bEwAbG Posted November 6, 2023 #226 Share Posted November 6, 2023 12 hours ago, Sailingsoph26 said: After reading this thread, I decided to see if menus have been added to our Constellation cruise next spring. They have been, although I’m not familiar enough with the menus to know if they’re updated or not. What I did find fairly amusing is that they have not been spellchecked and there were several typos. Not a big deal by any means and I’m sure these are works in progress, but it’s not that common to see so many mistakes in official comms and the editor in me was screaming! 😆 This way you cannot complain when something doesn't meet expectations. "No, madame. The menu clearly says we serve Aragula, not arugula" 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare mahdnc Posted November 8, 2023 #227 Share Posted November 8, 2023 I have not seen a Celebrity or RCG number associated with the food cut backs. However in this Seatrade Cruise News article that was published earlier this month, NCL reported that they cut food cost per passenger by nearly 30% since 4Q2022. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trout62 Posted November 8, 2023 #228 Share Posted November 8, 2023 On 11/5/2023 at 7:34 PM, Sailingsoph26 said: After reading this thread, I decided to see if menus have been added to our Constellation cruise next spring. They have been, although I’m not familiar enough with the menus to know if they’re updated or not. What I did find fairly amusing is that they have not been spellchecked and there were several typos. Not a big deal by any means and I’m sure these are works in progress, but it’s not that common to see so many mistakes in official comms and the editor in me was screaming! 😆 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jagger1 Posted November 8, 2023 #229 Share Posted November 8, 2023 On 11/5/2023 at 8:34 PM, Sailingsoph26 said: After reading this thread, I decided to see if menus have been added to our Constellation cruise next spring. They have been, although I’m not familiar enough with the menus to know if they’re updated or not. What I did find fairly amusing is that they have not been spellchecked and there were several typos. Not a big deal by any means and I’m sure these are works in progress, but it’s not that common to see so many mistakes in official comms and the editor in me was screaming! 😆 I’m not an editor but the Marketer in me cringed as well from this and all the numerous errors scattered throughout the app and website. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barbette165 Posted November 8, 2023 #230 Share Posted November 8, 2023 On 11/6/2023 at 2:24 PM, bEwAbG said: This way you cannot complain when something doesn't meet expectations. "No, madame. The menu clearly says we serve Aragula, not arugula" That's rocket science 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weregoingcruising Posted November 8, 2023 #231 Share Posted November 8, 2023 Yes they have shrimp cocktail on the menu but the 3 shrinp are half the size of prevoius ones. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare foodsvcmgr Posted November 8, 2023 #232 Share Posted November 8, 2023 (edited) Has anyone onboard seen any evidence of the expanded menus yet, or not for a few more weeks? Edited November 8, 2023 by foodsvcmgr Spelling 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare dlh015 Posted November 8, 2023 #233 Share Posted November 8, 2023 Great news! Now to see if i carries thru...I'll know in April on the Apex...can't wait!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Cruise till you drop Posted November 8, 2023 #234 Share Posted November 8, 2023 (edited) 1 hour ago, foodsvcmgr said: Has anyone onboard seen any evidence of the expanded menus yet, or not for a few more weeks? Equinox appeared to be updated when I looked last week Edited November 8, 2023 by Cruise till you drop Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jazzbo Posted November 8, 2023 #235 Share Posted November 8, 2023 On 11/1/2023 at 8:29 PM, NMTraveller said: Did we get the chocolates at turndown back? We had them on 9/30/203 Reflection Barcelona to Rome French & Italian riviera cruise. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeremiah1212 Posted November 8, 2023 #236 Share Posted November 8, 2023 8 hours ago, mahdnc said: I have not seen a Celebrity or RCG number associated with the food cut backs. However in this Seatrade Cruise News article that was published earlier this month, NCL reported that they cut food cost per passenger by nearly 30% since 4Q2022. They outline food costs and food cost as a percentage of revenue in all of their earnings filings. 2023 noted a $163.4 million increase in food expense. You'd have to compare pre-COVID to get an idea but even with the purported cutbacks I would still imagine their cost is close to flat or increased. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare terrydtx Posted November 9, 2023 #237 Share Posted November 9, 2023 We are currently on the HAL Koingsdam and the MDR food has been 100% better than we had in September on the Apex. Here are some entrees this week in the MDR so far that we never saw on the Apex. Monday was our first dressy night so we had a more choices Rack of Lamb Monday night NY strip loin steak with grilled shrimp Monday night Double cut pork chop last night Tuesday Spice crusted prime rib-on tonight's menu Unless Celebrity returns to menu items like the above, they are not making any positive movements. Sunday night had not much on the menu we liked, but we ate in Tamarind thier Asian specialty restaurant and we had the Wasabi crusted tenderloin and it was spectacular, BTW the cost for Tamarind is only $30pp. 3 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jazzbo Posted November 9, 2023 #238 Share Posted November 9, 2023 On 11/2/2023 at 10:31 AM, weregoingcruising said: One of the F&B directors emailed a copy of the new menus coming out later this month. 307997748_CelebrityCenturymenus(October1998).pdf 46.55 MB · 246 downloads If only! I miss menus like these (and the food even more so). 😥 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cap_D Posted November 9, 2023 #239 Share Posted November 9, 2023 Here is @terrydtx's HAL thread, with a focus on differences from Celebrity very informative. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare NMTraveller Posted November 10, 2023 #240 Share Posted November 10, 2023 On 11/8/2023 at 4:30 PM, terrydtx said: We are currently on the HAL Koingsdam and the MDR food has been 100% better than we had in September on the Apex. Here are some entrees this week in the MDR so far that we never saw on the Apex. Monday was our first dressy night so we had a more choices Rack of Lamb Monday night NY strip loin steak with grilled shrimp Monday night Double cut pork chop last night Tuesday Spice crusted prime rib-on tonight's menu Unless Celebrity returns to menu items like the above, they are not making any positive movements. Sunday night had not much on the menu we liked, but we ate in Tamarind thier Asian specialty restaurant and we had the Wasabi crusted tenderloin and it was spectacular, BTW the cost for Tamarind is only $30pp. What? You do not like the tilapia? 🤣🤣🤣🤣 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare NMTraveller Posted November 10, 2023 #241 Share Posted November 10, 2023 On 11/8/2023 at 1:50 PM, foodsvcmgr said: Has anyone onboard seen any evidence of the expanded menus yet, or not for a few more weeks? I see the new menus for my Dec. cruise. There are more options, but it is only a half fix. More options, but they left the lousy options of tilapia and spaghetti on the menus. Put the better cuts of meat and get rid of the trash and it would be a go. The problem is only half fixed. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare NMTraveller Posted November 10, 2023 #242 Share Posted November 10, 2023 On 11/1/2023 at 4:05 PM, hcat said: Celeb Cold Cuts.... YUM! Ewwww. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trickydic Posted November 10, 2023 #243 Share Posted November 10, 2023 Just off the Apex and the food (Breakfast and Lunch) in the Ocean View was up there with the best we have experienced on a cruise. Every station was open and a wide selection available, service was also fantastic. The main dining rooms were a bit of a let down for the first few days, food quality was excellent but portion size and choices were definitely lacking. Not a huge problem, once we realised we just ordered an extra main to share or some mash on the side. The dessert choices were the same almost every night (applie pie, ice cream etc.) with the exception of Chic night when the fabulous baked alaska made an appearance. However something I've never experienced happened, I'm not sure if this is due to complaints or if it is specific to the Apex, our waiters announced that they had a special that did not appear on the menu. A couple of examples were a Shrimp Pasta in lobster sauce, beef filet which easily matched what we had in the speciality restaurants. Also these specials were slightly larger portions and were delicious. All in we loved the food on the cruise, glad the classics are making a return as we really like having those options every night. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare foodsvcmgr Posted November 10, 2023 #244 Share Posted November 10, 2023 Based on how we handled hotel restaurant menus for many years, I believe these “specials” are ideas for the new enhanced menus that are being tested for guest reactions, prep time/difficulty, etc. Those that are popular and get positive reviews will likely be incorporated into the new rotations on a permanent basis 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gerelmx Posted November 10, 2023 #245 Share Posted November 10, 2023 (edited) The menus posted by weregoingcruising are 1988 Century The Souvenir menus, includes: 1 Breakfast Menu, 11 Lunch menus, 11 Dinner menus & Recipes. Edited November 10, 2023 by gerelmx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare cruisestitch Posted November 13, 2023 #246 Share Posted November 13, 2023 Just boarded reflection after 10 days at home since the transatlantic. The first thing my waiter said when he saw me was “the old menus are back “ 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare mahdnc Posted November 13, 2023 #247 Share Posted November 13, 2023 17 minutes ago, cruisestitch said: Just boarded reflection after 10 days at home since the transatlantic. The first thing my waiter said when he saw me was “the old menus are back “ They are probably as relieved as you are. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loracpin2 Posted November 13, 2023 #248 Share Posted November 13, 2023 On 11/10/2023 at 10:36 AM, Trickydic said: Just off the Apex and the food (Breakfast and Lunch) in the Ocean View was up there with the best we have experienced on a cruise. Every station was open and a wide selection available, service was also fantastic. The main dining rooms were a bit of a let down for the first few days, food quality was excellent but portion size and choices were definitely lacking. Not a huge problem, once we realised we just ordered an extra main to share or some mash on the side. The dessert choices were the same almost every night (applie pie, ice cream etc.) with the exception of Chic night when the fabulous baked alaska made an appearance. However something I've never experienced happened, I'm not sure if this is due to complaints or if it is specific to the Apex, our waiters announced that they had a special that did not appear on the menu. A couple of examples were a Shrimp Pasta in lobster sauce, beef filet which easily matched what we had in the speciality restaurants. Also these specials were slightly larger portions and were delicious. All in we loved the food on the cruise, glad the classics are making a return as we really like having those options every night. Thanks for the update. We sail Apex January 6th and glad to hear there is "possibly a bright dining light at the end of this very long tunnel". 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jayoldschool Posted November 13, 2023 #249 Share Posted November 13, 2023 41 minutes ago, cruisestitch said: Just boarded reflection after 10 days at home since the transatlantic. The first thing my waiter said when he saw me was “the old menus are back “ I really excited this is happening right before the Ascent takes on passengers. I'm sure it is a relief for their kitchen staff as well! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiwichick62 Posted November 13, 2023 #250 Share Posted November 13, 2023 50 minutes ago, cruisestitch said: Just boarded reflection after 10 days at home since the transatlantic. The first thing my waiter said when he saw me was “the old menus are back “ Can you please post the changes you notice when you get a chance to, also can you please report on whether the quality has improved. 🙂 Have a great cruise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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