Sorry to carry on from previous comment, several others around us also said the food had been excellent, and accompanied by very friendly and efficient waiting staff. We are regular P&O customers and look forward to comparing out next cruise on the Azura in january with your experiences. Thanks for you detailed review.
Returned from a 14 day cruise on Iona, on the 7th December. Food in the Aqua restaurant one of the main dining rooms was excellent all through the trip. It did seem a step up from recent cruises and i believe a new menu was introduced on November 1st. Several others aro
What a pair I have never heard people complain like you we have done 250 nights on PO and yes you get good and bad but mostly good and better than our celebrity experience. I think what you should have done was book a cruise in a standard balcony on Ociana or Regent instead of a suite on what is a very economical cruise so you possibly got the standards you require. It is like staying in a Premier and expecting the Savoy.😣
Not at all! We agree, it’s excellent value for money. However, just because something is less expensive doesn’t meant it should be served cold. This surely is a standard everyone should be entitled to regardless of what they pay. If you watch the whole of our video, you will see we have high praise for some of the food onboard, and the service is excellent.
To be fair to them, they didn’t say anything I haven’t found myself. I’ve cruised solo with Royal and NCL, I cruised Iona in August and was quite disappointed how far away the p&o experience was to my entry level other 3 experiences. When I sat back and thought about it. The Norwegian Iona trip only gets food supply in Southampton, I figure the majority of the food and fruits were frozen and defrosted daily and repetitive. That said, I’ve got Azura booked for Feb 2025 to give p&o the benefit of the doubt so fingers crossed it’s a lot better than my last experience
@ChrisiB123 thank you for commenting. We too are giving P and O another go next spring. We’ve heard quite a lot of negative comments about the food so it’s definitely not just us. I hope they take it all onboard and work on improving their offerings.
People rightly complain about food standards on P&O especially since the change of CEO, why do you think once loyal customers are switching to other lines
This confirmed the food reviews of others who’ve cruised on P&O but I would have liked to actually hear your sons’ opinions. It would have set this apart from the other reviews and made this more appealing to viewers. I do wish you would include more of your sons’ reactions to and reflections on their travel experiences with you in your videos. Let them speak for themselves more often or actually show them experiencing something. That would be more interesting than repeating what they say or merely describing what they do. I feel your videos don’t quite convey what “Travelling with Teens” entails. Personally I enjoy it most when I hear them express their excitement or disinterest or can see their pleasure or conversely their dismay even when their reactions are the opposite of yours. That’s when your content really lives up to your channel name.
Thanks for your comment! We respect our boys’ privacy, and they rarely want to be filmed or even have their voices on camera, which we fully understand. We would hate for them to resent us for what we do here on UA-cam. As for the channel name, we will likely change it once the boys are older and we are no longer literally travelling with teens. Thanks so much for watching!
@@TravellingWithTeens Fair enough. A pity though. There are so many cruise and travel channels now and they’re all starting to look and sound alike save for a very few like The Points Guy, Cruise with Ben & David, Jeb Brooks, Trek Trendy, Emma Cruises, Downie Live and Tips for Travellers. They all have their own unique draws that set their channels apart. Including your teens a bit more would help differentiate your channel from the other increasingly lookalike vlogs and make your somewhat misleading channel name less so. Nonetheless, I do enjoy your videos and will stick around for now. Good luck!
10 years ago P&O could hold it's head high when it came to the quality of the food and portions. Especially on the celebration nights. Main dining rooms, one would serve the main course and another serve the vegetables and they actually had dedicated wine waiters. THEN a change of CEO made so many cutbacks,,, food standards went down, portion sizes halved, menu choices slashed and everything lumped on a plate. Honestly trying to polish a turd came to mind. Crew actually spoke to you with a smile. Next year will be our last cruise with P&O especially Azura. Last year took the biscuit when it came to customer service thru the entire ship. Our cabin wasn't safe to be in... toilet overflows, plumbing broken, no hot water to shower. Reception refused to move us or offer any alternative. a strong letter to head office stating health and safety issues and photos soon got a result. No refund, well £20 told them where to stick that. finally agreed on comp. kicker was onboard credit only for several £.. booked the cheapest cabin 2025, comp should cover the extras we normally have to pay for onboard. have a feeling change of food policy standards is to encourage passengers to pay speciality dining. FYI last year crepe was served from the kitchen, excuse too busy.
Wow. Thank you so much for your detailed comment! Shame to hear about the changes, none of which appear to be for the better. We agree regarding the push toward specialty, we’ve found this on NCL as well.
Your turn: what do YOU think of the food on P&O?! Let us know below!
Sorry to carry on from previous comment, several others around us also said the food had been excellent, and accompanied by very friendly and efficient waiting staff.
We are regular P&O customers and look forward to comparing out next cruise on the Azura in january with your experiences. Thanks for you detailed review.
You’re welcome! We’re looking forward to trying the food on the Iona… enjoy your upcoming cruise!!!
Returned from a 14 day cruise on Iona, on the 7th December.
Food in the Aqua restaurant one of the main dining rooms was excellent all through the trip.
It did seem a step up from recent cruises and i believe a new menu was introduced on November 1st.
Several others aro
That’s great to know, and quite a relief! Thank you!!!
What a pair I have never heard people complain like you we have done 250 nights on PO and yes you get good and bad but mostly good and better than our celebrity experience.
I think what you should have done was book a cruise in a standard balcony on Ociana or Regent instead of a suite on what is a very economical cruise so you possibly got the standards you require. It is like staying in a Premier and expecting the Savoy.😣
Not at all! We agree, it’s excellent value for money. However, just because something is less expensive doesn’t meant it should be served cold. This surely is a standard everyone should be entitled to regardless of what they pay.
If you watch the whole of our video, you will see we have high praise for some of the food onboard, and the service is excellent.
To be fair to them, they didn’t say anything I haven’t found myself. I’ve cruised solo with Royal and NCL, I cruised Iona in August and was quite disappointed how far away the p&o experience was to my entry level other 3 experiences.
When I sat back and thought about it. The Norwegian Iona trip only gets food supply in Southampton, I figure the majority of the food and fruits were frozen and defrosted daily and repetitive. That said, I’ve got Azura booked for Feb 2025 to give p&o the benefit of the doubt so fingers crossed it’s a lot better than my last experience
@ChrisiB123 thank you for commenting. We too are giving P and O another go next spring. We’ve heard quite a lot of negative comments about the food so it’s definitely not just us. I hope they take it all onboard and work on improving their offerings.
People rightly complain about food standards on P&O especially since the change of CEO, why do you think once loyal customers are switching to other lines
@ yes, this seems to be the opinion of lots of people! Hopefully, P&O will start to listen to people, especially their previously loyal customers
This confirmed the food reviews of others who’ve cruised on P&O but I would have liked to actually hear your sons’ opinions. It would have set this apart from the other reviews and made this more appealing to viewers.
I do wish you would include more of your sons’ reactions to and reflections on their travel experiences with you in your videos. Let them speak for themselves more often or actually show them experiencing something. That would be more interesting than repeating what they say or merely describing what they do. I feel your videos don’t quite convey what “Travelling with Teens” entails. Personally I enjoy it most when I hear them express their excitement or disinterest or can see their pleasure or conversely their dismay even when their reactions are the opposite of yours. That’s when your content really lives up to your channel name.
Thanks for your comment! We respect our boys’ privacy, and they rarely want to be filmed or even have their voices on camera, which we fully understand. We would hate for them to resent us for what we do here on UA-cam.
As for the channel name, we will likely change it once the boys are older and we are no longer literally travelling with teens.
Thanks so much for watching!
@@TravellingWithTeens Fair enough. A pity though. There are so many cruise and travel channels now and they’re all starting to look and sound alike save for a very few like The Points Guy, Cruise with Ben & David, Jeb Brooks, Trek Trendy, Emma Cruises, Downie Live and Tips for Travellers. They all have their own unique draws that set their channels apart. Including your teens a bit more would help differentiate your channel from the other increasingly lookalike vlogs and make your somewhat misleading channel name less so. Nonetheless, I do enjoy your videos and will stick around for now. Good luck!
@mpb3481 Thanks!
10 years ago P&O could hold it's head high when it came to the quality of the food and portions. Especially on the celebration nights. Main dining rooms, one would serve the main course and another serve the vegetables and they actually had dedicated wine waiters. THEN a change of CEO made so many cutbacks,,, food standards went down, portion sizes halved, menu choices slashed and everything lumped on a plate. Honestly trying to polish a turd came to mind. Crew actually spoke to you with a smile. Next year will be our last cruise with P&O especially Azura. Last year took the biscuit when it came to customer service thru the entire ship. Our cabin wasn't safe to be in... toilet overflows, plumbing broken, no hot water to shower. Reception refused to move us or offer any alternative. a strong letter to head office stating health and safety issues and photos soon got a result. No refund, well £20 told them where to stick that. finally agreed on comp. kicker was onboard credit only for several £.. booked the cheapest cabin 2025, comp should cover the extras we normally have to pay for onboard. have a feeling change of food policy standards is to encourage passengers to pay speciality dining. FYI last year crepe was served from the kitchen, excuse too busy.
Wow. Thank you so much for your detailed comment! Shame to hear about the changes, none of which appear to be for the better. We agree regarding the push toward specialty, we’ve found this on NCL as well.