Take-out beer from which bars/restaurants?

[ottmar]

I like to take my beer with me into the main dining rooms. In looking at the deck plans of the Star where we are on deck 8 near Endless Summer and Blue Lagoon.

There are also places near the dining rooms, like La Cucina and Le Bistro on deck 6 near the Aqua dining room or the Red Lion and Spinaker Lounge on deck 7 when going down to the Versailles dining room.

 

My question is: can I walk into any of these places and buy a Fosters Oil Can beer and take it with me to the dining room WITHOUT it being opened at the bar?

 

These beer questions are really important to me because I will not start any part of the meal without my beer and I am told it takes forever to send the waiter and the food may be cold by then.

 

....Ott

[laxlove6]

you can bring beers every where on the ship. bring a bucket.

[hladygirl]

I like to take my beer with me into the main dining rooms. In looking at the deck plans of the Star where we are on deck 8 near Endless Summer and Blue Lagoon.

There are also places near the dining rooms, like La Cucina and Le Bistro on deck 6 near the Aqua dining room or the Red Lion and Spinaker Lounge on deck 7 when going down to the Versailles dining room.

 

My question is: can I walk into any of these places and buy a Fosters Oil Can beer and take it with me to the dining room WITHOUT it being opened at the bar?

 

These beer questions are really important to me because I will not start any part of the meal without my beer and I am told it takes forever to send the waiter and the food may be cold by then.

 

....Ott

the last two times on the spirit you could take any drinks out of bars to anywhere on the ship. i frequently ordered a bottle of wine at dinner , had one or two glasses and walked out with the bottle in my hand. i would also order the two for one martinis and ask them to put them in regular glasses and bring them to my room or other venue.

[yoyocruiser]

Absolutely. Carry your beer wherever you like!! It will not be a problem at all. :D

[luddite]

Yes, you may. They aren't required to open it.

[ottmar]

For clarification: I am aware that I can take the beer anywhere, I just wanted to know if I could walk into any specialty restaurants I mentioned and buy a beer to go.

 

Thanks, ....Ott

[luddite]

For clarification: I am aware that I can take the beer anywhere, I just wanted to know if I could walk into any specialty restaurants I mentioned and buy a beer to go.

 

Thanks, ....Ott

 

Sure. Point of order: service will be faster at a bar than in a restaurant.

[monicajay]

Yes, bring it. Beer service in the dining room is very slow. This is particularly important with freestyle as the waiters don't get to know you and your wishes.

 

On lines with fixed dining my DH makes it clear that he wants a beer as soon as he sits down. The waiter then usually gets it right. On Costa we had X1 card and the waiter always had 2 beers for my husband, 1 bottle of water and 1 bottle of wine waiting for us at our table upon arrival.

[rvsullivan]

I would not go to a specialty restaurant for a beer. They don't typically have a bar in there and would have to go to a bar for your drink just like they do in the MDR. If you want to take one with you, I would swing into one of the bars and get it.

[njhorseman]

For clarification: I am aware that I can take the beer anywhere, I just wanted to know if I could walk into any specialty restaurants I mentioned and buy a beer to go.

 

Thanks, ....Ott

 

No...go into a bar, not a specialty restaurant, to buy your beer. The restaurants don't have stand alone bars in them, and the waiters are there to serve the diners in the restaurant, not to chase after a can of beer for someone who will be bringing it to another restaurant.

[che5904]

For clarification: I am aware that I can take the beer anywhere, I just wanted to know if I could walk into any specialty restaurants I mentioned and buy a beer to go.

 

Thanks, ....Ott

 

Why would you want to :confused: ?

 

Whether you can "walk into a specialty restaurant and buy a beer to go", I can't possibly see where you would want the hassle. The specialty restaurants don't have a stand alone bar and have a maitre'd that you first have to swipe your card to accept the charge of the restaurant and then wait to be seated. Wouldn't it be far easier to just stop at any of the bars along route to pick up your beer to go?

 

The Red Lion is seldom that busy before later in the evening to stop and grab one or 2 on the way to Versailles and you can either stop at the casino bar or gatsby's on the way to Aqua.

 

BTW If my memory serves me correctly you can't get from La Cucina directly to the Aqua diningroom.

[ottmar]

OK,OK, I'll figure it out. Thanks for the advise, I'll find a bar once I have figured it out what names are bars and which are specialty restaurants.

 

....Ott

[che5904]

OK,OK, I'll figure it out. Thanks for the advise, I'll find a bar once I have figured it out what names are bars and which are specialty restaurants.

 

....Ott

 

Bars on the Star

 

Topsiders, poolside Deck 12

Bier Garten Deck 14

Red Lion Pub Deck 7

Spinnaker Lounge Deck 7

Gatsby's Dec 6

Star Bar Deck 13

Casino Bar Deck 6

 

Specialty dining restaurants and prices are on their dining guide

 

http://www2.ncl.com/sites/default/files/Dining_Flyer_062211.pdf

[ottmar]

Now that was a helpful post, thanks che5904.

 

....Ott

[che5904]

Now that was a helpful post, thanks che5904.

 

....Ott

 

Sorry my post wasn't more helpful before, but I really didn't know what you were looking for. I'm a little slow on the uptake today, guess I'm a little tired. :)

[sdmike]

My guess is you could stand almost anywhere on an NCL ship and say "I need a beer" and a beer fairy will magically appear to take your order and charge your card $6.95 plus 18% gratuity. :D

 

But seriously, you probably can't walk 50 strides on a cruise ship without coming across a bar

[ottmar]

This is our eleventh or twelfth cruise, I don't keep a close count, and for the last few on both Princess and Royal Caribbean we have taken anytime/my time dining options and found that with a different waiter, especially if we sit at a large table which is our preference, the beer comes long after the meal which is not what I want so I started to bring one from a bar with me which works OK.

 

Since this is our first time on NCL I have tried to find out where I could and where I should not hunt for beer close to the main dining rooms...

 

With often convoluted names I didn't know which were bars and which were pay dining venues.

 

All the other lines we cruised had just one steak restaurant and one Italian restaurant and all else were bars.

 

I rarely have a drink of any kind between meals but I want my beer with the meals, breakfast excluded.

 

So now I found them on the deck plans, but would not have guessed that Gatsby's is a bar.

 

Thank you all, it is a fun thread.

 

....Ott

[luddite]

FWIW.... I have never seen a breakfast stout on a cruise ship.

[SuiteCruiser]

My friends regularly drink bud light lime in the morning, it's a good breakfast beer :)

[azappraiser]

you can bring beers every where on the ship. bring a bucket.

 

They wouldn't let me buy Foster's Oil Cans in a bucket on the Pearl... they would only sell bottled beer in them. :( But I did take mine wherever I went.

[luddite]

My friends regularly drink bud light lime in the morning, it's a good breakfast beer :)

 

:) Well, actually, it's never a good beer. :eek: