Originally Posted by
GratefulSmile
Heading there this weekend for a night. What's the open bar like?
Not sure exactly which one you mean, there's two. We had lunch at Miss Olive Oyl Pool Bar a couple of times and had Diamond Happy Hour drinks there. It's got a nice infinity pool, staff were great and the atmosphere was (mostly) good. Cocktails were really mixed, think the Mojito I had was the worst I've ever tasted in my life but frozen daiquiri / frozen margarita etc were ok. Got busy during the day with a lot of guests coming over from The Hard Rock to mainly drink. But much quieter at night with mainly Curio guests.
Sansation Beach Club was much bigger and a great place to watch the sunset / baby reef sharks on the beach. Problem was the music - played continuous rap music blasted from one speaker at the bar, so was fairly grim unless you could sit a fair distance away - very odd given description on the website is calm and serene (it isn't). My daughter 8 loved the pool so we went a few times. Was also really popular with Maldivians who came from Male and paid a $40++ entrance fee. Beach Club is also really close to many of the restaurants / kids club.