Maineac Posted March 14, 2006 #1 Share Posted March 14, 2006 We will be sailing on the Serenade. I was wondering if the dining room will be open for lunch.:) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brad1185 Posted March 14, 2006 #2 Share Posted March 14, 2006 Only on sea days, with a nonchanging limited menu to discourage use. In other words, they want you at the buffet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glgolfer Posted March 14, 2006 #3 Share Posted March 14, 2006 Correct that the dining room is only open now on sea days, but the menu is not too bad and they have a different appitizer, entree and dessert special each day. They also have creme brulee for dessert every day for lunch. How cah you go wrong with that. And the hamburgers are better than JRs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maineac Posted March 14, 2006 Author #4 Share Posted March 14, 2006 Thanks :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ocean Boy Posted March 14, 2006 #5 Share Posted March 14, 2006 If the dining room is only open for lunch on sea days then obviously Serenade can't possibly have a changing menu since she has only one sea day on her Southern Route. Of course, the other way to look at it is why bother even opening the dining room for lunch if it is going to be for just one day of the entire cruise? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lorasmom Posted March 14, 2006 #6 Share Posted March 14, 2006 Correct that the dining room is only open now on sea days, but the menu is not too bad and they have a different appitizer, entree and dessert special each day. They also have creme brulee for dessert every day for lunch. How cah you go wrong with that. And the hamburgers are better than JRs. Is this true on every ship? If so, you just made this pregnant girl's day!! :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seaside2358 Posted March 15, 2006 #7 Share Posted March 15, 2006 I did the dining room once on Jewel for lunch and don't think I'd ever do it again. On the other hand, I'd love to do breakfast in the dining room but it never quite works out that way...When there is a day at sea I always wake up too late for the dining room. :( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glgolfer Posted March 15, 2006 #8 Share Posted March 15, 2006 Lorasmom - the last 3 cruises we have been on with RCI since they went to the standard lunch menu, it has been true. I'm glad they don't have the dining room open for lunch every day as I would gain 20 lbs on the creme brulee alone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lorasmom Posted March 15, 2006 #9 Share Posted March 15, 2006 Lorasmom - the last 3 cruises we have been on with RCI since they went to the standard lunch menu, it has been true. I'm glad they don't have the dining room open for lunch every day as I would gain 20 lbs on the creme brulee alone. Y'know, every day I read something on this board that just makes my day. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glgolfer Posted March 15, 2006 #10 Share Posted March 15, 2006 lorasmom - Glad I could help. IMHO, the lunches in the dining room are much better than the Windjammer and you have someone waiting on you instead of walking around to all the stations yourself. After 17 RCI cruises and 23 total cruises, we've tried everything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bubbie617 Posted March 15, 2006 #11 Share Posted March 15, 2006 The dining room is not open every day for lunch, but I try to get there when it is. I'm always watching my diet and I'm thrilled to have the caesar salad with salmon. I request that they not use a lot of dressing, and it's always been perfect. I like the Windjammer too, but it's nice to be served sometimes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schplinky Posted March 15, 2006 #12 Share Posted March 15, 2006 I'm glad that some don't like the dining room because it makes it a quiet haven for the rest of us. :) The dining room does have a set menu every day but there are also specials each day the room is open. The food comes quickly and you are not hunting for a table or jostling for positions in a buffet line. It's heaven. Here is the menu, which another poster posted. Entrees Thai chicken lettuce wrap- Put your own twist on it! Thai chicken strips, carrots, bean sprouts, lettuce leaves, and two delcious sauces-peanut sauce and red sweet chili sauce Calamari Fritti- Lightly fried, with lime-garlic mayonnaise Today's soup- Prepared fresh every day; ask your waiter for today's special Nicoise Salad- Tomatoes, crisp green beans, boiled potatoes, hard-cooked egg, anchovies and Nicoise olives, drizzled with lemon and extra virgin olive oil Royal caesar salad- Have it your way: plain, or with grilled chicken or salmon BBQ chicken salad- Magoes, bell peppers, red onions, scallions and green leaves, tossed with mango dressing Sun-dried tomato tortilla wrap- basil spread, prosciutto and fresh mozzarella Royal Caribbean Internation burger- old-fashioned chopped sirloin on a special bun with sauteed onions and french fries Almond-crusted salmon trout- with sage sauce and sauteed seasonal vegetables Honey-glazed baby back ribs- with crunchy sweet apple coleslaw and corn on the cob Char-grilled minute steak sandwhich- on a French baguette with sauteed mushrooms, fried onions, and French fries Orange chicken- in a spicy citrus sauce with white rice and snow peas Vegetable pad Thai- traditional noodel dish with peanut sauce Sweet Ending Mango Cheesecake Banana Caramel split No-so-classic Chocolate creme brulee Cherry pie with vanilla ice cream Ice cream and sherbert selection Sugar-free dessert- ask your server for today's special Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seattlelover Posted March 15, 2006 #13 Share Posted March 15, 2006 Schplinky - That menu sounds good to me! It's 1.15 in the UK and right now I wish I had that choice on MY lunch menu! :D Bev Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schplinky Posted March 15, 2006 #14 Share Posted March 15, 2006 I cannot vouch for many of the items because once we had the orange chicken, I had that every time we went there! Amazing. I know the dining room is not open every day but it seems to me that it was open a few days on our Navigator cruise. There were two sea days and I believe that one day we got into port around lunch and the dining room opened early to feed folks before they got off. I just think it's a better option than the hassle of the buffet lines. I'm not a hunter and gatherer. I'm more a sit and be served kind of vacationer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PSCruiser Posted March 15, 2006 #15 Share Posted March 15, 2006 Don't know what ship Schplinky got the menu from, but it's correct for the Grandeur. Yes, choc. creme brulee every time. Love lunch at the dining room, so relaxing compared to the Windjammer - why not be served! My ratings on items I've had: Yummy!!!: Calamari Orange chicken Pad Thai BBQ Ribs Chicken wrap mango cheesecake banana split choc. creme brulee Just OK: Steak sandwich burger Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schplinky Posted March 15, 2006 #16 Share Posted March 15, 2006 I believe they have made this the lunch menu accross the line, since the fall Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlnzWife Posted March 15, 2006 #17 Share Posted March 15, 2006 We just returned from cruise on Empress of the Sea on Friday. The dining room was not open for lunch every day. We managed to get there one time. The menu posted by Schplinky was the one featured. There was also a special of the day. Unfortunately, my one lunch experience in the dining room was not good. The char-broiled minute steak sandwich was not good. Although others in my group ordered the hamburger and said it was the best they every had! But as I sit here in a return to Ohio winter, I would take the steak sandwich in the Dining room of the Empress in a second! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wanda1101 Posted March 15, 2006 #18 Share Posted March 15, 2006 Schplinkey's menu is the same as what we had in the dining room on Voyager. Lunch offerings were generally very good and I much prefered eating in the dining room. On our 7 day cruise the lunch menu was repeated the last two days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maineac Posted March 15, 2006 Author #19 Share Posted March 15, 2006 With the recent outbreak of the stomach flu on some of the ships the thought of eating in the dining room is preferable.....I have read recently on this board of folks using the restroom and not washing their hands and heading right for the Windjammer.:eek: I know this can happen anywhere but what an awful thing to get sick on your vacation. Oh well..... I'll bring lots of Purel.:) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nliedel Posted March 15, 2006 #20 Share Posted March 15, 2006 I love the dining room for lunch! I always go there on sea days and I eat breakfast there every morning. I love the ambiance, the service and the food. I would happily eat their Salad Nicoise every day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
39august Posted March 15, 2006 #21 Share Posted March 15, 2006 I thought I had read somewhere that there is a daily pasta special as well. Is this correct? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schplinky Posted March 15, 2006 #22 Share Posted March 15, 2006 Yes. You can shoose the sauce and additional ingredients. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glgolfer Posted March 15, 2006 #23 Share Posted March 15, 2006 I agree with the other poster in that the minute steak is not worth getting. I've found the ham/cheeseburger in the dining room is much better than either JRs or the Windjammer. The chocolate creme brulee is very good and I get it every time, but I still prefer the reguler creme brulee. They generally have a station just as you go into the dining room preparing the pasta dish of the day. The garlic smell really gets the taste buds ready. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wrp96 Posted March 15, 2006 #24 Share Posted March 15, 2006 On Serenade now, dining room has not been opened for lunch at all this week. Might possibly be on the Sea Day! Amazing cruise though! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wrp96 Posted March 15, 2006 #25 Share Posted March 15, 2006 Oh, one other thing. On the Brilliance, they had two lunch menus that they alternated using. Both had a creme brulee - one was chocolate, one was coconut. They also had a banana caramel split that everybody raved about, but it was only on one of the two menus. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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