Food was TERRIBLE.

Item: Costa Fascinosa
Rating: 3.2
Author: pegscruises

Costa Fascinosa Cruise Review to Europe - Western Mediterranean

pegscruises

Contributor Level: Purser

Cruises: 7+ cruises

Review: 1

Helpful Votes: 31

Overall rating:

3.2 out of 5

Verified Review

5 Night Western Mediterranean (Marseille Roundtrip)

Sail date: April 06, 2023

Ship: Costa Fascinosa

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: 6309

Traveled as: Family (older children)

Reviewed: 1 year ago

Review summary

This line has so much potential to be a great ship. Get better chefs and food with much higher quality along with decent entertainment and you would create a much better experience with returning guests. We will never book another Costa cruise

Embarkation

4 out of 5

Very good

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

1 out of 5

Food was TERRIBLE. One would think an Italian run ship would have outstanding Italian cuisine. It was worse than canned Chef Boyardee! We actually left mid-meal from our first night dinner in the dining room and lived on breads and salads with watered down dressing for dinners. Their breakfasts were pretty good. The pizza was ok but had watered down sauce which left crust very soggy. We weren’t sure what meat was in the burgers and tasted terrible. We ended up eating heavy in the ports. I will say the staff service was very good and everyone was really friendly

Onboard Activities

2 out of 5

Just not Royal Caribbean, Princess or Carnival

Entertainment

2 out of 5

Just not Royal Caribbean, Princess or Carnival

Children's Programs

No children with us

Service and Staff

4 out of 5

Really great staff

Ship Quality

4 out of 5

Kept very well

Cabin / Stateroom

4 out of 5

Cabin was great with the exception of our toilet wouldn’t flush and leaked under the floor into our carpet and needed maintenance to bring fans to dry