Just participated in the Galley to Table tour and lunch "excursion" on Reflection on the June 3rd 4 night sailing. This was our 15th cruise and we have been on at least 4 or 5 galley tours in the past on Celebrity and other lines, all of which were not excursions, but FREE tours. We were glad that we booked this on sale because it was actually the shortest galley tour of any previous ones we've been on. It literally took more time to assemble the small group, complete health question forms and get set up with wireless earpieces than time spent in the galley. We had a brief walk-and-talk in part of the MDR galley and went through a door to find ourselves in the dining room. It became apparent that the tour was over and we were on to the lunch. We were kind of stunned actually. The food was totally fine and included a choice of 3 starters, 3 entrees and 3 desserts. I can't recall all the choices, but I had a Frisee Salad with bacon and poached egg, the Luminae Burger, and carrot cake. DW had a petite filet and chocolate lava cake. We had our meal while chatting with the 6 other participants, which frankly was a bit uncomfortable since we are socially awkward, lol. One redeeming factor was that we were joined by an absolutely delightful officer from the Hotel staff, Maria from Russia, but we would not pay to do this again.
Galley to Table: Kitchen Tour & Lunch (Solstice)
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Just participated in the Galley to Table tour and lunch "excursion" on Reflection on the June 3rd 4 night sailing. This was our 15th cruise and we have been on at least 4 or 5 galley tours in the past on Celebrity and other lines, all of which were not excursions, but FREE tours. We were glad that we booked this on sale because it was actually the shortest galley tour of any previous ones we've been on. It literally took more time to assemble the small group, complete health question forms and get set up with wireless earpieces than time spent in the galley. We had a brief walk-and-talk in part of the MDR galley and went through a door to find ourselves in the dining room. It became apparent that the tour was over and we were on to the lunch. We were kind of stunned actually. The food was totally fine and included a choice of 3 starters, 3 entrees and 3 desserts. I can't recall all the choices, but I had a Frisee Salad with bacon and poached egg, the Luminae Burger, and carrot cake. DW had a petite filet and chocolate lava cake. We had our meal while chatting with the 6 other participants, which frankly was a bit uncomfortable since we are socially awkward, lol. One redeeming factor was that we were joined by an absolutely delightful officer from the Hotel staff, Maria from Russia, but we would not pay to do this again.