Giovanni's Table

[gdy0354]

Last time at Giovannis we had a party of eight. We were able to order platters of  6 or 7 different main entrees enough for all to try.

Going on Explorer next year. I heard only allowed one main entrees per person. 

Anyone know what is allowed now. It was great to try many different entrees.

 

[Clarea]

Our most recent experience was one entree per person and unlimited starters and desserts.  Starters included all the pastas.

[cruisegirl1]

 Seems to me if you are  eight people, and you want to order eight or fewer main entrées and pass them around,  that should not be a problem. Aren’t  you still just ordering one main entree per person.  Am I missing something? 

M

 

 

[gdy0354]

13 hours ago, cruisegirl1 said:

 Seems to me if you are  eight people, and you want to order eight or fewer main entrées and pass them around,  that should not be a problem. Aren’t  you still just ordering one main entree per person.  Am I missing something? 

M

 

 

We were served platters with say, 6 steaks, 6 shrimps, 6 chicken breasts,6 osso buco, 6 lakh chops, etc..

one giant feast with almost a full portion of most of the entrees for each diner.

 

 

 

[cruisegirl1]

 Well that is a bit different than getting five or six entrées and passing the plates around.    In the description above,  it appears you received  the equivalent of something like 30 entrées.  I know in the early years Giovanni’s used to be a family style restaurant. The last time we went (July 2019) , it were just two of us so I don’t know what the current  process would be

 

enjoy 

[gdy0354]

Things may have changed as it was 6 or 7 years ago.

Back then it was the greatest gourmet meal ever.

[Kelli0927]

On our recent Alaska cruise in July on Radiance, they served our family of 5 family style.  We had more than enough appetizers and mains to share.  

[Mythbuster]

10 hours ago, gdy0354 said:

We were served platters with say, 6 steaks, 6 shrimps, 6 chicken breasts,6 osso buco, 6 lakh chops, etc..

one giant feast with almost a full portion of most of the entrees for each diner.

 

 

 

How in the world were you able to eat all that food even with 8 of you?  That's nearly 4 dinners person.  Do you normally order 4 entrees each in the MDR?

[PhoenixCruiser]

We were served platters with say, 6 steaks, 6 shrimps, 6 chicken breasts,6 osso buco, 6 lakh chops, etc..
one giant feast with almost a full portion of most of the entrees for each diner.
 
 
 

Are you sure about this?

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[Lfehlauer77]

We were on Rhapsody in April 2018, we were served family style and  they encouraged us to get more of the items we liked.  Much preferred this one over Chops. 

[Clarea]

1 hour ago, Lfehlauer77 said:

...  they encouraged us to get more of the items we liked....

 

Did this include multiple entrees too?

[ownedbypets]

On Oasis we had 8 people and we each ordered one entree but they brought out 2 of every appetizer and pasta. It was way too much and most of it wasn't even touched.

Edited September 27, 2019 by ownedbypets
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[bouhunter]

21 hours ago, gdy0354 said:

We were served platters with say, 6 steaks, 6 shrimps, 6 chicken breasts,6 osso buco, 6 lakh chops, etc..

one giant feast with almost a full portion of most of the entrees for each diner.

 

 

 

 That is a LOT of food.  Seriously?   They'll give you all the pasta you want, but ordering 25-30 meat entrees for 6-8 people seems ridiculous.  How (or WHY) would 8 people eat all that?  Google the definition of gluttony.

Edited September 27, 2019 by bouhunter

[gdy0354]

Looking back there were 12 of us on that cruse.

They brought just plates of meat or seafood to share. Family style sides. A platter of various apps and desserts.

Server seemed to know just how much to bring so we could sample all with very little waste. Definitely not full size entrees, instead of say 4 shrimp per person we were brought one, etc. for other entrees. That's how we could sample much of the menu without being wasteful.