Cunard's Queen Elizabeth Food and Restaurants Review - 4K
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- Our first voyage aboard Cunards' Queen Elizabeth, or any Cunard cruise for that matter, meant we were able to finally see if its Food and Restaurants were as good was people say they are, and now we are finally able to judge Cunard ourselves with our Food and Restaurant Review.
Cunard's Queen Elizabeth Cruise Ship has a reputation for outstanding food and drink, and you may have already watched our Cunards' Beverage Package review, if not the link is below. For a long time we have been curious as to whether Cunard would be too stuffy for us, and was Queen Elizabeth able to compete with the new cruise ships massive choices when it comes to food.
As usual with our review videos, our commentary is done in a single take to give you our honest, non-scripted opinions. And as always our videos and all content is shot by us, in 4K and no stock images are used.
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Thanks, Linzi & Mark
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Chapters
00:00 Intro to Cunards' Queen Elizabeth Restaurant & Food Review
00:22 Complementary / Inclusive Restaurants
00:31 Queen Elizabeth Britannia Restaurant Breakfast
01:20 Queen Elizabeth Britannia Restaurant Lunch
03:53 Queen Elizabeth Britannia Restaurant Dinner
08:27 Cunards Afternoon Tea in the Queens Room
12:53 Elizabeth's Lido Buffet
14:28 Cunards' Golden Lion Pub For Lunch
15:40 Queen Elizabeth Room Service
16:23 Steakhouse at the Verandah
22:54 Queen Elizabeth Food & Restaurant Review Score cunard's queen elizabeth food and restaurant review - 4k
We believe the Bread you will see in this review at The Steakhouse at the Verandah is the best bread we've ever eaten on land or sea. Do you think you've had a better, let us know where, and what made it so good 😀 Linzi and Mark
The best bread I have ever had was at this Pub in San Francisco. I think they detached the building and brought it over from England on a ship and rebuilt it. They had a brunch buffet and gave fresh warm baked bread with fresh butter. We ate so much bread that we were too full to eat any of the expensive foods 🤣
you guys are great, my wife and i paused on every menu to see what we'd pick. we're looking forward to sailing in the future. bravo!
Thank you for such a lovely comment. We are so glad you enjoyed the video and hope it gave you some ideas of the lovely food you'll be able to try on board in the future. Linzi and Mark
Planning my first ever cruise… your review videos are detailed, fun and not too serious.. 🇦🇺🚢⚓️
Thank you Steve. Glad you are enjoying the videos and hopefully they are helpful when planning that first cruise.
It might be worth considering joining our Facebook Group. There are a lot of experienced cruisers there as well as those planning or just had their first cruises. And it's a really friendly group. No grief, just nice helpful people.
Have a lovely day. Linzi and Mark
Really liked your video, Queen Elizabeth food is lovely, you’ve now made me hungry!
Loved it and now subscribed!
Thank you Ian. It made us equally hungry when we recorded it too. We are so happy you liked it and thank you for subscribing. Linzi & Mark
That bread @17:20 reminds me of 150 Central Park bread on royal Caribbean
But this does look better !
It does remind us of it a bit too we'd forgotten about that in 150 Central park
Love this video! The energy between you two is cracking & looking forward to more on Cunard or other lines
JJ
Thank you JJ, what a lovely comment. We are so happy you enjoy our Cunard video (and hopefully others too) and we will try and keep that energy up 😉 Linzi & Mark
Loved it! We've sailed all three queens (Platinum/World Club) and we embark from Tokyo on the Betty 24MAY/23 in a Q3 for trans-Pacific en-route to YVR. First trip, however, since covid on Cunard -- tend to sail Silversea with her smaller ships since the pandemic -- and hence wanted to see if there was some detailed footage of the QE and her menu since we sailed on her last in a Q2. Your (and husband's) enthusiasm is a delight to watch! I shall take new notice of all the details you have beautifully pointed out for the viewers on the menus which I have taken for granted in past voyages. On a side bar, truly appreciated the reference you made to the scones. Devon v. Cornwall? Hmm. Must now look into that. My husband and I (gay couple in our early-50s celebrating our 26th anniversary this year) have a weakness for a good afternoon tea - we often select airlines/routes from the UK to the US to see if they still do a version of it in J class. Golf clap to you, keep making such lovely postings.
P.S. I love a choppy sea. Sleep like a baby - always. But my husb. does not. It's a bit of a joke between us. On one trip on the Vicky, the gales were so strong one night the stemware and books in the stateroom were on the floor in the morning. Scattered and shattered. I slept right through it. ;-)
Thank you Robert, so glad you enjoyed it.
So are you a Devon or Cornwall scone person?😂
And WOW. That is deep sleeping if that didn't wake you. We'd have both been awake and probably one of us slightly green.
Really looking forward to our next Cunard trip, in August, on QM2 Fjords which should be the perfect time of year for it 🤞
Thanks so much for taking time to leave us such a great comment and if you use FB we have a Suite Natured Group and it'd be great to have you and your Cunard experience part of it.
m.facebook.com/groups/741434297402164/?ref=share
Linzi and Mark
We were on the same cruise and you did well making it to the end of the meal on the first gala night. I couldn’t make it out of the cabin, my missus ended up down in the MDR and they moved our Verandah reservation to the last gala night. She also brought me a plate of ginger back which I couldn’t eat and I also had to politely refuse a surf and turf dinner that room service tried to deliver. Rest of the cruise was fine and food was excellent. Bread and lobster cocktail in the Verandah was amazing, steaks were pretty good too.
Oh no Richard. We did speak to loads of people in the similar situation that night who skipped dinner altogether. We can only imagine Marks comments if they’d have tried to deliver a surf and turf that night as room service 😂
Glad to hear you did get back in there later on the cruise though as it really is a great restaurant and don’t get us thinking about THAT bread again. So good.
Thanks for watching and for your comment and hopefully next cruise for us you and us will be seasickness free. Linzi & Mark
@@SuiteNatured One of the ladies doing the quiz with us told us that there were a lot of people eating on their own in the buffet that night. I think I lost a bit of weight that day which helped to balance out the food consumed on the following days! Love the videos btw.
We would like to say that it helped balance or loose weight for us too Richard. We liked to, but we can't. And thank you, we always love to hear thst people enjoy the videos. That's why we do them :) so again, thank you so much for watching and taking the time to comment/chat with us. Linzi & Mark
I made sure I watched this while eating my lunch so the only pangs I had were jealousy of all the delicious food and not my stomach. You two are wonderful. I loved the way you went through all of it. Fabulous x
That’s a great idea to have watched over lunch. We did our voice overs and uploaded before eating and we were famished 😂 and had a massive craving for that Bread too!
Thank you for watching and the comment Michael. Linzi and Mark
Thanks for the video, I want to try Cunard just for the experience.
You should Steve. Honestly, if we didn't have the channel we might not have tried Cunard due to our preconceptions and we'd have missed something special. Let us know if you do give them a go. Linzi and Mark
Hi Mike and Linz...absolutely loved this video. You two always make me smile with your banter, and the food did sound absolutely amazing - especially the Veranda restaurant, but to be honest, it all sounded delicious.
All this talk of food has made me feel pretty hungry now :-)
Sounds like you had a fabulous time, and loved the pomp and parade of Afternoon Tea.
Hope you have had a lovely weekend, and I look forward to next weeks episode...take care...Terry x
Thank you as always Terry for your lovely comment (and for watching the video of course).
The worst thing about making the food and restaurant videos is we always end up really hungry afterwards and we never have anything in that’s anywhere near as tasty as what we’ve just commented on. Ha ha ha.
The Verandah really was a great experience although as you said the food throughout was so good and way above what we expected. Have a lovely day. Linzi & Mark
quick note: if you are in a B&B with your ear pod thingies in, don,t have a heart attack when the staff come out for afternoon tea. I mean I didn't, obviously, but some might....cough cough
Good tip Simon 😂
Hi guys, I’m finding your videos super helpful as heading off in first cruise with Cunard soon… love your polka dot dress… coils I be cheeky and ask where you got it please?
Hi Kerstie, thank you so much and we are so pleased they've been helpful.
Of course you can be cheeky. The Polka Dot Dress came from Joanna Hope and got it from Ambrose Wilson. It's in stock and on sale at the moment too 😀
Have a lovely weekend and a fantastic cruise when you get on Cunard.
Linzi and Mark
Hi there, we have litterly just seen your channel and subscribed, it's brilliant your humour and how you present it so well done. Can we ask where you travelled to, we are due to retire in 4 years or less and want to due cunard as we love the traditional look and feel of it.
Kinds Graham & Glen x
Hi Graham and Glen. Welcome to the channel and our community (we've a Facebook Group that we have just started if you are interested too) and thank you so much.
On that particular Cunard trip it was down the coast of Spain and Portugal. Stopping at La Coruna, Vigo and Lisbon. Really great ports and an itinerary that we would recommend.
In August we are on QM2 and going up the Fjords, which is supposed to be a dream cruise on her, so we will report back then as that might be one to consider too.
Again, thanks so much for such a lovely comment. Linzi and Mark
You two are so cute … I’m on QU August 17 .. got a deal on inside and just bought the tea and hot choc package … I travel solo and the food is my date so thank you for showing potential dates onboard . I have a dinner at the Verandah one night .
Awww thank you so much.
There will always be plenty of potential dates for you on our videos 😂
Have an amazing time on the 17th.
Linzi and Mark
such a great job you both im on her 15th april
Thank you Jason, we are sure you will love your cruise on the 15th, only a few weeks now. Linzi & Mark
Great video, great blog.. and lovely to meet you both too! 😁 X Carl & Darren
Thank you for the lovely comment Carl & Darren.
It was lovely to meet and chat with you both. Linzi & Mark
Loved this video and think you two are great. We're booked on the QE for a TransAtlantic May 2, 2022. We'll be coming back to our home in Florida after ten days in the UK and an eastbound crossing on Celebrity. We've sailed on Cunard before (the QMII), and enjoyed it. We're Americans and like many of us Yanks, we're not so much into the formality of the cruise. What do gentlemen wear during the day? Are shorts acceptable attire? Is the Lido open for dinner and can you remain less formal when eating there?
Thank you for watching and such a lovely comment :)
Don’t worry some of us brits really don’t like the formality either 😂
During the day it’s the same as pretty much any other cruise line. People in jeans, t-shirts and shorts (if the weather allows) and in an evening there are (on a seven night cruise) two gala nights/formal dress. Although they are themed. We had a black and white nights and a 20’s themed one. So not just usual black tie thing. And to be honest it was not too bad. Certainly no more “stuffy” than any other cruise line with formal nights. So don’t worry at all.
On the lido. Yes it opens in an evening too and yes no jackets required in there in the evening. We saw people in jeans and polo shirts there. We won’t spoil it too much as our full QE2 detailed review is up tomorrow afternoon. Linzi & Mark
Looking forward to your full review. Thanks for your kind input.
Thanks Mike. The full cruise review video goes up today at 5pm UK Time. Linzi & Mark
Thanks for the video, I had a question about the dress code for gala dinner but I think your last photo kind of answered it - I know it’s black and white evening but does it have to be bow-tie or a black tie will do?
You were very observant Dean :) yes black tie will absolutely do. Only about a third of people at the most were wearing Bow Ties. Same applies for 20’s night too. Thanks for watching. Linzi & Mark
@@SuiteNatured Thanks for the reply.
We must be missing something. We were on the cruise. Our first and last cruise on Cunard of 34 cruises with various lines in many parts of the world.
I know you shouldn't compare cruise lines but we thought the good was mediocre in the Britannia restaurant. In the buffet the hot food was lukewarm. Our room service breakfast was incorrect 12 days out of 13 and we gave up on the coffee and tea as it was hardly even warm.
We had the captain's wine package. Not bad.
Loved the ship. Loved the dress code and dressing up and the entertainment was good.
We can't remember the last time we complained on a cruise but overall we gave Cunard 5 out of ten which was our lowest score ever for a cruise.
We summed up Cunard as a being akin to a restaurant that thinks it's better than it is and is doing you a favour serving you.
We're back on Celebrity next month and can't wait.
I guess were all different.
Hi Jim, thanks for the comment and of course for checking out our video.
We don't think you have missed something, we have been on cruises that we really did not have a good time on, and had similar experiences to you (NCL springs to mind), and could not understand why everyone was saying how good it was, and it was like we were on a different cruise.
All that we can do is say what it was like for us personally (unless we see something really obvious). This was, as we said our first Cunard Cruise, so we couldn't compare it other Cunard ones, but we could to all the cruises we had been on, like you.
Our particular experience on Queen Elizabeth was on the whole very positive which is why we gave it the score we did. We didn't have any lukewarm food, the one time we got room service it was exactly right and on time, and the Britannia restaurant was good each time, although we only had dinner in there three times on a seven night cruise as we ate elsewhere on other nights.
But liking your restaurant analogy, we have been into restaurants we love, and have great reputations, and on occasion they have been less than good, and on other occasions amazing. I guess if we look at Cruise lines in that way, after all they are floating hotels, then we know not everyone gets the best experience every time.
Ultimately you have to choose how to spend your vacation time, and if you've decided Cunard is not for you, then it is not for you (our experience of NCL was the same to us for a LONG time), but it may well be worth considering the brand new ship Queen Anne when she comes into service in 2024?
Again thank you for taking time to watch our video and leave such a great comment, and we hope your next cruise is Awesome. Linzi & Mark
I enjoyed your post about the food on Queen Elizabeth we were on her last month on a culinary cruise featuring top Australian chefs but the food for me was below par we are avid cruisers love Cunard booked next January so hope the food improves.
Hi Diana, hopefully this was just a blip from Cunard as the food was so good when we went on. And we have high expectations from when we go on QM2 in August.
How was the culinary cruise overall? We've considered doing one a few times.
Linzi and Mark
@@SuiteNatured Hi Linzi Cunard invited Matt Moran who runs the Opera Bar at the Opera House and the Aria which overlooks the harbour at the OH also a food critic Jill Dupreau she was the food editor of the Times . They took over the Verandah restaurant and curated their own menu. Darren Purchase who came here from the UK. We enjoyed it but it upset the smooth running of a usual Cunard Voyage
Oh that's a great line up Diana, just a shame it upset the usual smooth running on Cunard. It is a type of cruise we would love to do, so we will keep an eye out for one over the next year. Thanks for the heads up. Linzi & Mark
Hi Mark and Linzi,
I enjoyed the video and felt for Mark when he was feeling under the weather, my worst nightmare is to be ill at sea. Did Mark feel getting dressed up for dinner enhance or take away from from the experience.
Cheers,
Steve
Hi Steve. We are glad you liked the video. And sea sickness is not much fun. Especially when there is a lovely meal in front of you! It’s only the third time Mark had been sea sick and it was just a perfect mix of the swell and rocking side to side in the bay of Biscay. There were so many people not well that night. They gave some stronger tablets at the guest services and he had no issues again. And could still drink too :)
We won’t spoil the review of the full cruise too much, where we are covering the subject of dress up (video out on Sun 13th) but Mark didn’t actually mind it. It was more like a date night and actually enhanced it. Would we want it every night. No. But for two nights in seven it was actually nice. Linzi and Mark
What was the best food overall Cunard or Princess?
Oh that's a tough one. We would probably edge it to Cunard. Princess does have some really good food, but has a few misses and overall Cunard is mor consistent. And it has THAT bread in the Verandah 😂
Can you purchase the teapots on board ????
That's a great question. We are not entirely sure. Not enough to say no. We've never seen them for sale on either QM2 or QE but that doesn't mean they are not.
What's drink prices like of not on a drink package
They are kind of London restaurant prices. About £7 for a glass of wine, £6-7 for a pint of beer, and about £8 for a single with mixer. Cocktails start around £10 and go up from there. If you take a look at our drinks package review on the channel we put quite a few drinks menus on, so if you pause or read fast you’ll be able to get a better idea. Have a lovely day, Linzi and Mark
What time is afternoon tea and where is it included
Hi, it starts at 3 but you should get there at 1445 to get a decent seat/table. Ideally sit around the dance floor on the left side to see the waiter parade at the start. It is in the Queens Room (Ballroom). Hope this helps. Linzi and Mark
Is the golden lion pub an extra cost
Hi, for food, the golden lion is fully included. And a nice place to go for lunch. Linzi and Mark
hi i sail on her 15th april cant wait
Hi Jason. You'll have an amazing time we are sure. Is this your first time on QE or Cunard? Linzi & Mark
And we to set to sail on her the 15 April we just came off the Iona and looking forward to it
@@tombrown8281 you’ll have a fantastic time Tom. How was Iona? We did Ventura just before QE! Linzi & Mark
@@tombrown8281 hi looking forward to the med cruise im staying over night in southampton its easyer
@@SuiteNatured the Iona was fantastic the food was amazing we had a great time but we got COVID but getting better 👍
What is "Complementary Food"?
We think we meant food that is included within your cruise fare and not something you are paying extra for.
Linzi and Mark
Is it QE2 Dubai?
Hi Panica, it is the original QE 2 that's now in Dubai as a stationary hotel, and we'd love to stay at it some day. We seem to recall @visitwithus stayed there at some point.
Hopefully Queen Elizabeth that was our first Cunard sailing will remain on the seas for many years to come. Thanks for watching and have a lovely day. Linzi and Mark
Why were you Ill?? Was it food poisoning?
Hi Dahlia, no nothing like that. We had really rough seas on one day/night, and ended up with bad sea sicknesses, so not able to take advantage of the lovely food that evening, but we more than made up for it on the rest of the cruise. Linzi & Mark