Queens Grill Mini Bar Replenished?

[Billyvega5]

Hi, I haven't sailed with Cunard since 2018. I am looking at a Queen Anne sailing to complete my Queens. Are the Bottles of Wine still replenished in the Queens Grill Suites minibar? It doesn't state clearly on the website and I know there have been cutbacks since covid.

Thanks in advance

Billy

[exlondoner]

8 minutes ago, Billyvega5 said:

Hi, I haven't sailed with Cunard since 2018. I am looking at a Queen Anne sailing to complete my Queens. Are the Bottles of Wine still replenished in the Queens Grill Suites minibar? It doesn't state clearly on the website and I know there have been cutbacks since covid.

Thanks in advance

Billy

They were in May. I assume there are limits.

[Victoria2]

12 minutes ago, Billyvega5 said:

Hi, I haven't sailed with Cunard since 2018. I am looking at a Queen Anne sailing to complete my Queens. Are the Bottles of Wine still replenished in the Queens Grill Suites minibar? It doesn't state clearly on the website and I know there have been cutbacks since covid.

Thanks in advance

Billy

No cutbacks on QG mini bar.

In our experience, bottles are always replenished before they are finished although I gather from other comments a while ago,that doesn't always happen so that might depend on your butler/how well you 'get on' with the butler.

 

 

[exlondoner]

14 minutes ago, Victoria2 said:

No cutbacks on QG mini bar.

In our experience, bottles are always replenished before they are finished although I gather from other comments a while ago,that doesn't always happen so that might depend on your butler/how well you 'get on' with the butler.

 

 

Exactly. Pedantic as ever, I would say replaced rather than replenished, though. 😀

[Victoria2]

8 minutes ago, exlondoner said:

Exactly. Pedantic as ever, I would say replaced rather than replenished, though. 😀

A bottle, yes, stocks of bottles can be replenished before stocks are used up. Flimsy, but two bottles = a stock of bottles. 😀

 

[exlondoner]

Just now, Victoria2 said:

A bottle, yes, stocks of bottles can be replenished before stocks are used up. Flimsy, but two bottles = a stock of bottles. 😀

 

Undoubtedly the fridge is replenished daily. 😀

[Victoria2]

5 minutes ago, exlondoner said:

Undoubtedly the fridge is replenished daily. 😀

 

Certainly is in our case!!😀

[Billyvega5]

Thanks everyone, Queens Suite it is!

[exlondoner]

1 minute ago, Billyvega5 said:

Thanks everyone, Queens Suite it is!

I’m sure you’ll enjoy it.

[techteach]

This was the QG menu in QE 2 weeks ago.

 

[Clewgarnet]

That's a disappointing rum selection!

[Pear Carr]

We requested, and received, Hendricks gin and a white wine that was not listed on QG menu.  Worth asking if your preference is not listed.

[Victoria2]

1 hour ago, Clewgarnet said:

That's a disappointing rum selection!

The lists change ship to ship and time to time.

 

Always worth asking for another brand, wine or spirits if 'your' choice isn't on the list.

[s.s.France]

We are now on QV and asked for Johnny Walker Black Label and Glenmorangie and got it no problem. 

[majortom10]

That was virtually the same menu we were given on QE in QG 2-3 yrs ago. It was our first time in QG and when asked for a cognac was very firmly told no. As it turned out our butler turned out to non existent and useless.

[e&mcruise]

Noooooo they have put Cheap nasty Molly's back on instead of Baileys. Thought this was just cost cutting down under. Certainly hope it is Baileys again for our TA next year.

[david,Mississauga]

40 minutes ago, e&mcruise said:

Noooooo they have put Cheap nasty Molly's back on instead of Baileys. Thought this was just cost cutting down under. Certainly hope it is Baileys again for our TA next year.

 

That was the same list we had in July on the QE.  As one of our selections I ticked off "Molly's" and was pleasantly surprised when our butler brought us Bailey's.

 

Last year we took the same cruise.  The list was shorter than this one and there was no Irish Cream on it.  Thanks to advice from members of CC I wrote in a request and Bailey's was provided.

[e&mcruise]

6 minutes ago, david,Mississauga said:

 

That was the same list we had in July on the QE.  As one of our selections I ticked off "Molly's" and was pleasantly surprised when our butler brought us Bailey's.

 

Last year we took the same cruise.  The list was shorter than this one and there was no Irish Cream on it.  Thanks to advice from members of CC I wrote in a request and Bailey's was provided.

Unfortunately when we did the same thing and requested Baileys instead of Molly's from our Butler we still got Mollys and it is just so sickly sweet. Uggghhhh.

[david,Mississauga]

47 minutes ago, e&mcruise said:

Unfortunately when we did the same thing and requested Baileys instead of Molly's from our Butler we still got Mollys and it is just so sickly sweet. Uggghhhh.

 

Thanks for the warning.  I have never even heard of Molly's.  We don't always travel in QG, but we have a cruise booked on the QV in a year and a half so will avoid Molly's if that is the only Irish Cream available at that time.

[e&mcruise]

22 minutes ago, david,Mississauga said:

 

Thanks for the warning.  I have never even heard of Molly's.  We don't always travel in QG, but we have a cruise booked on the QV in a year and a half so will avoid Molly's if that is the only Irish Cream available at that time.

It's just Cunard being cheap. Molly's (in Australia at least) is approx $10 less a litre than Baileys. They serve Baileys onboard and you can get it as part of your drinks package but if you are in QG cabins then they are nickel and diming with this sort of this given the thousands of $$$ QG passengers pay.

[techteach]

There are 2 different Cunard Rose Wines being offered and they are very different. I’m sorry I can’t find pictures, but order the more expensive in the Commodore Club. I believe the cheaper is available from the QG list, and I won’t order it again. There is a difference of $4.00 per glass, but if you don’t like the cheaper…and yes, the more expensive isn’t covered by the plan. I also found a huge difference in Bloody Mary’s between Commodore Club and the Casino. The Casino uses lots of black pepper, which comes out of the Pub.

[D&N]

7 hours ago, techteach said:

There are 2 different Cunard Rose Wines being offered and they are very different. I’m sorry I can’t find pictures, but order the more expensive in the Commodore Club. I believe the cheaper is available from the QG list, and I won’t order it again. There is a difference of $4.00 per glass, but if you don’t like the cheaper…and yes, the more expensive isn’t covered by the plan. I also found a huge difference in Bloody Mary’s between Commodore Club and the Casino. The Casino uses lots of black pepper, which comes out of the Pub.

Theoretically the Saint-Roch is better as it's a Côtes de Provence, and the Cunard blend is an IGP wine from Languedoc. The Cunard one is fine when we're just thirsty from dancing.

 

But there are two Saint-Rochs of much the same name available. Taste profiles are similar but the silvery labelled one rates fractionally higher.

 

Can you remember which it was?

 

[techteach]

1 hour ago, D&N said:

Theoretically the Saint-Roch is better as it's a Côtes de Provence, and the Cunard blend is an IGP wine from Languedoc. The Cunard one is fine when we're just thirsty from dancing.

 

But there are two Saint-Rochs of much the same name available. Taste profiles are similar but the silvery labelled one rates fractionally higher.

 

Can you remember which it was?

 

 

@D&N There are 2 Cunard Roses branded as Cunard. I’m not referring to the whole wine list.

 

[D&N]

16 minutes ago, techteach said:

 

@D&N There are 2 Cunard Roses branded as Cunard. I’m not referring to the whole wine list.

 

Sorry I thought you were referring to the two on that QG list.

 

Yes, I've not tried Château la Tour de l'Évêque, but it seems to be widely sold by French internet vintners (without Cunard branding). According to the March 2024 wine list a small glass should be available at $12 against $9 for the other Cunard one.

I'm looking forward to having that next time.