Conflicting reviews of food on ships

[Cfabar1]

The complimentary MDR's. The food always tasted more like it was made to order than DCL. Dishes were prepared better and better seasoned than DCL. There was more variety too. There is something about DCL where everything starts tasting the same by the end of the cruise. I didn't notice that on Celebrity.

We only did one premium and it was actually worse than the MDR, but it was Le Petit Chef, which is more about the show. They have better premium options, but we were so satisfied with the MDR's that there wasn't any reason to pay for the upgrades. The buffet was more on par with DCL, but did seem to have more variety and to mix things up more day to day. But the Celebrity buffet desserts were terrible - they looked pretty but had no flavor at all. But the MDR desserts were excellent.

The pizza and burgers on deck were far superior to DCL too.

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Great to know.... We both found on RCL it took our bodies 2-3 days to get used to the food... never had that issue on Disney....

 

[princesscinderella]

Is it really? My husband and I scored a lunch reservation and he’s really looking forward to it, but with most Disney food my expectations are tempered. We’ve dined at V&As 4x over the years and did the Chef Table in January, so I’m hoping it’s actually worthwhile. I was thinking of letting my friend go with my husband for the lunch on the cruise since we live near NYC and have eaten at a lot of Michelin star restaurants there and around the world, but my best friend has only ever been to Alinea with me.

The lunch if you are going on the Wish is the same as the dinner menu. So many were not booking dinner there because on a 3 day they wanted to dine in each of the MDRs instead and it’s competing with Palo for adult dining too. 4 day sailings have a little more cushion. We had booked Enchante for the first night of our 3 day wish sailing and they contacted us and asked if we still wanted to dine because we were the only family that had booked to dine there that night. They assured me that if we did lunch the next day it’s the exact same menu. It’s food as art there and so delicious, with some surprise bites thrown in addition to the menu. I would definitely recommend trying it once if you love fine dining it definitely didn’t disappoint. If you are really unsure watch a YouTube video on dining there to see the courses.

 

[Sparrow'sLady]

The complimentary MDR's. The food always tasted more like it was made to order than DCL. Dishes were prepared better and better seasoned than DCL. There was more variety too. There is something about DCL where everything starts tasting the same by the end of the cruise. I didn't notice that on Celebrity.

We only did one premium and it was actually worse than the MDR, but it was Le Petit Chef, which is more about the show. They have better premium options, but we were so satisfied with the MDR's that there wasn't any reason to pay for the upgrades. The buffet was more on par with DCL, but did seem to have more variety and to mix things up more day to day. But the Celebrity buffet desserts were terrible - they looked pretty but had no flavor at all. But the MDR desserts were excellent.

The pizza and burgers on deck were far superior to DCL too.

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Our experience on Celebrity was the opposite. We sailed on a ship that was just refurbed and making only its 2nd re-voyage. It was a beautiful ship. The food was mediocre. We did find a taco bar on the lido that was enjoyable, but everything in the MDR was just "okay".

 

[brentm77]

Our experience on Celebrity was the opposite. We sailed on a ship that was just refurbed and making only its 2nd re-voyage. It was a beautiful ship. The food was mediocre. We did find a taco bar on the lido that was enjoyable, but everything in the MDR was just "okay".

I have heard there is a difference between edge-class and the other ships, but haven't tried the other ships. That could be the reason, but that's disappointing to hear. We will be sailing another edge-class this winter so it will be interesting to see if it is as good or if we just got lucky on the first one.

 

[foodiddiedoo]

The lunch if you are going on the Wish is the same as the dinner menu. So many were not booking dinner there because on a 3 day they wanted to dine in each of the MDRs instead and it’s competing with Palo for adult dining too. 4 day sailings have a little more cushion. We had booked Enchante for the first night of our 3 day wish sailing and they contacted us and asked if we still wanted to dine because we were the only family that had booked to dine there that night. They assured me that if we did lunch the next day it’s the exact same menu. It’s food as art there and so delicious, with some surprise bites thrown in addition to the menu. I would definitely recommend trying it once if you love fine dining it definitely didn’t disappoint. If you are really unsure watch a YouTube video on dining there to see the courses.

We’re sailing the Treasure but the menu and price is the same between ships from what I understand.