Rare TigerB Posted March 31, 2023 #726 Share Posted March 31, 2023 4 minutes ago, jaydee6969 said: I do love the Katsu chicken curry and rice in the Quays. Unusual choice for breakfast, but each to their own!😂 Try the vegan options from Fusion when the need for snackage arises; we've never been disappointed. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colsers Posted April 1, 2023 #727 Share Posted April 1, 2023 On 3/30/2023 at 5:20 PM, Colsers said: Thank you. Do you have to reserve the freedom restaurants on your phone like on Arvia or is it a physical queuing system rather than virtual? I'll post this question again as it's been merged and may have been lost in the thread. Hoping someone can answer. Many thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glennbtn Posted April 1, 2023 #728 Share Posted April 1, 2023 I am on Iona now and been told to use the app to book freedom dining 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colsers Posted April 1, 2023 #729 Share Posted April 1, 2023 2 minutes ago, glennbtn said: I am on Iona now and been told to use the app to book freedom dining Sorry I should have posted my original question. It's the Brittania ship, I wondered if they are working the freedom restaurant like Arvia, as in preferred booking on "my holiday" website or are they still having physical queuing as they did when I was on it in 2020? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
terrierjohn Posted April 1, 2023 #730 Share Posted April 1, 2023 24 minutes ago, Colsers said: Sorry I should have posted my original question. It's the Brittania ship, I wondered if they are working the freedom restaurant like Arvia, as in preferred booking on "my holiday" website or are they still having physical queuing as they did when I was on it in 2020? The bigger ships are trying to mainly use the virtual queuing system, which is probably the best and fairest for passengers, and most sensible for the restaurant managers to minimise queueing. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
majortom10 Posted April 1, 2023 #731 Share Posted April 1, 2023 (edited) Used virtual booking on the App for dinner in MDR on Iona recently. Excellent as joined virtual queue as leaving cabin by time we got to restaurant our table was ready. Edited April 1, 2023 by majortom10 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fionboard Posted April 1, 2023 #732 Share Posted April 1, 2023 Poster is asking about Britannia. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
majortom10 Posted April 1, 2023 #733 Share Posted April 1, 2023 5 minutes ago, Fionboard said: Poster is asking about Britannia. 30 pages of responses on a thread titled " Food and Dining on P&O ships" think we will get answers about all ships on all current ships. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fionboard Posted April 1, 2023 #734 Share Posted April 1, 2023 1 minute ago, majortom10 said: 30 pages of responses on a thread titled " Food and Dining on P&O ships" think we will get answers about all ships on all current ships. See post 730. I cannot answer as I only do fixed on Britannia. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
majortom10 Posted April 1, 2023 #735 Share Posted April 1, 2023 2 minutes ago, Fionboard said: See post 730. I cannot answer as I only do fixed on Britannia. But not everyone is responding on this thread to post #730 but on general as thread title states. I certainly wasn't responding to #730 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fionboard Posted April 1, 2023 #736 Share Posted April 1, 2023 4 minutes ago, majortom10 said: But not everyone is responding on this thread to post #730 but on general as thread title states. I certainly wasn't responding to #730 Maybe someone can then. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davecttr Posted April 2, 2023 #737 Share Posted April 2, 2023 Booking dining opened today for Arvia's 16th April cruise. Checking the Chefs Table the Celebration nights are Wednesday 19th and Friday 28th, both sea days with a sea day following. Weather permitting of course. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill & Ben Posted April 2, 2023 #738 Share Posted April 2, 2023 On 1/19/2023 at 10:27 AM, amajaa said: Does anyone know if you can book it for both formal/celebration night on Iona or if you are limited to just the one? I think just once but it was very good. We both had the beef wellington and enjoyed it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Son of Anarchy Posted April 2, 2023 #739 Share Posted April 2, 2023 2 hours ago, davecttr said: Booking dining opened today for Arvia's 16th April cruise. Checking the Chefs Table the Celebration nights are Wednesday 19th and Friday 28th, both sea days with a sea day following. Weather permitting of course. We booked for Chefs Table earlier this morning. As well as getting our dining in for a couple of other evenings. Will be having a relaxing Sunday afternoon exploring the other options. I noticed Meridian dining times only went up to 18:30, well for the particular day we wanted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cruising Nomads Posted April 2, 2023 #740 Share Posted April 2, 2023 On Iona the Chefs Table can be booked for all the Formal Nights on the cruise you are not limited. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Son of Anarchy Posted April 2, 2023 #741 Share Posted April 2, 2023 20 minutes ago, Cruising Nomads said: On Iona the Chefs Table can be booked for all the Formal Nights on the cruise you are not limited. Same with Arvia. Meant to post earlier that we booked for both formals. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amajaa Posted April 2, 2023 #742 Share Posted April 2, 2023 2 hours ago, Bill & Ben said: I think just once but it was very good. We both had the beef wellington and enjoyed it. Since I posted the question we have been on Iona and yes you can book for both formal nights. We went to the first one but cancelled the second and just went to the MDR. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Peterson Posted April 2, 2023 #743 Share Posted April 2, 2023 If you take a look at some of the old menus here, even on Cunard, you might actually think the food’s improved! https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/334809743530 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smokey01 Posted April 2, 2023 #744 Share Posted April 2, 2023 3 hours ago, Son of Anarchy said: We booked for Chefs Table earlier this morning. As well as getting our dining in for a couple of other evenings. Will be having a relaxing Sunday afternoon exploring the other options. I noticed Meridian dining times only went up to 18:30, well for the particular day we wanted. I’m disappointed as we can only book upto 6:30pm in Meridian or Zenith. I was wanting 8pm, an email received on 10th March said Book even more restaurants before your holiday For your holiday on Arvia, we’re offering advance dinner bookings for more dining venues, including Freedom restaurants. This gives you more peace of mind if you want to fit mealtimes around the entertainment you’ve booked, or simply ensure you experience the restaurants that whet your appetite the most. Reservation times are available throughout the evening on a first-come, first-served basis. I took this to mean MDR could be booked throughout the evening. Maybe it will open up later. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
terrierjohn Posted April 2, 2023 #745 Share Posted April 2, 2023 1 hour ago, smokey01 said: I’m disappointed as we can only book upto 6:30pm in Meridian or Zenith. I was wanting 8pm, an email received on 10th March said Book even more restaurants before your holiday For your holiday on Arvia, we’re offering advance dinner bookings for more dining venues, including Freedom restaurants. This gives you more peace of mind if you want to fit mealtimes around the entertainment you’ve booked, or simply ensure you experience the restaurants that whet your appetite the most. Reservation times are available throughout the evening on a first-come, first-served basis. I took this to mean MDR could be booked throughout the evening. Maybe it will open up later. The virtual queue system will enable you to book the restaurant of your choice at any time you are ready to eat, with very little waiting time until you're advised your table is ready, and hardly any queue when you reach the restaurant. So there really is no need to worry about pre booking, that's how Freedom Dining should work. . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smokey01 Posted April 2, 2023 #746 Share Posted April 2, 2023 7 minutes ago, terrierjohn said: The virtual queue system will enable you to book the restaurant of your choice at any time you are ready to eat, with very little waiting time until you're advised your table is ready, and hardly any queue when you reach the restaurant. So there really is no need to worry about pre booking, that's how Freedom Dining should work. . I know that, it has worked well enough each time I have been on Iona. That said if I could book 8pm I could just get on with my day knowing when I need to start getting ready for dinner. With the virtual queue I always end up getting ready early in case the queue is bad that night. Instead of relaxing on my balcony sipping wine or whatever I am glancing at my phone looking at the queue. Note freedom dining is not something I crave. I know when I would prefer to eat, if Iona/Arvia had traditional dining I would do that. One of my Iona cruises last year did allow me to book 8pm each night and it was a much more relaxing evening because of it. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fionboard Posted April 2, 2023 #747 Share Posted April 2, 2023 Why can't they have one dining room with fixed dining like the other ships. It is obviously wanted and would solve some of the problems! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Son of Anarchy Posted April 2, 2023 #748 Share Posted April 2, 2023 1 hour ago, smokey01 said: I’m disappointed as we can only book upto 6:30pm in Meridian or Zenith. I was wanting 8pm, an email received on 10th March said Book even more restaurants before your holiday For your holiday on Arvia, we’re offering advance dinner bookings for more dining venues, including Freedom restaurants. This gives you more peace of mind if you want to fit mealtimes around the entertainment you’ve booked, or simply ensure you experience the restaurants that whet your appetite the most. Reservation times are available throughout the evening on a first-come, first-served basis. I took this to mean MDR could be booked throughout the evening. Maybe it will open up later. We were a bit surprised that the MDR bookings only went up to 18:30. I think pretty much all those early times have now gone. Struggling booking Beach House. Get to the payment page, computer then says availability changed so cancelled. Go back to time selection, still available! Re-try, happens again. Have tried three different time for the same day with same result. I'm trying to spend money!!! BTW - Beach House appears to have a 20% discount (compared to £9.50 when we booked on board Iona in December), plus Peninsula discount. Maybe why computer says no? 🤔 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
terrierjohn Posted April 2, 2023 #749 Share Posted April 2, 2023 1 hour ago, Fionboard said: Why can't they have one dining room with fixed dining like the other ships. It is obviously wanted and would solve some of the problems! There are no problems, only the discussions on social media that lead passengers to believe that they need to pre book everything, otherwise their holiday will be ruined. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Interestedcruisefan Posted April 2, 2023 #750 Share Posted April 2, 2023 1 hour ago, terrierjohn said: There are no problems, only the discussions on social media that lead passengers to believe that they need to pre book everything, otherwise their holiday will be ruined. That's pretty much it Any problems ask someone to help on board and without fail the staff will do their very best to make people happy and remove the stress We are a nation of worriers and natterers My mum's the worst for that!!! Lol 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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