Caribbean night-is the cocunut shrimp, garlic prawns good?

[latebuyer]

I was planning on missing this night as in juneau, but these both sound really good. Any reviews?

[FionaMG]

8 minutes ago, latebuyer said:

I was planning on missing this night as in juneau, but these both sound really good. Any reviews?

 

I've always enjoyed them.

 

Coconut shrimp:

 

And Garlic Prawns:

 

[bethco]

It's edible/decent but not fabulous IMO.  I recently heard someone talking about how fabulous they were.  Her standards for good shrimp were obviously different from mine.

 

Edited June 1, 2023 by bethco

[Itchy&Scratchy]

15 minutes ago, bethco said:

It's edible/decent but not fabulous IMO.  I recently heard someone talking about how fabulous they were.  Her standards for good shrimp were obviously different from mine.

 

depends on the ship. We had both on Allure and Oasis, and both were just meh on the Allure, and great on the Oasis.

[smokeybandit]

I've enjoyed them, but it's nothing different than you'd get at Red Lobster

[joeyancho]

The garlic shrimp is very good.   It is one of the standouts now that the menus have changed.  (For the worst IMHO)

[bethco]

You will certainly get better (and more expensive) seafood in Juneau.  I would not miss out on something I wanted to do in port in order to eat dinner on the ship.

 

[latebuyer]

Thanks everyone. I didn’t think what was available in juneau was that special and i will go to dinner in port in ketchikan. Still i’ll play it by ear. I think since we are at the far dock you have to leave early to get the shuttle.

[Tlbecker1]

We always enjoy the Garlic and coconut shrimp.  

[latebuyer]

I do love shrimp!

[firefly333]

I like the garlic shrimp. I'm allergic to coconut so just looking at it to me it looks terrible, but I like the garlic shrimp. 

[Tatka]

We had to skip that night on Monday as we were in Bermuda and wanted to go somewhere. My husband knowing how I loved coconut shrimp just went to MDR and ordered it for me while I was sitting in Boleros.

[loman]

I think i will order both and take my chances 😃

[Mikew0805]

4 hours ago, bethco said:

It's edible/decent but not fabulous IMO.  I recently heard someone talking about how fabulous they were.  Her standards for good shrimp were obviously different from mine.

 

This about sums up all the food in RCI main dining rooms... IMO

[poocher]

We had both on Harmony last month and enjoyed them very much.  Well prepared and seasoned and correct temperature.  

[vjmatty]

How long is your cruise? The menu will repeat if more than 7 days so you may get another chance.

[Weluv2cruise2gether]

The garlic shrimp is one of my favorite dishes in the MDR😋

[smokeybandit]

1 hour ago, vjmatty said:

How long is your cruise? The menu will repeat if more than 7 days so you may get another chance.

They have about 12 days of menus for longer cruises.

[nimbex1970]

overcooked. Not a fan at all, but others may find it edible.. it's all subjective.

[retired dude]

far superior to the menu on mexican night.

[bwaylvsong]

Just had both on the Oasis.  Caribbean menu was ok but by comparison the worst dinner of the cruise (I actually really liked Mexican night which looked like it would be a bad menu).  Coconut shrimp themselves were tasty but came with a barely edible slaw; garlic shrimp were decently sized and cooked but had an Alfredo-like sauce on them that was not mentioned on the menu (nor in the picture above) and didn’t meld well with the other flavors.

[vjmatty]

20 hours ago, smokeybandit said:

They have about 12 days of menus for longer cruises.

Unfortunately on the 15-Day TA I just took on Enchantment, there were not that many. 

[poocher]

4 hours ago, bwaylvsong said:

Just had both on the Oasis.  Caribbean menu was ok but by comparison the worst dinner of the cruise (I actually really liked Mexican night which looked like it would be a bad menu).  Coconut shrimp themselves were tasty but came with a barely edible slaw; garlic shrimp were decently sized and cooked but had an Alfredo-like sauce on them that was not mentioned on the menu (nor in the picture above) and didn’t meld well with the other flavors.

Never got an Alfredo type sauce on the garlic prawns.  Thinking some sous chef made a mistake.

[bwaylvsong]

23 minutes ago, poocher said:

Never got an Alfredo type sauce on the garlic prawns.  Thinking some sous chef made a mistake.

 I hope so!  I don’t know for sure what type of sauce it was, but it was creamy/white and definitely not garlic/herb butter.

[FionaMG]

8 hours ago, poocher said:

Never got an Alfredo type sauce on the garlic prawns.  Thinking some sous chef made a mistake.

 

Me neither and the pic I posted is typical of any time I've had them. I think you might be right.