I'm rewatching again, on the facebook groups for Queen Mary 2 any time people ask about the sheltered balcony, food, drinks and ship tour I always recommend your channel. You two are brilliant and show the ship perfectly! We sail Oct 25th NYC to the UK and cannot wait. Thank you both so much!
Thank you so much Jake, for watching, and for recommending us too. As we type this you've only got less than two weeks until. you NYC - UK Trip, and please do let us know how you get on. Have an amazing time. Linzi & Mark
We really enjoyed the food on QM2 but don’t think we got to try enough of it! Breakfast always filled us up so we never ate anything until dinner. Tell a lie, we did have a sandwich one afternoon. I think the pounds we gained came from the cocktails rather than the food. Next time we must try better and eat more!
I LOVE escargots!! I am on the QM2 for a double Transatlantic in less than a month. I was on Queen Victoria this past January to Hamburg (4 nts) and the food was SPECTACULAR. I like smaller portions in the Brittania dining room as I like to snack later and much later w/room service. The room service burger with chips and cheesecake was delicious. I had that twice. haaaah. THANK You for your wonderful video!!! xx Fantastic xx ps: I really LOVE Carole's reaction to food she LOVES. I'm the exact same way!!!!!
We can never get enough Escargot on a cruise, love em. WOW. Double transatlantic crossing is one of our bucket lists on QM2, have an amazing time. LInzi & Mark
Loved watching this! On the whole we were impressed with the Britannia Restaurant apart from the odd thing. I had a weird salad with apples in for one course and it didn’t taste of anything. But apart from that we enjoyed what we had. We didn’t try room service breakfast but we had an afternoon tea on the first day in our room. Forgot you could eat in the Golden Lion on a lunchtime, definitely one to try next a time. Take us back! X
We didn't try Britannia for breakfast - split breakfast about 50/50 between room service and Kings Court. Afternoon tea is also served in Kings Court - and room service also has an afternoon tea option.
I'm sailing on QM2 in about five weeks, and I must say your videos have been so wonderful at getting me excited. Carole's low-key joy just makes me smile! ("Oooh, get that! Do that!") I've been a little bit worried, because I've never done anything as high-end/fancy as this ship, being mostly a NCL/Carnival voyager. But this sailing came up at a price I couldn't pass up, so I went out and bought myself a nicer wardrobe and am now counting down! Thanks for your wonderful, wonderful vids!
Thank you so much Richard, and so sorry for our late reply. Please let us know how you for on with your sailing on QM2, we are sure you will absolutely love it. Linzi & Mark
Hello, sweet Suites! QUESTION: While dining in the Britannia on Cunard, do you have an assigned table? I know you do in the Grills, however, can you in the Britannia? Is it an option or can you request to be seated in the section of servers whom you enjoyed? Thank you for all you do!
Hi Miguel, if you have set time dining, then yes they will allocate you an assigned table. If you are on anytime dining then no, you will be allocated a table and area each night. If you are on set time dining, then you can ask the head waiter on embarkation which table you've been allocated and they will show you it, and you can always ask to change it if you don't like the position. No guarantees of a swap, but they do their best. There is also no guarantee of it being the same servers each night, but in our experience, it tends to be. Hope this helps. Linzi & Mark
Oh thank you so much for that! It helps loads! I've certainly cruised before, however not with Cunard and I saw them mention assigned tables in both the Grills but not mention it in Britannia and thought I'd ask those in the know. Cheers and thanks again! @@SuiteNatured
You are very welcome Barbara and thank you for taking time to watch it and leave us a comment too. Have a lovely day (even if it's a Monday) Linzi and Mark
@@SuiteNatured ONE year for me - double crossing- Southampton-NYC-Southampton!!! Can't wait!!! Excellent review!!!! But first, Egypt for two weeks Nov 1 and then Jan '24 Queen Victoria Southampton-Hamburg for 4 glorious nights xx
Thanks for this evaluation of the dining possibilities. The menus look really good. It's hard to superimpose Beef Wellington over the cold smoked salmon.- an editorial slipup. And your scrambled eggs ARE a disaster. Very few cooks know how to prepare something as simple as scrambled eggs. One of the tests of a good cook. Maybe also the Afternoon Teas. Give me whipped 'normal' cream if there is no real clotted cream - home made. The bottled stuff is deplorable. With so many food dispensary choices, the closed buffet wouldn't be missed. Looking forward to the afternoon tea review. Those steaks look overcooked and whimpy. ( Small and dull)
Thank you Carolle, glad you enjoyed it. The food overall, as you will have seen, was really good on QM2 and a great choice (apart from the same veg each time in the MDR), but not having proper whipped cream on Cunard😳 Have a lovely day, Linzi and Mark
Wonderful review, thank you. Around 7min you're wearing the most STUNNING cape/cloak. Where did you get it from please? I looked on your website but you've not finished that section yet xx
Lemon souffle sounds/ looked good !! 😍But,sushi & kara age ( deep-fried chicken ) are very ,very strange for breakfast ! Nobody does that in my country !! Lol.I am Japanese. I live in L A. though ! I guess it's OK for a change ,but I prefer for a brunch,instead ! Great to have for a cruise ,I'm sure ! Although ,I am vegetarian. Lol.Very nice review ! Afternoon tea on a cruise is very wonderful ! Fabulous !!👍👍💜🥁🐉🎤🎶🛳💞
Hi Tim, thank you. All the lovely cakes there were completely free. You didn't need to buy a speciality coffee or such if you just fancied a cake or sandwich. You'll have a fantastic time on QM2 next June. Linzi and Mark
How often does the Menu in the Brittania change? Can you see the menu ahead of time or just while in the restaurant? I like to see what's around before choosing where to eat.
It changes every night John. And you can see the evening menu from right after lunch service or you can ask the restaurant and they will show you it anytime from Breakfast.
Only just discovered you chanel, really like what I've seen today. I haven't been on a cruise yet but hoping to do next year from Barcelona or Valencia , I live in Spain. Are you from Yorkshirte, I'm from Huddersfiels originally.
Hi Susan. Thank you for checking out our channel. And yes we are from Yorkshire, Ilkley near Bradford. Small world. You are going to love cruising we are sure but if you’ve any questions let us know or stop by our monthly live streams where you can ask us directly. Always on first Sunday of each month on RUclips. So next one by chance is tomorrow. Have a lovely evening. Linzi and Mark
We've done two winter transatlantic crossings, and both we great. The very odd slightly rough sea day, but nothing major at all, and QM2 handles rough seas as well as smooth ones. You will love it, so much time to enjoy the ship.
That Cunard Steerage Class dining room looks great and I understand today's Cunard will even allow the dinners into the lifeboats should they strike an iceberg. British progress!
Hi Showkat, MSC cruise food differs massively depending on whether you are in Yacht Club or not and also Speciality Dining compared to the main dining room. Our most recent experiences on MSC, in the main dining room the food wasn't great at all, but in Yacht Club it was really great, and the speciality dining was good too. Which cruise line would we rate 10/10 for food. Well to date our highest rated cruise for food was Virgin Voyages which has a 9.5 out of 10 across three different cruises. Our recent celebrity cruise on Apex also had great food, but we've not done that review yet, but suspect it will come in just below Virgin. Hope this helps Linzi & Mark
hi Linzi & Mark, thank you for your opinion,already booked sun princes for April next year thinking of booking another one in oct/nov on queen anne very good price for 14 nights maybe I will try virgin instead,thank you again@@SuiteNatured
Jake, the cakes, pastries and sandwiches are all free in Sir Samuels and you don't have to buy anything to have them. Coffees are extra, but if you have a drinks package, they are included too.
We’ve done 4 transatlantic crossings and one Cruise to Spain and Portugal on the Queen Elizabeth. Our late night bad behavior after the show, is to pretend we both didn’t grab a Sausage Roll at Kings Court on the way back to our cabin.
Is there anything better than a late night Sausage Roll CarolAnn? Whilst we've done quite a few transatlantic crossings now, we still haven't done QM2 TA yet, but it is very much on our must do list.
We have two cabin videos. Our initial tour, and first thoughts ruclips.net/video/C8rSmucIr4I/видео.html and then our review after the cruise ruclips.net/video/UZycLM1OM5c/видео.html Hope these help. Linzi & Mark
That's the problem with food videos Sulata. We are the same when we are editing or doing our voice overs, we end up famished 🤣 and we very rarely have anything in that is as tasty looking as what's on the video either. Thanks for watching Sulata and have a lovely day, Linzi & Mark
Hey guys..I’m new to your channel…follow Paul and Carole, travel blog Jamie, Cruise Monkeys etc….went on Mary 2 and thought food was fabulous in Britannia….very consistent always ..you could pick anything off the menu and it was always good compared to P&O..had to pick your dinners …slow cooked cheaper cuts were the better…..service on QM2 was exemplary couldn’t fault it. The only downside was the entertainment..terrible. And not a lot to entertain an adolescent….unless they were happy to mingle with the oldies 🤣 …only been on P&O and Princess previous..think we missed a trick there with Sir Samuels for breakfast…didn’t realise.
Thank you Deborah, and welcome to the channel, we follow all those great vloggers too :) Completely agree with you on the food, service and entertainment. We will have our full cruise review of QM2 coming out in a couple of weeks and entertainment will definately be it's lowest score. It was interesting to see quite a few children on our cruise, as QM2 is not one you'd associate as having a lot of things for children to do, and you are spot on, there is the children's clubs, but compared to lines such as Royal Caribbean or P&O it is very limited. Missing Sir Samuels, just means you'll need to go on again, although it might change a little bit after the refit? Again, thanks for checking out the channel, and hope to see you on future comments, or in our facebook group. Have a lovely evening, Linzi & Mark
Hi Barbara. The cheesecake was horrible because it tasted nothing like New York (style) Cheesecake. It was their own style that was either too dry and didn't taste of cheesecake or slimy. We meant because it she had failed out of NYC before picking us up they could have got some great cheesecake from there.
Oh that is a shame to hear, whilst we are not vegan, we did see some options on the menus and in the buffets, but not to the same degree that Celebrity Apex had, which has huge choices
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Food looks brilliant! Carole has the best table and cutlery manners I've seen on any blog, love her dresses too.
Thank you so much and the really food was so good, especially that meal at Nordlys
I'm rewatching again, on the facebook groups for Queen Mary 2 any time people ask about the sheltered balcony, food, drinks and ship tour I always recommend your channel. You two are brilliant and show the ship perfectly! We sail Oct 25th NYC to the UK and cannot wait. Thank you both so much!
Thank you so much Jake, for watching, and for recommending us too. As we type this you've only got less than two weeks until. you NYC - UK Trip, and please do let us know how you get on. Have an amazing time. Linzi & Mark
We really enjoyed the food on QM2 but don’t think we got to try enough of it! Breakfast always filled us up so we never ate anything until dinner. Tell a lie, we did have a sandwich one afternoon. I think the pounds we gained came from the cocktails rather than the food. Next time we must try better and eat more!
We often ate a very light breakfast so we could get extra cocktails in and still try the food Brigitte 😂
Y'all do a really great review and I love how you voice-over on the edit, giving more information. Not many do that. Great job guys!
Loved this video, in particular the dance from Joearl when he spotted he was being filmed! My favourite bartender went I went on in 2017
Thank you so much George. The bar team were absolutely brilliant on there.
We are going om QM2 to the fjords next year for our wedding anniversary 🎉 thank you for the thorough reviews!
Watch a fantastic cruise for your wedding Anniversary, you are going to absolutely love her.
Linzi & Mark
I LOVE escargots!! I am on the QM2 for a double Transatlantic in less than a month. I was on Queen Victoria this past January to Hamburg (4 nts) and the food was SPECTACULAR. I like smaller portions in the Brittania dining room as I like to snack later and much later w/room service. The room service burger with chips and cheesecake was delicious. I had that twice. haaaah. THANK You for your wonderful video!!! xx Fantastic xx ps: I really LOVE Carole's reaction to food she LOVES. I'm the exact same way!!!!!
We can never get enough Escargot on a cruise, love em. WOW. Double transatlantic crossing is one of our bucket lists on QM2, have an amazing time.
LInzi & Mark
Loved watching this! On the whole we were impressed with the Britannia Restaurant apart from the odd thing. I had a weird salad with apples in for one course and it didn’t taste of anything. But apart from that we enjoyed what we had. We didn’t try room service breakfast but we had an afternoon tea on the first day in our room. Forgot you could eat in the Golden Lion on a lunchtime, definitely one to try next a time. Take us back! X
He he he, that just means you need to go back on again to try them Sam.
We didn't realise until today that we never ate lunch in the Britannia 😂
We didn't try Britannia for breakfast - split breakfast about 50/50 between room service and Kings Court. Afternoon tea is also served in Kings Court - and room service also has an afternoon tea option.
We completely forgot to try Afternoon Tea in King's Court and Room Service. Guess we need to go on again. Purely for completeness of course 😂
I'm sailing on QM2 in about five weeks, and I must say your videos have been so wonderful at getting me excited. Carole's low-key joy just makes me smile! ("Oooh, get that! Do that!") I've been a little bit worried, because I've never done anything as high-end/fancy as this ship, being mostly a NCL/Carnival voyager. But this sailing came up at a price I couldn't pass up, so I went out and bought myself a nicer wardrobe and am now counting down! Thanks for your wonderful, wonderful vids!
Thank you so much Richard, and so sorry for our late reply.
Please let us know how you for on with your sailing on QM2, we are sure you will absolutely love it.
Linzi & Mark
OMG I LOVE your video! Thank you for sharing all the great food you ate. I especially like all the detailed shots of the food and menus!
Thank you so much, we love making, and researching the food videos😂
Thank you so much for this video.This food looks amazing. Thanks for the sneak peak into the beautiful ship too. It looks really lovely.
You are very welcome, and thanks for taking time to drop us this message too. Have a lovely day, Linzi & Mark
Hello, sweet Suites! QUESTION: While dining in the Britannia on Cunard, do you have an assigned table? I know you do in the Grills, however, can you in the Britannia? Is it an option or can you request to be seated in the section of servers whom you enjoyed? Thank you for all you do!
Hi Miguel, if you have set time dining, then yes they will allocate you an assigned table. If you are on anytime dining then no, you will be allocated a table and area each night.
If you are on set time dining, then you can ask the head waiter on embarkation which table you've been allocated and they will show you it, and you can always ask to change it if you don't like the position. No guarantees of a swap, but they do their best.
There is also no guarantee of it being the same servers each night, but in our experience, it tends to be.
Hope this helps.
Linzi & Mark
Oh thank you so much for that! It helps loads! I've certainly cruised before, however not with Cunard and I saw them mention assigned tables in both the Grills but not mention it in Britannia and thought I'd ask those in the know. Cheers and thanks again! @@SuiteNatured
Thank you so much for an honest review. I do truly appreciate it.😊
You are very welcome Barbara and thank you for taking time to watch it and leave us a comment too.
Have a lovely day (even if it's a Monday)
Linzi and Mark
Going on QM2 in a week and a half. Looking so forward to all this food!
You are going to love it Karen.
@@SuiteNatured ONE year for me - double crossing- Southampton-NYC-Southampton!!! Can't wait!!! Excellent review!!!! But first, Egypt for two weeks Nov 1 and then Jan '24 Queen Victoria Southampton-Hamburg for 4 glorious nights xx
I'm boarding 3 Dec and really enjoyed this foray into the food :)
Very informative review, thank you! I have cruised on Cunard twice now (third time next week on Queen Elizabeth!) and I have loved every meal onboard.
Thank you, glad you enjoyed it.
Have an amazing time on Queen Elizabeth next week.
Linzi and Mark
@@SuiteNatured Thank you!
Thanks for this evaluation of the dining possibilities. The menus look really good. It's hard to superimpose Beef Wellington over the cold smoked salmon.- an editorial slipup. And your scrambled eggs ARE a disaster. Very few cooks know how to prepare something as simple as scrambled eggs. One of the tests of a good cook. Maybe also the Afternoon Teas. Give me whipped 'normal' cream if there is no real clotted cream - home made. The bottled stuff is deplorable. With so many food dispensary choices, the closed buffet wouldn't be missed. Looking forward to the afternoon tea review. Those steaks look overcooked and whimpy. ( Small and dull)
Thank you Carolle, glad you enjoyed it. The food overall, as you will have seen, was really good on QM2 and a great choice (apart from the same veg each time in the MDR), but not having proper whipped cream on Cunard😳
Have a lovely day,
Linzi and Mark
Wonderful review, thank you. Around 7min you're wearing the most STUNNING cape/cloak. Where did you get it from please? I looked on your website but you've not finished that section yet xx
Thank you so much. We will update the website today for you with the link, but you might be surprised where we got it from and how much it cost 😂
That's wonderful, thank you! Xx
Lemon souffle sounds/ looked good !! 😍But,sushi & kara age ( deep-fried chicken ) are very ,very strange for breakfast ! Nobody does that in my country !! Lol.I am Japanese. I live in L A. though ! I guess it's OK for a change ,but I prefer for a brunch,instead ! Great to have for a cruise ,I'm sure ! Although ,I am vegetarian. Lol.Very nice review ! Afternoon tea on a cruise is very wonderful ! Fabulous !!👍👍💜🥁🐉🎤🎶🛳💞
Loved the video. Are the cakes at Sir Samuel’s included in your fare, or are they extra? Sailing on QM2 in June 2024. 😊
Hi Tim, thank you.
All the lovely cakes there were completely free. You didn't need to buy a speciality coffee or such if you just fancied a cake or sandwich.
You'll have a fantastic time on QM2 next June.
Linzi and Mark
How often does the Menu in the Brittania change? Can you see the menu ahead of time or just while in the restaurant? I like to see what's around before choosing where to eat.
It changes every night John. And you can see the evening menu from right after lunch service or you can ask the restaurant and they will show you it anytime from Breakfast.
Only just discovered you chanel, really like what I've seen today. I haven't been on a cruise yet but hoping to do next year from Barcelona or Valencia , I live in Spain. Are you from Yorkshirte, I'm from Huddersfiels originally.
Hi Susan. Thank you for checking out our channel. And yes we are from Yorkshire, Ilkley near Bradford. Small world.
You are going to love cruising we are sure but if you’ve any questions let us know or stop by our monthly live streams where you can ask us directly. Always on first Sunday of each month on RUclips. So next one by chance is tomorrow.
Have a lovely evening. Linzi and Mark
I am planning a winter transatlantic crossing on QM2 and enjoy your insights and advice. Was your trip in winter?
We've done two winter transatlantic crossings, and both we great. The very odd slightly rough sea day, but nothing major at all, and QM2 handles rough seas as well as smooth ones. You will love it, so much time to enjoy the ship.
That Cunard Steerage Class dining room looks great and I understand today's Cunard will even allow the dinners into the lifeboats should they strike an iceberg. British progress!
British Progress at its best :)
hi what is your opinion of msc cruise food? which cruise line food you would rate 10/10? thank you.
Hi Showkat, MSC cruise food differs massively depending on whether you are in Yacht Club or not and also Speciality Dining compared to the main dining room. Our most recent experiences on MSC, in the main dining room the food wasn't great at all, but in Yacht Club it was really great, and the speciality dining was good too.
Which cruise line would we rate 10/10 for food. Well to date our highest rated cruise for food was Virgin Voyages which has a 9.5 out of 10 across three different cruises. Our recent celebrity cruise on Apex also had great food, but we've not done that review yet, but suspect it will come in just below Virgin.
Hope this helps
Linzi & Mark
hi Linzi & Mark, thank you for your opinion,already booked sun princes for April next year thinking of booking another one in oct/nov on queen anne very good price for 14 nights maybe I will try virgin instead,thank you again@@SuiteNatured
@@showkatkhan8461 you've got some great cruises booked or considered for next year Showkat 👍
In Sir Samuel's are the cakes and pastries free and it's just the coffee you pay for?
Jake, the cakes, pastries and sandwiches are all free in Sir Samuels and you don't have to buy anything to have them. Coffees are extra, but if you have a drinks package, they are included too.
Linzi, you're brilliant.
Thank you so much Liz 😁
We’ve done 4 transatlantic crossings and one Cruise to Spain and Portugal on the Queen Elizabeth. Our late night bad behavior after the show, is to pretend we both didn’t grab a Sausage Roll at Kings Court on the way back to our cabin.
Is there anything better than a late night Sausage Roll CarolAnn? Whilst we've done quite a few transatlantic crossings now, we still haven't done QM2 TA yet, but it is very much on our must do list.
Do you have video of your cabin?
We have two cabin videos. Our initial tour, and first thoughts ruclips.net/video/C8rSmucIr4I/видео.html
and then our review after the cruise ruclips.net/video/UZycLM1OM5c/видео.html
Hope these help.
Linzi & Mark
WOWZERS that carpet. Don't go in there if you've had a few or when the seas are rough.
Don't you just love those sort of carpets
@@SuiteNatured Was always great at optical illusions when i was studying Psychology but plays havoc with my Hydochephalus LOL
Love a food vlog 😅 - we did not get clotted cream in Princess either - should not be allowed
We need to start a campaign group to stop this from happening 😂
Thank you!
I am very hungry. Queen mary 2. Yieee . Swite natured food . I love it . I love Queen Mary 2 . Queen mary 2 is bigger. 345 m . 30 knots.
That's the problem with food videos Sulata. We are the same when we are editing or doing our voice overs, we end up famished 🤣 and we very rarely have anything in that is as tasty looking as what's on the video either.
Thanks for watching Sulata and have a lovely day, Linzi & Mark
I need to try Cunard!
You definitely do Cheri.
Thank you ❤
Hey guys..I’m new to your channel…follow Paul and Carole, travel blog Jamie, Cruise Monkeys etc….went on Mary 2 and thought food was fabulous in Britannia….very consistent always ..you could pick anything off the menu and it was always good compared to P&O..had to pick your dinners …slow cooked cheaper cuts were the better…..service on QM2 was exemplary couldn’t fault it. The only downside was the entertainment..terrible. And not a lot to entertain an adolescent….unless they were happy to mingle with the oldies 🤣 …only been on P&O and Princess previous..think we missed a trick there with Sir Samuels for breakfast…didn’t realise.
Thank you Deborah, and welcome to the channel, we follow all those great vloggers too :)
Completely agree with you on the food, service and entertainment. We will have our full cruise review of QM2 coming out in a couple of weeks and entertainment will definately be it's lowest score. It was interesting to see quite a few children on our cruise, as QM2 is not one you'd associate as having a lot of things for children to do, and you are spot on, there is the children's clubs, but compared to lines such as Royal Caribbean or P&O it is very limited.
Missing Sir Samuels, just means you'll need to go on again, although it might change a little bit after the refit?
Again, thanks for checking out the channel, and hope to see you on future comments, or in our facebook group.
Have a lovely evening, Linzi & Mark
Going to buffet after watching this video and church!
But did you say the cheesecake was coming out of NY and was horrible????? No offense, just confused, what was horrible about them????😊
Hi Barbara. The cheesecake was horrible because it tasted nothing like New York (style) Cheesecake. It was their own style that was either too dry and didn't taste of cheesecake or slimy. We meant because it she had failed out of NYC before picking us up they could have got some great cheesecake from there.
Don't bother going on the Queen Mary 2 for the food if you are vegan. Appallingly catered for.
Oh that is a shame to hear, whilst we are not vegan, we did see some options on the menus and in the buffets, but not to the same degree that Celebrity Apex had, which has huge choices
How sad, too bad, never miNd.