kevinyork Posted January 25, 2015 #26 Share Posted January 25, 2015 Having booked Britannia I can now see the 2 menus for the Epicurean Restaurant. The cost is £28pp. Hope you can see the attachments. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richleeds Posted January 25, 2015 #27 Share Posted January 25, 2015 Yes, we can see them. I'd be cancelling my reservation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Selbourne Posted January 25, 2015 #28 Share Posted January 25, 2015 Thanks for posting the menus. They sound absolutely fabulous. We usually try both menus in the fine dining restaurants once during a 2 week cruise, but I can see us struggling to chose just one item from each course, so will have to make multiple visits (although, on Ventura, when I was struggling to chose between two desserts they bought me both)! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PurpleMoonlight Posted January 25, 2015 #29 Share Posted January 25, 2015 £28 pp is somewhat excessive if you ask me ..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Selbourne Posted January 25, 2015 #30 Share Posted January 25, 2015 £28 pp is somewhat excessive if you ask me ..... Out of interest, have you been to any of the fine dining restaurants on P&O ships (White Room, 17, Rhodes)? Whereas the main dining rooms are 3/4 star hotel equivalents, the food quality, presentation, ambiance and service in the fine dining restaurants are in a completely different league and compete favourably with the best, even Michelin star, restaurants on land where you would pay £100 a head. £28 is a very reasonable supplement IMO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PurpleMoonlight Posted January 25, 2015 #31 Share Posted January 25, 2015 Yes, been to all the specialist restaurants on the three ships I have been on. Christmas Eve on Oriana in the Ocean Grill was only £20 pp extra, and that included a glass of champagne. 17 was £15 if memory serves me correctly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richleeds Posted January 25, 2015 #32 Share Posted January 25, 2015 Out of interest, have you been to any of the fine dining restaurants on P&O ships (White Room, 17, Rhodes)? Whereas the main dining rooms are 3/4 star hotel equivalents, the food quality, presentation, ambiance and service in the fine dining restaurants are in a completely different league and compete favourably with the best, even Michelin star, restaurants on land where you would pay £100 a head. £28 is a very reasonable supplement IMO. Out of interest, have you been to a Michelin star restaurant? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scifimonkey Posted January 25, 2015 #33 Share Posted January 25, 2015 Bit rich to compare them to Michelin starred establishments on land however we thought the food in the White Room and Seventeen as well as Sindhu was of a pretty high standard and certainly worth the additional fee compared to the MDR. I always makes me laugh when I see people complaining about the cost of P&O extras as compared to Celebrity which is our other cruise line of choice P&One always seems like tremendous value for food and drink. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alex955 Posted January 25, 2015 #34 Share Posted January 25, 2015 Hello to everybody. We have booked cruise B507 and the next one B508. We do not have any experience with P&O and we have two questions regarding dining. 1. We saw the menus examples for dinners and if it is possible to order for each of us more than one starter? But not the main dish. 2. We tried to order the Eric Lanlard's Afternoon Tea but the ordering is not available. What is the reason? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Selbourne Posted January 25, 2015 #35 Share Posted January 25, 2015 Out of interest, have you been to a Michelin star restaurant? Yes loads. But judging by all your constantly negative / sarcastic posts re P&O I don't really know why you frequent the P&O strand of this forum? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Selbourne Posted January 25, 2015 #36 Share Posted January 25, 2015 Yes, been to all the specialist restaurants on the three ships I have been on. Christmas Eve on Oriana in the Ocean Grill was only £20 pp extra, and that included a glass of champagne. 17 was £15 if memory serves me correctly. OK, fair enough, but I think it's important to distinguish between the select dining restaurants and the one (Max) proper fine dining restaurant per ship. Ocean Grill, for example, isn't fine dining. Both our meals (and experience, service etc) was better in Oriana Rhodes than in Gary Rhodes London restaurant. My favourite restaurant on land is the multi Michelin star Fat Duck at Bray (Heston Blumenthal). The Epicurean is clearly taking a lead from him but as my last meal there set me back over £300 for the two of us, I will suffer the £28 with pleasure! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richleeds Posted January 25, 2015 #37 Share Posted January 25, 2015 (edited) Yes loads. But judging by all your constantly negative / sarcastic posts re P&O I don't really know why you frequent the P&O strand of this forum? My post prior to this thread was confirming a usb plug would work on Arcadia, let me know the negative or sarcastic element of that post? Prior to that I was helping someone out with the liquids rule. Edited January 25, 2015 by richleeds Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richleeds Posted January 25, 2015 #38 Share Posted January 25, 2015 OK, fair enough, but I think it's important to distinguish between the select dining restaurants and the one (Max) proper fine dining restaurant per ship. Ocean Grill, for example, isn't fine dining. Both our meals (and experience, service etc) was better in Oriana Rhodes than in Gary Rhodes London restaurant. My favourite restaurant on land is the multi Michelin star Fat Duck at Bray (Heston Blumenthal). The Epicurean is clearly taking a lead from him but as my last meal there set me back over £300 for the two of us, I will suffer the £28 with pleasure! Known as The Chav Duck, by those in the know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Selbourne Posted January 25, 2015 #39 Share Posted January 25, 2015 Known as The Chav Duck, by those in the know. Which you clearly are not. I rest my case about you being a troll. Good bye. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richleeds Posted January 25, 2015 #40 Share Posted January 25, 2015 Who needs Oriana to get noro, when you can get the UKs worst restaurant outbreak at the Fat Duck http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2011/dec/05/fat-duck-restaurant-noroviris-outbreak Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Selbourne Posted January 25, 2015 #41 Share Posted January 25, 2015 Just some recent posts (last few weeks alone) from Richleeds who, of course, does not post negative or sarcastic comments about P&O; "Yes, we can see them. I'd be cancelling my reservation." "Anyone who arrives early and sits there like a meerkat waiting to get on as if their life depended on it, should be shot." "I hope it's everything you think it's going to be." "I agree. Also in the ship's lifts, the fatties who take up 2 spaces should go to the back of the queue, particularly at peak times when the theatre is emptying etc." "Going by the average age of P&O punters, I doubt this would be an appetising sight." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richleeds Posted January 25, 2015 #42 Share Posted January 25, 2015 But just to put some work in like you have clearly done.... 2. Is about passengers not P&O 3. Is not a negative at all 4. I'm talking about fatties not P&O 5. I'm talking about oldies not P&O Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Becky_Arch Posted January 25, 2015 #43 Share Posted January 25, 2015 Booked a table at Epicurean for my husbands birthday and are so excited about the menus. £28 seems a small price to pay for such a different dining experience! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
majortom10 Posted January 25, 2015 #44 Share Posted January 25, 2015 Your memory is going PurpleMoonlight because we have cruised on Azura from the maiden cruise and have been on her 5 times and eaten twice on every cruise in XV11 and the price of the menu has never been £15. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richleeds Posted January 25, 2015 #45 Share Posted January 25, 2015 Booked a table at Epicurean for my husbands birthday and are so excited about the menus. £28 seems a small price to pay for such a different dining experience! It's very easy to brush it off as £28, but do remember, and this goes for all lines..... You have already paid for your 4/5/6 course dining experience in the MDR that night as part of your cruise fare, so this is an ADDITIONAL £28 rather than just £28. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeanlyon Posted January 26, 2015 #46 Share Posted January 26, 2015 That's how I feel about it. How different can it be? When on Azura, two couples at our table went to the Select Dining and didn't rate it at all. Sindhu on the other hand which was only a small charge, was very good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeanlyon Posted January 26, 2015 #47 Share Posted January 26, 2015 Who needs Oriana to get noro, when you can get the UKs worst restaurant outbreak at the Fat Duck http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2011/dec/05/fat-duck-restaurant-noroviris-outbreak LOL - you can get it anywhere can't you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CRUISIN LINDA Posted January 26, 2015 #48 Share Posted January 26, 2015 Quite agree Rich - a fellow tightwad :rolleyes::D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevinyork Posted January 26, 2015 #49 Share Posted January 26, 2015 That's how I feel about it. How different can it be? When on Azura, two couples at our table went to the Select Dining and didn't rate it at all. Sindhu on the other hand which was only a small charge, was very good. We did not rate Seventeen on Azura. Found it more style over substance with menu options that harked back to the eighties. Sindhu however we thought was great. Im hoping that they may need to offer discounts onboard since they have The Limelight Club, Epicurean Restaurant, Sindhu, Beachhouse and the Glass House as extra charge eateries. Thats quite a lot of seats to fill. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kersh Posted January 26, 2015 #50 Share Posted January 26, 2015 Looking at the Epicurean menu it looks virtually identical to the XVll menu and the same price as well, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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