150 Central menu - Symphony

Hi,

We are going to be on Symphony in January and we purchased the 5 night dining package. Planned to use it for 150 Central, Chops Grille, Hooked Seafood and Jamie's. We are not interested (actually just Marie is not interested ;p) in Izumi and neither of us wants to do Wonderland again so we need a fifth location. Does 150 Central still do the split menu where they did one menu in the first half of the cruise and a different one in the second?

thanks

They did as of the last time I was on an Oasis class, yes, and the two menus were completely different and well worth going there twice for.

We have not seen the split menu in a Central Park for the last 2 years. In that time we have sailed on Oasis, Allure and Harmony. The menu is now just like a regular menu with choices from appetizers, mains and desserts. It is no longer a fixed menu.

We were on Symphony in June. Menu was the same throughout the cruise. We still went twice and it was great.

On Oasis in January, there was one menu. Going back next month and I will report back.

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Hi,

We are going to be on Symphony in January and we purchased the 5 night dining package. Planned to use it for 150 Central, Chops Grille, Hooked Seafood and Jamie's. We are not interested (actually just Marie is not interested ;p) in Izumi and neither of us wants to do Wonderland again so we need a fifth location. Does 150 Central still do the split menu where they did one menu in the first half of the cruise and a different one in the second?

thanks

There was only one menu on Symphony a few weeks ago however it was quite extensive and very good.

The last menus of the 150CP were created by Michael Schwartz. Since this cooperation ended they´ve rolled out a completely new menu. This one doesn´t change any more and has more choices. It´s a bit hard to read but check here for the menu and food photos of the Symphony.

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It was in November 2016 that the 2 different tasting menus that were changed midweek were replaced by a regular menu.

Thanks everyone, Since there are now choices instead of a completely fixed menu I think we will go twice. :D

Does 150 on Symphony still have the salts of the world?

Does 150 on Symphony still have the salts of the world?

No.

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That’s disappointing. Such a neat unique feature.

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We were really disappointed with 150 Central Park on Symphony earlier this month (having previously been when it was the set tasting menus A & B).

No salts to add to your bread/butter any more, crispy pork belly was soggy, halibut main was tasteless & bland, lamb wellington was over-cooked & fried cheesecake desert was disappointing.

Things might improve over the winter routes with a change of kitchen team maybe?

Didn’t like the desserts either.

Didn’t have the lamb as worried it would be too rare for me, so DH and I split the beef. They cooked mine considerably longer than they cooked his.

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These were our starters (top row - pork belly & short rib) and mains (bottom row - lamb wellington & halibut)

Hi,

We are going to be on Symphony in January and we purchased the 5 night dining package. Planned to use it for 150 Central, Chops Grille, Hooked Seafood and Jamie's. We are not interested (actually just Marie is not interested ;p) in Izumi and neither of us wants to do Wonderland again so we need a fifth location. Does 150 Central still do the split menu where they did one menu in the first half of the cruise and a different one in the second?

thanks

We were on Symphony last week, disembarked yesterday morning and the menu was exactly the same all week.

No, the split menu is gone when they quit the cooporation with Micheal Schwartz. The split menu was sort of a more fixed menu with only a few choices. Now it´s a menu with more choices which does not change.

steamboats

This will be my first time sailing with RCI and trying to decide whether to buy a dining package for Symphony. Did anyone who bought this do so because they werent happy with the main restaurant menu or found it too repetitive or did you just fancy a change trying different venues?

This will be my first time sailing with RCI and trying to decide whether to buy a dining package for Symphony. Did anyone who bought this do so because they werent happy with the main restaurant menu or found it too repetitive or did you just fancy a change trying different venues?

There’s a variety of reasons why people buy the dining package.

Since this is your first time why not try the dining room and solarium Bistro (free) and decide fo4 yourself whether you want to add on a couple of specialty restaurants.

The vast majority of diners are satisfied with the MDR and do not buy the package.

This will be my first time sailing with RCI and trying to decide whether to buy a dining package for Symphony. Did anyone who bought this do so because they werent happy with the main restaurant menu or found it too repetitive or did you just fancy a change trying different venues?

We had the BOGO-Package for the first two nights on the Symphony. First night we tried out Hooked as this is a new restaurant for RCI. Second night it was our wedding anniversary so we went to Wonderland. We also had a (free) reservation for the Solarium Bistro which is much nicer and has a different concept on the Symphony. So we mainly booked to try out the new stuff. It wasn´t that we don´t like the MDR (but actually we do know the menus there).

steamboats

Thanks. Have made a reservation for the Solarium Bistro to try that out also, it seems to come well recommended! 👍🏻

You will find lots of photos of the Solarium Bistro Dinner food here in my review.

steamboats

Thats great, thanks!