Free restaurants on Dawn

[gszach]

Which restaurants on NCL Dawn are free and which are pay? I couldn't readily locate this information in past postings.

[DAGVBSB]

Which restaurants on NCL Dawn are free and which are pay? I couldn't readily locate this information in past postings.

 

Free:

Venetian Main Restaurant

Aqua Main Restaurant

Blue Lagoon (Diner type restaurant)

Garden Buffet

Salsa Mexican Restaurant

 

Cover Charge: (may be wrong on some of the cover charges)

Impressions of Italy ($10) - Italian

Cagney's Steakhouse ($24)

Bamboo (Asian) - ($12)

LeBistro ($20)

Tepperanaki - Japanese Steakhouse type... ala carte pricing.

[rskalko]

There is also a free burger and hot dog place located one deck above the main pool but when we were aboard it's hours were very short each day.... but they had excellent pretzels!

[njguy_south]

NONE of the resturants are free. You paid for them in your cruise fare. However, there are some that charge an additional fee.

[MrLee]

NONE of the resturants are free. You paid for them in your cruise fare. However, there are some that charge an additional fee.

 

 

Now that's what I call a glass half empty! :D :D :D

[Ask4Jay]

So true, so true, njguy.

Why not take it a step further? Aren't the premium restaurants free as well? At least I have never paid, I just charged it! So there.

[GiantSox]

Dawn brochure says there is a restaurant for "dress up" - is there a "free" one for dress up?

[mylesf]

Aqua

Main Dining Room $0 D

 

Venetian

Main Dining Room $0 B, L, D

 

Blue Lagoon

24 hr Food Court $0 B, L, D

 

Garden Café

Buffet $0 B, L, D

 

Bimini Grill

Poolside Grill $0 D

 

Salsa

Tex-Mex Restaurant $0 (currently) D $10 pp (as of 7/1/08)

 

Impressions

Italian Restaurant $10 pp D

 

Bamboo

Asian cuisine $15 (as of 04/20/08) D

 

Teppanyaki

Japanese $25 (as of 04/20/08) D

 

Sushi Bar

Japanese $15 (as of 04/20/08) D

 

Cagney's

Upscale Steak House $20 (as of 04/20/08) D

 

Le Bistro

French Restaurant $15 (as of 04/20/08) D

[GiantSox]

Thanks but the brochure seemed to be referring to one restaurant--anyone know which one they meant?

[mylesf]

Thanks but the brochure seemed to be referring to one restaurant--anyone know which one they meant?

 

They usually direct people to one of the main dining rooms for formal night, however, you can dine in any of them.

[tokidoki]

:confused: :confused: :confused: Say it isn't so, that the Salsa restaurant is charging 10 bucks now?????????

[andychris]

Oh, just my luck-Salsa is now charging !!!1

[jdarch]

My dh and I were on the July 6th sailing of the Dawn to Bermuda and there was no charge for Salsa. We ate there twice:)

[MrLee]

My dh and I were on the July 6th sailing of the Dawn to Bermuda and there was no charge for Salsa. We ate there twice:)

 

 

Someone said it would be effective as of August 1.

[mpwarder]

Wow, that is just terrible. If I had to pay for Salsa, I probably would not have looked back on my cruise positively. I might be done with specialty resteraunts outside of special occasions. It was really nice to have that extra option salsa provided. I hated the Blue Lagoon.

[gszach]

I am sailing Dawn Oct 5. I am quite disappointed to hear that Salsa will be charging. For many people the food is one of the highlights of cruising. My wife loves Mexican food and was so excited when we booked that there was a mexican restaurant that didn't charge extra. It is really a bummer as our wallets are already stretched quite far as is...err, we're married now, I mean, our wallet.

[watchdiva]

Look at it this way - most pax easily spend more than $20/day on bar bills. Cut back a drink of two and voila - you've paid for your dinner at Salsa.

 

We ate their on our 6/08 Dawn cruise and the lobster tacos ALONE would have been worth paying the $10pp restaurant charge for - I kid you not, those tacos were truly incredible.

 

If I had to decide between two $10/pp surcharge restaurants (for example, Salsa and Impressions), Salsa would win hands down. Impressions was pretty good (the antipasti trolley was great) but Salsa had lobster tacos...........

 

Did I happen to mention that the lobster tacos ROCKED:D ?

[ihatethecold]

 

We ate their on our 6/08 Dawn cruise and the lobster tacos ALONE would have been worth paying the $10pp restaurant charge for - I kid you not, those tacos were truly incredible.

 

 

Did I happen to mention that the lobster tacos ROCKED:D ?

 

 

The lobster tacos were an extra $10 even with salsa being free.

Salsa was still free last week when I ate there (in maybe shorts without a reservation kinda by accident - uh oh).

[tokidoki]

:p ;) :D Hey, I just read that the Salsa is still free, the $10 is for lobster tacos!!!!!!!!!!