Beyond Food Quality

[stevetod]

Can anyone who has been on the beyond in the last two months advise how the food quality has been. Have read comments from the boards regarding a drop in food quality and from a neighbor but want to know if the change has affected the Edge class ships and specifically the Beyond. Have six people looking to book a cruise on the Beyond in early 2024.

Thanks

[floridianny]

We were on Beyond 2 months ago for 9 nights. We had previously been on for 5 nights in November and Apex for a week in January, just for context.  We thought the food quality was better on our most recent cruise.  I will add that they did have a little less selection in the MDRs than on our previous 2 cruises. There were still choices for everyone in our group of 7 but we did notice some missing choices. One weird note is that we had to ask for bread in the MDRs each night or we did not get it. Server the first night said something about not wasting food. So we just asked each night and got bread baskets at our table.  We went to Eden and Rooftop and those were both consistently good as past cruises. The buffet was close to the same as best we could tell. Still a lot of choices and plenty of vegetables and healthy choices too.  

I will also say Apex still had the best food of the last 3 cruises IMO  but I am guessing they have made changes too. We are not thrilled by the changes and hope they work it out a bit better. They are not lowering cruise prices and should be providing a level of quality to reflect that.   We are still booked for Beyond early nest year since we  love the new Edge class ships.   

[tigervixxxen]

The most recent changes to the MDR menus have happened within the last two weeks, only the most recent cruisers would know the impact of those changes. 

[stevetod]

Oh Gosh I did not realize it has been only 2 weeks ago. Probably need to wait and re-ask this question a little later on. I was on the Apex in early April of this year and thought the food was fine.

[lv2cruisgrl]

We are to cruise Beyond in November so we are interested also. After looking at my app and the menus listed for MDR we are not impressed.  

[ElmaLee]

Just off Edge and we found the food in MDRs to be of high quality.  Bread bowl and range of butters provided every night without asking.  Good range of food dishes on offer and our waiters always managed to offer additional dishes not on the menu (not that we needed more food!).

With each of the 4 MDRs having at least 3 main dishes, plus the additional 3 standard dishes and the 3 changing each night we had lots of choices.

[stevetod]

Thanks for the updated news.