Always available menu, what's happening ?

[brimary]

Lunch & learn with the head chef now carries a $40 per person charge. This used to be gratis with David Bilsland.

 

 

Any update on increased cost of eating in la Champagne restaurant ?Also has the menu changed in the last twelve months?

[duct tape]

Nada

[Mayflower1]

Good afternoon Brimary - All is well on the Wind, currently in Livorno and moving on to Cannes tomorrow ( hopefully the weather will be kind enough to enable tenders to be used ).

 

The Le Champagne still charges $40 and regrettably the menu has not changed for over a Year ( its time it did in my opinion ) - unfortunately the philosophy seems to be that with the numerous 7 day Cruises and Newcomers, a change is not required. No doubt you share my view on that stance !!!

[duct tape]

Count me in, guys!

[Silver Spectre]

Any update on increased cost of eating in la Champagne restaurant ?Also has the menu changed in the last twelve months?

 

More like the last 36 months!

 

Agree that its tired and needs refreshing.

Edited September 16, 2015 by Silver Spectre

[jpalbny]

More like the last 36 months!

 

Agree that its tired and needs refreshing.

 

Yes, same menu since 2012. We loved it the first time. We ate there again on our August 2014 cruise and it was nice, but we found it to be very filling. Even then we tried to order different items off the menu. We canceled our reservation and skipped it entirely on the Oct 2014 cruise; just couldn't get into eating the same heavy food again.

 

Don't get me wrong - it's nice food and ambience at LC, but definitely ready for something different. I personally would love it if they used LC as a more experimental place to try out new menu items, or perhaps to prepare locally-sourced food items that were obtained a few times weekly at the ports of call. That way the menus would reflect the local cuisine, and might be more interesting. They would naturally have to vary as the ship changed positions. I guess that wouldn't necessarily equate to "gourmet" food, though.

 

Hmmm... duct tape, can you make this happen?

[wripro]

I remember when the menu changed frequently during a cruise. There were three or four menus so you could dine there more than once without repeating. They would post the different menus and which nights so you could make your choice. The good old days.

[jpalbny]

I remember when the menu changed frequently during a cruise. There were three or four menus so you could dine there more than once without repeating. They would post the different menus and which nights so you could make your choice. The good old days.

 

wripro, was that when it cost $150 or $200 per person? I seem to remember that from our 2010 cruises, even though we were way too cheap to spend that much. They were open roughly 50% of the time, and yes, each night with a different menu. Maybe we do get what we pay for... :)

[brimary]

Good afternoon Brimary - All is well on the Wind, currently in Livorno and moving on to Cannes tomorrow ( hopefully the weather will be kind enough to enable tenders to be used ).

 

 

 

The Le Champagne still charges $40 and regrettably the menu has not changed for over a Year ( its time it did in my opinion ) - unfortunately the philosophy seems to be that with the numerous 7 day Cruises and Newcomers, a change is not required. No doubt you share my view on that stance !!!

 

 

Mayflower,thanks for the update and delighted to hear the Wind is in good shape

Edited September 16, 2015 by brimary

[brimary]

Enjoy Cannes.Definitely do not buy into the La Champagne dated philosophy.Thankfully it is optional!!

[UKCruiseJeff]

Good afternoon Brimary - All is well on the Wind, currently in Livorno and moving on to Cannes tomorrow ( hopefully the weather will be kind enough to enable tenders to be used ).

 

The Le Champagne still charges $40 and regrettably the menu has not changed for over a Year ( its time it did in my opinion ) - unfortunately the philosophy seems to be that with the numerous 7 day Cruises and Newcomers, a change is not required. No doubt you share my view on that stance !!!

 

If you want somewhere decent in Cannes, then you might want to try

 

http://www.gaston-gastounette.fr/

 

Jeff

[frockoff]

Careful what you wish for... they might add burgers to Le Champagne menu

[critics0001]

But it will be listed as le grande mac!

[jpalbny]

Mais, bien sûr!

[wripro]

wripro, was that when it cost $150 or $200 per person? I seem to remember that from our 2010 cruises, even though we were way too cheap to spend that much. They were open roughly 50% of the time, and yes, each night with a different menu. Maybe we do get what we pay for... :)

 

It started out at $200 including some terrific wines. Then they changed the policy to no charge but you had to buy wine front he premium list (no included wines served.) That was when they changed the menus during the course of the cruise. Once they went to a $30 charge and now a $40 charge they stopped changing the menus.

 

Personally, once per cruise is more than enough now and sometimes I don't even go once.

[Emtbsam]

We like Le Champagne on the Cloud but the room on the Spirit is not to our liking. The banquets are very uncomfortable, and the room feels too crowded. If Aziz (sp?) is the maitre d' in Le Champagne, you are in for a wonderful experience.