Mint at Yas Plaza Bay: The Bright International Dining Room Behind a Yas Island Stay

First, correct the name on the door

The most important update to Mint is not culinary; it is contextual. Older records still describe the restaurant as part of Park Inn by Radisson Abu Dhabi Yas Island, but the property is now Yas Plaza Bay by IHG. Current Yas Plaza and IHG pages both list Mint as the hotel’s international dining restaurant. That matters for visitors searching maps, booking a room or trying to understand which lobby they are walking into. The restaurant itself remains deliberately straightforward: bright, family-friendly, broad in its flavours and designed to absorb the practical rhythms of Yas Island, where breakfast may precede a theme-park day and dinner may follow one.

Breakfast is the anchor

Mint’s clearest role is the morning buffet. Current first-party information lists breakfast from 6am to 10:30am daily, with a colourful international selection and staff able to assist with dietary requirements. Yas Plaza Hotels also describes an à-la-carte dinner from 6:30pm to 10:30pm, although IHG’s current hotel page foregrounds breakfast and some booking platforms still describe Mint chiefly as the breakfast restaurant. That is not a reason to remove it; it is a reason to describe it accurately. This is hotel all-day dining in function rather than a chef-led destination restaurant. The value lies in range, convenience, indoor and outdoor seating and the ability to feed a mixed family without turning every meal into a negotiation.

Useful is a quality too

Current listings place Mint at Yas Plaza Bay by IHG, Yas Island, with hotel contact +971 2 656 2222. Tripadvisor’s 2026 profile confirms the restaurant active and identifies international cuisine, buffet service and vegetarian-friendly options. For Simply Abu Dhabi, Mint belongs in the guide because not every traveller needs a destination dinner. Sometimes the right restaurant is the one downstairs before Ferrari World, Yas Waterworld or a flight home. The editorial correction is therefore twofold: it is open, and it should no longer be described under a defunct Park Inn identity. Use it for breakfast with the family, or check the same-day dinner offer with the hotel if you want to stay close to your room.

Practical details

Location: Yas Plaza Bay by IHG, Yas Island, Abu Dhabi, UAE
Cuisine: International
Telephone: +971 2 656 2222
Breakfast: Daily 6am-10:30am
Dinner: Yas Plaza currently lists 6:30pm-10:30pm; confirm same-day service with hotel
Editorial status: Open