Tropicana - Crowne Plaza

Tropicana is located on the ground floor at the Crowne Plaza hotel. It offers international buffet for breakfast (6:30 - 10:30 am) , lunch (12:00 - 3:30 pm) and dinner (7:00 - 11:00 pm).

We arrived at 8:15 am, there were only few people around, sitting outside. The weather was lovely so we decided to sit outside, however that turned to be a bad decision as we were attacked by flies. The waiter brought us coffee and its aroma was amazing, a change from my everyday morning instant coffee. The milk was right on the table, uncovered! to both me and Sara that was bad especially with the flies around. After few sips of coffee and a the 5 minute session to work out our buffet strategy we headed to the buffet.First we decided to have a look, familiarize ourselves with the stations, the buffet contained the following:
** assorted fresh veggies , labna, hummos, mutabl

** sausages (chicken & beef), baked beans, boiled eggs, scrambled eggs, veal bacon

** noodles, pancakes, french toast, assorted spreads (nutella,date syrup, maple syrup)

** A station for omelet

** assorted breads, assorted muffins, assorted pastries

**assorted cheese, grapes, different compotes

** assorted breakfast cereals, dried fruits

** fresh fruits, cheese, cold cuts

** fresh juices , bottled water

** tom yum soup

For unknown reason we started with the latter, I liked the taste (its my first tom yum soup) but Sara thought it was okish.

First Round:

The labna tasted fantastic, the texture was perfect, and the taste was amazing not too sour or too bland. We both hated the buns, and thought they tasted a bit weird. The hush brown was too salty , the pancakes were a bit plasticy (is this a word?) and everything else was ok.

Second Round:

The hummus was great 2 , I liked how the texture was not entirely smooth. Sara fell in love with the cinnamon pastry and declared that its the best she ever had crispy yet soft. We were not impressed with the noodles or the muffins, and had nothing to say about the grilled tomato.

Third Round:

The cold cuts, cheese and fresh fruits were the perfect way to end our meal. They had a good variety of fresh fruits but we decided on the ones which were cut. Overall, the experience was not bad , the staff were very friendly and the view was nice. The only thing annoying about sitting outside were the flies, we were constantly trying swat them.

If you are into waking up early and having breakfast outside of your home (10 R.O for one person including tax and service) then Tropicana is a good place to do so. We are planning to pay another visit, and try their lunch buffets.