NCL regulars compare East Meets West with Chin Chin

[Zubsin]

I've been on the POA and have a trip planned on the Jewel this spring. I really liked East Meets West on the POA and wondered if they are the "same". I thought it was the best food and service on the POA. Also since there is no Cadilac Diner on the Jewel is there something similar? I liked getting "little food" to go as snacks...thanks, Donna

[BikerAl]

Have not been on POA, but feel the same about Chin Chin on the Jewel. The Blue Lagoon is the comfort food place on the Jewel.

Al

[Cruise_More_Often]

I was only on the PoA for one night before she left SF for Hawaii, but I ate at a beautiful restaurant that had the most remarkable carpet with fish on it, and that was probably East Meets West. We had a wonderful dinner there, and the place looked fabulous. If that's the place, it's totally different than Chin Chin on the Jewel, which I also love. Chin Chin is big and open, with the sushi line on one side and Teppanyaki in a closed-in area on the other side. The entire area is above Bar City, so it is open to that area and the music that drifts in from Bar City. I think you're going to LOVE the Jewel! We were just on her for 10 days in October; it was our second cruise on her and I would go back on that ship again and again.

The Cadillac Diner on PoA is really clever. Blue Lagoon, on the Jewel, isn't as "cute"-- it has a coffee bean pattern in the carpet. It's a great place to stop for a snack or for breakfast or lunch. When we were on the Jewel last year, I believe in the evenings the tables in Blue Lagoon was turned over to Tangos, which is just opposite the Blue Lagoon. I don't think they did this in October, so it remained an almost-24-hour diner.