No steaks on Princess??

[Murphey]

My sister and brother-in-law just returned from a 14 day Panama Canal cruise on the Island. They said there was no more steak on the menu. Only the "tri tip" on the always available section. We are long time Princess cruisers and just can't believe it....Input anyone????

[paul929207]

We spent 36 days on the Crown in October and November. They definitely had steak on the menu

[Waynetor]

We were on the Nv 17 and Nv 27 sailing on the Emerald and the De 9 sailing on the Ruby and each had steak at least one night. There was alway some king of beef besides the tri-tip

[Mom33]

You can always get steak at The Crown Grill.:)

[rdemn]

My sister and brother-in-law just returned from a 14 day Panama Canal cruise on the Island. They said there was no more steak on the menu. Only the "tri tip" on the always available section. We are long time Princess cruisers and just can't believe it....Input anyone????

 

 

on the same ship next month I hope they put it back on the menu.

did they have a different menu for each night?????

[paul929207]

on the same ship next month I hope they put it back on the menu.

did they have a different menu for each night?????

Yes, Princess has a different menu each evening

[UpcountryTravelers]

You can always get steak at The Crown Grill.:)

 

There is no "Crown Grill" on the Island Princess.

[tommycha]

We did had steak on our menu some of the days on our 7 day Alaska cruise.

 

They do have different menu every night except for the 4 never changes items :)

[Coral]

The last night used to have a NY Strip. It seems to be a tough steak whenever someone orders it at our table. I don't know if it is still on the menu or not on the last night.

[Working 2 Cruise]

Did you go to Horizon Court or elsewhere for dinner sometimes? You may just have missed it...

[tommycha]

That's what we had for one of the nights

 

[tommycha]

That's another...:)

 

[Pam in CA]

On the new menus, which were rolled out so not available on all ships, the "always available" tenderloin is no longer available. It's been replaced by a cheap cut, tri-tips, which are tough and not nearly as good. Tenderloin will not be re-added. :( I'm not much of a steak eater and don't like NY strip or tri-tips so I was very, very disappointed on my 17-day Island cruise last Sept/Oct.

[Griller]

Our last 17 day cruise we had ribeye one night and NY strip another night, neither were very good. The always available beef medallions were gone and the tri-tip had replaced them.

 

Just did 2 x Carnival cruises and flatiron steak was on the always available dinner menu. Its OK, but nothing you would want to write home about.

 

FYI the pay extra steakhouse which is $25 on Princess is $35 on Carnival. Did not try it but I am told its good on both lines.

[OCruisers]

There is no "Crown Grill" on the Island Princess.

 

That's OK because there's the Bayou Cafe/Steak House on Island! :)

 

LuLu

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[BoPippy]

I wish Princess would just add the Speciality Restaurants and drinks into the price of the cruise.It probably will never happen.

[Mom33]

There is no "Crown Grill" on the Island Princess.

 

I stand corrected...The Bayou Cafe Steakhouse.:D

[Coral]

I wish Princess would just add the Speciality Restaurants and drinks into the price of the cruise.It probably will never happen.

 

When they first started the speciality restaurants, the price was something like $3.00 and $6.00. And we rarely felt the need to go as the dining room food was pretty good.

[BoPippy]

I always thought,if something was not on menu that all you had to do was ask and you could get it the following day.I always remember there being something beef on every evening meal?

[Once Upon A Time]

I, also, was a fan of the medallions.. Noticed the change on our October cruise.. Spent 30+ days on Princess since then The only really tender steaks can be found in the Crown Grill (or steakhouse specialty restaurant) Steak is served in the main dining rooms on various evenings.. several cuts.. but, I honestly must say that it was hit and miss.. sometimes they were tender, other passengers complained about toughness, at the same table. I noted a large number of returns in our area of the dining rooms.. There has been a very definite change in the Beef and Lamb in just the last 6 months.

[julia]

We are recently off the Island 14 night Panama Canal and were quite disappointed with the new (limited) menus. With less entree's to choose from, I thought perhaps the food quality would be improved, but that was NOT the case. There were several evenings that included a steak option (namely on the three formal nights), but the steak served was not very good. My DH did try the tri-tip one evening, and he said it was just ok. We were underwhelmed by the dining room menus repeatedly on this cruise. :(

[Pam in CA]

We were underwhelmed by the dining room menus repeatedly on this cruise. :(

That was my reaction on the Island Princess. We wound up making special requests every night. I didn't think to pre-order a tenderloin but I plan to in February.

[Maui Girl]

We also just spent 14 days on the Island. We had Filet Mignon in the Bayou Steakhouse one night and it was excellent. The cover charge was 20 bucks each, so that apparently is what it costs to get a really good steak on Princess. In the dining room, they had a steak option several times, but I don't like anything but tenderloin, so didn't try the other choices. The night they had tenderloin medallions in the dining room, they were pretty good, but not great. We ate around 7:30pm, so our waiter would kind of suggest the best entree's for the evening and try to steer us away from things they were getting complaints about. Personally I thought the appetizer menu was the best, maybe next cruise I will just order double appetizers and a dessert and call it good:D

[Shogun]

Hi All

 

While on the Crown, steak appeared a few nights, think Filet Mignon even showed up one night, do not know what the big steak was called but it was of a good size,, it was not cooked the way my table mate wanted, within a minute or two another was found, did not appear to be any complaints about the quality or the size of the beef, I had sea food those nights and while very tasty the offerings were a bit small, but then again with so much food around I am happy to snack during the day before going for diner.

 

yours Shogun

[Doug R.]

On the Caribbean Princess 11/24 we had a small filet with shrimp one night and a NY Strip on another.

 

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