Not for vegetarians
Carnival Venezia Cruise Review to Transatlantic
15 Night Transatlantic: Carnival Journeys (Barcelona To New York)
Sail date: May 29, 2023
Ship: Carnival Venezia
Cabin type: Balcony
Cabin number: 6484
Traveled as: Couple
Reviewed: 1 year ago
Review summary
We embarked on a transatlantic cruise from Barcelona to NYC with high hopes, as it was the ship’s inaugural voyage. However, we were let down in several areas. Below is our evaluation of the ship, rooms, services, and food: Ship: The ship was average when compared to other Carnival vessels. We found the layout to be somewhat confusing and the lighting was dim. The adults-only Serenity area was small and lacked a pool. Room: We were satisfied with our balcony room in terms of size, bedding, and housekeeping. Service: The staff provided exceptional service in the dining room, on the Lido deck, and in housekeeping. Food: This was the most disappointing aspect of our 15-day cruise. Vegetarian options were limited in both the Lido deck buffet and the dining room. The Indian vegetarian dish served in the dining room was unappetizing, bland, repetitive, and of poor quality. The rice they served was extremely poor quality rice. We had difficulty finding suitable vegetarian lunch options at the Lido deck buffet. The Italian dishes were dry, tasteless, and lacked authenticity. Overall, the menu seemed to discourage vegetarian diners. We made a simple request for plain rice to the head chef on the Lido deck, but our complaint was ignored. The ship management was completely absent from the floor specially on the Lido deck.Embarkation
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We felt that this cruise is not for vegetarians. The available vegetarian options were tasteless, dry and bland. There was a lack of commonsense in vegetarian selections. The vegetarian enchiladas were dry and without enchilada sauce. Most of the Italian vegetarian choices were dry with very little tomato sauce and did not taste at all like Italian food. Indian dinner at dining room was not edible, tasteless, repetitive and bland. The rice they served is very poor quality rice.