In Egypt hotels and resort restaurants, are drinks served by bartenders or from dispensers, and can you get bottled soda, packaged juice, and coffee from machines?

According to a late-August 2026 report about another hotel, guava, orange, apple, pear and mango juices were usually available without interruptions, kept in a fridge behind the bartender. The guest said the beach bar and the bar by the other pool had the same selection.

At the same hotel, according to an August 2026 report, every bar had a coffee machine. Tonic, soda water and plain sparkling water were also available, plus ice cream in two flavours.

Mojitos there, according to an August 2026 report, were made both with and without alcohol. Mint was rarely available, and it helped to remind the bartender about lime. You could ask for less syrup or none at all.

Cocktails at this hotel were made by the bartender: the guest said the alcohol was local but quite decent, especially for cocktails, and the bartender was happy to make a drink to your own recipe. According to the guest, the bar staff understood and spoke Russian well.

In late August 2026 a guest wrote that the lobby bar mostly poured drinks into glassware if you drank them on the spot. For takeaway, plastic cups were more common.

Another tip from an August 2026 discussion: ask for cola and alcohol separately, and smell and check local spirits first.

In mid-August 2026 a guest at one hotel reported that the main restaurant served bottled beer, while she saw draft beer at the lobby bar. Wine was poured from bag-in-box containers with a tap; her neighbours liked the white, and the bartender added grenadine to her red on request. The spirits were local: in her view, not great neat but good in cocktails.

According to an August 2026 report, Stella beer from glass bottles was poured into either glassware or plastic cups, and staff could pour it into your own thermo mug on request. The guest said there was plenty of wine, cocktails, ice cream and spirits.

According to a late-July 2026 report, bottled drinks are opened and poured in front of the guest, but you need to ask specifically for bottled rather than draft. The guest rated the bottled option as decent.

In late July 2026 a guest at one Egyptian hotel wrote that drinks there were served mostly in bottles and cans: Coke, Coke Zero, Sprite, Fanta, Schweppes and beer. Draft drinks were also available on request, but the guests themselves preferred factory-sealed packaging.