Riviera Review

Riviera - a Great Cruise, but there is room for improvement

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Sail Date: Feb 2013
Cabin: Penthouse Suite

Overall: This was a wonderful cruise. Oceania's strengths, particularly on the O Class ships are evident and generally consistent with the prevailing views. We boarded the ship hoping that once we departed Oceania O Class would become our clear "go-to" line for all our future cruises; unfortunately, notwithstanding the booking of two future cruises on-board, it fell short of that very high expectation in ways that are individually small, personally sometimes annoying, and often in the class of nickel and dime choices by Oceania.

The Ship: Stunning, beautiful, tasteful, refined and spacious. Other than the few design flaws discussed below, it was everything we imagined it would be -- maybe even better.

The Food: As an overall, consistent experience over 10 days, it's is hard to imagine a better food experience. We ultimately decided that Toscana and Red Ginger were our personal favorites, with Jacques not too far behind. Polo was very good but can't compete with the best steakhouses shore-side because of equipment limitations (no open fire, no 1,800 degree grill to properly flash char a steak). The list goes on forever, but until our next cruise we will crave Jacques bread (best ever, anywhere) and Dover Sole, Red Ginger's Watermelon and Duck Salad and Miso Glazed Sea Bass, and Toscana's Lobster Fra Diablo and Pounded Thin Veal Steak on the Bone.

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