First time NCL cruiser

[Ken Greco]

Going on the Pearl in January. Never been on a NCL cruise. Regular RCCL cruiser. Tell me about the food offered positives and negatives. Are the specialty restaurants worth it?

[Sauer-kraut]

ROFL .... if I said it was inedible would you consider it inedible? Just go with the flow, enjoy your cruise and realize that it is NCL and not RC. :D

[JillL]

I am not a picky eater, so you may need to take my thoughts with a grain of salt...

 

I have never had an issue with the food and think it is good to very good.

 

The buffet... is a buffet. If you are expecting gormet food, you'll be disappointed. I have always been able to find many things that I really enjoy and have no issues eating there... especially when a long dinner seems unbearable.

 

The main dining rooms... again never an issue. You may have things you don't like, but that can happen anywhere. Order something else.

 

We also tried a couple of the specialty restaurants and really enjoyed them. We will have a four dinner specialty plan for our next cruise and really looking forward to it.

[TonyFred]

The food on the Escape and Getaway was better overall than any I have had on my RCCL cruises. In particular the buffet offers a much better variety and quality of food. Cagneys is consistently the best overall restaurant I have eaten at on any cruise ship. Of course these are strictly my opinions and others will think differently.