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Number one would have to be "Wonderland".
Now this is one of Royal Caribbean's speciality dining restaurants
and it's based on the magic, creativity and innovative food inspired by "Alice in Wonderland".
The decor is very fairy tale-like and it's such a well themed restaurant.
It looks amazing.
It does.
Its high-end food, incredibly tasty with a real whimsy and creative flair.
Dishes here smoke, pop, vanish or otherwise inspire awe.
You see oversized chairs and over-the-top "Alice in Wonderland" decoration.
It's fantastically decorated.
It's a real true dining experience
and the one thing that we love is a good cocktail.
Some of the cocktails are amazing.
They are magic.
You need to see them for yourself.
They're awesome.
Whilst there, we recommend you try out the world dessert.
Which is a melting chocolate dessert.
Oh it's absolutely delicious.
With a core of chocolate cream and peanut butter mousse.
- Delicious. - Oh my mouth watering at the thought.
So, we say "Wonderland" is a real highlight for your cruise.
Check if the ship that you're gonna be sailing on has it
and if it is onboard,
we definitely recommend that you would give it a try.
It is something completely different.
I think it's, like, a little experience that you'll remember, I think, forever.
Absolutely.
Number two is the main dining room for lunch on sea days.
This was a really big revelation for us on our recent sailing.
Absolutely,
So we hadn't tried it before but gosh guys it is so good.
Especially the Tutti salad bar.
Basically Tutti in Italian means all or everything
and oh my gosh there is a massive selection.
Massive salad bar with all the chef's stood behind serving you.
There's different meats, cheeses, fish, tuna, ham, everything.
Loads of different dressings and it's an amazing salad.
Which at the end is all chopped up and tossed for you by the chefs.
It is really delicious.
There's other buffet options as well in the center of the dining room..
Including an ice cream station and a fresh pasta station.
Where a chef's cooking in front of you you can request what you want to order.
You can also order À la carte off the menu.
One of the things that we loved was the steak sandwich.
Absolutely delicious.
Everything was really super fresh as well.
If you don't like going to the buffet that much or you find it a little bit hectic.
Because you've got your own seat and you're sitting down being served by waiters
it's so much more civilized.
We definitely recommend it.
Best of all guys it is completely free.
So there's no extra charge for this.
Tip number 3 is I think the best Italian that we've had onboard a ship.
It's "Giovanni's Table".
But before we actually heard mixed reviews about this.
It was part of our package and we just thought; 'Oh well, we will get it over with. It will be fine'
But oh my gosh, it was absolutely delish.
Everything's cooked fresh.
The pasta, gnocchi, seafood and meat options are just superb
and it's a really good meal for a family as well.
We all picked our main dishes and the server offered to bring out some big
pasta bowls with different types of pasta and gnocchi.
That we could all share family-style.
Everybody loved it.
There was such a huge selection as well.
It was really tasty.
It was a really lovely relaxed atmosphere.
We just really enjoyed it.
And I know you're probably thinking
'Oh it's just another Italian restaurant'
but honestly the food was so good.
Those steaks as well in particular
we're fantastic.
The freshly cooked thin meats, cheeses and all of the different sauces.
Absolutely "bellissima".
"Bellissima".
oh yes, so just to mention "Giovanni's Table" is a specialty restaurant.
So there is a small up charge but we do really think that it's worth it.
Yeah and you'll find it on a lot of Royal Caribbean ships.
We haven't tried "Jamie's Italian".
I wonder if that's similar or not?
If you have tried "Jamie's Italian" please let us know in the comments below.
We would love to hear what you thought about it.
Number four is "Sorrento's" which is the free pizzeria on-board.
It's amazing.
Best word ever - free.
All day, all night.
Delicious pizzas.
You can pick your own ingredients to put on them.
Or they have a set standard amount of pizzas on the table.
These are all thin crust pizzas and made completely fresh right in front of you.
A big tip is that you can order a whole pizza if you like.
So if you're feeling a little bit extra hungry.
Just ask for a whole pizza and they'll ask you to wait for five minutes while they cook you one.
Absolutely fresh.
Then and there and you can take it away.
The best thing about that is you can choose exactly what's going on your toppings.
It's piping hot and it's great for sharing.
You can take it back to your cabin and enjoy it back in your room.
Yeah and the do desserts and antipasto sides now and again.
For breakfast it's always open as well.
It's a good tip because it's nice and quiet.
They do some nice breakfast sandwiches, waffles and things like that.
Do you know what.
You walk past and always grab a slice.
- You like the smell. - Yes, It's really bad.
"Mamma-mia giva mia soma pizza please"
You see the fresh pizza just coming out.
- Oh its so temping. - I'll "just" have a look.
It was just too easy wasn't it.
It was far too easy.
Shocking.
Making us eat all that food...
for research purposes.
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Number five of our favorites it's the specialty restaurant
"Izumi".
Now we did hibachi or teri-
teppanyaki-
Teriyaki!
teriyaki
Teppanyaki and hibachi options on different cruise lines before.
We've always found "Izumi" to be best.
The performance they put on, on on the hibachi grill, is just fantastic.
The food is super tasty, really fresh
and you obviously have the option to eat in the normal part of the restaurant
which is sort of like a sushi bar.
We love the sushi bar on board.
If you're not into the whole show of the teppanyaki
it's a great alternative option.
Some of the things include signature sushi rolls with a wide selection of food and combinations available.
On select ships you can get hot rocks.
Which means that your food comes out and you can cook it fresh on your table.
What was that one that you had?
The "Izeft-" I have got to read it.
The "Izumi-ryu fu-tu mo-qua-ka-ki"
Is that right?
Something like that.
I just pointed and said that one.
"Izumi-ryu"
Basically it's a signature roll.
Apologies for my horrific pronunciation.
But it was actually delicious.
But also the soups and the noodle dishes are super tasty as well.
Yeah we definitely recommend you try here guys.
It's quite reasonable actually.
If I remember correctly.
Yeah it was.
It wasn't too bad at all was it.
I think the sushi is great for a lunchtime snack.
If you fancy something different.
It's not quite as heavy is it so it's really good.
- So we - Sorry just picking me nose.
So here is the first of the two restaurants that we think you should give a miss.
We think the first one is "Johnny Rockets".
Now, we know.
we know we can hear everybody shouting as us.
WHAT!
It's really cheap and it's not expensive.
But gosh guys, two times now we've been super disappointed.
The food was super greasy.
The burgers were quite tasty but they were literally dripping with fat.
it was like "eww!"
We just where not impressed at all with "Johnny Rockets".
Like you said twice we've been now both on "Independence of the Seas".
Service was not fantastic we have to say.
- Which could just be a one-off to that ship. - Exactly, because of that ship.
We really didn't enjoy the burgers.
It was a bit "bla".
The fries were just standard fries.
They where not anything special like the amazing fries at for example
"Five Guys" or something like that.
They where the fries from the buffet
and the burgers in the buffet, basically, if you just stacked a few up and put all of the-
- Very similar.
There wasn't really anything different.
Nut one good thing is we think are the milkshakes.
Now if you have the drinks package these are included on your package.
So we still recommend you pop in there and grab one of the milkshakes.
I've got to say, one of the dishes that were quite nice was the coconut coated onion rings.
Now they were quite delicious.
But overall it was a bit like "meh".
We just were not impressed.
I know a lot people say 'oh well it was quite cheap' but at the end of the day
personally I'd rather spend a little bit more money to "Giovanni's Table"
if it was me.
Another tip.
On the "Oasis" class ships, so the biggest ships in the world,
you can actually eat here for breakfast.
It's usually a bit quieter.
So it's definitely worth eating there for breakfast for free.
The second of our places that we think you should give a miss is
'Chops Grille".
We were super, super unimpressed with it both times.
This is controversial as well.
It's only our opinion as well guys.
We know people like different horses for different courses.
But again we've tried this restaurant twice-
Different courses four different horses?
Different strokes for different folks
Yeah you know what I mean.
We've tried this restaurant twice now on the same ship on "Independence of the Seas".
Don't get us wrong, the steak was absolutely fantastic.
But what really it down was the starters we had both times and the sides.
Again the fries were just normal like- french fries.
There was nothing special about them.
The mac and cheese was super dry.
It wasn't creamy and delicious.
It was just a bit "Oh".
The steaks amazing but everything else is just a bit "bla".
We had so much about how "Chops Grille" is this signature place of Royal Caribbean
and we were so disappointed.
We absolutely are huge fans of "Cagney's Steakhouse" on Norwegian Cruise Line.
So it's their same- signature steak restaurant
and oh my gosh they do it so much better.
The steaks basically the same but the sides are just so much better
and desserts as well.
It's just a bit disappointing unfortunately.
Personally, for me, I actually preferred the steak from "Giovanis Table".
I thought it was a much tastier steak.
But obviously we haven't tried all of the different restaurants
and specialty restaurants on Royal Caribbean ships.
So we would absolutely love to hear from you guys.
Let us know which restaurant you really love
and which ones you hate in the comments below.
If you disagree with us.
Tell us!
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This was just our experience and what we think is the best restaurants and the one she should miss.
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