SP4 Posted January 3, 2016 #101 Share Posted January 3, 2016 We just got off the Conquest... And it was delicious! I especially loved the pie option ever night :) yum yum Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valentine's Mom Posted January 3, 2016 #102 Share Posted January 3, 2016 Im not usually picky but when we had the American menu I usually found the appetizers good but for the main course I usually had to go to the everyday items. I tried but did not like the new menu Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JMAE Posted January 3, 2016 #103 Share Posted January 3, 2016 With the new menus, does the selection change nightly like the old menu? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crusinpsychRN Posted January 3, 2016 #104 Share Posted January 3, 2016 Our experience (10 Carnival cruises) makes me think that the skills of the particular chef and his kitchen crew has more to do with the quality of the meals than does the menu. We have had the same dish on different cruises and had it be excellent one time and only fair another. That is for sure. I kept reading about how everyone loved different foods and I thought they were pretty bad to awful. I was sailing on Legend over and over. Then I tried a dish no one at my table on a previous trip liked at all, lasagna. Figured it must be me. It was delicious! I thought something is different. Sure enough, Legend had a new chef. Most of the chefs are Indian and should have an Italian making lasagna. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
renza Posted January 3, 2016 #105 Share Posted January 3, 2016 Any lobster night still? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silverspringcruiser Posted January 3, 2016 #106 Share Posted January 3, 2016 I was impressed with how tender and flavorful the pork chop was. It might have been the best I've ever had, but then I've only eaten them at home. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mom2tcdx2 Posted January 3, 2016 #107 Share Posted January 3, 2016 Looking at the menu photos I have seen, it looks like the same menu I had on the Liberty in 2014, the Breeze in 2014 and the Freedom in 2015. Though we had table cloths on the tables. Liberty cruise they always had a bottle of wine of the table they tried to sell and it just took up room. Second 2 cruises didn't have that at least. I found a lot of the offerings to be the same as cruises in years past. Some new items, some items gone. Truly I wasn't all that crazy about the older menus and I never really found many appetizers that i liked. I think I found more options with the newer menus. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hotsauce126 Posted January 4, 2016 #108 Share Posted January 4, 2016 Where is it written that Americans don't use table cloths? Most contemporary upscale restaurants don't use tablecloths Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
misguidedangel Posted January 4, 2016 #109 Share Posted January 4, 2016 I will find out in February when I got on the Freedom. I will always have the fall back option of ordering a steakhouse dish in the dining room. I would love to be adventurous; however, I do have sensitivities to certain foods and I can't tolerate anything spicy. The previous menu worked for me as it had a lot of options. In the meantime, I'll have the Pepto handy just in case! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnSpo Posted January 4, 2016 #110 Share Posted January 4, 2016 We just got off the Conquest... And it was delicious! I especially loved the pie option ever night :) yum yum I was on Conquest in November and I agree that the American Table menu was delicious. The MDR service was also very good. I also agree with you that the pies were great.:cool: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wantocruisemore Posted January 4, 2016 #111 Share Posted January 4, 2016 We had American Table last year on Liberty. They were still tweaking the menu then and had added a few things in that people loved like the soups. I went in very skeptical and not really expecting to like it. We really liked it and my DH and I had been on Liberty right before with regular menu, and we thought the American Table had more choices. The food was very good and it did not bother us one bit to have a water carafe on the table. We're looking forward to Magic later this year and the American Table. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jackdis Posted January 4, 2016 #112 Share Posted January 4, 2016 We were just on the Pride and had the American Table. I was very impressed. THe food selections were good and a nice variety. The local ports also had special menu items from their area on the menu on those nights. I felt like there might have been a few less choices than previously, but the quality made up for it!! Everything was fantastic! And to reassure those worrying about tablecloths and service, the tables are fine, and on formal nights, the table cloths are there! At these services, the waiters still serve bread out individually as in the "old" days, instead of just putting the basket on the table with the American Table style. I really liked how it was all done. Refreshing updating with some of the old traditions still included. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Djptcp Posted January 4, 2016 #113 Share Posted January 4, 2016 DH and I were just on an 8-day Conquest sailing in December and we found the menu to be boring and bland. This was our 25th Carnival cruise, so not new to this cruise line. We ate in the Steakhouse the first night and it was fabulous - great taste and great presentation. We only are in the dining room 4 other times and had trouble choosing something. We did the Steakhouse Selection one of those nights because nothing appealed. I know that food is subjective, but it seems a lot of passengers would agree with us. We put it on the survey. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R5eight Posted January 4, 2016 #114 Share Posted January 4, 2016 I sail on the Valor on 2/27 and was wondering if it had the American Table yet? I enjoyed it on the Liberty last year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texasl8dy Posted January 4, 2016 #115 Share Posted January 4, 2016 We found the dessert options lacking. Very bad, actually. . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Cruisegirl6 Posted January 4, 2016 #116 Share Posted January 4, 2016 I have to agree about the dessert options gong downhill, it used to be much better, also, they used to always have a sugar free dessert listed on the menu, now they don't and when we asked each night there was nothing sugar free offered to my other half by the waiter. I would also like to see a gluten free dessert available and icons on all the menu's that would tell what is vegetarian, gluten free, dairy free and soy free since many people now have to watch these things. RC, Princess, Celebrity and NCL all have the icons, always wondered why Carnival never did, it sure be a lot easier for the waiters if they did the icons on the menus. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PCHENG Posted January 4, 2016 #117 Share Posted January 4, 2016 (edited) I just got off the Conquest on 12/20/15. I would not call it terrible, but American Table is a downgrade from the past menu IMHO. Many old favorites such as WCMC, lobster, escargot and prime ribs are still available, but I miss the rack of lambs, the Tom Yan Kong soup and flaming alaska. I also miss having the table cloth, without which the table surface is often wet because of spilled drinks or condensation from the water pitcher. Edited January 4, 2016 by PCHENG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bar1068 Posted January 4, 2016 #118 Share Posted January 4, 2016 No...it's not that bad... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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