What is the all-inclusive food like at Egypt resort hotels?

At Grand Rotana the buffet is very varied: breakfast includes eggs cooked to order, fresh pastries, porridge, yoghurts and vegetables. Lunch and dinner always feature two soups, grilled meat and fish prepared in front of you, a large salad bar and desserts. Seafood options included oysters, shrimp, squid, octopus and crab. A queue at the main restaurant happened only once — about a 5-minute wait.

At the budget Sphinx hotel the food is more modest. Highlights include good fruit (apples in syrup, bananas, grapes, oranges, melon), tasty pastries, omelettes and fried eggs for breakfast. Lunch soups were tasty — mushroom, vegetable and borscht. Side dishes: pasta, rice, chips and mashed potato. Fish, chicken, duck, turkey and beef were always available. Downsides: juices were diluted and artificially coloured, cocktails and beer were low quality. Stella beer sold separately for $2. A major complaint was dirty crockery — guests had to search for clean plates — and napkins were never available.