Accor Welcome Drink Experiences

I usually use my Welcome Drink for a hot chocolate. Better value than a juice or a soft drink - which I can usually purchase at a supermarket. *Fingers crossed* some hotels will eventually offer mocktails or milkshakes.
Oh yes I totally agree with you @History. For medical reasons I have to avoid acidic foods (juice, wine) and carbonated drinks, so I am always limited to coffee, chai latte or hot chocolate, which doesn't have the right vibe as a pre-dinner drink! I love it when there are mocktails (I can usually find something based on watermelon juice or milk) and my go to drink these days is a vanilla milkshake. I can't see why a milk shake is any different to coffee/chai/hot choc in terms of cost to the hotel.
 
I'm a very basic, bottom of the list Accor member, and still surprised I am offered a welcome drink voucher, sometime two! Limited to house beer, wine or soft drink.
 
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Yes I've noticed that Accor hotels in Asia generally provide a wider range of welcome drinks than those in Australia. That includes, the Sofitel Damansara KL and Mondrian Singapore have impressive drink menus.

Interestingly, my recent visit to the Ibis Styles Madrid Centro Maravillas in May 2026 showed that they too are very liberal with their spirits, which seems to be a Spanish trait! 😊

ibis Styles Madrid centro Maravillas
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Both 2026: Ibis Styles Legian (Bali) was a soft drink, yet Ibis Styles Manila (Philippines) was an enormous glass of wine. As for the enormous variation between the two 'styles' room and hotel, that's a story for another day, but in summary, Bali versions of any Accor brand tend to be a much lower standard (build, fitout and design).
 
Usually get a beer....biggest problem for me is the bar hours.
After exploring all day get back at 9 or 10pm and find the bar closed.

Usually stay or Novotel or below, no Pullmans etc.
 
Sofitel Bali had a few coughtails in the offer I chose the coconut margarita it was nice
Novotel Airport dps made a mean frozen. Margarita I’ll be back
 

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