Oceania and Regent cuisine

[Redtravel]

We were on Dec 4th Marina.  Food was not as good as before pandemic.  Polo used to be our favorite restaurant. We were looking forward to our 2 reservations at Polo.  Our dinner at Polo was terrible. Steak was tough. Waiter saw me trying to saw through it and offered to get me a replacement. It wasn’t much better.  Service was crazy. They mixed up orders, lost our wine, and were annoying. We canceled our 2nd reservation. Met other people who had similar experiences.   We had a great time on the cruise. Overall, food was decent, but not great.  

[Host Jazzbeau]

In January 2022 on Riviera, 32oz. Porterhouse steak at Polo was cooked medium rare as ordered and was tender and flavorful – couldn't ask for more!  On second visit DW had Filet Mignon and also raved about it.  [In 2011 Oceania couldn't cook a steak to order on any occasion, but this cruise completely turned around our view of O's cuisine.  Sorry that our old barbecue-fail chef is apparently now on Marina...  😉]

[PhD-iva]

22 hours ago, Host Jazzbeau said:

In January 2023 on Riviera, 32oz. Porterhouse steak at Polo was cooked medium rare as ordered and was tender and flavorful – couldn't ask for more! 

Time travel? 🤪

[Host Jazzbeau]

15 minutes ago, PhD-iva said:

Time travel? 🤪

Hah!  Used my super powers to fix it...  😉

 

Interesting coincidence:  a friend had ordered a catered Christmas dinner for a family gathering that was cancelled by Covid and gave DW and me all the food.  Tonight we finally finished it:  the absolute best filets I have ever had short of Chateaubriand, the most tender ever but with a lot of beef flavor.  I asked DW when we could go to this fabulous restaurant, but it turns out they only do take-out [and these dinners apparently cost $60 per portion...].  When our friend recovers, we absolutely owe her a nice dinner!

[MEFIowa]

On 12/29/2022 at 10:12 PM, Host Jazzbeau said:

In January 2022 on Riviera, 32oz. Porterhouse steak at Polo was cooked medium rare as ordered and was tender and flavorful – couldn't ask for more!

In December 2021 on Riviera the 32 oz Porterhouse steak in Polo was cooked medium rare to perfection. And I ate the whole steak. 😉