Amazing experience on NCL
Norwegian Encore Cruise Review
7 Night Eastern Caribbean (Miami Roundtrip)
Sail date: February 06, 2022
Ship: Norwegian Encore
Cabin type: Balcony
Cabin number: 9856
Traveled as: Couple
Reviewed: 2 years ago
Review summary
This was our first NCL cruise and we enjoyed it we will sail encore againEmbarkation
Ship experiences
Food and Dining
The Humidor Cigar Lounge
Nice to have an area to enjoy a cigar so many ships have removed their cigar lounges so we were super excited to discover this. They also had a nice selections of cigars to purchase for reasonable prices
Maltings Whiskey Bar
This was a favorite spot for evening cocktails. The beautiful seating area was great for people watching. I highly suggest the woodford old fashion and the blackberry smash Hubby enjoyed two different whiskey tasting experiences and the cigar lounge area
The Manhattan Room - Main Dining Room
Food and service were fantastic but it’s a large dining room and can at times be very noisy. It was perfect for seating our entire group of 9 for dinner
Food Republic
We stopped in here for some before dinner appetizers the last day. Next time we will try this for lunch as well. Tiger roll and pork belly skewers were excellent. Also loved the cucumber cooler cocktail. They also have cold and hot sake
Waves Pool Bar
This was our spot Michael, Lily and Paul kept the party rolling at the pool!
Teppanyaki
Food was ok but this was the only time we felt the service was lacking all week. The wait staff was slow to bring drinks and refill waters. It was also very loud which is to be somewhat expected however we seemed to have gotten the quiet chef as I could not hear anything he was saying to us at all and he didn’t put on much of a show. We did enjoy watching the other chef from across the way. That’s just luck of the draw. I also thought it strange that the left the tails on the shrimp and didn’t slice them, they were quite large (def two bite) especially as we were eating with chopsticks and had no knives on the table. Same with the veges left too large to be bite size.
Savor Restaurant - Main Dining Room
We had breakfast here twice and dinner once food was great and service fantastic. I will say that I preferred the ambiance here to the Manhattan dining room. The smaller size made it a bit more intimate of a dinning experience.
Coco’s
Great late night dessert option.
The Local Bar
Fantastic Sandwiches and bar bites
Garden Cafe
Great for a quick breakfast I especially liked that they had 6 different omelet stations so the wait for an omelet was never long! It also helps that the boat was less then half capacity but I have been on ships that only had two omelet stations so it was great to see so many. Lots of food options. Lunch here was also good
The Cellars Wine Bar
The girls and I enjoyed a wine and chocolate tasting here as well as a champagne blind tasting. The sommelier was very knowledgeable and I actually learned a lot
Los Lobos
This was not a favorite, service was amazing but it’s just average Mexican food. The guacamole was great and the margaritas. Next time we will just do guacamole and margaritas especially since it’s ala carte pricing
Cagney's Steakhouse
This was perfection in every way.
Service and Staff
Cabin / Stateroom
Ports of call
Great Stirrup Cay (Cruise Line Private Island), Bahamas
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