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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Upcharge restaurants are mostly found on mass market lines, providing an option for people who don't mind paying for a different dining experience aboard, while keeping costs down for passengers who are not as selective in their tastes or whose budgets are a limiting factor.  On 6-star lines like Regent, there are no upcharge restaurants.  Any passenger can eat in any dining venue, although the specialty restaurants have limited capacities so it's usually not possible to eat there more than a few times per cruise.  The main dining room, however, is able to accommodate everyone who wants to eat there, and many passengers prefer it to the specialty options.  The cuisine is usually uniformly excellent to outstanding in all the restaurants (read the comments on cruisecritic.com); the specialty restaurants exist to provide regional or style foci for passengers who want something a little different from time to time.

The presence of upcharge restaurants is a clue that the food in the main dining venue is going to be a little (or a lot) more pedestrian.  That's not to say it will be bad, just probably unremarkable.  The upcharge restaurants are there to provide a comparatively elevated experience but foodies are better off on more luxury-oriented lines, if budget allows.  [/quote]

This.  We went on Celebrity line, which is a notch up from RC and is affiliated with them, they still had upcharge restaurants and one was apparently Michelin star rated.  We went to the upcharge restaurant once and used the cafeteria the rest of the time.  I found the food adequate and not terrible TBH due to many choices in the buffet and combinations of flavors you could create yourself.  Many people would just drink alcohol and sweet beverages all day as they bought drink packages, this is another way to not focus on cafeteria style food shortcomings. [/quote]

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