Specialty Dining Question on the Escape

[kbalthaser66]

Hello, is it possible, or likely, that if I do NOT make reservations at the specialty restaurants that we can walk up (early-right when they open) that we can get a table for 2? We really do not want to have to schedule out our dinners for the week immediately after boarding the ship. We are early eaters so I am hoping the odds of us being able to just walk up and get in with a reasonable wait time, if necessary, would be possible.

 

I have looked at the daily dinner menus in the MDR and I am not impressed with their menu so I am considering purchasing another SDP so that we have 6 nights of dining at the specialty restaurants.

 

Any tips on places to eat and must try foods? We leave in about 25 days so we are getting very excited.

[BirdTravels]

You can look at the signage on the ship which shows the status of each dining room. If it says "sold out" it may be hard to get a table. They will recommend you try at 9:00.

 

The most popular are Teppanyaki and Cagneys.

 

Food Republic and Pinchos is fun and do not take reservations.

[bhall98092]

They only accept reservations for little over 50% of the tables. However people may show up at 5 and get bumped all the way to 7 pm. As with most ships, the earlier or later you eat, the less crowded it is.

[bhall98092]

And the nice thing we experienced on the Norwegian star is that they gave you a buzzer to let you know when your table was ready. So we'd go a little early, get a buzzer and then go have a drink. was way better than standing at the door for an hour.