Steakhouse wine 1st night

[janm8144]

Carnival gave us a free bottle of wine when we ate in the steakhouse last year (2018). Are they still doing this?

[JQTravels]

As of Jan 2019 they still do.

[tkportersat]

It's on their website that they still do: https://www.carnival.com/awaywego/cruising-fun/how-to-plan/best-spots-onboard-a-carnival-cruise-for-wine-lovers

[janm8144]

Thank you 

[OnePsychLynne]

Does anyone know what the free wine options are? Please don't say red or white lol, I got that much 🤣 Or maybe a better question is, if we choose the free bottle and don't like it can we still get a bottle half price? 

[sid_9169]

46 minutes ago, OnePsychLynne said:

Does anyone know what the free wine options are? Please don't say red or white lol, I got that much 🤣 Or maybe a better question is, if we choose the free bottle and don't like it can we still get a bottle half price? 

I believe you only have a choice of the red or white for your free bottle, but I think you can buy bottles at half price also if you want...

[VentureMan_2000]

Hmmm...   a free bottle of house wine (or half off a premium bottle)…    I think I would go for the half off.  Sounds like your reservation has to be made on the first day, but that you can make it for either day 1 or 2.

I was contemplating doing the steakhouse, but plan on purchasing Cheers, so perhaps there is no plus to this for me ?

[five.]

I was under the impression that it wasn't an either/or situation, but a both situation. You can get the free bottle and also get 50% off.

[j1d1]

This is copied from the end of the email I received confirming a steakhouse reservation on the Valor in November:

P.S. We are having a promotion in the Steakhouse on Embarkation and the first Cruise Elegant nights of the cruise! Guests booking a reservation on either night will receive a complimentary bottle of house wine or 50% off any bottle from our wine list!

[OnePsychLynne]

If you purchase a wine package, could you use one of those bottles instead? 

[Florings]

If I remember correctly, it is Chardonnay or Merlot.  I don't remember the brand name, but I think it was from Chile.   I was not fond of the chardonnay, too "alcoholy" for my taste, I prefer buttery-oak flavor, but the merlot wasn't too bad.

 

I would definitely take the free red one again.

[tandemcruzr]

22 minutes ago, OnePsychLynne said:

If you purchase a wine package, could you use one of those bottles instead? 

Yes.

[coevan]

1 hour ago, VentureMan_2000 said:

Hmmm...   a free bottle of house wine (or half off a premium bottle)…    I think I would go for the half off.  Sounds like your reservation has to be made on the first day, but that you can make it for either day 1 or 2.

I was contemplating doing the steakhouse, but plan on purchasing Cheers, so perhaps there is no plus to this for me ?

 

 

We also get Cheers and get a $15 glass of Cabernet included instead.

[OnePsychLynne]

20 minutes ago, Florings said:

If I remember correctly, it is Chardonnay or Merlot.  I don't remember the brand name, but I think it was from Chile.   I was not fond of the chardonnay, too "alcoholy" for my taste, I prefer buttery-oak flavor, but the merlot wasn't too bad.

 

I would definitely take the free red one again.

 

Thank you so much! I'm guessing that they're both on the dry side? (I'm a Moscato girl although I'll brave a white zin every once in a while lol). 

[Florings]

1 hour ago, OnePsychLynne said:

 

Thank you so much! I'm guessing that they're both on the dry side? (I'm a Moscato girl although I'll brave a white zin every once in a while lol). 

Yes, they are definitely dry.  If you prefer sweet-ish, do the 50% off any wine on the list.   Whichever you choose,  enjoy!

[DallasGuy75219]

1 hour ago, Florings said:

I don't remember the brand name, but I think it was from Chile.

Santa Helena (their 'house' brand)

[Chervil]

2 hours ago, DallasGuy75219 said:

Santa Helena (their 'house' brand)

We had the merlot and it was actually pretty good!

 

4 hours ago, five. said:

I was under the impression that it wasn't an either/or situation, but a both situation. You can get the free bottle and also get 50% off.

 

4 hours ago, j1d1 said:

This is copied from the end of the email I received confirming a steakhouse reservation on the Valor in November:

P.S. We are having a promotion in the Steakhouse on Embarkation and the first Cruise Elegant nights of the cruise! Guests booking a reservation on either night will receive a complimentary bottle of house wine or 50% off any bottle from our wine list!

We received the same email, stating that it was an "or" situation when we sailed Vista back in January.

However our server told us we could definitely do both.
We had the free bottle of house merlot (Santa Helena) and then ordered 3 other bottles (can't remember which ones right now).

Hopefully we are still able to do this, as we have reservations for our cruise in Oct at the steakhouse and plan on doing the same thing again! (we don't buy Cheers so it makes it a great value for us, when we include the two bottles we bring on)

[OnePsychLynne]

13 hours ago, Chervil said:

However our server told us we could definitely do both.

We had the free bottle of house merlot (Santa Helena) and then ordered 3 other bottles (can't remember which ones right now). 

 

Did you get 50% off all 3 bottles? 

[Chervil]

8 hours ago, OnePsychLynne said:

 

Did you get 50% off all 3 bottles? 

Yes.

He told us we could buy as many as we wanted and get the 50% off.

 

Not sure if that's standard or not but it worked out great for us!

[coevan]

someone posted recently they bought Dom Perignon for $99 which is a cheaper than  a U.S. liquor store. 

[Melanie H]

I will be trying out the steakhouse Sunday night, I will confirm the winery, how Manu bottles you can purchase at the 50% off and price for the Dom Perignon.

[chrislo]

I like their white but my husband likes the red so on our last trip we bought a bottle of each at 50% off.  

[Bases5]

On ‎9‎/‎11‎/‎2019 at 2:58 PM, OnePsychLynne said:

Does anyone know what the free wine options are? Please don't say red or white lol, I got that much 🤣 Or maybe a better question is, if we choose the free bottle and don't like it can we still get a bottle half price? 

Chardonnay or Merlot   I don't remember the brand

[water jockey]

On 9/13/2019 at 10:07 AM, Melanie H said:

I will be trying out the steakhouse Sunday night, I will confirm the winery, how Manu bottles you can purchase at the 50% off and price for the Dom Perignon.

I am interested in your findings

[HillBilly Bob]

On 9/11/2019 at 3:51 PM, VentureMan_2000 said:

I was contemplating doing the steakhouse, but plan on purchasing Cheers, so perhaps there is no plus to this for me ?

 

 

It would make a lovely gift for your cabin steward.  We do not drink alcohol, so it always works for us.  

Edited October 2, 2019 by HillBilly Bob
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