First, let’s kill the big myth: First Dates Beach Club is not a real, permanent beach club. I know, I know—you were hoping to book a flight, feel the sand between your toes, and accidentally bump into a weeping contestant. But no. The show’s producers are wizards of smoke and mirrors, and they built this tropical paradise purely for TV.
It’s actually a pop-up set, constructed somewhere in the UK. Yes, you read that right: a UK beach. In England. Where the sun is a myth and rain is a personality trait.
They haul in tons of sand, palm trees in pots, and a massive fake horizon that makes you forget you’re an hour from a car park. It’s like a Hollywood backlot, but with more emotional breakdowns and fewer stunt doubles.