Vida Beach Resort is a relatively addition to the Vida brand - if you’re looking for a change of scenery, you’ll get just that; but given the resort rate prices, you would hope for a lot more.
The design & layout of the hotel, size & cleanliness Of rooms was fine (although the bathrooms are small and in our regular room, we couldn’t open the door fully).
We found the service to be friendly, but wait staff were often confused when ordering as they are clearly still learning - on 5-6 occasions they couldn’t catch basic orders correctly and would do things such as serve us food before bringing plates! They were always happy to fix things, so it just seemed to be a case of slow training.
We stayed with two other couples and all had heard the extensive radio advertising on “ALL” Vida hotels showing the Euros - including specific mention of “Vida Beach” - only to find out they had absolutely no offering for this.
I give this a 3-4* as for everything that was nice, it’s just a bit too hyped up for the price. The beach is small, nothing like advertised, and anything more than a 2 day getaway might become boring.
We don’t regret staring, but don’t think we’d go back. For the same prices you can pick dozens of places in Dubai and still feel far from home.