Black Spaniel

Hi . I just saw this thread . Let me preface my comments. We have cruised exclusively with Silversea 11 times and are set to depart on a cruise from Buenos Aires to Rio February 2023 as well as a cruise departing from Dubai in November and arriving in the Seychelles . Our last cruise was on the Spirit at the end of October 2022. Sadly I have to agree with many of the comments. I understand that we are recently past COVID limits on travel and so we are trying to give the benefit of the doubt to our experience. I cannot wonder however if the poor food quality which I will expand upon, is the result of being sold to a larger cruise line. Sometimes as things get bigger quality goes down . I will note that the newest ship now holds 700 passengers vs the 280 that we cruised with starting in 2004. I do love the idea of expanded restaurants and note that some were outstanding such as Indochine , the cafe as well as Silver note and La Dame. Lunch seemed to be the bigger issue in general.Seishin was a prime example. It really was terrible but for a few exceptions. Dinner there was also lacking in quality. The uni was inedible as was the lobster. Service on the other hand was terrific. We do not eat the breakfast or buffet lunch at La Terraza because we have found the quality to be average over the years. Dinner there however is usually very good as is service. We Usually do lunch at what was the dining room and is now Atlantide. Lunch there was extremely limited in selection and service was terrible. Dinner was much better and I agree the veal chop and Milanese was one of our better entree’s. We have found hot rocks to be very good but we actually request they cook it for us on their grill as cooking on a rock is not my idea of fun . I think it would help that everything arrives on time and hot which was a notable complaint on the thread.I thought the pizza at Spaccanapoli was also bad but I’m a stickler for NY style pizza which it not nor was it close to a Napoli style . I realize this was more subjective on my part. The pool grill was also bad this time. The hamburger was frozen meat recently defrosted and simply wet. I agree with the recent comments about it On a more positive note Indochine really was a pleasure and I gave it and La Dame the highest marks . The wine program was exceptional and the head sommelier Karolyn’s was the best we’ve had. She set up a wine tasting as well which included a large selection of wines from around the world as well as many high end French and Italian selections such as Sassicaia , Tignanello and first growth Bordeaux’s. . As always our in room bar was stocked with every type of alcohol requested with no limits which has always been the case. I would note the bourbon selection was nil. Service from our butler and housekeeper was great . Lastly. We have been lucky enough to have been on several cruises with David Bilsland who is the cruise lines food director charged with quality control and who hops from ship to ship to monitor quality. Hopefully he reads this . Our next cruise is on the moon so it will be interesting to see the quality difference as well as SALT. Chuck