CJcruzer Posted February 14, 2020 #26 Share Posted February 14, 2020 from my past experience, I will not book a Rudi’s Sel de Mer as a pop-up dinner (meaning on any non-Pinnacle class ship). The meal was sub par, and not worth the upcharge, even with 50%, 4* mariner discount. JMO Carol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dot73 Posted February 14, 2020 #27 Share Posted February 14, 2020 I will be on the Maasdam in April. Has anyone experienced Rudi's on the Maasdam? I tried it on the Nieuw Amsterdam and, except for the escargot, it was just so-so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CJcruzer Posted February 14, 2020 #28 Share Posted February 14, 2020 10 minutes ago, dot73 said: I will be on the Maasdam in April. Has anyone experienced Rudi's on the Maasdam? I tried it on the Nieuw Amsterdam and, except for the escargot, it was just so-so. my experience which I posted above was sub par was on the Maasdam. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dot73 Posted February 14, 2020 #29 Share Posted February 14, 2020 1 minute ago, CJcruzer said: my experience which I posted above was sub par was on the Maasdam. Thank you. I think I will cancel my reservation. If you are going to pay an extra $49 for a specialty restaurant, it should be better than this. I agree that the service was very slow even though the restaurant was less than half full. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rkacruiser Posted February 14, 2020 #30 Share Posted February 14, 2020 9 hours ago, Woofbite said: Westerdam, Alaska I am surprised with your experience. I sailed on Westerdam's July 12, 2019 cruise NB to Seward and enjoyed my dinner at Rudi's. I am sorry to learn that you were so disappointed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare kazu Posted February 14, 2020 #31 Share Posted February 14, 2020 2 hours ago, rkacruiser said: I am surprised with your experience. I sailed on Westerdam's July 12, 2019 cruise NB to Seward and enjoyed my dinner at Rudi's. I am sorry to learn that you were so disappointed. And herein lies the problem on the ships. Consistency. So much depends on the staff on board, the PG manager, etc. Our Sel de Mers have been good too (Prinsendam) - in fact, very good and well worth the $$$$. I remember a very disappointing Maasdam PG where 8 of us cancelled all our remaining reservations. By the time we were disembarking, the PG manager was replaced and reports from CC members a week later were on a great PG. It would be nice if there were more consistency on the ships. The Maasdam has been our only disappointing experience so far and I hope it stays that way 😉 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rkacruiser Posted February 15, 2020 #32 Share Posted February 15, 2020 8 minutes ago, kazu said: So much depends on the staff on board, the PG manager, etc. I would add the ship's Senior Management as culprits in the lack of consistency of our cruise experience. 8 minutes ago, kazu said: And herein lies the problem on the ships. Consistency. 9 minutes ago, kazu said: It would be nice if there were more consistency on the ships. How many of my past posts in recent years have mentioned the lack of consistency? I so agree! My 3 most recent HAL cruises have been Westerdam in July, Volendam in December/January, and Eurodam in January. What cruise experience I had from one ship to another was more similar than different. Perhaps the message of "cruise experience consistency from cruise to cruise" that many of us have stated as being so important has begun to be registered in the minds of the Seattle executives. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Himself Posted February 15, 2020 #33 Share Posted February 15, 2020 On 2/7/2020 at 1:54 PM, VMax1700 said: Rudi's is no longer priced a la carte, but fixed price $40 each. Sounds rather fishy! Then that is what you get at Rudy's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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