Oceana - Le Jardin

[white_rose]

Does anyone have a menu for Le Jardin, please? If not could you tell me what kind of food is served. I have seen a menu for The White Room, is it similar and is it necessary to book in advance?

[Steptoe]

Does anyone have a menu for Le Jardin, please? If not could you tell me what kind of food is served. I have seen a menu for The White Room, is it similar and is it necessary to book in advance?

 

I found the food and atmosphere very dissapointing. No nearer to French dining than a burger king is to a silver service restaurant. These comments are only in my opinion.

[idparky]

Le Jardain is the 24 hour cafe, it provides fast food, pizza, etc.

It is not a 'fine dining' restaurant.

 

It is actually called Café Jardin.

[tawny owl]

Le Jardain is the 24 hour cafe, it provides fast food, pizza, etc.

 

No, it's not - that's the Plaza. Cafe Jardin is the Marco Pierre White restaurant on Deck 7.

 

It's meant to be a Parisian-style cafe - wrought-iron chairs and tables with chequerboard marble tops. Unfortunately, it's in a very poor position at the top of the atrium - people use it as a corridor from one side to the other, although one door was closed off after a few days when we were on the ship. Also music from two decks floats up towards it and can be very loud.

 

I thought the food was good - we had lunch and dinner there. However, I don't think I'd have paid a higher cover charge (it's £5 in Cafe Jardin plus a few pounds for certain dishes like steak and lobster) because although the food was better than in the Adriatic/Ligurian restaurants, it wasn't overwhelmingly so. It certainly wasn't as good as the James Martin Bistro on Ocean Village, for which I'd happily have paid far more than the £20 cover charge there - that was in another league altogether.

 

Can't remember the full menu - included things like frogs legs and snails for starters, and fruits de mer and steaks as main courses. It didn't seem necessary to book for lunch, and although we did so for dinner, it wasn't full.

[KarenR_UK]

Le Jardain is the 24 hour cafe, it provides fast food, pizza, etc.

It is not a 'fine dining' restaurant.

 

It is actually called Café Jardin.

 

It used to be the 24 hour place, but it may well have changed - P+O are doing this on all their ships.

 

I used to love the Cafe Jardin for breakfast - it was the most civilised place once the dining rooms had closed:D

[stopgo]

Abolutely agree, breakfast is the best meal of the day.