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TexSea

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I was looking over the Celebrity Todays from a recent Reflection Eastern Med cruise. I noticed that for the Porch they listed it as "Raw Bar & Seafood" in the listing of the ship's restaurant hours. Is this new (or a misprint)? Last time we ate there it was paninis and cupcakes.

 

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Janet987

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Great news. The porch location and design is wonderful, but the food wasn't...a raw bar and seafood will be an improvement. Will look forward to another S-class Caribbean. Is it only on Silloutte and Reflection?

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Great news. The porch location and design is wonderful, but the food wasn't...a raw bar and seafood will be an improvement. Will look forward to another S-class Caribbean. Is it only on Silloutte and Reflection?

 

Is only available on those Solstice-Class ships that also offer Lawn Club Grille as a specialty dining venue... As such, you will only find The Porch on Silhouette and Reflection...

 

On the first three Solstice-Class ships--Solstice, Equinox, and Eclipse--the space occupied by those two restaurants is instead occupied by The Corning Hot Glass Show...

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TexSea

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We've always liked the Porch. On our last cruise there was sometimes a wait on sea days. So I hope some of the same items remain as we really like the location. But if it's completely changed, just something new to try!

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Isn't the Porch now up to the same price as the Bistro - $10? We ate in there once when it was $5. I wouldn't pay that much ever again for a Panini when they will fix you one in the buffet area for free.

 

The only other times we used the Porch was during the last 3-4 days of our Transatlantic when lunch was finished, around 2-3pm. It was a great place for a group of friends to gather, relax, and have everyone bring their remaining bottles of wine/champagne to share prior to the end of the TA. It was great fun.

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We ate at the Porch last week on Reflection on embarkation day. Now open for dinner as well as lunch. Price has gone up to 25 pp and 5 pp more if you want to add a raw sea food tower, which we did. Food was great--lobster bisque, fish tacos, lobster rolls, and much more. i thought it was worth it. I should have taken a pic of the menu! They have a new casual dining package where if you buy that and Bistro and their new breakfast picnic package I think you got 15 percent off. Presumably it would also be party of the ultimate specialty dining package.

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We ate at the Porch last week on Reflection on embarkation day. Now open for dinner as well as lunch. Price has gone up to 25 pp and 5 pp more if you want to add a raw sea food tower, which we did. Food was great--lobster bisque, fish tacos, lobster rolls, and much more. i thought it was worth it. I should have taken a pic of the menu! They have a new casual dining package where if you buy that and Bistro and their new breakfast picnic package I think you got 15 percent off. Presumably it would also be party of the ultimate specialty dining package.

 

So did you spend $30 with the tower per person for lunch or dinner? Dinner might be worth it but lunch....not so much.....

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We did for lunch on embarkation day.... Had 700 OBC for that cruise plus drunk package and grats so decided to treat ourselves :)

 

$30 for a seafood tower alone is a steal!

 

Restaurants where I live charge generally $90 to $175.

 

Seafood is something that's been SORELY missing from Celebrity dining options, glad to see it coming around.

 

Now the trick is how to implement on other ships without Porch, Especially M class. Maybe there's something to be done in Martini Bar/Crush during the day when it's closed.

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We did for lunch on embarkation day.... Had 700 OBC for that cruise plus drunk package and grats so decided to treat ourselves :)

 

we really liked the Porch on Silhouette....so will most likely try this on Reflection in April....but probably for dinner at some point....but who knows...we usually have a lot of OBC too so if it's "burning a hole in my pocket" to get used we might wind up there for lunch too.....

 

one of the things we liked about the Porch was how quiet/peaceful it was....kind a hidden place that not a lot knew about....I suspect that atmosphere could be lost if this becomes a popular spot now with the addition of the seafood items....we'll see!

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