Worst food and service on any cruise

Serenade of the Seas Cruise Review to Caribbean

Cruises: 7+ cruises
Review: 1
Helpful Votes: 9

Overall rating:

1 out of 5
Serenade of the Seas

12 Night Beantown & Beaches (Boston To Ft. Lauderdale)

Sail date: October 30, 2016

Ship: Serenade of the Seas

Cabin type: Inside

Cabin number: 3019

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 7 years ago

Review summary

We have been on many cruises and cruise lines , but never Royal Carribean before, and never again will we go on this line . The food was poor quality, cooked terribly, potatoes raw, steaks burned or ice cold . There were also very limited choices for a nearly 2 week cruise . Tofu and spaghetti with marinara sauce appeared every night in the main dining room . Fast food would have tasted better . We spoke to many people who had been on this line before and had gold status and all were shocked by the lousy food . To be fair, some servers were good, but in general they were rude, had poor attitudes and appeared annoyed to be working there. The shows were also way below average. We wrote to Royal and outlined the issues and never gut the courtesy of a response from them . The food on Norwegian is far superior and gourmet , take that line out of Boston instead . 

The indoor pool, solarium was very nice on royal . 

 

 

 

 

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

1 out of 5

Onboard Activities

1 out of 5

Entertainment

1 out of 5

Service and Staff

1 out of 5

Ship Quality

3 out of 5

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5
The indoor room was fine / dark and quiet

Ports of call

Boston, Massachusetts

5 out of 5

Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas

5 out of 5

Philipsburg, St. Maarten

5 out of 5

Castries, St. Lucia

5 out of 5

Willemstad, Curacao

5 out of 5

Oranjestad, Aruba

5 out of 5

Ft. Lauderdale (Port Everglades), Florida

5 out of 5
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2 Comments

jilesgulf    7 years ago

We were on this ship in Dec & It pains me to admit that you are 100% right about the food. I'm a loyal RCCL cruiser, but the first time on Serenade. We love every ship that we've been on with the exception of the Navigator. The shows were okay & one of the shows was the best that I've ever seen. The servers were all very friendly with great attitudes but it took a day for them to warm up. It seemed like they waited for us to smile at them & then they were all smiles & friendly. We booked another cruise on Serenade for Jan 2018. Hope the food improves A LOT by then!! In the meantime, we go on Allure in Mar & Grandeur in Sept. Sorry you had such a bad experience!😥

CrusinTim    7 years ago

Sorry you had a bad time with RCCL and the Serenade. We have sailed RCCL three times and all have been no less than average. You wrote that you wrote to RCCL about your experience. Did you write an actual letter or use their "Contact Us" link on their site? I have always mailed a review to the cruise line post cruise as opposed to using the lines "Contact Us" link. If you did write a letter to RCCL and mailed it, just be aware it can take about 90 days to receive a proper written reply from them.

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