DINING GUIDE:
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Casual Dining
Another alternative to the main dining rooms is Jewel's casual dining venues. There is no cover charge for these venues.
Buffet RestaurantsJewel's large casual dining venue is its buffet restaurant, the Garden Cafe, on Deck 12. It is open for breakfast, lunch and dinner.
“You go to the buffet and you [have] a salad bar, then you have the more traditional food and then you have Indian food, Asian food. You have a pasta station and pizza.” At the aft end of Deck 12 is the Great Outdoors. As the name indicates, this is the outdoor part of the buffet restaurant. “It is a beautiful area to sit. If it is nice weather, we extend the breakfast there. We also do the afternoon snack there. If it is cold, we do it indoors. And lunch time the same thing.” 
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Blue LagoonA more intimate casual venue is the Blue Lagoon.
“That's 24-hour. Any time you feel you want to eat something. In the morning, we serve breakfast there. But it is an always available menu, 24 hours, which I think is great. Instead, of having late night buffets, for instance, now when you are hungry at night and it is two or three in the morning, you can go there and you eat something.” “It is very swift, fast service, ala minute food. I would not just say fast food because fast food can have a negative feeling to it. You have some really healthy options there - - salads, some nice sandwiches.” |
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Special DietsNorwegian Jewel seeks to accommodate guests who are on restricted diets. "We find ways of making them happy and giving them good variety. The
main thing is to talk with us and we can make things happen bcause
we have the possibilities."
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"Any one with dietary restrictions, we will assign them a maitre d' who is going to be the contact person that they can talk to. I get a list with requests even before the cruise - - people who are gluten-free or lactose-free, nuts-free, etc. Then there are people who come on board, who don't tell us [about their restrictions]. But anybody who comes to us and tells us, they will get a contact person and we will cater to their needs. Most things we can do."
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Going Forward
Dining on Norwegian Jewel is a work in progress. As mentioned earlier, Moderno has replaced the ship's Mexican restaurant. The menus for Cagney's, Mama's Kitchen and the buffet have changed in the last year. Mr. Vanosmael anticipates that other menus will be changing in the future. “This is an ongoing thing and it will continue because it is a never ending story. Continuously, you re-invent yourself.”
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Cruise ship dining guide - - Norwegian Jewel - - Norwegian Cruise Line (NCL) - page 3