We were on Pride of America back in November last year. We had a few nights of specialty dining that was excellent. But each night at the MDR was very very poor. We couldn't reserve anything, it was first come first served. Typically, we waited 30-45 minutes before being seated. Service, once seated was really really slow. One night it took us almost 15 minutes to get someones attention once we had been seated. It seemed one set of waiters thought we belonged to the other set and the that set thought we belonged to the first set. Food was just okay.
I understand that POA is a little different than other NCL ships so my experience may be atypical of NCL. I want to be fair.