…garybembridge. The Opal Lounge (ex Manolo until October 2008) is the best restaurant in Cape Town in my view! It is at the bottom of the trendy Kloof Street in a stunning and large Victorian house, that appraently was a farmhouse on a farm providing vegetables to the fast growing Cape Town. Now it is the heart of the bustling city. The decor is powerful and very striking. The entrance hall and bar are all black with touches of gold. The eating ro…
…terfront), originally uploaded by garybembridge. The Cape Town Fish Market restaurant is billed as “South Africa’s Premier Seafood Restaurant”. Scary. As it clearly is not the best in the waterfront area of Cape Town, let alone Cape Town (which is packed of many very good places to eat). The CPFM bills itself as serving sushi and great seafood. It is really a large sort of spin on “TGIF” steak and ribs sort of place – but with a seafood slant. It…
…the huge “duty free” size bottles. We woke up only at 8.45 am, and as our restaurant closes at 9 am we went to “The Lido”. This is the self-service restaurant that all ships have, and is always jammed with people taking advantage of the 24-hour food. We just had cereal and fruit. Then we caught the shuttle bus into Le Havre. In the brochure and promotional material, this cruise suggests that one goes to Paris, Amsterdam and Bruges. But in reality…
…bout each of these along with some strange calls by Norwegian Cruise Line. Restaurant The Haven restaurant was open for breakfast, lunch, and dinner, with indoor and outdoor seating. It looked great and the food was good, but I did not end up using it much. Here’s why. Unlike other suite restaurants I have been in, the Haven menus did not change. It was the same breakfast, lunch, and dinner menu every single day. The menus also had much less choic…
…deck is the pool, pool bar and Grill, and La Veranda, which is the buffet restaurant, which turns into a specialty restaurant at night. I dive more into the good and bad about dining later. On deck 10, are two of the speciality restaurants, Prime 7 and Chartreuse. The next set of public areas are right down on deck five. Here is the upper level of the Constellation Theatre, a large open area with Concierge, Reception, Excursions, Future Cruise Sa…
…d thought the Queen Victoria was okay – but had not blown us away. For the review I did on the Queen Victoria: click here. I had also read very mixed reviews about the Queen Elizabeth, mostly related to the food and the service. It is always exciting though to go on a new ship, and of course even more so when one of the famous Cunard ones. The Ship Was Outstanding. In the end, we loved the ship. In fact, it is one of the ships in the fleet that I…
…hallway. A video I took of the cabin can be seen on YouTube, Queens Grill Restaurant This is, as mentioned earlier, is on deck 11. One thing that is better than the Grills Restaurants on Queen Mary 2 which are on the Promenade Deck and so is no view other than people going for a stroll on the deck looking in, these are right at the top of the ship with wall to ceiling windows and so glorious views across the ocean. The service is, as you expect f…
…at two set times (6pm and 8.30pm). Down the corridor is the Britannia Club restaurant, providing open-seating dining for passengers in this class of cabin. Other dining options include the added charge Verandah Restaurant, based on the ones on the original Queen Elizabeth and Queen Mary liners. The expansive Lido up on Deck 9 is popular all hours of the day, offering pretty much 24-hour food service. Passengers in the premium Queens and Princess G…
…urated by Jools Holland. Then there’s Coast to Coast, which is a beautiful restaurant and it’s the seafood restaurant. This seats 74 diners. It’s a new concept to Saga and is only open in the evening. The one which really appeals to me is East to West, and this is an Asian fusion restaurant with beautiful decor. It’s only open in the evenings and holds 76 diners. Also, which is included, is your sixth dining option on board the Spirit of Discovery…
…Upper Class Salmon Starter Meal Virgin Upper Class Beef Fillet Meal Links: Official Virgin website Virgin Heathrow Lounge Review Virgin Upper Class Review…
…Nobu Matsuhisa to create Silk Road (Asian dining and sushi) and Valentino Restaurant to create Prego (Italian) but more recently they have driven their own initiatives. They rolled out Tastes, which promises a Global Street Food Court and was developed in conjunction with Sapphire Restaurant in Laguna Beach California. It provides dishes from around the world. In the main dining room they introduced new menus to bring both Modern Cuisine, dishes…
