Generally very good, but cigar smokers beware - you are beneath cigarette smokers.
Norwegian Breakaway Cruise Review to Bermuda
7 Night Bermuda (New York Roundtrip)
Sail date: May 14, 2017
Ship: Norwegian Breakaway
Cabin type: Balcony
Cabin number: 12172
Traveled as: Family (older children)
Reviewed: 7 years ago
Review summary
The "Burn The Floor" shows were outstanding!
We got the unlimited drink package as a free add-on and were very pleased with that. Check out Shanghai's Noodle Bar - very good. The Garden Cafe always had something available for each of our tastes. Of the dining rooms, the Manhatten Room was our favorite. Make sure you try to reserve a time about 30-45 minutes before a dance show on those nights.
Re: cigar smoking - I knowing there is a cigar lounge next to Maltings Beer and Whiskey Bar, I went down one evening to relax and have a bourbon and burn a stick. I got my drink at the indoor bar (the barkeep kindly supplied me with matches) and lit up in the cigar lounge, where I was the only one present. Outside, on the deck at the "Waterfront" were a number of folks who were socializing and smoking cigarettes. I went out and sat at the bar for a couple of minutes when the bartender told me that I could not smoke at the bar but could sit or stand at one of the various tables. I chose to stand at the rail which literally was overlooking the ocean and was in the breeze. I was surrounded by people smoking cigarettes but was approached by another crew member who told me that I could only smoke the cigar in the cigar lounge. I complied, but when my drink was finished, I wanted another but had no way of ordering one because I was not about to leave my $10 cigar before finishing it. After about 20 minutes I saw, out the window, two other men smoking cigars out where I had been. My complaint here is that smoking is smoking and it should either be allowed or not. Secondarily, rules should be consistently enforced. No one should be corrected about some behavior only to observe others freely behaving the same way.
I thought O'Sheehan's would actually be an Irish Bar. It is that in name and decor only. The only beers on draght were Heineken and Stella. Are you kidding me? Not a Guinness or Murphy's or Harp to be found.
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O'Sheehan's is not an Irish bar - no Irish beer to be had. Food is not bad here, though. The Garden Cafe will fit most tastes for food. When it is open, the bar in the Garden is the least busy. Hot tubs in the morning are recommended. Check out the ropes course - esp walking the plank!