Suite Perks: Specialty Restaurants

Is it really true that specialty restaurants are complimentary for passengers in suites?

Yes it is- you still have to make a reservation but it is free

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Oh my! I’m really quite excited. We hadn’t planned to book a suite. We usually have a balcony cabin. We were making a price comparison on an Antartica Cruise, January 2019 between Celebrity and Azamara on the Journey. Taking account of AZ early discounts, free wifi (which we always buy), gratuities and the included drinks, a suite on AZ was £20 or so more than Celebrity!

I know we could have saved money by going for a Balcony Cabin, but decided to treat us (hubby leaves all of this stuff to me, preferring just to enjoy whatever comes his way).

Sounds like it will be great 😃

Oh my! I’m really quite excited. We hadn’t planned to book a suite. We usually have a balcony cabin. We were making a price comparison on an Antartica Cruise, January 2019 between Celebrity and Azamara on the Journey. Taking account of AZ early discounts, free wifi (which we always buy), gratuities and the included drinks, a suite on AZ was £20 or so more than Celebrity!

 

I know we could have saved money by going for a Balcony Cabin, but decided to treat us (hubby leaves all of this stuff to me, preferring just to enjoy whatever comes his way).

 

Sounds like it will be great 😃

You also get free use of the private terrace at the front of the ship on deck 9 and the t-pool there. I don’t think it says that anywhere.

Phil

You also get free use of the private terrace at the front of the ship on deck 9 and the t-pool there. I don’t think it says that anywhere.

 

Phil

Enjoy your suite, Priya2! :ship:

Here’s a link where you’ll find the list of benefits for our suite guests: https://www.azamaraclubcruises.com/int/our-ships/suites

Enjoy your suite, Priya2! :ship:

Here’s a link where you’ll find the list of benefits for our suite guests: https://www.azamaraclubcruises.com/int/our-ships/suites

Yes Bonnie. It's as I thought. Use of the terrace at the front isn’t specified in the list. They need to mention it. It’s a nice benefit.

Phil

Yes Bonnie. It's as I thought. Use of the terrace at the front isn’t specified in the list. They need to mention it. It’s a nice benefit.

 

Phil

Thanks Phil, I’ll let our web team know. I appreciate it.

Yes Bonnie. It's as I thought. Use of the terrace at the front isn’t specified in the list. They need to mention it. It’s a nice benefit.

 

 

 

Phil

It’s a fantastic benefit and hardly used. Hubby and I sat in the hot tub on our own at sail away and it was just wonderful!

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It’s a fantastic benefit and hardly used. Hubby and I sat in the hot tub on our own at sail away and it was just wonderful!

 

 

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Ya, perhaps I shouldn’t have said anything! Lol. To be fair, on some sailings it’s quiet and on others it’s busy. When Journey and Quest did their tandem sail out of Barcelona I stood up there and I was all by myself. It was really great. Here:

Phil

The specialty restaurants benefit sounds really good, I am looking forward to my next cruise already. Any benefit for Chef's Table (or am I being greedy?).

Thanks

No benefit for Chefs Table sorry

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Thank you - as usual, for being so helpful and knowledgeable.

Enjoy your suite, Priya2! :ship:

Here’s a link where you’ll find the list of benefits for our suite guests: https://www.azamaraclubcruises.com/int/our-ships/suites

Thank you :cool::ship::hearteyes:

Ya, perhaps I shouldn’t have said anything! Lol. To be fair, on some sailings it’s quiet and on others it’s busy. When Journey and Quest did their tandem sail out of Barcelona I stood up there and I was all by myself. It was really great. Here:

 

 

Phil

Happy memories of being on Azamara - great video! We’re doing the Cuban/Caribbean cruise this Christmas on Journey and it can’t come soon enough - need some sunshine as it’s Baltic outside ❄️❄️❄️

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Happy memories of being on Azamara - great video! We’re doing the Cuban/Caribbean cruise this Christmas on Journey and it can’t come soon enough - need some sunshine as it’s Baltic outside ❄️❄️❄️

 

 

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Enjoy. It's not Bali here in the UK either. Some warm sun sounds good!

Phil

Enjoy. It's not Bali here in the UK either. Some warm sun sounds good!

 

 

 

Phil

Wish it was Bali! I’m in Liverpool! Bloody freezing!

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Wish it was Bali! I’m in Liverpool! Bloody freezing!

 

 

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Same here in darkest Hertfordshire! I posted a cryptic on another thread. The video gives a clue, but you didn't hear it from me. Ok?!;)

https://boards.cruisecritic.com/showthread.php?p=55247330#post55247330

Phil

The Specialty Restaurant perk is indeed a good one. We make alternating reservations, one night in Prime C, the next in Aqualina, etc. Menus and service are terrific, but it can be a lot of food, pace yourselves.

We found that the food in Discoveries was so good that we never tried for a second night in either Prime C or Aqualina. It was so great that on Azamara you can eat anywhere and be completely satisfied!

The main reason I prefer the speciality dining is that I found the tables in terms MDR far too close together. But I'm not an expert on azamara so things may not be as I recall.

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The main reason I prefer the speciality dining is that I found the tables in terms MDR far too close together. But I'm not an expert on azamara so things may not be as I recall.

 

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It’s certainly quieter in the speciality restaurants - can be a bit too quiet sometimes!

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The main dining room is fine but the whole dining experience in the speciality restaurants is much nicer.

The main dining room is fine but the whole dining experience in the speciality restaurants is much nicer.

It’s certainly more special there - you’re made more of a fuss of, but we love to share tables and you can’t do that in the speciality restaurants. We usually book a 3 meal package and treat those nights as ‘special’ events. I think if we ate there every night, it would possibly spoil it for us - as well as putting on even more weight than we normally do.

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My husband has hearing loss and he finds the MDR difficult to cope with because of the level of background noise. In the speciality restaurants the sound level is much lower and so we can actually chat to each other. The staff are great and will even get you something from the MDR if you want it.