Cruise Food..What do you think?

[AFuncruiser]

Carnival, Celebrity, Princess, Holland America, and Royal Crib, in my opinion the food is all the same. I found MSV ‘s food inferior and The Seven Seas Mariner food vastly superior.

What do you think?

 

Dennis

 

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Celebration Carnival 4 nights August 2006

Celebration Carnival 5 nights September 2006

Seven Seas Mariner 18 nights November 2006

Carnival Celebration 5 nights March 24th 2007

Celebrity Century 13 night Trans Atlantic April 26th 2007

[suzeyQ]

I've only been on Carnival and RCI in recent years - I thought RCI's food was somewhat better. I have sailed on HAL before and found their food much better but that was 15 years ago.

 

We'll be on X in 3 weeks so I'll give my opinion then!

[Sky Sweet]

The best food I ever had on a cruise was on the Leonardo da Vinci (Italian Line) over 30 years ago, but that cruise line no longer exists. In recent years I have been on one Royal Caribbean Cruise, one Carnival Cruise, and many Celebrity Cruises. Of those three cruise lines, I feel that Celebrity has the best food and Carnival has the worst.

[lovesun14]

I think Celebrity has that best, and Princess is very good too. I didn't care for RCCI's food much. It was the same buffet everyday and not very good. Celebrity wins IMO!:cool:

[melika091900]

weve been on NCL, carnival and celebrity..

the best food was celebrity,,

the best buffet was carnival,

the best dining options was NCL ...

[rebeccalouise]

I have sailed Princess, Celebrity, NCL, Disney and Oceania in the past two years. All of the food was decent but none stood out as much as Oceania. Oceania had excellent food. Nothing gourmet but everything that I ate was really good.

 

I still like Celebrity the best however and think the food is excellent. Celebrity has pretty but flavorless desserts. That is where I think they could improve. Apart from that I have enjoyed every morsel on board and Celebrity is half the price of Oceania.

[golfnkitties]

We have been on HAL, RCCL, Carnival, but tried Celebrity and have been here ever since. Carnival did have the best chilled soups, with HAL second.

 

But, no one else has the WAFFLES ! ;) :) ;)

[The Mommy]

We have not cruised a great deal as yet but so far :-

NCL - good food - choices were wonderful

Princess - good

P&O - very very poor choice and very poor range

Celebrity - best so far overall for choices, quality and range

[land lover]

There are certain things I like on each cruise line.

 

I think Bread sticks and sorbet are best on X.......:D

[sea-cruise]

Nothing can beat the foods served years ago, but cruises use to cost a small fortune, so we will get what we pay for.

I do think that X has the best now, but things keep changing in the industry....so who knows?

[salty dingo]

Does the term TROLL mean anything to anyone... in the context of this thread?

[Drew B]

We have been on HAL, RCCL, Carnival, but tried Celebrity and have been here ever since. Carnival did have the best chilled soups, with HAL second.

 

But, no one else has the WAFFLES ! ;) :) ;)

 

 

Thank you for saying that! I liked Carnival's chilled soups better than any food I had on X (including the waffles).

[land lover]

Does the term TROLL mean anything to anyone... in the context of this thread?

 

Yeah...but who cares I still like the bread sticks:p and I don't like the waffles.....

[Sky Sweet]

My favorite Celebrity foods include cold soups, goat cheese souffle, zabaglione, rack of lamb, cold poached salmon, prime rib, caesar salad, and of course waffles :)

[Drew B]

Sky Sweet, have you ever sailed Carnival? I was so disappointed by X's cold soups mainly because Carnival's were so much better.

[kelmac]

My food ratings:

#1 -- Celebrity in main dining room and alternative restaurant(Excellent)

#2 -- Holland America, best buffet (Lido)

#3 -- Princess, pretty average, even alternative restaurants are average

#4 -- NCL, I need to try one of their newer ships

#5 -- Royal Caribbean, pretty weak, self serve buffet is a feeding frenzy

(we are going to give RCCL one last try on the Jewel)

 

No such thing as a bad cruise!:)

 

Kel

[Jancruz]

Food is my hobby..and the best is 1st Oceania, 2nd Oceania and 3rd Oceania!!

Jan

*****

[caviargal]

The best food I ever had on a cruise was on the Leonardo da Vinci (Italian Line) over 30 years ago, but that cruise line no longer exists. In recent years I have been on one Royal Caribbean Cruise, one Carnival Cruise, and many Celebrity Cruises. Of those three cruise lines, I feel that Celebrity has the best food and Carnival has the worst.

 

Oh, those Italian lines:). Sitmar and Home Lines both had wonderful food as did Costa in the old days.

 

I put HAL and X at the top of the list, Carnival and NCL tied for the bottom and RCI in the average category.

[Jancruz]

Caviargirl..I remember Sitmar well..giving away my age..and I remember the food as outstanding..but was it or was it just because we were young and having the time of our lives!!..

Jan

*****

[newmexicoNita]

Of course as others have said: you can't beat NCL for selection of dining rooms. I still put them second on my list.

 

HAL stood out in our minds. We sailed the Amsterdam just a few months ago and hardly had a bad meal, in fact we didn't. Their lunch buffet was the best ever.

 

Celebrity has good meats but we aren't impressed with the rest. It all tasted the same.

 

Caviargal mentions Costa in the olden days: did Costa twice in the 80s and thought the food was the worst ever. This is one reason I would never cruise them again.

 

See how subjective food can be. NMNita

[caviargal]

Caviargirl..I remember Sitmar well..giving away my age..and I remember the food as outstanding..but was it or was it just because we were young and having the time of our lives!!..

Jan

*****

 

 

Jan, it could be that... or perhaps the fact the waitstaff and officers were incredibly handsome and charming?:D

[caviargal]

I forgot about MSC. My cruise with them in the Med had the best food in the dining room I have enjoyed on any ship in many years.

 

Yes, food is definitely subjective as many hated the food on these ships.

[geoherb]

I usually give the edge to Celebrity for dining room food and service. Princess wins for availability of food in the buffet area. There were times on Celebrity and HAL that the buffet was changing over from breakfast to lunch or lunch to afternoon and we couldn't get a full meal.

[BikerAl]

In my humble opinion, all of the cruise lines I have sailed on have some great meals, mostly good meals and some that are truly poor. I have also found that within a line there are some ships that are way better than others, and it seems that is directly related to the staff, and ship size.

 

Have sailed Carnival, Hal, NCL and Princess. Will be sailing NCL in a month, and Celebrity, for the first time, in December.

[sea-cruise]

Home Lines had wonderful food in the old days.

 

OHHHHH... Did you have to remind me of Home Lines??? My mouth is watering!!!:D

....and now I have to go in the kitchen and prepare dinner myself...oh the agony & injustice of it all. Nothing I prepare can compare to ANY food I'm served on a cruise. :o