Neptune suite lounge

[Shippy]

  Is there a cocktail hour in the lounge ?

Is it open 24 hours for coffee & tea ?

thanks

[Moriah]

No, it's not open 24 hours.  Varies slightly, but usually from 7:30 AM until around 8 PM.  A limited bar is available usually starting in the afternoon.  Your drink package or regular payment apply. 

[Moriah]

Also, coffee and tea ARE available 24 hours for you right in your suite, which comes with an espresso/coffee machine. 

[DaveOKC]

52 minutes ago, Moriah said:

Also, coffee and tea ARE available 24 hours for you right in your suite, which comes with an espresso/coffee machine. 

Don't rely on this.  On two different HAL ships in the past 8 months we have not been able to get the correct pods fir the machine (for regular coffee).

[gregma60]

23 minutes ago, DaveOKC said:

Don't rely on this.  On two different HAL ships in the past 8 months we have not been able to get the correct pods fir the machine (for regular coffee).

Not once during the entire sailing??  Yikes.  How would one get coffee at 5:15am?

 

-gregma

[DaveOKC]

Not once over 4 weeks of cruising on 3 different sailings.

 

[seagarsmoker]

51 minutes ago, gregma60 said:

Not once during the entire sailing??  Yikes.  How would one get coffee at 5:15am?

 

-gregma

Room service or Lido, both have 24-hour coffee. 

[gregma60]

2 minutes ago, seagarsmoker said:

Room service or Lido, both have 24-hour coffee. 

Thank you!

 

-gregma

Edited March 14, 2023 by gregma60

[gregma60]

32 minutes ago, DaveOKC said:

Not once over 4 weeks of cruising on 3 different sailings.

 

Any ideas what type of system they use?  Can always bring our own pods.

 

-gregma

[Hflors]

1 hour ago, gregma60 said:

Not once during the entire sailing??  Yikes.  How would one get coffee at 5:15am?

 

-gregma

Room service.  Pick up your phone and call...

[Moriah]

I hope that coffee snafu was because of Covid supply chain issues.  I've never had a problem with having coffee in the suite. Think positive, gregma! Coffee you shall have at 5:15 or any time! 🙂

[scooter6139]

Someone covered what machine they have in the Suites.   It's not a Nespresso, but close called Monodor (Mocoffee?).  I think it can use Lavazza pods but may want to confirm which ones.

Edited March 14, 2023 by scooter6139

[Lindancer]

4 hours ago, Shippy said:

  Is there a cocktail hour in the lounge ?

Is it open 24 hours for coffee & tea ?

thanks

Last summer on the Oosterdam, the Neptune Lounge had a complimentary cocktail hour every day from 4-6, I think.   They said it was an experiment.  We would have a drink and then make another one (or they would make one for us if they were free) to take into the dining room for dinner.  We were glad we didn't bother buying the drink package, especially since I also get free drinks while in the casino.  I have not heard anything about the Neptune Lounge continuing this "experiment".

They will be a gathering the first day or so where free drinks will be served and people get acquainted.  On the Oosterdam last summer, it was held late morning the first full day of sailing so mimosas and bloody marys were there for the taking.

 

[Cheekyrn1]

4 hours ago, gregma60 said:

Not once during the entire sailing??  Yikes.  How would one get coffee at 5:15am?

 

-gregma

We bring our thermos from home and I go to the lido and fill them up. We are early birds and the coffee is available at 4:30am. I usually go in my bathrobe too and no one else is there

[3rdGenCunarder]

3 hours ago, scooter6139 said:

Someone covered what machine they have in the Suites.   It's not a Nespresso, but close called Monodor (Mocoffee?).  I think it can use Lavazza pods but may want to confirm which ones.

 

The pods said Mocoffee. I think there were three types. Espresso, regular, decaf. I didn't like the coffee.

[gregma60]

3 hours ago, Cheekyrn1 said:

We bring our thermos from home and I go to the lido and fill them up. We are early birds and the coffee is available at 4:30am. I usually go in my bathrobe too and no one else is there

We are bringing our Mr and Mrs insulated coffee mugs, great idea. 

 

-gregma

[REOVA]

This was on Rotterdam

[Caribbean Chris]

10 hours ago, 3rdGenCunarder said:

 

The pods said Mocoffee. I think there were three types. Espresso, regular, decaf. I didn't like the coffee.

I didn’t like it as much as I expected when we were in a Neptune last time we sailed Nieuw Statendam. For one thing, it made a smallish serving so we had to keep making more.
 

Since we are awakened at 5 a.m. by my service dog seeking breakfast, DH heads up to the Lido with our tall insulated mugs while I walk the dog. The Lido coffee is usually fresh and very satisfactory.

Edited March 15, 2023 by Caribbean Chris

[3rdGenCunarder]

I think the Lido coffee is fine for breakfast. On my last cruise, I went to the Pinnacle Lounge for a latte mid-morning, when I wanted something a bit "better." It was nice not having to hike all the way forward from my aft cabin.

[DaveOKC]

10 hours ago, REOVA said:

This was on Rotterdam

Note no mention or regular coffee on the pods list!  Makes NO sense to me.  I hope they just get rid of them.

Edited March 15, 2023 by DaveOKC

[3rdGenCunarder]

49 minutes ago, DaveOKC said:

Note no mention or regular coffee on the pods list!  Makes NO sense to me.  I hope they just get rid of them.

 

I'd rather have an electric kettle and instant coffee. Then I could also make tea. 

 

I haven't been in a NS since before Covid, and I pretty much ignored the coffeemaker. So it's possible I thought there was regular coffee because I think it should be provided, not because it was. I couldn't stand the sludgy espresso. I ran plain water through the machine to dilute the espresso to something vaguely like what I prefer to drink.

Edited March 15, 2023 by 3rdGenCunarder

[Real NHDOC]

5 hours ago, Caribbean Chris said:

I didn’t like it as much as I expected when we were in a Neptune last time we sailed Nieuw Statendam. For one thing, it made a smallish serving so we had to keep making more.
 

Since we are awakened at 5 a.m. by my service dog seeking breakfast, DH heads up to the Lido with our tall insulated mugs while I walk the dog. The Lido coffee is usually fresh and very satisfactory.

There are two buttons on the coffee machine. The left one makes a full cup (the taller one) and the right one makes espresso (the smaller cup). Maybe you were only using the right button or your machine wasn’t working correctly?

 

It’s decent coffee, not as good as the machine in the neptune lounge makes but drinkable. The stuff on the lido is also drinkable but not nearly as good as from the machine in the lounge IMHO. 

[lizinindy]

Oh gosh--we used the coffee machine in our suite every morning and Eddie would replace the pods and cups every day. I kept cream in the refrig from the Neptune lounge.

The cocktails in the lounge need to be complimentary...the paper sign-in to be charged was silly

[WannaSea]

 

My travel companion had the foresight to provide stroopwaffle so every morning we made a starter before morning showers. The coffee tasted a little different, not better or worse, to me.