Cover Charges on the Dawn?

[pampaul]

Can someone tell me which restaurants have a cover charge (or whatever they call it) and which ones don't? We'll be going for a week and I'm sure we're not going to want to eat in the buffet everyday but DH won't pay for the other restaurants. Thanks in advance!!!

[johnql]

Here's how the dining venues break down on the Dawn:

 

Included, no reservations required

Aqua (main dining room)

Impressions (main dining room)

Venetian (main dining room)

Garden Cafe Buffet

Bimini Bar & Grill

Blue Lagoon - 24/7 eatery

Pearly Kings Pub - Fish & chips

Ondeck BBQs

Late night snacks served in the casino

Room service - 24/7

 

Specialty Restaurants - included, reservations required

La Trattoria - Italian

Salsa - Tex-Mex

 

Specialty Restaurants - surcharge, reservations required

Bamboo - 3 eateries in 1 - Asian fusion restaurant / sushi / Teppanyaki

Cagney's Steakhouse

Le Bistro - French

 

I understand how your DH probably feels about not wanting to pay for a surcharge restaurant, but if you can convince him to, I don't think you'll be disappointed. I think Le Bistro, Cagney's and Teppanyaki are all easily worth the nominal surcharge.

[jingming]

On the topic of food and restaurants. Can I ask if we can go to different restaurants at the same lunch/dinner? For example, if I don't like what I've ordered at one place or maybe just order an appetizer, is it possible to have the entree or dessert somewhere else? Does NCL keep track of how many times we've eaten?

[johnql]

jingming, you can absolutely go to more than one dining venue for the same meal. That's one of the fun aspects of Freestyle dining. You can go to dinner early at 5:30 and have an appetizer and entree. Then, go to the show, after which you can go back to the dining room just for dessert and coffee (or even another entree). No problem whatsoever.

[jingming]

sounds great! I like to eat small meals but quite frequently. I'm glad to know that NCL accomodates to that!

 

Thank you for your reply, johnql. :)