We agree with so much here, particularly the distinction between a very pleasant Verandah on QE and a dull but pretentious Verandah on the QM2. Our Verandah dinner on the QM2 in December was included as part of the reservation package we’d booked on a previous sailing, and the maître d’ was surprisingly condescending about it.
That was irritating, particularly as the meal was not nearly so good as what we’ve had in steakhouses on land. Actually, it wasn’t as good as what we can do at home. As restaurant reviewers for our city’s paper for almost 8 years, we do have a pretty good standard for comparison, and Verandah on QE was very good, while the one on QM2 was, at best, pedestrian. The physical placement and lighting, etc on QM2 was also far below what we expected: dull and dim.
We probably won’t ever use the Verandah on QM2 again, which is a shame because, despite the pretentious knife presentations, QE shows how good it could be.