Lobster in the MDR on Allure of the seas

[Aosborn]

Can anyone that has recently been on Allure of the seas confirm if Lobster is served in the main dining room. If so which night? 

[Clarea]

Yes, second formal night, which is normally night 5 or 6, depending on itinerary.

[jean-lynd]

We just got off last Sunday and yes we had lobster on the second formal night which was Costa Maya for us.  We each had 2!

[taglovestocruise]

It is usually served that same night in the Windjammer.  We had late dining and my son loaded up with a few plates full a few hours before MDR seating. The only difference is that they are split shells, but they have tray after tray..

[Snit13]

Hope everyone knows they are not Maine lobster.  They are what we call Bahamian or Florida lobster and if not prepared properly can be quite tough.  Could never figure out why anyone would get excited about them.  Florida Stone Crabs are far superior.

[springfire]

13 minutes ago, Snit13 said:

Hope everyone knows they are not Maine lobster.  They are what we call Bahamian or Florida lobster and if not prepared properly can be quite tough.  Could never figure out why anyone would get excited about them.  Florida Stone Crabs are far superior.

Yes they are not a Maine lobster but the lobster they serve is still very good.  They don't serve Florida Stone Crab on a cruise so no reason to get excited about them.

[zdad59]

2 hours ago, jean-lynd said:

We just got off last Sunday and yes we had lobster on the second formal night which was Costa Maya for us.  We each had 2!

One of the guys in my group had 6.   I had zero.   

[MrFunInTheSun]

Lobster in main dining room a couple weeks ago on Symphony.

 

 

 

 

[cruisegirl1]

22 minutes ago, zdad59 said:

One of the guys in my group had 6.   I had zero.   

Read the thread about HAL charging $10 for a second Entrée. 

 

M

[cruisegirl1]

46 minutes ago, Snit13 said:

Hope everyone knows they are not Maine lobster.  They are what we call Bahamian or Florida lobster and if not prepared properly can be quite tough.  Could never figure out why anyone would get excited about them.  Florida Stone Crabs are far superior.

Yes the stone crabs are superior  but much more expensive.  We just paid $48 per pound for large  Stone Crab  claws at the fish  store.   One pound had 6 claws so the pound served just 2 people.  I don't think that is in the RCCL budget.  It was a great dinner, even if we did have to eat at home!

 

M

[Snit13]

7 minutes ago, cruisegirl1 said:

Yes the stone crabs are superior  but much more expensive.  We just paid $48 per pound for large  Stone Crab  claws at the fish  store.   One pound had 6 claws so the pound served just 2 people.  I don't think that is in the RCCL budget.  It was a great dinner, even if we did have to eat at home!

 

M

Many moons ago when I lived in Miami and taught in Homestead I could buy them for $2.50 per pound.  They were as large as a man's hand.  Those days are long gone but I can dream.  We never bought a FL lobster but did eat them on cruises but ordered steak too.

[mac66]

41 minutes ago, springfire said:

 

 

Uh....never mind. 

 

Edited March 3, 2019 by mac66

[springfire]

13 minutes ago, Snit13 said:

Many moons ago when I lived in Miami and taught in Homestead I could buy them for $2.50 per pound.  They were as large as a man's hand.  Those days are long gone but I can dream.  We never bought a FL lobster but did eat them on cruises but ordered steak too.

It is about $8.00 per pound now.  I use to work in Naranja and down in Key Largo but that was before Hurricane Andrew.  I enjoy going out during Florida mini season and catching lobster.  It will never be as good as Maine lobster but we still enjoy them.

[matj2000]

Cruise ship Lobster = Very Amateur.

 

Get the Duck...…………..

[lowbass]

6 hours ago, Snit13 said:

Hope everyone knows they are not Maine lobster.  They are what we call Bahamian or Florida lobster and if not prepared properly can be quite tough.  Could never figure out why anyone would get excited about them.  Florida Stone Crabs are far superior.

Much better than the Indiana Lobster I get at home.

[rncruiser]

The lobster I had on Allure a couple of months ago was the best lobster I have ever had. I have had lobster in Maine and Cape Cod, as well as at some of the best restaurants in New York. I was very pleasantly surprised at how delicious and perfectly cooked my lobster tails were. 

[Zach1213]

53 minutes ago, rncruiser said:

The lobster I had on Allure a couple of months ago was the best lobster I have ever had. I have had lobster in Maine and Cape Cod, as well as at some of the best restaurants in New York. I was very pleasantly surprised at how delicious and perfectly cooked my lobster tails were. 

 

Interesting, the lobster I had last year on Freedom was the worst I'd ever had.

[teacherman]

We are Diamond Plus. I do not eat lobster so I cannot rate it.  My wife does eat lobster.  We recently came off of HAL Koningsdam.  They serve a Surf and Turf-small filet mignon with a lobster tail.  My wife said the lobster tail was twice as large and much better than any she ever had eaten on RCCL.  We sail on Allure in 3 weeks with our family.  They will all delight in ordering lobster tail.  I will probably order a chicken breast. MHO is that the first person who saw a lobster and decide to eat it must have been very hungry.

[kkshelton]

I board the Allure on Sunday. Are the MDR menus on the app accurate because I do not see any lobster offered except the whole lobster offered as an upcharge. I am trying to figure out which night to do the chef's table and I don't see much variation in the nightly menus. Also we have a suite so does Coastal Kitchen have different lobster offerings?

 

[Clarea]

5 minutes ago, kkshelton said:

I board the Allure on Sunday. Are the MDR menus on the app accurate because I do not see any lobster offered except the whole lobster offered as an upcharge. I am trying to figure out which night to do the chef's table and I don't see much variation in the nightly menus. Also we have a suite so does Coastal Kitchen have different lobster offerings?

 

 

The "free" lobster is normally served in the MDR on the second formal night, and that same lobster is also offered in CK on that same night.

[kkshelton]

59 minutes ago, Host Clarea said:

 

The "free" lobster is normally served in the MDR on the second formal night, and that same lobster is also offered in CK on that same night.

Thanks. I finally found it on the menu on the app on night 5 which is confusing because I thought formal night on Eastern Caribbean on the Allure should be 2 and 6. Maybe the app is wrong. I don't care that much but I like knowing all the food options lol. We are actually eating at Samba on night 5 and since we are going with others it would probably be a hassle to change it.

 

[Clarea]

6 hours ago, kkshelton said:

 ... Maybe the app is wrong. ...

 

I've seen this reported several times.

[Itchy&Scratchy]

On 3/3/2019 at 11:19 AM, Aosborn said:

Can anyone that has recently been on Allure of the seas confirm if Lobster is served in the main dining room. If so which night? 

2 weeks ago, yes, it was served somewhere in the middle of the cruise... The actual lobster meaty part was the size of my thumb (I am female with average hands). It wasn't worth it at all, so I wouldn't schedule my specialty dining around the lobster night in MDR.

 

I also had some kind of beef that night which was outstanding. It was some kind of sliced beef, medium, very tender and juicy. Definitely worth the effort.

 

You know, you can see the menus ahead of time on your Royal app.

 

P.S. We saw some people wearing swimming trunks and t-shirts on the formal night in MDR. They were allowed in and not escorted out in shame. I mean - we don't dress up formally, but we don't wear swimming trunks to MDR on a formal night.

Edited April 16, 2019 by Itchy&Scratchy

[Itchy&Scratchy]

On 3/4/2019 at 7:59 AM, rncruiser said:

The lobster I had on Allure a couple of months ago was the best lobster I have ever had. I have had lobster in Maine and Cape Cod, as well as at some of the best restaurants in New York. I was very pleasantly surprised at how delicious and perfectly cooked my lobster tails were. 

do you mean the free lobster that is served in MDR? 

[LMaxwell]

8 hours ago, kkshelton said:

Thanks. I finally found it on the menu on the app on night 5 which is confusing because I thought formal night on Eastern Caribbean on the Allure should be 2 and 6. Maybe the app is wrong. I don't care that much but I like knowing all the food options lol. We are actually eating at Samba on night 5 and since we are going with others it would probably be a hassle to change it.

 

Formal night on the eastern last week was 2 and 5.  I would change your Samba res.  

 

1.  Samba is NEVER full, not even close. 

2. When we boarded we made all our specialty dining reservations stating we wanted MDR for both formal nights.  The staff member incorrectly booked us for specialty on night 5 and on day 5 we realized this and changed no problem.  No hassle at all.  

3. The lobster was actually very good