breetai3

I agree, just did the Getaway in December and it was our first time back since the pandemic and the food quality was in stark contrast to what we were eating pre-pandemic. Food price increases have definitely caused NCL to cut a lot of corners. Le Bistro, always the highlight meal of our cruise, was a disaster this time. I literally watched as every diner chuckled at the scallop presentation, the waiter pouring a carafe full of sauce onto 3 tiny scallops as if we were supposed to be impressed. I asked for rare duck and was given medium, when I asked they said they were not allowed to serve below medium (even though they said nothing when I asked for rare and always had it that way previously). It was rubbery and awful. I think even just by giving away Speciality dining now to everyone it has allowed them to reduce quality since the incentive to pay more for high quality food has been removed. The Main Dining room was just awful. Weak choices every night and the quality was so bad. Also just weird choices made especially with the desserts, a lot of gelatin thrown in things probably to cut costs but made them all taste horrible. Honestly the lunch food in the Garden Cafe was usually better than the sit down Main Dining Room dishes. I feel like NCL takes advantage of having the low paid labor that is working their butts off because it makes you feel bad to complain about cold, bad dishes being served because it's a lot of work to have them returned. Platinum cruiser definitely looking into alternatives now as food is an important part of our experience.