Fahid Beach Club by Barbossa

Fahid Beach Club by Barbossa sits on the shoreline of Fahid Island at Sheikh Khalifa Bin Zayed Street, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. The address is a short drive from Yas Island, Saadiyat and downtown Abu Dhabi.

It is reachable from Sheikh Khalifa Bin Zayed Street (E12) and the Sheikh Khalifa Highway, with on-site parking for beach club guests and padel players. The venue is the seaside outpost of Barbossa, the Latin-American restaurant group.

The site combines a daytime beach club with two outdoor padel courts that run into the evening, plus weekly padel-and-music nights through the season.

Players can drop in for a session, join the Friday Social Padel sessions or book the courts privately through Playtomic. The setting of sand, sea and sunset light sets Fahid Beach Club by Barbossa apart from the more conventional padel halls in Abu Dhabi.

The padel courts

The club has two outdoor padel courts on the beachside terrace, both floodlit so play continues after sundown. The courts are full-size doubles courts in standard 10m by 20m format with glass back walls and metal mesh side panels.

The synthetic-turf surface plays at a medium pace. Live booking slots on Playtomic typically run from late morning through to 23:00 across the open days.

Because the courts sit at an open-air beach club, conditions reflect the season. Expect cooler, breezier sessions in winter and earlier evening starts in the warmer months.

Racket hire is available at the desk and balls can be added at booking. Showers, changing facilities and the beach club’s food and drink offer sit a few steps from the courts.

Booking and access for padel

Court bookings run through Playtomic. The simplest route is to book a court on Playtomic, where live slots, prices and durations show in real time.

Social Padel sessions are priced at AED 150 per player for 60 minutes and AED 280 per player for 120 minutes. Live rates and any seasonal promotions are confirmed at the booking step.

The beach club is open Wednesday to Sunday from 12:00 to 01:00. Padel court slots are typically bookable from late morning until 23:00 across those days.

Booking and amendments follow Playtomic’s standard cancellation window, so changes are easiest at least 24 hours ahead of the slot. For queries about courts, group sessions or private hires, the team can be reached on +971 56 358 4458 or by email at bcreservations@barbossa.ae.

Padel programme and social

The signature padel offer is Social Padel at Fahid, a weekly Friday session that runs from 15:00 to 20:00 alongside a live DJ programme. Sessions are mixed-level and welcome solo players and groups.

The format leans social rather than competitive, with rotations across the two courts and a relaxed beach-club atmosphere afterwards.

Through the season the venue layers additional events on top: themed evenings such as FRQNCY at Fahid on Friday nights, Ladies’ Day and Ladies’ Night moments and occasional guest-DJ takeovers.

The food-truck offer focuses on Mexican-inspired dishes from the Barbossa kitchen, and the beach bar runs from midday into the early hours alongside the padel programme.

Best for

Fahid Beach Club by Barbossa is best for players who want their padel paired with sand, sea and music rather than a pure clubhouse session.

The two-court layout suits casual doubles, friends meeting up for a Friday Social, or beach club guests adding an hour of padel to a day on the loungers. Visitors staying around Yas, Saadiyat or downtown Abu Dhabi will find it an easy add to a beach day.

It is less suited to players chasing tournament-grade indoor courts, a heavy structured coaching ladder or a fully air-conditioned environment during peak summer. For those needs, dedicated padel hubs around Abu Dhabi will be a closer fit.

For anyone who loves the idea of finishing a padel session with a swim, a sunset and a cocktail at the bar, this is one of the most distinctive places to play padel in Abu Dhabi.

Fahid Beach Club by Barbossa is primarily a pay-and-play and social-padel venue rather than a structured coaching academy. Private lessons and freelance coach hires can be arranged on request via the venue team.