Boozebabe Posted October 2, 2013 #1 Share Posted October 2, 2013 Anyone else think the new Italian restaurant was not so great? I've been there onece on each of my last 2 cruises on the Breeze and I won't go again. It was less than average food. Both times I ate there for lunch. I would have been really mad if I had paid extra for those meals at dinner. The 4 of us ordered different dishes and tasted each others. Nothing was what I'd call "good Italian food". The lasagne was very strange. It had shredded beef that tasted like it was leftovers from another part of the ship. Maybe from the MDR. I love Italian food but was soooooo dissapointed there. I didn't have a complaint about any of the other dining venues on board. It's a shame. Everything tasted like cans of sauce opened up and mixed with pasta. Probably was. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phlybice Posted October 2, 2013 #2 Share Posted October 2, 2013 Sad to hear. Are you Italian, or an Italian cook? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boozebabe Posted October 2, 2013 Author #3 Share Posted October 2, 2013 Sad to hear. Are you Italian, or an Italian cook? I'm not either but I consider myself a good cook who can cook Italian dishes and I often eat at Italian restaurants. Actually Italian cuisine is pretty high on my favorite list. The recipes are supposed to be from the officers family recipes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phlybice Posted October 2, 2013 #4 Share Posted October 2, 2013 I'm not either but I consider myself a good cook who can cook Italian dishes and I often eat at Italian restaurants. Actually Italian cuisine is pretty high on my favorite list. The recipes are supposed to be from the officers family recipes. Not if the lasagna has shredded beef in it! YUCK! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ready2cruzagain Posted October 2, 2013 #5 Share Posted October 2, 2013 Sorry to hear you didn't like it but we LOVED Cucina del Capitano! We was on the Breeze for 14 days and ate there almost every day. Definitely will miss it on our next cruise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hbrote Posted October 2, 2013 #6 Share Posted October 2, 2013 I totally agree with you. We ate at Cucinna del Capitano on board the Sunshine. The food was horrible. We just happened to be in Italy and if they were a restaurant on shore, they would be out of business. I could not eat the lasagna either and the meatballs could have bounced across the deck on there own. We fondly refer to it as "Cucinna del Crapitano". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jsparents Posted October 2, 2013 #7 Share Posted October 2, 2013 I ate there twice while on the Sunshine for dinner both times with friends we met through CC and we all loved it. We had several items and all of them were good. Would not hesitate to eat there again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sanmarcosman Posted October 2, 2013 #8 Share Posted October 2, 2013 Overall the lunch reviews are poor while the dinner reviews report above average food. We suspect the shredded beef used in the lunch lasagna is from the leftover beef brisket served in the MDR. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SPKEMO Posted October 2, 2013 #9 Share Posted October 2, 2013 Love it for what it is. Family style food. There is a chain in Southern California called Buca di Beppo, and it's very similar to that if not identical. And to compare it to food in actual Italy is freaking absurd. Note: I only ate there for dinner. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maggiepie Posted October 2, 2013 #10 Share Posted October 2, 2013 Loved it on the Breeze! In fact, we've made reservations for our upcoming Magic cruise for the first night. Definitely a difference between lunch and dinner though, no comparison. Try doing it again at dinner, think you'll be pleasantly surprised. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hbrote Posted October 2, 2013 #11 Share Posted October 2, 2013 We only ate here at dinner. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michigancruiser0715 Posted October 2, 2013 #12 Share Posted October 2, 2013 The food served at lunch is not the same as what's served for dinner. When I was on the Breeze, I found the lunch to be on par with Olive Garden. I'm not a huge fan of OG, but it will suffice in a pinch. So, for free, it's fine. Dinner, as SPKEMO said, is much like Buca di Beppo. I love Buca, and to me the dinner offerings were great. 100% authentic Italian food? Probably not. But it was tasty. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kg21rules Posted October 2, 2013 #13 Share Posted October 2, 2013 Loved it on the Breeze! In fact, we've made reservations for our upcoming Magic cruise for the first night. Definitely a difference between lunch and dinner though, no comparison. Try doing it again at dinner, think you'll be pleasantly surprised. How do you make reservations ahead of time? We're on the Breeze soon and have our steakhouse reservations, but wasn't sure how to make them for this place. Sent using the Cruise Critic forums app Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SPKEMO Posted October 2, 2013 #14 Share Posted October 2, 2013 How do you make reservations ahead of time? We're on the Breeze soon and have our steakhouse reservations, but wasn't sure how to make them for this place. Sent using the Cruise Critic forums app Send an email to the same person you did for the SH reservations. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare jimbo5544 Posted October 2, 2013 #15 Share Posted October 2, 2013 I totally agree with you. We ate at Cucinna del Capitano on board the Sunshine. The food was horrible. We just happened to be in Italy and if they were a restaurant on shore, they would be out of business. I could not eat the lasagna either and the meatballs could have bounced across the deck on there own. We fondly refer to it as "Cucinna del Crapitano". Gotta love cruisecritic....horrible? Could not eat lasagna... out of buisiness..... funny stuff.:cool: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phlybice Posted October 2, 2013 #16 Share Posted October 2, 2013 How do you make reservations ahead of time? We're on the Breeze soon and have our steakhouse reservations, but wasn't sure how to make them for this place. Sent using the Cruise Critic forums app BRCUCINA@carnival.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
csunshine860 Posted October 2, 2013 #17 Share Posted October 2, 2013 Loved it on the Breeze! In fact, we've made reservations for our upcoming Magic cruise for the first night. Definitely a difference between lunch and dinner though, no comparison. Try doing it again at dinner, think you'll be pleasantly surprised. Agree with you.....we were on the Breeze and had dinner reservations twice. Awesome but then again DH is Italian and born there. Spoke Italian to the servers etc and were treated well and food was great. Lunch we did twice and it was good as well. No complaints on our end. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wrigley80 Posted October 2, 2013 #18 Share Posted October 2, 2013 I'm sure it's a hit or miss if you're gonna like it or not. We're gonna try it on the Sunshine when were onboard. We're gonna try lunch first and if it's good then were gonna go for dinner. I wanna try the Chicken Parmigiana Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrmet1986 Posted October 2, 2013 #19 Share Posted October 2, 2013 Is this restaurant fleet wide. Ill be on the splendor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carsastic Posted October 2, 2013 #20 Share Posted October 2, 2013 Not if the lasagna has shredded beef in it! YUCK! While I am not a big fan of the captains kitchen shredded beef and pork is how they do it in Italy. At least that is how it was prepared when I had it and how my Italian grandmother made it too Again not a big fan of the captains kitchen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phlybice Posted October 2, 2013 #21 Share Posted October 2, 2013 While I am not a big fan of the captains kitchen shredded beef and pork is how they do it in Italy. At least that is how it was prepared when I had it and how my Italian grandmother made it tooAgain not a big fan of the captains kitchen Please don't start me on Italy. I ordered a shrimp dish, and I had eyes looking at me. It was the WHOLE shrimp. I quickly buried them in my pasta. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kato27 Posted October 2, 2013 #22 Share Posted October 2, 2013 Anyone else think the new Italian restaurant was not so great? I've been there onece on each of my last 2 cruises on the Breeze and I won't go again. It was less than average food. Both times I ate there for lunch. I would have been really mad if I had paid extra for those meals at dinner. The 4 of us ordered different dishes and tasted each others. Nothing was what I'd call "good Italian food". The lasagne was very strange. It had shredded beef that tasted like it was leftovers from another part of the ship. Maybe from the MDR. I love Italian food but was soooooo dissapointed there. I didn't have a complaint about any of the other dining venues on board. It's a shame. Everything tasted like cans of sauce opened up and mixed with pasta. Probably was. Im 2nd generation Italian, and there are many different versions of Lasagna. Never heard of one with shredded beef:eek: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimmy Geegitz Posted October 2, 2013 #23 Share Posted October 2, 2013 Probably have to try the dinner for the real food. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boozebabe Posted October 2, 2013 Author #24 Share Posted October 2, 2013 Loved it on the Breeze! In fact, we've made reservations for our upcoming Magic cruise for the first night. Definitely a difference between lunch and dinner though, no comparison. Try doing it again at dinner, think you'll be pleasantly surprised. How could Fettucine Alfredo differ from lunch to dinner? I understand the menu for dinner is different. They offer meatballs at dinner but not at lunch, but Alfredo sauce should be the same. By the way the bread they served was the same as one served on the Lido Buffet. It was a sad excuse for foccacia bread. At the Cuccina they brought 4 small squares of the bread with our lunch. When we asked for more bread we got a look like we asked the waiter to pay for it himself. He brought back 2 more pieces. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Winterstale Posted October 2, 2013 #25 Share Posted October 2, 2013 We ate there twice on the Dream and enjoyed it very much! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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