Terrible! Food was disgusting. Wast of money on Oosterdam ship.

Oosterdam Cruise Review to Alaska - Inside Passage

Cruises: 7+ cruises
Review: 1
Helpful Votes: 39

Overall rating:

3.9 out of 5
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Oosterdam

7 Night Alaskan Explorer (Seattle Roundtrip)

Sail date: June 16, 2019

Ship: Oosterdam

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: 8135

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 5 years ago

Review summary

My husband and I have been on numerous cruises and this was our first Holland cruise and it was by far the worst cruise. The food was HORRIBLE and DISGUSTING!! The only things edible were the Dive, salad bar and ice cream. When you pay for a cruise with food included in the price you are looking for food that you can eat without feeling like you have to regurgitate. I always assumed that if cooking dinner was hard the least one could do was cook a decent breakfast. The breakfast was terrible. For example, the scrambled eggs taste worse than powdered eggs (how is that possible...) and the regular bacon taste like it was boiled. My husband and I were celebrating our wedding anniversary and we made reservations at the Canaletto. We were under the assumption that the food would be better than the Lido and the main dining. Canaletto's food was miserably bad on a scale 1-10, it was a zero. My husband and I took one bite of our food and left the restaurant.

Embarkation

5 out of 5
Great

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

1 out of 5
HORRIBLE!!!!

Onboard Activities

1 out of 5
The ship was small with few activities.

Entertainment

1 out of 5
The late night set at the BB King lounge was the only good entertainment.

Children's Programs

Don't have children

Service and Staff

5 out of 5
Workers were great. Food was terrible!

Ship Quality

5 out of 5
Yes

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5

Ship tip

Never sail on Oosterdam unless the food improves

Ports of call

Seattle, Washington

5 out of 5

Juneau, Alaska

5 out of 5

Cruise Hubbard Glacier

5 out of 5

Sitka, Alaska

5 out of 5

Ketchikan, Alaska

5 out of 5

Victoria, British Columbia

5 out of 5

Disembarkation

5 out of 5
Great
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3 Comments

Gwbigdog    2 years ago

Thanks for sharing your cruise.

katierney23    4 years ago

I have never had "horrible" food on any HAL cruise. The buffet can be disappointing at times, but the dining room is very good and the food in the Canaletto and Pinnacle Grill are excellent.

Thomas4    5 years ago

If that comment about the food is true I am really looking forward to our 28 nights with this ship. Looks like we are gonna lose some weight - which is excellent 😂😂😂 but I think HAL has a very good reputation especially regarding the food. So I hardly believe that really everything was that awful.

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