Bazrat Posted August 15, 2022 #76 Share Posted August 15, 2022 Just out of interest who as been on a cruise in the last fortnight or is on a cruise who can actually tell the facts about what is or isn’t open, rather than people guessing what might or might not be open. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
galeforce9 Posted August 15, 2022 #77 Share Posted August 15, 2022 Just now, Bazrat said: Just out of interest who as been on a cruise in the last fortnight or is on a cruise who can actually tell the facts about what is or isn’t open, rather than people guessing what might or might not be open. There have been plenty of these recently if you read back and I am sure more people will post when they can Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazrat Posted August 15, 2022 #78 Share Posted August 15, 2022 Just now, galeforce9 said: There have been plenty of these recently if you read back and I am sure more people will post when they can I have but the speculation about what is or isn’t open is just like I say speculation, it is obviously a hot topic so I would prefer up to date information, rather than someone’s email explaining the problems faced than extrapolating that the venues might or might not be open, yes some people find that type of information interesting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Britboys Posted August 15, 2022 #79 Share Posted August 15, 2022 1 hour ago, arlowood said: Yep - we've just had the "softening up" email from P&O ahead of our J216 cruise on Arcadia departing 30th August. First there is the paragraph about "supply chain challenges" and "global staff shortages" This is then followed by a paragraph stating that "Current opening days and times in our speciality restaurants may be affected as well as service in some bars etc etc......" My heart sank when I saw it as I had hoped that at least Sindhu would be open but I have a dreaded premonition that I could be disappointed. Other posters recently seemed to suggest that Sindhu was up and running on Arcadia but from the email received that situation may have changed. I guess the situation may change week by week... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orianababes Posted August 16, 2022 Author #80 Share Posted August 16, 2022 Just back from Azura a few days ago Sindhu - partly open but fully booked before we could book on arrival day! Epicurean - Closed 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thornegirl Posted August 16, 2022 #81 Share Posted August 16, 2022 We came off Iona last Saturday, Epicurean was closed as was the Glasshouse for food. If you wanted any speciality restaurants book when you board. Nothing left after day 2. We ate in the Olive Grove on the first night and wasn’t impressed so much so we cancelled our booking for Thursday night. We were on Iona for the maiden cruise and ate in the Olive Grove 4 times, I took photos of the food on the maiden and comparing them from last week there’s no comparison. We thought the food in Pearl where we ate was very good if you chose well. The only one we didn’t enjoy was the ribeye steak too tough . We also ate in the Keel and Cow , don’t know why people rave over it thought it was expensive for what you got. I had the pork belly which came with 2 small roast potatoes and a wedge of griddled iceberg lettuce! We were a family party of 8 and never had to wait for a table, the waiters as always were fantastic. One waiter was a magician doing magic once a night we tried to get a table most nights there. We all agreed what a wonderful time we had onboard and will be booking Arvia when she joins the P&O fleet. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gsmt47471015 Posted August 16, 2022 #82 Share Posted August 16, 2022 43 minutes ago, thornegirl said: We came off Iona last Saturday, Epicurean was closed as was the Glasshouse for food. If you wanted any speciality restaurants book when you board. Nothing left after day 2. We ate in the Olive Grove on the first night and wasn’t impressed so much so we cancelled our booking for Thursday night. We were on Iona for the maiden cruise and ate in the Olive Grove 4 times, I took photos of the food on the maiden and comparing them from last week there’s no comparison. We thought the food in Pearl where we ate was very good if you chose well. The only one we didn’t enjoy was the ribeye steak too tough . We also ate in the Keel and Cow , don’t know why people rave over it thought it was expensive for what you got. I had the pork belly which came with 2 small roast potatoes and a wedge of griddled iceberg lettuce! We were a family party of 8 and never had to wait for a table, the waiters as always were fantastic. One waiter was a magician doing magic once a night we tried to get a table most nights there. We all agreed what a wonderful time we had onboard and will be booking Arvia when she joins the P&O fleet. Interesting comments regarding the Olive Grove , we tried repeatedly to get in and failed every time , would have liked to have tried it as it appeared very popular, too popular as it turned out😒 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NauticalMiss Posted August 16, 2022 #83 Share Posted August 16, 2022 4 hours ago, Orianababes said: Just back from Azura a few days ago Sindhu - partly open but fully booked before we could book on arrival day! Epicurean - Closed Is the Glass House serving food yet? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fionboard Posted August 16, 2022 #84 Share Posted August 16, 2022 On Arcadia, Sindhu open but Ocean Grill closed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gsmt47471015 Posted August 16, 2022 #85 Share Posted August 16, 2022 35 minutes ago, Fionboard said: On Arcadia, Sindhu open but Ocean Grill closed. Interesting, do you know if this down to staff shortages or other circumstances ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arlowood Posted August 16, 2022 #86 Share Posted August 16, 2022 35 minutes ago, Fionboard said: On Arcadia, Sindhu open but Ocean Grill closed. Hi there Thanks for the update. Has Sindhu been open every night of your cruise or is it only on selected nights. Any info on ease of booking or is it difficult to get a table. Reason for my question is that our J216 cruise is only for 7 nights and we have a chunk of OBC to get rid of over that short period. My idea was to eat as several times at Sindhu as a means of reducing the size of our OBC credit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fionboard Posted August 18, 2022 #87 Share Posted August 18, 2022 Got off Arcadia today. Sindhi open every night. Full crew complement so probably due to supply problems, or maybe training up new crew members. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gettingwarmer Posted August 18, 2022 #88 Share Posted August 18, 2022 2 hours ago, Fionboard said: Got off Arcadia today. Sindhi open every night. Full crew complement so probably due to supply problems, or maybe training up new crew members. I have heard the dining rooms have changed for Freedom and Club dining. Can you confirm? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fionboard Posted August 19, 2022 #89 Share Posted August 19, 2022 Club upstairs, Freedom downstairs. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gsmt47471015 Posted August 19, 2022 #90 Share Posted August 19, 2022 32 minutes ago, Fionboard said: Club upstairs, Freedom downstairs. Its been quite a while since we have been on Arcadia, but seem to remember freedom been upstairs? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
terrierjohn Posted August 19, 2022 #91 Share Posted August 19, 2022 40 minutes ago, gsmt47471015 said: Its been quite a while since we have been on Arcadia, but seem to remember freedom been upstairs? Clearly freedom must now be more popular, so that's been given the bigger dining space. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fionboard Posted August 19, 2022 #92 Share Posted August 19, 2022 39 minutes ago, terrierjohn said: Clearly freedom must now be more popular, so that's been given the bigger dining space. Exactly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gsmt47471015 Posted August 19, 2022 #93 Share Posted August 19, 2022 8 hours ago, Fionboard said: Exactly. Fine by me, might be easier to get a table now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
No pager thank you Posted August 19, 2022 #94 Share Posted August 19, 2022 We sail on Aurora next week and there are no advance dining options bookable (including gift packages where this may be included). We got a message warning about two weeks before sailing. I read one message on this thread suggesting that Aurora's Sindhu and Beach House were available and that was our experience earlier this year when her staffing was lower. Fingers crossed as we enjoy both. However, it does appear that matters are not consistently coming back to normal by the end of August as initially forecast - annoying app and virtual pagers still being pushed although we just largely ignored them on our last cruise. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Col1nUK Posted August 20, 2022 #95 Share Posted August 20, 2022 On 8/16/2022 at 10:02 AM, thornegirl said: We came off Iona last Saturday, Epicurean was closed as was the Glasshouse for food. If you wanted any speciality restaurants book when you board. Nothing left after day 2. We ate in the Olive Grove on the first night and wasn’t impressed so much so we cancelled our booking for Thursday night. We were on Iona for the maiden cruise and ate in the Olive Grove 4 times, I took photos of the food on the maiden and comparing them from last week there’s no comparison. We thought the food in Pearl where we ate was very good if you chose well. The only one we didn’t enjoy was the ribeye steak too tough . We also ate in the Keel and Cow , don’t know why people rave over it thought it was expensive for what you got. I had the pork belly which came with 2 small roast potatoes and a wedge of griddled iceberg lettuce! We were a family party of 8 and never had to wait for a table, the waiters as always were fantastic. One waiter was a magician doing magic once a night we tried to get a table most nights there. We all agreed what a wonderful time we had onboard and will be booking Arvia when she joins the P&O fleet. These were my thoughts about the Olive Grove as well. Disappointing and didn’t want to go back even if it was available. Keel &Cow we enjoyed but portions were massive and really shouldn’t have had a desert. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
galeforce9 Posted August 20, 2022 #96 Share Posted August 20, 2022 21 hours ago, No pager thank you said: We sail on Aurora next week and there are no advance dining options bookable (including gift packages where this may be included). We got a message warning about two weeks before sailing. I read one message on this thread suggesting that Aurora's Sindhu and Beach House were available and that was our experience earlier this year when her staffing was lower. Fingers crossed as we enjoy both. However, it does appear that matters are not consistently coming back to normal by the end of August as initially forecast - annoying app and virtual pagers still being pushed although we just largely ignored them on our last cruise. Would very much appreciate your updates once on board please Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gsmt47471015 Posted August 20, 2022 #97 Share Posted August 20, 2022 7 hours ago, Col1nUK said: These were my thoughts about the Olive Grove as well. Disappointing and didn’t want to go back even if it was available. Keel &Cow we enjoyed but portions were massive and really shouldn’t have had a desert. Maybe we had a lucky escape with the Olive Grove after reading your post😄 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Megabear2 Posted August 21, 2022 #98 Share Posted August 21, 2022 BIL sailed yesterday on Ventura. Texted to say dinner in Sindhu booked as soon as he boarded so assumedly is currently open. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kruzseeka Posted August 21, 2022 #99 Share Posted August 21, 2022 On 8/19/2022 at 10:40 PM, No pager thank you said: We sail on Aurora next week and there are no advance dining options bookable (including gift packages where this may be included). We got a message warning about two weeks before sailing. I read one message on this thread suggesting that Aurora's Sindhu and Beach House were available and that was our experience earlier this year when her staffing was lower. Fingers crossed as we enjoy both. However, it does appear that matters are not consistently coming back to normal by the end of August as initially forecast - annoying app and virtual pagers still being pushed although we just largely ignored them on our last cruise. Yes we came back off Aurora two weeks ago and all dining options were available. However we too had the e-mail prior to sailing and nothing was bookable in advance - it just said book on-board so hopefully it will be the same situation for you. I guess they are covering their backs as the situation may vary from ship to ship or even on the same ship from week to week. Hope you have a good trip and everything is open. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
No pager thank you Posted August 21, 2022 #100 Share Posted August 21, 2022 On 8/20/2022 at 8:03 PM, galeforce9 said: Would very much appreciate your updates once on board please Happy to update once we are on board 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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