lemon tart
Like most cruise ships, Quantum of the Seas has a variety of places to eat. Some are included in the cruise fare and others cost extra. We found plenty of good food in the complimentary places and did not try any food at the ones where you had to pay.
chicken dinner in the dining room
As with most ships the two main eateries are the dining room and the buffet. The main dining room was split into two sides with different decor and separate lines. One side was for people with reservations and the other for those without if you were on the any time dining. Set time dining was on a different level, though one night we were taken to a table there rather than in the anytime area. Another time we were seated on the reservation side of the anytime dining room even though we didn’t have a reservation so they were flexible when tables were available in different areas. Suite guests had their own dining room called the Coastal Kitchen.
eggs Benedict in the dining room
The menu varied daily for dinner and the food was always good. We never tried lunch in the dining room, but did go for breakfast a couple times. It was both less crowded and more relaxing than breakfast at the buffet.
lobster dinner
There were two formal nights during our cruise. On one of them they served lobster.
gluten free section at the buffet
The buffet had a gluten-free section. We were glad to see that Royal Caribbean hadn’t entirely discontinued those since there was not one on Wonder of the Seas. It didn’t have a huge selection in the gluten-free section and tended to be repetitive on what was available at breakfast and lunch, but at least they did have it. Dinner may have had more variety, but I can’t say for sure since we never had diner in the buffet.
lunch at the Solarium Bistro
We had lunch at the Solarium Bistro a couple times and the food was good there too. It’s a much smaller buffet than the Windjammer Cafe, which is the name of the main buffet, but it is also far less crowded.
SeaPlex Dog House
Up by the SeaPlex entertainment area there’s a hot dog place called the Dog House. The SeaPlex is a multi-use space that has a variety of different activities including bumper cars. The Dog House there was smaller with less choices than the ones on Symphony and Wonder. They did have gluten free buns available. There weren’t a lot of hot dog choices, only beef hot dogs and pork or pork and beef sausage. Sides available were potato salad and coleslaw. The hot dogs are good, but skip the potato salad – it’s just cut up pieces of potato and onion and nothing else. Not even any mayo or sauce of any kind. There wasn’t anything to drink near the hot dog stand unless you had the soda package. Not many tables nearby either and the ones that were there were mostly full of people watching the activity in the SeaPlex rather than anyone eating hot dogs. We just took ours back to our room and made tea to drink in the handy dandy tea pot this ship provided in the cabins.
drink from La Patisserie and pastry from the cafe on a table outside of the cafe
On the promenade deck pretty much right across from each other there’s the Promenade Cafe and La Patisserie. The Promenade Cafe has free pastries, cookies, and sometimes little sandwiches. It has basic tea or coffee like you could get at the buffet. La Patisserie has fancy coffee, tea, and hot chocolate. It also has larger pastries. There is a charge for the things there. I did get some hot chocolate there a couple times since it was the only place onboard that would make it with non-dairy milk. I tried a couple different flavors that you can add and both were good.
Vintages wine bar
We had pizza at Sorento’s one day for lunch. Both Symphony and Wonder had made gluten free pizza with whatever toppings people wanted, but Quantum would only make plain cheese pizza if you wanted it gluten free.
Jamie’s Italian on Quantum of the Seas
There’s another little complimentary cafe called Cafe Two 70 near the venue of the same name, but we didn’t have anything there. It probably would have been a good place to avoid crowds though since it wasn’t really near anything where most people would be hanging out at breakfast or lunch. It was down a long hallway beyond Jamie’s Italian and the wine bar with nothing other than art for sale and Two 70 next to it.
noodle shop
Most ships have a pool grill that’s open daily all afternoon, but this ship only had a part-time pop up one. Both that and the ice cream stand were behind garage style doors on the pool deck. Neither were marked or listed on the deck plans. When the doors were open they served their respective products, but when they were closed you would never even know the place existed. There was a noodle place on the pool deck, but the noodles cost extra. It did offer chicken nuggets or mini-hot dogs for free.
photo op by Wonderland
The ship had quite a few specialty dining options, but as previously mentioned we didn’t try any of them. Wonderland is an Alice in Wonderland themed restaurant that serves very out-of-the-ordinary food. There was a photographer set up outside of it one evening so we have photos that make it look like we went there even though we really didn’t. Other premium restaurants include Jamie’s Italian, Chops Grille steak house, Izumi sushi, and the really exclusive Chef’s Table that only seats 14. According to Royal’s website there are also snacks available at Vintages wine bar.
turkey dinner in the dining room
Nothing was open 24 hours other than Cafe Promenade, but overnight they just had cookies and beverages so room service was the only real option for anyone wanting much to eat in the middle of the night or very early in the morning.
baked Alaska
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