Atlantis Paradise Island Adds New Restaurants This Winter

Atlantis Paradise Island new restaurants are now part of the winter 2025 lineup on Paradise Island, Bahamas, and the resort is pairing the dining changes with holiday programming and a major spa rebuild. Travelers staying at Atlantis in December 2025 and early January 2026 are the most affected, because reservations, ticketed nights, and venue capacity can shift what is realistic to do in a single stay. The practical move is to lock dining and nightlife plans early, and add buffer for late nights and crowded peak season evenings.

In plain terms, the Atlantis Paradise Island new restaurants update is a mix of new openings, returning pop up concepts that now have a permanent footprint, and seasonal events that can sell out on holiday weeks.

Atlantis announced the winter slate on December 9, 2025, highlighting new dining, expanded retail, and a Mandara Spa rebuild that it says is scheduled to debut in early 2026. The resort is also publishing a more specific spa reopening target of March 2026 on its own spa pages, which matters if spa time is one of the reasons you booked Atlantis in the first place.

What Is New For Winter 2025 Stays

Three food and beverage additions are the easiest "book it or skip it" items for many travelers. First, Gong cha is now open on site, which gives families and groups a reliable quick stop for bubble tea and coffee style drinks near the pool areas. Atlantis says it is open daily starting at 11:00 a.m., and it also lists Gong cha as part of its casual dining mix on its own dining pages.

Second, Cocodrilo has returned after a summer pop up, and Atlantis says it is now operating in the former Lagoon Bar and Grill space. The key traveler takeaway is that it is pitched as daytime casual dining that turns more nightlife adjacent later, which can be useful if your group wants one place that works before and after sunset without a full wardrobe change. Atlantis also lists Cocodrilo in its casual dining directory, with reservations not required on the venue page.

Third, Kò Sà Wăn is back at The Cove's Perch venue as a Thai dining experience by Chef Ian Kittichai. Atlantis' dining pages show this as dinner service with reservations strongly encouraged, and it also notes restrictions for guests not staying at The Cove or The Reef. That is a signal to non Cove guests to treat it like a limited capacity experience, not a walk up dinner plan.

If you are building a trip plan, a useful approach is to decide what "anchor nights" you care about, then build everything else around them. For example, if your priority is a Kò Sà Wăn dinner, pick that night first, then choose pool time, Aquaventure, and off property sightseeing around the fixed reservation. If your priority is nightlife, book that first, then avoid early morning excursions the next day.

Spa Changes That Affect 2025, And 2026, Planning

Atlantis says Mandara Spa Atlantis is undergoing a multi million dollar transformation, and it frames the reboot as blending Asian techniques, European therapies, and Bahamian ingredients. In the press release language, the relaunch is "early 2026."

The more operational detail is on the spa pages. Atlantis' spa information states the spa is in transition and points guests to a Mandara Boutique Spa in Royal Tower West during the renovation, with the newly rebuilt Mandara Spa reopening planned for March 2026. Mandara Spa's own site also echoes the March 2026 expectation and the boutique spa interim setup.

For travelers, that means two things. First, if you booked Atlantis specifically for Mandara Spa's full facility, you should confirm what is open during your stay, and what services are being delivered in the boutique footprint. Second, if you are planning a spring break style trip in 2026 and spa access is a must have, March 2026 is a timing detail worth watching, because reopening timelines can slide even when a target month is published.

Retail Additions, And Why They Matter On A Resort Stay

Atlantis is also leaning into on property shopping as part of the guest experience. The December 9, 2025 announcement says a Tiffany and Co. boutique is now open, and it lists additional boutique openings it expects, including Lalique, Dylan's Candy Bar in Marina Village, Vineyard Vines, and Creed perfumes. The same release also calls out Jacquemus as recently opened.

This matters most for travelers who do not plan to leave the resort often, or who want to shift some shopping time away from Nassau day trips during busy holiday weeks. It also matters for cruise visitors buying day passes or visiting friends on property, because Marina Village foot traffic tends to rise when new retail opens.

Holiday Events, Ticketed Nights, And Late Night Logistics

Atlantis' winter programming list is long, but two items affect trip logistics more than the rest. The first is Party Like a Royal, Atlantis' New Year's Eve event on the Royal Deck at 9:00 p.m. on Wednesday, December 31, 2025. On the event page, Atlantis also states tickets are 100 percent non refundable and non transferable, which is an important detail if your flights are weather exposed or you are building a trip with tight connection risk.

The second is headliner nights at Aura Nightclub. Atlantis is promoting Afrojack at Aura on Tuesday, December 30, 2025, and Steve Aoki at Aura on Saturday, January 3, 2026. If your group is planning those nights, the traveler friendly move is to avoid early departures the following morning, and to pad airport transfer timing, since late nights can compress sleep, checkout, and transit into the same narrow window.

Atlantis also notes a December pop up dining series of Sunset Beach Dinners at The Cove Beach, priced at $290.00 (USD) and up per person, with wines, a welcome drink, and a DJ. If you want that experience, treat it like a limited seating event rather than a normal dinner reservation.

Background, And A Simple Planning Framework

Atlantis Paradise Island is effectively a self contained destination. That structure is great for families and groups because you can build a full trip without off property transfers, but it also means popular venues and event nights can concentrate demand in ways that feel different from a typical city hotel stay. In late December and early January, that concentration effect is strongest, because many guests share similar dining windows and similar nightlife plans.

A simple framework helps. Pick one "must do" per day, then build buffers around it. If your must do is a ticketed night, keep the next morning light. If your must do is a specialty dinner, schedule earlier pool time and plan an unhurried transition to dinner so you are not rushing across a large resort footprint. If your must do is shopping, put it on a day when weather might limit beach time, so you do not feel like you are trading sun hours for indoor browsing.

For more Paradise Island context, Adept Traveler's Atlantis Paradise Island destination page provides background on the resort's scale and evolution. If you are combining a Nassau hotel stay with cruise day activity, our coverage of Royal Caribbean's upcoming Paradise Island beach club opening and Nassau Cruise Port upgrades can also help set expectations for holiday week crowding and local transfers.

Sources

• Atlantis Paradise Island Announces New Culinary Highlights, Luxury Retail Additions, and Expanded Wellness Enhancements
• Island Spa Experience, Atlantis
• Mandara Spa Atlantis Paradise Island
• Party Like a Royal, New Year's Eve Party at Atlantis
• Afrojack at Aura Nightclub
• Steve Aoki at Aura Nightclub
• Gong cha, Atlantis Dining
• Cocodrilo, Atlantis Casual Dining
• Ko Sa Wan Thai Experience, Atlantis