I would describe Regent’s main dining room like other cruise line main dining rooms (MDRs) were 20 years ago. Excellent. Today, other lines have cut corners to get you to pay extra for the specialty venues. This is particularly true when it comes to beef quality. Seven Seas Compass Rose MDR is very good and if we had to pay for specialty we would be fine with main dining room. But since it’s included, you may as well indulge in the steakhouse, Italian and Asian specialty restaurants. You can also get room service.

We have always been happy with cruise food. But it is obvious it was way better years ago. You can always have an up/down day from the waitstaff but RSSE was above average. If you don’t like your dinner in the specialty restaurant you can always get a second dinner in the MDR.