Birthday celebrations at Shala, Park Hyatt staycation.

Continuing on for Steph’s birthday celebrations we headed to the beautiful Saadiyat island to relax beach side at the Park Hyatt and enjoy sunset drinks with friends at the newly opened Shala beach lounge.

We found our kinda vibe at Shala, Park Hyatt

Arriving at Shala, a bohemian luxe inspired beach lounge, we were greeted with this magical dream catcher seating area.
The lounge is set up on the terrace that looks over the stunning Saadiyat beach. The interiors are styled beautifully with comfortable couches and cushions with an amazing sunset view.

Their menu is developed with a natural theme of the four elements, fire, earth, water and air. We ordered their vegetarian dishes of smashed avocado and banana chips, Shala Meze with labneh, eggplant, and ajvar. They were so tasty and perfect for sharing with friends over cocktails. Their signature cocktails were also some of the best we have tried in the city, super interesting flavours and very aromatic. We stayed for a few hours, enjoying the sunset, cool Ibizan style tunes, amazing food and delicious drinks!

The next day we enjoyed wandering around the beautiful resort and beach. The Park Hyatt has a huge selection of pools to chill by and a beautiful white sandy beach with unobstructed views of the clear turquoise sea.

We love the natural sand dunes of Saadiyat island and that they work so hard to preserve them for their natural wildlife including turtles!

We finished off our stay with a delicious Mediterranean style lunch at Beach House. With many traditional Spanish dishes that we love like grilled prawns and fresh tomato on toast we were most impressed by the grilled leeks! They were so soft and tasty like nothing we have tried before. So good! We then had to finish it off with our favourite Spanish dessert - churros! 😋

Perfect staycay vibes, chilling in the comfortable Park Hyatt rooms in my Calvins.