Where can you get decent coffee very early in the morning in Sharm El Sheikh hotels or Naama Bay, and are there any 24-hour coffee shops?
From messages by 4 participants in 1 source · Last activity: 8 days ago
From messages by 4 participants in 1 source · Last activity: 8 days ago
TL;DR
Travelers report that hotel coffee is often available only during breakfast in the main restaurant. For coffee outside breakfast hours, check the coffee spot opposite reception: instant coffee may be free there, while brewed coffee costs about $1–2; finding a true 24-hour option in Naama Bay around 5 am seems difficult.
A guest recommends the pub on the reception level, to the left when walking toward the sea, as the hotel’s best coffee spot: drinks there are made with a coffee machine. The same venue offers snacks 24/7, making it a possible option for late-night or very early arrivals.
According to one report, after 6 pm the main restaurant has only poor powdered coffee. More drinkable coffee is available for purchase at the lobby bar and the second-floor bar; a free Milano bean-to-cup machine was also reportedly seen in the lobby, though its availability should be checked on site.
According to a recent guest report, breakfast offers only instant coffee; coffee machines are available by reception and at the beach, but they appear to start operating only from 10 am.
By 7:30 am, two breakfast restaurants are open; there are usually no queues, and both have coffee machines.
In almost all hotels (except the cheapest ones), guests arriving early before check-in are given wristbands that let them get coffee at the bar and have breakfast without waiting until 10am — useful since many arrive straight from an overnight flight.
Some travelers solve the early-coffee problem by bringing their own drip bags or ground coffee (e.g., Melitta or Illy) and brewing it in a cup with hot water; such ground coffee can be bought at the Attan store, and good natural ground coffee is also sold at Fix Price for about 170 EGP per 100g.
One guest noted that coffee machines at their hotel work around the clock, including in the central restaurant — coffee is available at any hour.
One guest mentioned that if you ask, the waiter at breakfast will bring decent coffee from a coffee machine — cost is nominal, around $1, more like a tip.
At one hotel, you can get coffee outside breakfast hours at the coffee counter opposite reception: instant coffee is free, and pastries are often available there.
If you want something better than instant, the same coffee spot opposite reception serves brewed coffee for about $1–2 per cup.
According to guests, in some hotels decent coffee is available only in the main restaurant in the morning during breakfast hours.
Travelers were unable to find a 24-hour coffee shop in Naama Bay serving good coffee at around 5 am, so it may be hard to rely on this option.