Overall enjoyable, but food quality not what it used to be
Silver Cloud Cruise Review to Europe - Western Europe
11 Night Northern Europe & British Isles (Dublin To Lisbon)
Sail date: August 27, 2022
Ship: Silver Cloud
Cabin type: Suite
Cabin number: 630
Traveled as: Couple
Reviewed: 1 year ago
Review summary
We’ve taken about 50 cruises in our lifetimes, and this was our third cruise on Silversea in the last year. The first was the best and a standard by with we will judge all future cruises. On cruises 2 and 3 however, the main dining room food ranged from excellent to just awful, depending on the night. Our table, and several others, had to send back food multiple times and this never happens to us on other cruise lines or on land. The servers in the main dining room often delivered the food to the wrong person and even the wrong table. The expedition teams, crew, and staff were always excellent. The excursions were generally good, but no better than with any other cruise line. They all contract with the same vendors at each port. So once we take into consideration that Silversea markets itself as being at the top of the list, the overall experience was mid-market but at twice the price. We enjoyed it, but don’t feel that we received good value. So we’re going back to our favorite cruise lines that have never let us down: Windstar, Azamara, and Oceania.Embarkation
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Ship tip
Skip the main dining room—the quality controls is very hit or miss from night to night. Other passengers said the same. La Terazza was always excellent, but you need to reserve it.
Ports of call
Lundy Island, Uk
GLENAN ISLANDS, FRANCE
Concarneau (Pont-Aven), France
Belle-Ile, France
BAIONA, SPAIN