Thu and 50% redeemable Fri–Sun. The floating cabana is near the pool; the beach cabana is on the sand. | No time limit after arrival at the booked seat. Children under 16 are not admitted. The operator’s page shows conflicting closing-hour schedules in different sections; confirm the hours for your date. Food service ends before the venue closes. |
| February 30 | Single sunbed: AED150/person Mon–Thu; AED250/person Fri–Sun. First-row double sunbed: AED200/person weekdays; AED400/person weekends. The page adds AED100 for a third guest, maximum three. Bed charges are fully redeemable on food and beverages except shisha. | Cabana for up to 10: no minimum spend Mon–Thu; AED2,000 minimum spend Fri–Sun, plus AED200 per additional guest. The page does not label the weekday cabana as a redeemable fee; it says there is no minimum spend. | Beach hours are noon–7pm Mon–Thu and 10am–7pm Fri–Sun; last booking 2pm. These are the Adult Side prices; the operator has a separate Family Side and separate booking path. Family-friendly until 9pm; alcohol service is 21+. Cancellation within 24 hours costs AED120/person; no-show is AED150/person. |
| Nobu by the Beach | Sun lounger AED200/person Mon–Thu, fully redeemable; AED300/person Fri–Sun and public holidays, including AED150 credit. Half-day lounger AED175/person, fully redeemable; 3–7pm Mon–Thu and 4–7pm Fri–Sun. | Poolside daybed for two: AED500 fully redeemable Mon–Thu; AED1,000 including AED500 credit Fri–Sun and public holidays. Open-air cabana: AED1,500 weekdays or AED2,500 weekends, fully redeemable, maximum six; additional guests AED250 each. | Pool experience 10am–7pm; age 21+. Loungers and daybeds are first-come, walk-ins depend on availability, and reservations are available until 1pm. Restaurant dining does not include loungers or pool access. |
| The 305 | The official booking page lists a single sunbed as free access, first-come. It does not state a minimum spend attached to that free bed; check whether any F&B minimum applies on your date. | Full-day daybed AED400 for two; cabana AED600 for up to four. The booking page says the selected bed, daybed or cabana is fully redeemable on food and beverages; reserve cabanas in advance. | Pool and beach pass from 9am; pool and poolside beds are 18+ only, general entry is 21+ unless accompanied by an adult. Hours are 9am–10pm Sun–Thu and until midnight Fri–Sat. |
| Riva Beach Club | Pool and beach access includes a sun lounger and fresh towel. Adults: AED99 Mon–Thu including AED89 F&B credit; AED175 Fri–Sun/public holidays including AED150 credit. Children aged 8 and below enter free; the AED99 child pass is fully redeemable for other child guests. The operator welcomes walk-ins but does not explain lounger allocation at busy times. | No separate cabana or daybed price is published on the current operator pages checked. | Open daily 7am–11pm. The operator describes Riva as family-friendly and pet-friendly, with free parking; outside food and drinks are not allowed. |
| Raffles The Palm Dubai | Access pass AED250/adult and AED100/child on weekdays, fully redeemable on pool-and-beach F&B. Weekend prices are the same; AED150 credit applies to adults only, and no child redemption is published. Sunbeds are first-come; access 9am–7pm. | Cabana add-ons for two: AED300 White, AED400 Bronze, AED500 Gold or AED600 Platinum, on top of the standard access fee. Packages add water, towels, mocktails, fruit or house wine by tier. The page does not say the cabana fee is redeemable. | Pool and beach access, lockers and changing rooms included. Advance booking is required for cabanas; day-pass beds are first-come. |
| Casablanca Beach Club | Riviera all-day sunlounger: AED250/person Monday and Friday, fully redeemable; AED350/person Saturday–Sunday and public holidays, fully redeemable. Tuesday–Thursday standard full-day rates are not shown. Alternatives: morning lounger AED120/person Mon–Fri (10am–2pm) or AED150 weekends/holidays, fully redeemable; sunset lounger AED160/person Mon–Fri (3pm–8pm) or AED200 weekends/holidays, fully redeemable. Pool and beach access are included; loungers are first-come. | Maison Cabana: AED1,500 on weekdays or AED2,000 on weekends/public holidays, fully redeemable. Includes three Riviera loungers and covers up to five guests; each extra guest is AED350 fully redeemable, maximum 15. The booking header places Friday in the AED2,000 tier, while detailed terms put Friday in the AED1,500 tier; confirm Friday’s rate. Bookings are available until 1pm. | Open daily 10am–8pm; 21+ with original ID. The morning and sunset products include a lounger plus pool-and-beach access. Atlantis labels its seasonal Weekday Escapes offer as coming soon, while the venue’s SevenRooms page lists bookable products; verify availability for your date. |
Prices were rechecked on 1 October 2026. “Fully redeemable” is quoted only where the operator states it. Terms can change by date and booking type; confirm the final price, credit and access zone before payment.
Choose by the day you want
For a resort pool-and-beach pass with published child rates, Anantara is AED150/adult Sun–Thu with AED50 dining credit, or AED250 Fri/Sat and public holidays with AED150 dining or spa credit. Two adults pay AED300 with AED100 total adult credit Sun–Thu, or AED500 with AED300 total adult credit Fri/Sat and public holidays. The offer does not say whether a lounger is included, so don’t treat it as a priced bed. KYMA’s beach lounger costs AED200 Mon–Thu or AED250 Friday with full weekday credit; Saturday, Sunday and public holidays return half. Cabana prices also use different units: Anantara’s separate beach cabana is AED600 fully credited at Mai Bar; Beach by FIVE charges AED200/250 per person; Casablanca includes three loungers and covers up to five before extra-guest charges.
If swimming in a pool matters as much as the sand, KYMA explicitly includes its infinity pool with the beach bed, while Raffles sells separate pool-and-beach access and its loungers are first-come; Anantara sells pool-and-beach access but does not state whether a lounger is included. At Riva, children aged eight and under enter free; its AED99 child ticket is fully redeemable, while the adult pass is partial. At The 305, a free-access sunbed and paid, redeemable private units are different choices. Read the exact booking product before paying.
Ten Palm beach-club days
Beach by FIVE
For a glass-pool beach day with the Marina skyline in front of you | FIVE Palm Jumeirah, main trunk
The 150-metre stretch of sand faces the Marina skyline, and the glass-lined pool gives the venue its other famous backdrop. The current pass page confirms the beach bed and towel, but not pool entry, so check before planning the day around a swim there. The menu leans into modern European and Mediterranean sharing plates, which suits a group better than ordering ten separate lunches. The cabana math is easy to miss: AED200 or AED250 for each guest, for up to six. At six people that is AED1,200 on a weekday or AED1,500 on a weekend; the published amount is fully redeemable.
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Anantara The Palm
For a resort-style pool-and-beach day with clear adult and child rates | East Crescent, Palm Jumeirah
Anantara is a resort day rather than a stand-alone beach club: the pass includes pool and private-beach access, with a Thai-inspired setting and several dining venues. Two adults pay AED300 Sun–Thu and receive AED100 total dining credit; Fri/Sat and public holidays cost AED500 with AED300 total dining or spa credit. Children aged 3–11 have separate tickets at AED75 or AED100, but child-credit terms are not stated. Most important before booking: the offer page does not say whether a lounger or towel is included or reserved. A private beach cabana is a separate AED600 purchase, fully redeemable at Mai Bar, with guest capacity and hours unpublished.
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KYMA Beach
For Greek food, an infinity pool and a weekend credit that drops by half | Palm West Beach
KYMA pairs an infinity-pool swim with a Greek taverna menu: the operator highlights taramosalata, chicken souvlaki, seafood risotto and galaktompoureko. A Friday beach bed costs AED250 per person and returns the full amount as credit; Saturday, Sunday and public holidays return half. The two-person gazebo is AED500 Mon–Thu or AED700 Fri–Sun, with the published credit terms. Current booking pages list cabana base rates of AED1,500 Mon–Thu and AED2,000 Fri–Sun but do not publish capacity, redemption, extra-guest terms or tax treatment.
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SĀN Beach
For a couple’s beach cabana or a six-person beach villa | The Club, Palm West Beach
SĀN makes the seat part of the experience, not just a place to leave your towel. A beach cabana puts two people on the sand for AED1,200; a floating cabana at the same price sits by the pool; a beach villa covers up to six. Its menu runs from sea-bream ceviche and whole-fish carpaccio to bone-marrow bruschetta and Japanese Wagyu, and the restaurant says you can order that menu from your lounger. The credit halves at weekends, so Saturday is a different value proposition from Tuesday.
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February 30
For a larger group that wants a real cabana minimum, not an assumed credit | Palm West Beach
At February 30, the first-row double-bed price can look like a fixed charge until you read the unit: it is stated per person, and the first row costs more at weekends. A third guest adds AED100, up to three people. For a group, the cabana changes the maths: no minimum spend on weekdays, but AED2,000 at weekends for up to ten, with AED200 per extra guest. The sunbed amount can go toward food and drinks but not shisha, so a shisha-led afternoon will not use the credit like a meal-led one. These are Adult Side rates; the family side has its own booking path.
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Nobu by the Beach
For a precise couple’s daybed rate and a polished Japanese-Peruvian lunch | Atlantis The Royal, East Crescent
Nobu is the clearest option if you want the price of a daybed for two before you arrive: AED500 midweek with full credit, or AED1,000 at weekends with half returned as food-and-drink credit. The all-day lounger also changes from full redemption to AED150 credit on a AED300 weekend ticket. Poolside grazing draws on Nobu’s Japanese-Peruvian menu, but book the beach-club experience itself: a restaurant reservation alone does not give you pool or lounger access.
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The 305
For Miami colour, a free first-come sunbed or a paid private unit | The Club, Palm West Beach
The 305 leaves the choice unusually clear: a first-come single sunbed marked free access, a daybed for two at AED400, or a cabana for up to four at AED600. The booking page says the selected unit is fully redeemable on food and drink, but gives no minimum-spend detail beside the free-access bed—check that point before setting a budget. A South Florida menu, Wynwood-style colour and Marina skyline give the day a more Miami feel than a typical resort beach club.
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Riva Beach Club
For a family-friendly Palm day with an included lounger and a partial adult credit | The Shoreline, Building 8
Riva’s pass includes pool and beach access, a lounger and a towel. Adults get AED89 credit from a AED99 weekday pass, or AED150 from AED175 at weekends and on public holidays. Children aged eight and under enter free; for other children, the AED99 pass is fully redeemable. It is a relaxed, family-focused option with Italian food and a 7am opening. Walk-ins are welcome, although the site does not explain how beds are allocated on a busy day.
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Raffles The Palm Dubai
For a resort beach and pool day with cabana tiers added separately | West Crescent, Palm Jumeirah
Raffles is a quieter resort-style choice: pass holders cross the hotel gardens to a temperature-controlled pool or its private beach, then decide whether to add a cabana. The White tier is AED300 for two—but that is on top of each guest’s access pass. Higher tiers add towels and mocktails, fruit, then house wine. On weekend passes, AED150 credit applies to adults only; the page publishes no child redemption, so don’t count one in the family budget.
Casablanca Beach Club
For a three-lounger cabana, or shorter credited visits by the pool and beach | Atlantis, The Palm, West Crescent
Casablanca lets you choose the length of the beach day as well as the seat. The morning lounger runs 10am–2pm for AED120 on weekdays or AED150 at weekends, with full food-and-beverage credit; its sunset version runs 3pm–8pm for AED160 or AED200. For an all-day bed, Monday and Friday are AED250 and weekends AED350, while Tuesday–Thursday standard rates are not listed. Maison Cabana includes three loungers and covers up to five: AED1,500 on weekdays or AED2,000 at weekends, all redeemable; extra guests cost AED350 each, up to 15. Its booking header and detailed terms conflict on Friday, so check that price before paying. The French-Moroccan palette gives it a polished mood distinct from Palm West’s beach strip.
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Questions to settle before you book
Are the beach-club prices per person or per bed?
It varies. Beach by FIVE prices cabanas per guest; Anantara’s pass is access-only pricing, while its AED600 beach cabana is a separate unit; Nobu prices a daybed per couple; Casablanca’s cabana price covers up to five before its additional-guest charge. Read the charging basis with the number of people, not after it.
Does fully redeemable always mean the same thing?
No. Several venues publish full credit on weekdays and a smaller credit at weekends. February 30 excludes shisha from bed redemption, while Raffles’ cabana charges are add-ons and the page does not call them redeemable. Check the exact product, date, outlet and exclusions.
Will a booking guarantee a sunbed?
Not always. Nobu, Raffles and Casablanca say that standard loungers are first-come or subject to availability. Anantara’s pass page does not state whether a lounger is included or assigned. Ask whether your booking reserves a specific bed or only provides entry. KYMA’s beach sunbed is one product that explicitly includes its infinity pool.
Prices, credits and availability can change. Confirm the selected date and booking terms with the operator before you travel.
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