Specialty dining- Solstice vs Millie

[floralscent]

We have sailed on S class and Edge class and in October, we will board Millie- our fist M class ship. 
 

We are specialty dining cruisers (purchase dining pkg pre cruise) and I noticed Millie has Tuscan, Le Petite and Sushi on Five. Can anyone compare experiences in Tuscan or Le Petite with the S class ships? Images online present Tuscan as cramped looking and tables close together- which is the opposite reason we typically love Tuscan. We like the specialties due to less people, space and food. 
 

Thank you

[jelayne]

Tuscan is located on Deck 3, the space is smaller than on the S class as the ship is smaller.  Compared to Tuscan on S class the lack of windows is disappointing, space can be very dark. 
 
Le Petit Chef wasn’t selling well on our last M class sailing.  We had reservations 1night for the 2nd seating and they  cancelled that seating due to lack of reservation.  We switched to another night and the same happened.

Ultimately they did have do a 2nd seating and there were only 12 diners, 6 of which were crew.   

[George C]

24 minutes ago, jelayne said:

Tuscan is located on Deck 3, the space is smaller than on the S class as the ship is smaller.  Compared to Tuscan on S class the lack of windows is disappointing, space can be very dark. 
 
Le Petit Chef wasn’t selling well on our last M class sailing.  We had reservations 1night for the 2nd seating and they  cancelled that seating due to lack of reservation.  We switched to another night and the same happened.

Ultimately they did have do a 2nd seating and there were only 12 diners, 6 of which were crew.   

We did Le Petit Chef a couple of times on our last M class but wasn’t crowded, on our beyond cruise we had it canceled just a couple of hours before we were scheduled which was annoying. Le Petit Chef is my favorite specialty restaurant on celebrity.

[chemmo]

We have cruised mainly S class for several years now. The speciality dining limitations on M class being one of the main reasons…

 

Getting rid of the ‘liner’ restaurants (equivalent to Murano) was in our opinion a mistake on M class. As others have said Tuscan on M class is not the light, spectacular venue you get on S class although the menu is the same. LPC is fun dining rather than fine dining, entertaining but not a venue we would visit regularly…

 

We have booked on Infinity next year for itinerary and a desire to experience the M class ambiance again…The ship does have its strengths…

 

We have booked a suite so our dining options will include Luminae. However, I have been pleasantly surprised by the MDR pictures and menus shown on ‘Norway Lady’s’ recent cruise on Infinity…I can see us opting for the MDR menu over Luminae some nights…

 

Perhaps you could look at some of the special dinners to complement the speciality restaurants. For example, Chef’s Table and Chef market tour  (which includes a special meal made with bought produce).

 

At the end of the day it is all about sometimes having to make compromises…If we were given the Infinity itinerary on an S class ship would we go for it? If we were just looking at dining options then probably, yes but we aren’t just focusing on the dining we are looking at the full M experience…

 

Sincere best wishes for a fantastic cruise!