So many ships offer alternative dining (most at a fee of $15-30 per person) and they do deliver a wonderful relaxing evening and glorious food. Carnival has gone one better and offers a Supper Club. My husband and I cruised on the Valor and decided to give it a try. It’s a winner.
As a Supper Club, it offers music and dancing while dining. A trio plays pleasant tunes from the 40s to the 70s and in between courses, it’s nice to dance with your partner. The dance floor is small, adding to the intimacy of the club, and the ambiance and décor are very lovely. It is slightly reminiscent of the glory days of the 40s and 50s when couples really dressed to go to El Morocco or the Stork Club in NY. The good news is all you need to wear is casual “country club elegance”.
The menu choices were excellent and we were shown the choices in cuts for steak, veal or chops as well as lobster. Our dinner was truly a gourmet’s delight both for the palate and the eye. There are also so many courses that you need to pace yourself. That was our only complaint. Our waitress wanted us to place our entire order as “that’s the way they do it”. My husband said that is not the way we do it and we wish to take our time. We ordered one course at a time and were glad to wait. Other patrons who allowed the waitress to do it her way were in and out of the supper club within an hour. We enjoyed a lovely two hour evening of dinner and dance and will do it again. Please just remember to not order the main course at the same time as appetizer and salad. The cost of this marvelous evening was $30 per person.
Hope this will entice cruisers to step up to Carnival’s Scarlett’s Supper Club.
To view the Supper Club Menu, click here
*Please note that Supper Clubs are available only on Carnival Legend, Carnival Miracle, Carnival Pride, Carnival Spirit, Carnival Conquest, Carnival Glory, Carnival Valor, Carnival Liberty, Carnival Freedom, Carnival Splendor and — coming soon — Carnival Dream.
Contributed by: L. Unger
laura@atlastravelweb.com
