artlee Posted March 28, 2023 #1 Share Posted March 28, 2023 food is such a subjective thing. What I hate someone else loves, etc. We are currently on the TA to Trieste. This is day 7 of 23 for us. So far we find the food to be average at best. We sailed Riviera in Dec 21 and were generally pleased which encouraged us to take this cruise. So far we have only been in Toscano’s, Grand Dining Room, Waves, and Terrace Cafe. My wife liked her lobster dish in Toscano’s. My veal piccata was tasty but a bit tough. The Terrace Grill has had several Market takeovers where a theme took over the entire cafe — Indian, British Bermuda, etc. the British one ran 2 strait days. Again its personal taste, but not ours. I didn’t realize British food was a thing? We had mexican night, and asian lunch which were fine but nothing special. During Mexican night the grill at Terrace that had fixed steaks/fish/lobster/chicken was replaced with a Churro stand. My wife had had grilled shrimp and lobster there on another night and was looking forward to more but she would be disappointed. Two nights in the main dining room were fine but I can’t say memorable. Two nights we did not find anything on terrace or the main dining room that appealed to us so we had pizza at Waves which turns into a Pizzeria at night. It was excellent!! Today at lunch a passenger was hand feeding her dog in between her own eating. Not a dog owner so maybe this is ok? Overall, I am finding myself question whether the best cuisine at sea is actually pretty close to the standard fair from Princess/Holland/RCL/NCL/etc. I hope the balance of the trip changes our mind. I was going to book the next cruise while on board but having second thoughts. I’m sure others may have a different opinion and I totally get that, but this is ours so far. art 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare LHT28 Posted March 28, 2023 #2 Share Posted March 28, 2023 What type of food was on British night?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jackdeb Posted March 28, 2023 #3 Share Posted March 28, 2023 Maybe British Night was fish & chips and Indian takeaway 😂 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare LHT28 Posted March 28, 2023 #4 Share Posted March 28, 2023 1 minute ago, jackdeb said: Maybe British Night was fish & chips and Indian takeaway 😂 works for me skip the mushy peas though 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shepherd really Posted March 28, 2023 #5 Share Posted March 28, 2023 I'm trying wrap my head around "a passenger was hand feeding her dog in between her own eating". I assume this was a service dog so why is what she was doing an issue? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Woofa Posted March 28, 2023 #6 Share Posted March 28, 2023 While we enjoyed the food on Riviera we also felt that Terrace would be better served by having the grill open every night. Themed diners are hit and miss for many and on our Caribbean cruise we had two nights which we did one night in the MDR and another with pizza. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MEFIowa Posted March 28, 2023 #7 Share Posted March 28, 2023 26 minutes ago, artlee said: ... We sailed Riviera in Dec 21 and were generally pleased which encouraged us to take this cruise.... Was that the W. Caribbean, 12/12-23/2021? We were on that. And that was our very first cruise, which led us to book an 11/2022 cruise on Sirena while on board and later in early 2022 book Riviera B2B 10-11/2023 and another cruise on Sirena 9/2024. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JPR Posted March 28, 2023 #8 Share Posted March 28, 2023 We were on Marina very recently and the British passengers were not complimentary regarding what they deemed the poor attempts at fish & chips, mushy peas, shepherd’s pie, etc. Roast beef was fine with ok Yorkshire Pudding. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonthomas Posted March 28, 2023 #9 Share Posted March 28, 2023 We are on a Viking ship right now, horrible food almost all of the time and everywhere. We did 3 O cruises in the past 12 months, now that we have had a taste of Viking, we can't wait to get on an O ship again. I did find that there were too many theme nights on O, and we said so on our questionnaire...please do the same. But there was always a good green salad and pizza that I could count on. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
artlee Posted March 28, 2023 Author #10 Share Posted March 28, 2023 honestly, besides fish and chips, nothing looked familiar. I always had thought there was not much food the British were famous for? I didn’t see bangers, lol. As for the cute little furry white dog…..I would be shocked if it was a service dog, but maybe I’m wrong. Maybe undercover? All comfy in a baby stroller. I was curious as to the popularity of Indian food in the USA. (I know it’s a bigger world than just the USA but it’s what google gave me.) It’s in the top 10, number 8. I was surprised so maybe others thought it a good choice. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shepherd really Posted March 28, 2023 #11 Share Posted March 28, 2023 1 minute ago, artlee said: honestly, besides fish and chips, nothing looked familiar. I always had thought there was not much food the British were famous for? I didn’t see bangers, lol. As for the cute little furry white dog…..I would be shocked if it was a service dog, but maybe I’m wrong. Maybe undercover? All comfy in a baby stroller. I was curious as to the popularity of Indian food in the USA. (I know it’s a bigger world than just the USA but it’s what google gave me.) It’s in the top 10, number 8. I was surprised so maybe others thought it a good choice. Service dogs can be trained to l detect seizures low blood sugar and a number of other issues that doesn’t require a lab or golden retriever sized dog. Here’s a radical thought, ask the person before rushing to judgement. Maybe it’s a legitimate service dog, maybe it’s not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marieps Posted March 28, 2023 #12 Share Posted March 28, 2023 We were on Riviera last month. The Goat Cheese souffle at Jacques was phenomenal. We enjoyed Red Ginger as well. I hope you get to try those two venues. Grand Dining was not great for us. Many temperature issues. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare LHT28 Posted March 28, 2023 #13 Share Posted March 28, 2023 Most service dogs do not eat at/under the table they sit by the owner & do their what ever that may be Some use the excuse of a therapy dog so they do not have to leave their pet at home They had miniature horses that were trained to detect certain diseases/episodes they banned them from airlines a few years back 4 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare LHT28 Posted March 28, 2023 #14 Share Posted March 28, 2023 22 minutes ago, artlee said: honestly, besides fish and chips, nothing looked familiar. I always had thought there was not much food the British were famous for? I didn’t see bangers, lol. As for the cute little furry white dog…..I would be shocked if it was a service dog, but maybe I’m wrong. Maybe undercover? All comfy in a baby stroller. I was curious as to the popularity of Indian food in the USA. (I know it’s a bigger world than just the USA but it’s what google gave me.) It’s in the top 10, number 8. I was surprised so maybe others thought it a good choice. A lot of British were in India during the wars maybe they discovered a liking for the food there 😉 We have a lot of different cultures here in Canada & a lot of different food some we enjoy others not so much 😉 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jackdeb Posted March 28, 2023 #15 Share Posted March 28, 2023 The taste for Indian food in the UK comes from years of immigration from the subcontinent after all the years of empire building. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
artlee Posted March 28, 2023 Author #16 Share Posted March 28, 2023 just to clarify…Indian and British were different nights, lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
artlee Posted March 28, 2023 Author #17 Share Posted March 28, 2023 4 hours ago, shepherd really said: Service dogs can be trained to l detect seizures low blood sugar and a number of other issues that doesn’t require a lab or golden retriever sized dog. Here’s a radical thought, ask the person before rushing to judgement. Maybe it’s a legitimate service dog, maybe it’s not. thank for the tip Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare ORV Posted March 29, 2023 #18 Share Posted March 29, 2023 I might need to duck here, but I don't think of British food as anything special. Other than maybe Fish and Chips, and that's ok on the buffet anytime. Not really what I think of as fine cuisine. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AMHuntFerry Posted March 29, 2023 #19 Share Posted March 29, 2023 6 hours ago, artlee said: I was curious as to the popularity of Indian food in the USA. (I know it’s a bigger world than just the USA but it’s what google gave me.) It’s in the top 10, number 8. I was surprised so maybe others thought it a good choice. I grew up in the west, have lived in western NY (mix of east and midwest) and in Colorado (mix of west and midwest). My initial assessment of O food was that it is geared toward the eastern US pallet more than the western US (which makes sense given the Miami base). Indian/pakistani food is extremely popular in the west, especially anywhere there is tech-business. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare LHT28 Posted March 29, 2023 #20 Share Posted March 29, 2023 Wonder what they would serve on Canadian night ??😄 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AMHuntFerry Posted March 29, 2023 #21 Share Posted March 29, 2023 5 minutes ago, LHT28 said: Wonder what they would serve on Canadian night ??😄 According to O's Victoria BC shorex, that would be Tim Hortons 😉 2 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare ToxM Posted March 29, 2023 #22 Share Posted March 29, 2023 17 hours ago, JPR said: We were on Marina very recently and the British passengers were not complimentary regarding what they deemed the poor attempts at fish & chips, mushy peas, shepherd’s pie, etc. Roast beef was fine with ok Yorkshire Pudding. We had a fun few minutes looking at the British Night buffet - it wasn’t up to much and was more what they thought things should be. Hubby always get excited when there is Fish and Chips on the Terrace menu but whoever tells the chefs how to do Mushy Peas is causing great offence to Brits LOL. He’s a northerner so mushy peas are a food group for him. While it may seem that we don’t have much of a cultural food heritage, done correctly it would surprise many of you. The Indian night buffet was amazing - the exec chef told me while they were planning it he told his chefs to cook like they were cooking for their sister’s wedding and left them to it. It was amazing and lovely. They do speciality buffets on two nights so that if you have a reservation in a speciality you can enjoy the still go to the speciality buffet the other night. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
artlee Posted March 29, 2023 Author #23 Share Posted March 29, 2023 6 minutes ago, ToxM said: They do speciality buffets on two nights so that if you have a reservation in a speciality you can enjoy the still go to the speciality buffet the other night. thats true but at least we did not know which nights the specialty buffets were on until that morning, after specialty restaurant reservations had to be made. Actually I misspoke earlier and the Indian specialty is tonight so maybe based on your recommendation I will give it a try! Thanks for the tip. Thank you! Art 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonthomas Posted March 29, 2023 #24 Share Posted March 29, 2023 We only like Italian ..there are way too many of the other kind.... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare ak1004 Posted March 29, 2023 #25 Share Posted March 29, 2023 12 hours ago, ORV said: I might need to duck here, but I don't think of British food as anything special. Other than maybe Fish and Chips, and that's ok on the buffet anytime. Not really what I think of as fine cuisine. You know the old saying.. Heaven is where the police are British, the cooks are French, the mechanics German, the lovers Italian and it's all organized by the Swiss. Hell is where the chefs are British, the mechanics French, the lover's Swiss, the police German and it's all organized by the Italians. Sorry, couldn't resist.. 6 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Please sign in to comment
You will be able to leave a comment after signing in
Sign In Now