Relaxing cruise with great staff throughout the ship.

Item: Riviera
Rating: 4.2
Author: tbrusse

Riviera Cruise Review to Caribbean

tbrusse

Contributor Level: Purser

Cruises: 7+ cruises

Reviews: 3

Helpful Votes: 63

Overall rating:

4.2 out of 5

10 Night Island Paradise (Miami Roundtrip)

Sail date: March 18, 2018

Ship: Riviera

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: 7029

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 6 years ago

Review summary

We specifically chose this cruise because of a previous cruise on Oceania Sirena and the wonderful cuisine we experienced. This cruise was very much a disappointment, as far as the cuisine was concerned. I would not recommend the Riviera for their cuisine. The staff are excellent and the ship is a beautiful ship. Jacque Pepin would be appalled if he ever visited and tried eating the meals that were presented in the GDR.

Embarkation

5 out of 5

Easy, without any problems.

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

3 out of 5

Meals in Main Dining Room were adequate. Tried ordering fish 4 different times, it always came overcooked and dry. Steaks were tough and gristly. Toscana Grill steaks were tasteless and tough but the lamp was superb. Jacques Grill and Red Ginger meals were excellent, especially the Sea Bass in Red Ginger. All the meals in the Terrace Grill buffet and Waves Grill were very good, especially the Kobe Beef Burgers.

Grand Dining Room

3 out of 5

Very disappointed in the meals in GDR. The fish was always dry and overcooked. The steaks from the everyday Jacques menu were tough. The servers were always great and attentive to all needs.

Onboard Activities

4 out of 5

Service and Staff

5 out of 5

The Horizon Bar staff were fantastic.

Ship Quality

5 out of 5

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5

Cabin was a good size and the steward always made sure everything was clean and properly stocked.

Ports of call

Gustavia, St. Barthelemy

3 out of 5

We had to tender in but the Seas were very rough. The captain decided to go ahead with tendering even though the seas were bad. Many people were sick, 2 of the tenders crashed into the ship and broke various parts off the tenders. The captain should have never attempted tendering, for safety sake!

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St. John's, Antigua

4 out of 5

Castries, St. Lucia

4 out of 5

Disembarkation

5 out of 5

Smooth

4 Comments

wagens93 6 years ago

Had the same experience on Regatta. :(

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willwork4cruz 6 years ago

Well sounds like there was still plenty of food you found that you enjoyed. Can't like them all.

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Catmoon121 6 years ago

Thanks for the information

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IkeDeb 6 years ago

Great!!😉

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