FOS Giovanni's Table or Chops?

[TheGaDawgFan]

I want to treat my mom to a specialty restaurant while on the Freedom. We loved Portofino, but that's been replaced by Giovanni's Table. Chops seems to get mixed reviews, and we're kind of steak snobs, so that worries me.

 

Which would make the best adult night?

[Clarea]

Giovanni's has an excellent filet. Chop's is no longer worth it to us.

[rt1092]

Giovanni's has an excellent filet. Chop's is no longer worth it to us.

I agree.

[casinostreer]

Loved Giovanni's Table on Allure a couple of years ago. Did not care for Chops on FOS last year. So - I would say Giovanni's Table. (We're doing Sabor and Giovanni's Table in October on FOS.)

[riclop]

We do both all the time .

[txcowboy10]

Love Giovanni's on FOS...their filet better than chops

[Madam Butterfly Ahoy]

Chops Grill hands down , just come off a few weeks ago , meat cooked to perfection , veggies, sit outside refreshing and breezy

[tomatosauce]

The range of options on Giovanni's is much bigger than the list of options at Chop's.

[Summerknight]

We were disappointed on our last three visits to Chops.

[George C]

I agree with all of the above, we did Chops on last 2 cruise along with multiple trips to Giovanni's next year I plan to just skip Chops.

[MrSidewayz]

Giovanni's has a better overall dining experience.

[nbsjcruiser]

We were disappointed on our last three visits to Chops.

 

Funny this topic should come up. We have not been thrilled with Chops on our last couple of visits either. Giovanni's was so-so. Now, on NCL we were very pleased with Cagneys and especially liked La Cucina - the Lobster Fettuccine was knock your socks off good. We'll be on the NOS for 12 days and we'll try Chops again as well as Giovanni's but I have to admit I'm nowhere near looking as forward to that as I am Cagney's and La Cucina on the Getaway in February.

[thegima]

We did portofino last year and loved it.. Plan on trying giovannis later this month!

[jules815]

If I had to choose between 2, I'd go with Giovanni's. Been disappointed in Chops the last 3 times we've sailed. Each time we were giving them another chance, sailing on different ships, and we were let down.

[ryano]

Would not waste my money on Chops again.

[cruisegirl1]

We did Chops and Giovanni's last week on the Freedom. We had a good meal at both places, but if you want to select one, I would recommend Giovanni's. The menu is more creative at Giovanni's. We had a delicious warm mozzarella appetizer and enjoyed our lamb and veal entrées. Desserts are nice and small.

 

We had good service at both.

 

Freedom also has a Mexican restaurant. We did not dine there so I can't comment .

Enjoy

 

M

[Rala]

I love gio's. To me the food is just so much more interesting and appealing, and they do have a steak or two if that is what you want. If you are a dyed-in-the-wool meat and potatoes eater then Chops is probably your best bet. :)

[ARCruisinNana]

I think the filet at Giovanni's is as good, if not better than the filet at Chops. But, I really like all the appetizers at Chops. It's hard to decide, so I just go to both😄.

 

 

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[njmomof2]

We did Chops and Giovanni's last week on the Freedom. We had a good meal at both places, but if you want to select one, I would recommend Giovanni's. The menu is more creative at Giovanni's. We had a delicious warm mozzarella appetizer and enjoyed our lamb and veal entrées. Desserts are nice and small.

 

We had good service at both.

 

Freedom also has a Mexican restaurant. We did not dine there so I can't comment .

Enjoy

 

M

 

I can second this. We did both Chops (mom and me) and Giovanni's (with a group of 7). I enjoyed both, but I have to say my son's 8 oz. filet was gorgeous and the appetizer selections were very diverse. For $10 less/pp I'd go with Giovanni's.

 

I also did Sabor with 5 teens for lunch. I was glad it was the lunch option (for $15/pp) because, while it was good, it was definitely not worth $25/pp for dinner.

[TheGaDawgFan]

Thanks for the feedback everyone! Sounds like Giovanni's will be the right choice for us.

[casinostreer]

Chops Grill hands down , just come off a few weeks ago , meat cooked to perfection , veggies, sit outside refreshing and breezy

 

The Chops on FOS has an outside area? How did I miss that one?

[Madam Butterfly Ahoy]

[emoji23][emoji23]sorry I meant on Allure, I just saw this

[bobmacliberty]

We didn't eat at Chops so I can't compare, but our Giovanni's experience on FOS in June was just average. Appetizers were good but mixed reviews on the 4 different entrees at our table. Service left a lot to be desired. Disappointing overall after the great Giovanni's experience that we had on Allure.

[gr8.guy]

I've never had any issue with Chops on any ship. I did have problems with our waiter at Portofino on our last FOS cruise and wasn't impressed with Giovanni's table on our last VOS sailing.

[casinostreer]

[emoji23][emoji23]sorry I meant on Allure, I just saw this

 

Darn. I was hoping I had just missed it. :) We didn't try Chops on Allure - only Giovanni's and LOVED it.