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

At one resort, the buffet food was rated very tasty but repetitive, with little change over an eight-night stay. The upstairs restaurant has the same menu as the ground floor but is roomier and includes a children’s corner with cartoons; the soups were particularly well regarded.

Before dining at an à la carte restaurant, confirm which dishes are included in all-inclusive and whether any surcharge applies. Guests were initially asked for $15 after dinner over an alleged repeat visit or paid order, but staff could not substantiate the charge and ultimately did not collect it.

At another resort (with cleaning complaints), the food is decent with a weekly repeating menu and Fish Day on Saturdays. Several fresh-squeezed juices are available every morning, and the beef is cooked very well.

At a resort booked via the tour operator fun'n sun, there are three restaurants and many bars. Breakfast eggs are made to order in any quantity, drinks are freely available, and a guest who asked for a shot of whiskey at lunch got more than half a glass poured. Dinner was also rated tasty.

At the same resort, an outdoor station cooks omelets, fried eggs, and pancake-like oladyi. However, clean tableware was again an issue — guests had to hunt for clean cutlery and plates themselves.

One guest reported taking legal action against their tour operator because at one point the resort ran out of food entirely.

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.