Le Petit Chef vegetarian option?

[MrsTravelBug]

Is it possible to get a vegetarian meal at Le Petit Chef?  We will be on the Infinity on March 11 and checked the menu on the app.  The choice is Braised Short Rib of Beef or the option of Cured Salmon.  My husband is vegetarian and won't eat either.  Should I just drop him off at the buffet?

 

 

[NMTraveller]

Yes just tell them that you would like a vegetarian meal and they will cook up something special.

 

At least that is what we did.

 

I would not drop him off at the buffet in the evenings.  It is rather disappointing these days.

[chemmo]

10 hours ago, MrsTravelBug said:

Is it possible to get a vegetarian meal at Le Petit Chef?  We will be on the Infinity on March 11 and checked the menu on the app.  The choice is Braised Short Rib of Beef or the option of Cured Salmon.  My husband is vegetarian and won't eat either.  Should I just drop him off at the buffet?

 

 

Pop in the day before you are booked in and let them know. They should be able to provide options you can pre order. If you only let them know on the night the choices may be more limited.

 

Remember the choices of food will not, however, follow the storyline.

[lexmiller]

Vegetarian option definitely available in LPChef.  As said above, the experience won't be quite as fun or impressive, as one of the exciting points of the experience is that the precise dish, looking nearly exactly the same as what LPChef makes in the animation, is placed before you and you're like, OH WOW, how cool is that!  Have a great time, we have gone to LPChef five times now on various of the ships in the fleet, experienced four different animations (and thus, different stories and menus).

[MrsTravelBug]

Thank you all for the information.  We are going to book it!

[mandream]

My wife is Vegan and we go to LPC every cruise since my kids love it.  She has had some of her best meals at LPC - but letting them know in advance is key.

 

Mike

[fshepinc]

Thank you for this thread -It was exactly what I was looking for!

 

Sailing on the Solstice tomorrow, and hoping to get into LPC. I'll report back here if I manage to get in.

[NMTraveller]

I would be interested to hear what you find.

 

The OVC is back to about 80% of what it was.  Perhaps it will be the better option.

 

Anyways Eden was much better than LPC which was much better than the OVC in the evenings in January.

 

 

Edited April 8, 2023 by NMTraveller

[fshepinc]

Just back this morning from my cruise on the Solstice. My overall rating of the ship was a 10 -the crew was amazing and the main dining room was excellent. Following advice here, I booked LPC for mid-cruise, informing them that I was a vegetarian. They assured me the chef would make something fantastic for me. Sadly, on the night the server said that no one had told them, and they had nothing for me. They offered me a veggie burger from Blu, or spaghetti with marinara from the Tuscan Grill. When I said that those were hardly an appropriate substitution for a fine French dinner (with a hefty surcharge) they came back with an offer of rice and tofu from the sushi restaurant. We walked out and went (very late) to our main dining room table. I was seething at the total failure, but fortunately the wonderful asst. maitre d' Gorica greeted us -remembering that we were supposed to be at LPC - and asked what happened. We told her and she went ballistic (or as ballistic as a highly-trained pro can get). She escorted us to our regular table, all the while reciting French dishes that could have been made on the spur of the moment had the chef been so inclined. I'm pretty sure she went up to LPC to give them a piece of her mind, and had the charges removed. She made a point of visiting our table at every meal for the remainder of the cruise.

 

So, La Petit Chef was a total disaster, but the main dining room went above and beyond to make up for it. Will I try it again? Probably not. I did have an absolutely wonderful meal at the Tuscan Grille, which had several official vegetarian options, as well as  wonderful side dishes that could be made into an entree if you so desired.

[jean87510]

3 hours ago, fshepinc said:

Just back this morning from my cruise on the Solstice. My overall rating of the ship was a 10 -the crew was amazing and the main dining room was excellent. Following advice here, I booked LPC for mid-cruise, informing them that I was a vegetarian. They assured me the chef would make something fantastic for me. Sadly, on the night the server said that no one had told them, and they had nothing for me. They offered me a veggie burger from Blu, or spaghetti with marinara from the Tuscan Grill. When I said that those were hardly an appropriate substitution for a fine French dinner (with a hefty surcharge) they came back with an offer of rice and tofu from the sushi restaurant. We walked out and went (very late) to our main dining room table. I was seething at the total failure, but fortunately the wonderful asst. maitre d' Gorica greeted us -remembering that we were supposed to be at LPC - and asked what happened. We told her and she went ballistic (or as ballistic as a highly-trained pro can get). She escorted us to our regular table, all the while reciting French dishes that could have been made on the spur of the moment had the chef been so inclined. I'm pretty sure she went up to LPC to give them a piece of her mind, and had the charges removed. She made a point of visiting our table at every meal for the remainder of the cruise.

 

So, La Petit Chef was a total disaster, but the main dining room went above and beyond to make up for it. Will I try it again? Probably not. I did have an absolutely wonderful meal at the Tuscan Grille, which had several official vegetarian options, as well as  wonderful side dishes that could be made into an entree if you so desired.

have had similar issue in the past with lpc.  We too walked out but went to OVC.  It's why I just go to OVC or Tuscan.  Much easier.  

[chemmo]

4 hours ago, fshepinc said:

Just back this morning from my cruise on the Solstice. My overall rating of the ship was a 10 -the crew was amazing and the main dining room was excellent. Following advice here, I booked LPC for mid-cruise, informing them that I was a vegetarian. They assured me the chef would make something fantastic for me. Sadly, on the night the server said that no one had told them, and they had nothing for me. They offered me a veggie burger from Blu, or spaghetti with marinara from the Tuscan Grill. When I said that those were hardly an appropriate substitution for a fine French dinner (with a hefty surcharge) they came back with an offer of rice and tofu from the sushi restaurant. We walked out and went (very late) to our main dining room table. I was seething at the total failure, but fortunately the wonderful asst. maitre d' Gorica greeted us -remembering that we were supposed to be at LPC - and asked what happened. We told her and she went ballistic (or as ballistic as a highly-trained pro can get). She escorted us to our regular table, all the while reciting French dishes that could have been made on the spur of the moment had the chef been so inclined. I'm pretty sure she went up to LPC to give them a piece of her mind, and had the charges removed. She made a point of visiting our table at every meal for the remainder of the cruise.

 

So, La Petit Chef was a total disaster, but the main dining room went above and beyond to make up for it. Will I try it again? Probably not. I did have an absolutely wonderful meal at the Tuscan Grille, which had several official vegetarian options, as well as  wonderful side dishes that could be made into an entree if you so desired.

Just so angry for you! No excuse. It is things like this that take the ‘edge’ off a holiday. So pleased your holiday as a whole was wonderful though…Received an email from a friend this week recently back from an RC cruise who had arranged for a bucket of champagne to be by their table on arrival and a cake to be presented at the end (both obviously at extra cost). On arrival no champagne visible. My friend went over quietly to the M’D who then got moving but the moment was spoilt. To add insult to injury the cake came saying ‘Happy Anniversary’ not Happy Birthday….Needless to say refund for champagne and cake given but you can never recapture the special moments you have planned and looked forward to.

 

 

[fshepinc]

I think the ugly experience at LPC would have tainted the whole cruise if not for the outstanding asst. maitre d' (Gorica) in the main dining room. Her outrage at my experience was worse than mine, and she did everything in her power to make sure every meal after that was perfect. 

 

It's funny, but I just watched a review video on YouTube that talked about how wonderful all of the a la carte restaurants were on the Solstice, except Tuscan Grille -and I had an outstanding meal there which I would recommend to anyone without hesitation. Obviously, things are subjective and any place can have an off night. Still, I wouldn't take a chance on LPC again -I'll stick to places that have vegetarian options on their menu without having to rely on special efforts from the staff.

[NMTraveller]

Perhaps not the best,  but better than the OVC.

Edited April 22, 2023 by NMTraveller