One of the biggest features on any cruise is the food. The food can make or break a cruise. You need to look no further than my overview of my NCL cruise to see how bad food can get on a cruise ship. Honestly the food was so bad I was concerned that the standards had plummeted throughout the industry. Thankfully Carnival has not lowered their standards.
I can’t even compare Carnival to NCL when it comes to food. It’s just not fair. Carnival beat NCL in all but two places and those two places are so foolish they are not a factor.
The food on Carnival is very good. It’s not top notch but it’s consistently great. The food in the buffet is good for buffet food and they mix it up a lot. The pizza at the pizza bar is very good. The self serve ice cream and frozen yogurt is great. The food over all is fresh and well presented. The bread isn’t stale (I have to mention that because of NCL). The deserts seem like they were made recently and not pulled out of a box (again I have to mention that because of NCL). The food was hot when it should have been hot and cold when it should have been cold (again…NCL). The waiters were nice and wanted to do their best to serve you.
It’s hard to imagine food that is cooked on such a massive scale being as good as it is on Carnival. I say without any doubt that they match Royal Caribbean any day of the week. That’s impressive considering Royal Caribbean is often much more expensive.
Earlier I mentioned that NCL beat Carnival in two areas. The first area is the coffee. Carnival has 24hr coffee machines that provide coffee or hot water. NCL has 24hr machines that do coffee, espresso, and cappuccino. If you want better coffee on Carnival you have to pay for it. The second area is the self serve ice cream. NCL gives you a topping station. Those are the only two areas. Like I said they are not a factor at all when comparing the food the two cruise lines offer.
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