What fruits are available at Egypt hotel buffets?
Based on 1 discussion with 8 participants · Last activity: 10 days ago
Based on 1 discussion with 8 participants · Last activity: 10 days ago
TL;DR
Egypt hotel buffets typically offer apples, peaches, grapes, melon, watermelon, bananas, and oranges. Selection varies by season — more melons in summer, strawberries possible in spring.
Some guests reported fresh quince appearing on the buffet in addition to more standard items like melon, dates, apples, and oranges.
The fruit selection can also include dried fruit such as dried apricots and prunes, alongside dates and fresh apples, peaches, bananas, and plums.
Fresh apricots were reported in a secondary restaurant on the lower level toward the sea, even when the main restaurant had a more limited fruit selection.
In summer, mango season can reach hotel buffets: alongside the usual apples, oranges, peaches, and grapes, some places also put out mangoes and guava.
Besides fresh fruit, some buffets also serve canned fruit such as pineapple and apricots or peaches. Travelers noted they taste less sugary than typical canned fruit sold elsewhere.
According to recent reports, some hotels currently have a much poorer fruit selection: mainly sliced apples, dates, and grapes, with slow refills.
In summer the buffet had melons, watermelons, peaches, apples, pears, and plums — but no strawberries at all.
The breakfast buffet sometimes has an unusual fruit that looks like a pear on the outside but has red flesh inside — possibly guava. Worth trying.
Fresh juices at breakfast are often diluted — strawberry juice mixed with apple juice, and fresh orange juice cut with packaged juice. Better to take whole fruits instead.
Hotel restaurants started offering very sweet mandarins (replacing oranges), plus figs and grapes. Peaches are always available but tend to be underripe — take them to your room and let them ripen for 1–2 days before eating.
In spring (March) the buffet included strawberries, melon, physalis, and a white pear-like fruit (name unknown), along with the usual selection.
About a week ago the breakfast buffet had apples, dates, melon, oranges, grapefruit, bananas, and peaches.