Allure-Which specialty restaurant would you recommend?

[wendyatpml]

We got this voucher from RCCL for a free specialty restaurant dinner. Which restaurant would you recommend. I understand Chef's table is not on the list because it is more expensive than the rest. Please let me know what you think.

[Clarea]

Giovanni's Table.

[PompeySailor]

+1 Giovanni's

[leaveitallbehind]

Giovanni's Table as well.

Edited September 17, 2014 by leaveitallbehind

[Johndoe813]

I've never done Giovanni's but my DW and I did Samba grill and it was nice at night in the Solarium plus the view of being able to look out over the water was nice and the service was excellent.

[spearmint]

I am interested in this as well. I have a follow-up question.

 

Would you sit "outside" (in Central Park?) or inside the restaurant?

[Paulette3028]

Izumi

[Clarea]

I am interested in this as well. I have a follow-up question.

 

Would you sit "outside" (in Central Park?) or inside the restaurant?

I'd sit inside to get out of the heat.

[PompeySailor]

I am interested in this as well. I have a follow-up question.

 

Would you sit "outside" (in Central Park?) or inside the restaurant?

 

Inside

DW likes the intimacy and the romance;)

[JBoshears]

What type of food does Samba and Izumi offer?

[Clarea]

What type of food does Samba and Izumi offer?

Samba: http://media.royalcaribbean.com/content/shared_assets/pdf/menus/sambagrill.pdf

 

Izumi: http://media.royalcaribbean.com/content/shared_assets/pdf/menus/izumi.pdf

[nelblu]

If you want the most for your money my recom is Giovanni's.

[BillOh]

I've never done Giovanni's but my DW and I did Samba grill and it was nice at night in the Solarium plus the view of being able to look out over the water was nice and the service was excellent.

 

Since you mentioned these two I thought I'd comment. We will probably never go Giovani's. It has enough good well written reviews to say this is probably a great choice for most people. But as weigh loss surgery patients, its too much food for us. Samba was a very good choice for us with its lower cost and our ability to not over indulge. The bad thing many people say about Samba is its nothing like the Brazilian steak houses back home, which may be true, but it worked great for us and I liked the concept and the atmosphere at least on Allure.

[Trainman-2]

Samba's is our favorite!

 

Chilled Boiled Shrimp already peeled for me!

 

 

The best little cheese rolls at Sea!

 

 

 

A gigantic Sallad bar that is a meal in itself!

 

A Great Variety of Meats served at your table! (It not cooked to the doneness you like, ask and they will cook it just for you)

Edited September 17, 2014 by Trainman-2

[LivetoCruise412]

We liked samba and chops best each time we've been on an oasis class ship we like to go to them. Chops is great if you are a steak person. Samba's has all minds of meats and they carve them at your table I would just suggest skipping lunch so you are very hungry for dinner because you get a lot of food. Enjoy your trip and specialty dining

 

 

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[OCruisers]

Inside at Giovanni's! :)

LuLu

[rainbow231]

Hands down I would say its Chops Grille... it was perfection last week when we ate there...

[BND]

We did Samba. It was just okay. We much preferred Giovanni's when we tried it on GR. And we're doing Giovanni's again in Nov because we loved it so much. Our favorite so far out of the specialty's we've tried.

[rodenboy]

Out of the three I visited my order of preference:

 

Chops Grill

Samba Grill

Giovanni's

 

But I loved all three in fairness. You wouldn't go far wrong at any of these.

 

 

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[John&LaLa]

Another vote for Giovanni's. They even gave us a plate of prosciutto to take back to room. Brought to tablemates in MDR the next evening

 

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[clementine]

Our favorite is Chops

[shipshape sam]

Our vote is for Samba's. It is a churrascaria (steakhouse) from Brazil. It was a very nice experience and it was a lot quality food!

 

Chops when we sailed was dark and we were only 2, so we were put on a wall along with 5 or 6 other tables for 2 in a line. We talked to our next table 'mates' as we were so close.

 

In Samba, when we went, sat at a table for 2, but not in a row and thus had our space.

 

Giovanni's Table was okay. Don't recall anything that wowed us, but do not recall any negatives.

 

Our best was Chef's Table. Expensive, but it was great! The wine was paired with the dinner course and the wine flowed. We had 12 people on our night and the Chef was very informative and the food excellent . Small portions though.

 

Our worst, our opinion, was 150 Central Park. High priced, small portions, over the top service that overshadowed the food.

Edited September 18, 2014 by shipshape sam