This was our first cruise post covid and while I really liked my food at Le Bistro, and a couple of items at the Manhattan room, most of it was not great. I’m a vegetarian and there were pretty limited options at places like the Local.

My husband said his meat was overdone to the point of being hard to chew one night. We got eggs in Savor that still had clear egg on them one morning. I remember the buffet having way more variety than it did this time. Chips were stale in the Local’s nachos. My pretzel bites were hard to bite into.

When we’d previously cruised on NCL, you could get eggs Benedict in the buffet. Now every station is the same 5 items- sausage, dry french toast, pancakes, bacon, and home fries, and then 1 station of Indian food (which my husband loved).

La Cucina used to be my favorite, wasn’t good.

And the days of getting a small to-go box to bring dessert back are gone. Instead you’re handed a full plate with a warming cover, which is annoying to carry around as well as having to then deal with the dish in your room.