When you come to visit us (😉) we will take you here for dinner. Blue Ocean is our favorite dining locale on the Red Sea. It has a true coastal vibe and, when we time it right, you’ll get a front row seat to the sun’s brazen descent.
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We’ll reserve the table in the treehouse cabana so you’ll feel like bohemian royalty as you munch on coconut shrimp and sip on their signature blue juice cocktail. 🍹
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If it was last summer at this time, we could’ve lingered after dinner with some grape/apple hookah, but since the 100% hookah tax was instituted last fall, Blue Ocean removed hookah from their menu (along with most other restaurants). But we’re responsible so we wouldn’t have smoked anyway. 😏
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The Fakieh Aquarium is right beside the restaurant so after dinner we’ll pop over and watch the dolphin show, if you please (don’t worry, it stays open until 11pm). Or we’ll order another juice to-go and stroll on the corniche as the sky darkens and the lampposts flicker on.
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Sound lovely? See you soon!
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