Food disappointing

Item: Norwegian Escape
Rating: 4.3
Author: mickammm

Norwegian Escape Cruise Review to Canada, New England, New York

mickammm

Contributor Level: Purser

Cruises: 4-6 cruises

Review: 1

Helpful Votes: 4

Overall rating:

4.3 out of 5

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7 Night Canada & New England (New York Roundtrip)

Sail date: September 15, 2019

Ship: Norwegian Escape

Cabin type: Balcony

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 5 years ago

Review summary

Ship was big. I did my daily walks by walking around the cabins on my floor several times when the weather was too cold or windy to be on the tracks

Embarkation

5 out of 5

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

2 out of 5

Food was below average. We stopped by east coast harbors famous for lobsters and yet no lobsters were offered on the menu. We bought lobster rolls while we were on shore from a restaurant. NY strip steaks on menu tastes like it was from Ponderosa's kitchen. Sauces on food were bland. Roast ducks were not crispy. Very disappointed in their food. This was my first NCL cruise but fifth cruise overall and I wouldn't book NCL in future just because their food was not up to par.

Onboard Activities

4 out of 5

Entertainment

5 out of 5

Went to shows most evenings and they let you in even though no reservation was booked

Children's Programs

No children in geoup

Service and Staff

5 out of 5

Ship Quality

5 out of 5

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5

It was well maintained

Ship tip

be prepared for low quality food

Thumbs up

Ports of call

New York, New York

5 out of 5

Portland, Maine

5 out of 5

Trolley tour

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Bar Harbor, Maine

5 out of 5

Trolley tour

Thumbs Up 0

Saint John, New Brunswick

4 out of 5

We used map and sight seed on our own

Thumbs Up 0

Halifax, Nova Scotia

3 out of 5

No tour taken. We walked and sight seeing on our own

Thumbs Up 0

Disembarkation

4 out of 5

3 Comments

Cruisers4Lyfe 5 months ago

Thanks for sharing

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wanjohn68 5 years ago

I can't believe about the food tasting bad or no lobster being offered because I had lobster when we went to my main dinner room to eat. Remember people your vacation is what you make of it. And Ncl and Carnival and every Cruise got different meals even when you go outside to eat the food could be worst and you could even get food poisoning. So people need to stop complaining and just be happy.

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enjoyurdaysmile 5 years ago

We've cruised many times with Norwegian and even if the food might not have tasted good for one day, doesn't mean all chefs are the same. Did you eat in the MDR each night? We do unless we need to catch a show or other activities at night. So, for this one cruise with bad food, you'll be giving up cruises to have a Freestyle of a time. I've cruised with Princess, HAL, Royal and Carnival and never once I don't think had too many untasteful meals. By the way you can go out to eat on land and the food can be terrible.

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