Food was mediocre at best

Item: Norwegian Jade
Rating: 3.8
Author: dusher56

Norwegian Jade Cruise Review to Europe - Western Europe

dusher56

Contributor Level: Purser

Cruises: 1 cruise (first)

Review: 1

Helpful Votes: 7

Overall rating:

3.8 out of 5

12 Night British Isles (Southampton Roundtrip)

Sail date: September 17, 2018

Ship: Norwegian Jade

Cabin type: Inside

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 6 years ago

Review summary

The cruise was overall a great time, the ports were fantastic. I was very disappointed in the quality of the food. Very surprised that it was low quality since most cruises people rave about the food.

Embarkation

3 out of 5

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

2 out of 5

Onboard Activities

4 out of 5

Entertainment

1 out of 5

Children's Programs

Service and Staff

4 out of 5

Ship Quality

4 out of 5

Cabin / Stateroom

4 out of 5

Ports of call

Southampton (London), England Did not visit port

Missed this port because of a cancel flight

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St. Peter Port, Guernsey, Channel Islands Did not visit port

Missed this port because of a canceled flight

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Portland (Weymouth), England, UK

4 out of 5

Boarded the Jade at this port, some Jade employees made comments to the effect that we were at fault for getting on late.(flight had been cancelled)

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Cobh (Cork), Ireland

5 out of 5

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Dublin, Ireland

5 out of 5

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Belfast, Northern Ireland

5 out of 5

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Kirkwall, Orkney Islands, Scotland

5 out of 5

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Invergordon (Inverness & Loch Ness), Scotland

5 out of 5

My favorite

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NEWHAVEN HARBOUR (EDINBURGH), SCOTLAND Did not visit port

Unfortunately the waves were too high for the ship to tender us in, so missed this port

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Newcastle Upon Tyne, England

5 out of 5

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Disembarkation

4 out of 5

5 Comments

ehj666 6 years ago

Forgot O'Sheehan's, which did not disappoint for basic pub fare.

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ehj666 6 years ago

Was on the Jade in June, and that was not our experience. We managed to eat at every restaurant. The specialty restaurants Le Bistro, Cagney's and Teppanyaki were fantastic, Moderno's and La Cucina were very good. Jasmine was slightly disappointing, although the sushi was quite good. Alizar was the only venue that really came up short, however Grand Pacific was excellent, and even though it shares the same kitchen as Alizar. So thinking that was a one off. The buffet was the buffet, not great, but basically as expected.

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nclcruzr 6 years ago

Me too, some many options, just try something else!

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DesertBear360 6 years ago

When we went, the food was no low quality. I get it depends on if you ate what you liked or tried the specialty dining. We did both and had not experienced the low quality food you speak of.

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lrgd 6 years ago

Most people just keep eating what they like , do 't look at menu.

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Other reviews of this sailing

This cruise was good, not much to do in some of the ports but my husband and I always makes the best of any place we go to.