Pub lunches on Ruby Princess ?......

[monakayk]

Do they still have Pub lunches on Ruby Princess in the Wheelhouse Bar? If so, when do they have them…. on sea days only?  Also what is served? We always liked the fish and chips and was wondering if they still served those?

 

Thanks in advance.

[memoak]

On the Emerald it was available one day in the MDR

[monakayk]

5 minutes ago, memoak said:

On the Emerald it was available one day in the MDR

Was that on a sea day?

[donswife]

On the Royal it was in the MDR on a day when we arrived in Port mid-day. I don't remember all the choices,  but they did have fish & chips, chicken curry, and plowmans lunch.

[lennythenose]

On the Ruby in April it was in the MDR only on one sea day but we didn’t see it until later that afternoon so we missed it. I’m not sure but I think it was the first sea day. 

[Thrak]

I've seen reports that, on Pub Lunch Day, there is often Fish & Chips, etc. available in the buffet. Not sure if it's common or not.

[memoak]

15 minutes ago, donswife said:

On the Royal it was in the MDR on a day when we arrived in Port mid-day. I don't remember all the choices,  but they did have fish & chips, chicken curry, and plowmans lunch.

The other option in that menu would be bangers and mash

[mel8kri]

Usually available in the MDR at least one day. Just look for lunch menus

[monakayk]

Thanks for the replies.

[Kay S]

19 hours ago, mel8kri said:

Usually available in the MDR at least one day. Just look for lunch menus

That kind of misses the point, for me.  The MDR doesn't feel "pub" like the old Wheelhouse Bar did.

[voljeep]

1 minute ago, Kay S said:

That kind of misses the point, for me.  The MDR doesn't feel "pub" like the old Wheelhouse Bar did.

fish sticks - maybe warm - in a cup - french fries, I guess - just food

 

Wheelhouse - hot fish and chips delivered to table with a cold beverage of choice - we were lucky at least once and also shrimp and chips was on the menu - I got both, of course 

 

packed and line out the door - but seat to leave less than 30 minutes, easily

[theloo]

Has the pub lunch changed much over the years?  I had it on the Ruby pre-covid and was not impressed with the fish and chips.

[memoak]

4 hours ago, voljeep said:

fish sticks - maybe warm - in a cup - french fries, I guess - just food

 

Wheelhouse - hot fish and chips delivered to table with a cold beverage of choice - we were lucky at least once and also shrimp and chips was on the menu - I got both, of course 

 

packed and line out the door - but seat to leave less than 30 minutes, easily

What the heck are you talking about. If anything the MDR pub lunch was better and hotter, no long line down the corridor lots of cold beer and much larger area than Wheelhouse or Crown ever had

[voljeep]

7 minutes ago, memoak said:

What the heck are you talking about. If anything the MDR pub lunch was better and hotter, no long line down the corridor lots of cold beer and much larger area than Wheelhouse or Crown ever had

oops - mixed up the mdr with the buffet - easy enough to do ...

[memoak]

29 minutes ago, voljeep said:

oops - mixed up the mdr with the buffet - easy enough to do ...

I would agree that fried fish sitting in the buffet is something I would not care for

[travellingnana]

We also had a scotch egg on the menu. And if you have room for dessert, and if you want bread and butter pudding…be sure to ask your server to have them warm it up. 100 times better that way😊

[iamaqt2]

I went this month the one day it was offered in the MDR, and wasn't impressed with the menu options.  I felt Shepherd's Pie should have been on there at a minimum.  I asked to see the kids menu and ended up getting one of the best cruise ship cheeseburgers I've ever had.  And I got a banana split for dessert!

[monakayk]

On 5/29/2023 at 12:59 PM, Kay S said:

That kind of misses the point, for me.  The MDR doesn't feel "pub" like the old Wheelhouse Bar did.

ITA....I don't think I'd like to have a pub lunch in the dining room anyway.

[memoak]

4 hours ago, iamaqt2 said:

I went this month the one day it was offered in the MDR, and wasn't impressed with the menu options.  I felt Shepherd's Pie should have been on there at a minimum.  I asked to see the kids menu and ended up getting one of the best cruise ship cheeseburgers I've ever had.  And I got a banana split for dessert!

There are 2 sets of pub lunch menu. One has fish and chips, ploughmans lunch and bangers and mash. There is a different one that has scotch eggs, shrimp and chips and shepherd’s pie. If they only have one lunch on your cruise you may get one or the other or a combination 

[iamaqt2]

Just now, memoak said:

There are 2 sets of pub lunch menu. One has fish and chips, ploughmans lunch and bangers and mash. There is a different one that has scotch eggs, shrimp and chips and shepherd’s pie. If they only have one lunch on your cruise you may get one or the other or a combination 

Thanks.  We had the fish and chips menu... and seeing what others were being served, nothing appealed.  Wish I had gotten the second menu.

[Kay S]

38 minutes ago, memoak said:

There are 2 sets of pub lunch menu. One has fish and chips, ploughmans lunch and bangers and mash. There is a different one that has scotch eggs, shrimp and chips and shepherd’s pie. If they only have one lunch on your cruise you may get one or the other or a combination 

Are they still doing the two menus? I remember one  time there was a chicken curry on the menu. I  liked the shrimp and the fish, so either is okay with me, but I'm not sold on the MDR as "pub."

[travellingnana]

We had one menu. Bangers and mash, fish and chips, ploughman’s lunch, curry,  and a scotch egg, but that was on the Crown. 

[monakayk]

54 minutes ago, travellingnana said:

We had one menu. Bangers and mash, fish and chips, ploughman’s lunch, curry,  and a scotch egg, but that was on the Crown. 

Was the pub lunch held in the main dining room on the Crown?

[travellingnana]

54 minutes ago, monakayk said:

Was the pub lunch held in the main dining room on the Crown?

Yes it was!

[Coral]

1 hour ago, monakayk said:

Was the pub lunch held in the main dining room on the Crown?

I just got back last week from the Crown. The Pub Lunch was in the Crown Grill and there was a huge line to get into it. It went past the Explorer's Lounge. The line started about 30 minutes before they started. This pic was after they started the lunch.

 

It definitely was not in the dining room last week. It should have been.

 

 

Edited May 31, 2023 by Coral