I understand PG is not like the other ships; however, are the same food options available?

Will there be plenty of lamb? Including for breakfast?

Are steak sandwiches served at the Grill during lunch?

Will there always be a filet with bernaise saunce on the simplicity menu? Baked potato, too?

Is Edy's Cinammon ice cream always available?

Is there a nightly flambe?

What is the menu at the Grill for dinner?

thanks,

I never saved any menus, this is all by memory.

The PG is big on seafood, for obvious reasons. There is always some wonderful grilled fish on the menu. I seem to recall the usual meat options, but since I rarely ate them, can't comment much. Don't know about lamb, but we won't be that far from NZ, so maybe.

I don't think the Grill has steak sandwiches for lunch, but I could be wrong. The lunch menus change daily, as I remember. I seem to remember hamburgers once or twice.

The dessert menus seem to change every night too, but you may be able to ask for things like ice cream at any time.

The Grill dinner menu leans heavily on seafood.

And the Apicius menu is a set menu, as you probably know.

This is a sample menu from Ngaire's site:

PG Menu\'s

Looks good to me - similar to the other's but more regional. Excuse me, I have to clean the drool off my keyboard now....oh, and yes, I see cinnamon ice cream was used for one of the desserts - hooray! :app:

Oh Kathy, I can't wait! I see roast lamb and steak, so Mark will be happy. And the Lobster Dim Sum is to die for, at Apicius!

L'Etoile is the "main" dining room so no reservations are required. How about the others like Apicus, how fast do reservations get taken?

I believe you can reserve almost immediately. In the case of the Grill, if you can find the maitre d' with his book, you can reserve. In the case of Apicius, I think there are hours when you can go by and make a reservation. You can do that the first night I think.

Marc, can't remember the precise dining details you ask, but we enjoyed L'Etoile most (ate once at Apicius--good to try once...lunch is a different country theme (asian, mexican, french, etc.,)...we did not eat at the grill (am a stickler for A/C--grill does not have it) but we loved L'E...and ask Alessandro (M'D) to seat you in Jerry's section--you won't be dissappointed...if the time you want (e.g., 7:30) is full...Alessandro will send you up to La Palete for complimentary drinks until your table is ready...Buono Mangare! r/wes

Question about staff on PG. Are the waitstaff from a particular country? The cabin attendants?

Thanks,
Jeanine

Mostly from the Philippines. But the cabin stewards were a mixture of eastern European and the Philippino/a.

Siglo is also from the Philippines.

Wes,
I agree with you. I was not high on Le Grill because it is too hot and humid for me. It is behind a plexiglass enclosure and no air conditioning. At lunch in La Veranda you can go through the theme buffet or you can order off a menu albeit it somewhat limited, traditonally a fish, hamburgers, etc. They usually have someone making pasta also. I love the chilled soups at lunch. What I love about the staff is most seem very happy. One would think they would tire of the same itinerary but I guess when you are in such a beautiful place you never tire of it.

I loved the Grill for lunch in late May, but not so much in mid-April. So I guess it parlty depends on the time of year. We have been twice, and had almost all breakfasts at the Grill, but then are early risers, i.e., not too hot yet. David is usually out traipsing around the ship prior to the first coffee service in La Palette as 6:30.

Loved the tropical breezes at night at the Grill. Maybe it's because we're from the north, and appreciate the tropical air.

Wendy, we also had all our breakfasts outside by the Grill, since we didn't have a balcony.

Right Karen, I guess that makes the difference! I was tempted by a balcony every time, but I decided that more trips in a room without was better than fewer trips with!

I'm looking forward to early morning breakfast outside by the Grill, too. We love breakfast buffets. I'm assuming that is what they have at the Grill. Early morning sunrises with a tropical breeze, eating outside sounds like heaven. However, breakfast on our balcony sounds wonderful too!!!

Hello PIPSTERS, enjoy reading your thread, time is close for your trip and mine soon to follow, the menu's looked great! Trying to eat very basic food before we leave. Lose a few pounds and really appreciate the food and service on the PG. Breakfast on our Balcony is going to be a real treat. Hope eggs benedict is available with room service, and mimosa's would be great too.(is that available once in a while?) For you mom's out there Happy Mother's Day! I am with my beautiful grandson for my 1st mother's day as a grandma! I feel blessed for sure.
Jeanine

Jeanine, Sure wish we were going to get to meet you. Sad that we'll just miss you. Can you believe how fast the time is going? You've got just about 3 weeks now? Isn't it exciting!!!!

I've heard you can write in eggs benedict on your card for room service and they will bring it. Hope that is true. What balcony cabin do you have? We will be in 706.

Have a wonderful Mother's Day with your brand new grandson!!! I'll be looking forward to hearing all about your cruise on PG!!

Jeanine, happy first mother's day as a grandma. I am not one yet, and may never be (with one son who claims he will never procreate, but he's only 24.) What a blessing.

We have been dieting now for months, it's getting a bit pale. Next Friday we are going out for pizza, come hell or high water! So there!

I am in awe of Cyndi and Kathy, almost packed, and they leave one day before we do. I will be getting the suitcases out of the basement today, and airing them in the sun for a while. Getting the ironing board up and running, starting to assemble outfits. I have a table covered with oddments. I will leave the cosmetics, medications and oddments until next weekend when I will be assembling underwear, t-shirts and the like. To me, this is very organized--David likes to pack for trips the morning he leaves. :rolleyes:

David actually thought we were leaving on Tuesday! I had to show him the tickets to prove we didn't.

Did you guys get a written itinerary with your ticket package? We didn't, David misses it. It's just convenient to be able to glance at it. Maybe I should as Ngaire to send me one.

You think you're impressed.....y'all don't leave for another week and a half, and some of you are packed.....we leave this Friday and haven't even begun to think about packing yet....LOL!

We'll be disembarking when the PIPsters are arriving....somehow we missed by a week. Have a great time...I can't wait to get to the Beachcomber Friday evening for a few drinks and the Polynesian show!

DanZ
PG October 2004
PG May 2005
Mariner Sydney-Auckland Nov 2006

DanZ, lucky you! You can just warm up the ship for us! Have a great time.

Dan, Bon Yoyage,

If you hang out until 2:30 by the ship, we'll be the ones standing there in a big group going
"LET US ON AND HURRY"!!!!!
We are so ready for this trip that somehow it seems doing all the packing will make it get here faster!

Danz and Jeanine, welcome! Dan, get the ball rolling and we'll keep it up so Jeanine's got a well-trained staff to keep her trip fabulous. Jeanine, I like the way you think!! Enjoy being a grandma - this is my fifth mother's day with grandchildren. We've got two now - 5 and 3. It gets better & better.

I will VOLUNTEER to train staff on how to do eggs benedict and mimosa breakfasts for the balcony. Tough duty , I know ... :woh:

Cheers, Anne

Thanks for the good wishes! Cindi, our cabin is 707. Ann, let the staff know I am very finicky about my hollandaise! Will be thinking of you all in the next weeks, wishing our paths could cross.

Jeanine