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What fruits are available at Egypt hotel buffets?

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.

What the community said

Some guests reported fresh quince appearing on the buffet in addition to more standard items like melon, dates, apples, and oranges.

10 days ago Quince

The fruit selection can also include dried fruit such as dried apricots and prunes, alongside dates and fresh apples, peaches, bananas, and plums.

10 days ago Dried apricots and prunes

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.

10 days ago Apricots in the lower-level restaurant toward the sea

In summer, mango season can reach hotel buffets: alongside the usual apples, oranges, peaches, and grapes, some places also put out mangoes and guava.

10 days ago Seasonal fruit: mango

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.

10 days ago Canned pineapple and apricots/peaches

According to recent reports, some hotels currently have a much poorer fruit selection: mainly sliced apples, dates, and grapes, with slow refills.

10 days ago

In summer the buffet had melons, watermelons, peaches, apples, pears, and plums — but no strawberries at all.

10 days ago Summer: melon, watermelon, peach, apple, pear, plum

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.

10 days ago Exotic fruit: pear-shaped, red flesh inside (possibly guava)

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.

10 days ago

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.

10 days ago Tip: unripe peaches ripen in your room within 1–2 days

In spring (March) the buffet included strawberries, melon, physalis, and a white pear-like fruit (name unknown), along with the usual selection.

10 days ago March: strawberries, melon, physalis, white pear-like fruit

About a week ago the breakfast buffet had apples, dates, melon, oranges, grapefruit, bananas, and peaches.

10 days ago Selection: apples, dates, melon, orange, grapefruit, bananas, peaches