What Did Royal Caribbean do to the Main Dining Room Menus?!?

We are back from our first cruise of 2023 with Royal Caribbean. Yes, we tested the new Royal Caribbean Main Dining Room Menus. What do we think of these recent changes? Well, we detail our honest review of the Royal Caribbean main dining room menus for 2023! Subscribe to the Eat Sleep Cruise YouTube Channel if you love to travel and cruise the world! https://www.youtube.com/c/EatSleepCruise1 WE TESTED OUT THE NEW ROYAL CARIBBEAN MAIN DINING ROOM MENUS 0:00 Introduction 1:23 What Royal Caribbean Hasn’t Changed 2:30 New Main Dining Room Dinner Menus 2:51 Main Dining Room Dinner Themes 3:55 Dinner Setup in the Main Dining Room 4:55 Changes Made to Main Dining Room Menus 5:58 No More Classic Menu Options 9:25 Grilled Chicken is Back on the Menu 10:28 Testing the New Menu Options 12:46 What We Liked About the New Menus 14:28 Why Did Royal Change the Menus? 16:03 What We Really Thought of the New Menus NEW MAIN DINING ROOM MENUS ON ROYAL CARIBBEAN For many cruisers, the Royal Caribbean main dining room food is a staple of their cruise. Some were skeptical when the cruise line announced the new main dining room menus. Since the cruise line has rolled out the changes to the Royal Caribbean main dining room, there have been many critiques about the updates. So, to test out the MDR changes on Royal Caribbean for ourselves, we hopped on a recent cruise on Harmony of the Seas. How did these new Royal Caribbean main dining room menus compare to the previous versions? Honestly, there were some things we liked and some things we didn't. First, we are happy to report that Royal Caribbean didn't change anything for breakfast or lunch. The new MDR changes for 2023 only affect the dinner menus. The morning and afternoon setup and menu options have stayed the same. This is true for the Classics section. When it comes to dinner in the main dining room, this is where the cruise line made significant changes. One of the letdowns was the removal of the classics menu. The cruise line has removed these standard menu selections. Further, the Royal Caribbean Main Dining Room Menus for 2023 are 30% smaller than the previous versions. Many of the former Classics selections are still available, now just 3 or 4 times a week. Where the cruise line did let us down was with the seafood options. Royal Caribbean ships' new main dining room menu in 2023 has cut back on seafood options like salmon, escargot, and shrimp. Not to mention, the cruise line completely removed one of our staple starters, the cheese plate. Other high-end menu options are also gone, like the roasted duck on the first formal night. And, additional lobster tails now cost extra money! Now, there are some things we like about the new MDR menu. First, the menus are themed, with nights like Taste of the Caribbean, Taste of Italy, and Taste of France. These new themes give the menu more cohesion and help cruisers plan their schedules better. Also, there are several new and enhanced dishes on the menu. Compared to our last sailing of 2022 on Royal Caribbean, we found the food fresher and the selections better prepared and plated on our 2023 cruise. Further, I was a fan of the new Indian dishes each evening. These new main dining room food options spiced up the menu, pun intended. Overall, we did like the new Royal Caribbean main dining room food. The updates to the RCI MDR menu offered some new options and some diversity. While the overall menu was smaller, we thought the food was better quality, and we could still find several things each evening to satisfy our appetite. We'd like to suggest you test out the Royal Caribbean main dining room menus for 2023 for yourselves and let us know how they stack up to the competition in the comments. READ ALL ABOUT THE ROYAL CARIBBEAN MENU CHANGES ON THE BLOG: https://eatsleepcruise.com/new-royal-caribbean-main-dining-room-menus TRENDING VIDEOS FROM EAT SLEEP CRUISE: What We Loved (and Hated) About Harmony of the Seas: https://youtu.be/egYHD9cL9vs We Tested out the 9 Newest Cruise Ships: https://youtu.be/XdoagV5JtMw 10 Best NEW Cruise Ships for 2023: https://youtu.be/hgh0yWQ_FwI 25 Expert Alaska Cruise Tips: https://youtu.be/wsQggXltN90 SUBSCRIBE to our channel above for the latest cruise tips, cruise reviews, packing guides, port guides, travel tips, and more. Join us on Social Media as we “Sea the World, One Port at a Time.” Instagram: https://instagram.com/EatSleepCruise Facebook: https://facebook.com/EatSleepCruise Twitter: https://twitter.com/EatSleepCruise TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@eatsleepcruise Pinterest: https://pinterest.com/EatSleepCruise Royalty-Free Music Courtesy: https://www.epidemicsound.com/ Some Promotional Video Courtesy of Royal Caribbean