Virgin Voyages Scarlet Lady Food Review. Best Food or Hype?

Wonderful and honest review, thank you!

Thank you so much for this! We are traveling on the valiant lady in October 2024, this will be our first virgin cruise, we are coming from a much-travelled other brand. I was looking for videos on the food and you hit it on the head for everything that I was looking for. Thanks for a great review and can't wait to get on board in October.

Way too long Wally! This should've been 7 mins tops 💤😴

watching again. I am booked on Valiant lady in 2024

Loved my trip, cannot wait to be back aboard.

Hi, thanks for the food review. We are going on Virgin for the first time in November on the Scarlet Lady. We are intrigued with the dining options as this is one of the reasons we booked this cruise. I do understand that you have to make your reservations extremely early to ensure you get to attend all of the different dining venues. Can we only go to each establishment once? I am not a seafood guy other than shrimp so hopefully there are plenty of other options. I am planning on booking our reservations early so we will map out the ones we definitely want to try. Thanks 🛳️

Hey Walt, you mentioned in the video at Gun Bae that you don't drink. Was the old fashion at test kitchen a mocktail?

Just wondering what the mocktails were like

Subbed immediately when the pinkie went out at teatime lol. Thanks for a foodies review!

What do you do at Gunbae if you don't drink alcohol? I don't want to miss that restaurant but don't want to make the game experience awkward for myself or those around me by being the only one not drinking.

A friend of mine recently went on the Scarlet Lady and he didn’t like it. He is a steak and potatoes guy and wants to eat the same thing every night. When I heard his complaints I realised that my wife and I would like the things he didn’t. Reviews like this confirmed our assessment and we have booked a cruise. Good review, focused on what’s important (the food) and chilled out on the service. Hey, you’re on vacation, enjoy the company and the view.

Loved this video! Thank you for showing the menus and all the details you provided!

Wonder if you could get coffee instead of tea for the afternoon tea?

Can’t wait to see you and experience this on Valiant Lady over Thanksgiving! What restaurant do you recommend booking for Thanksgiving meal?

Such a well done and entertaining review! I love how their dining experience is so different from other cruise lines. Totally considering Virgin Voyages in the future!

I love love love this review. Thank you so much for being so thorough…breaking down the dishes and even including the menus. I look forward to my trip with Virgin 🤩

Is the test kitchen an extra charge?

Love the "I Pooted." shirt, lol I want one

This was an absolutely excellent video. I love how you included the menus and photos of every single thing, plus your opinion. DAMN, I am hungry now!

"elevated" Mexican??? That's a wrong term.

Great video! We will be cruising on her in late February

I love your reviews. I had the rib steak at Pink Agave and it was one of the best rib steaks I have ever had.

First time viewer I enjoyed it until you touched the bread that everyone was going to eat!

lol, I love the "I pooted" shirt! hahaha =)

Thank you for this! We are vegan and have been contemplating whether or not this cruise would have enough to satisfy us. Still not sure but this is helpful!

Cruising on the Scarlet Lady next week AND I'm an Old Fashioned snob/lover! Really looking forward to trying it! Thanks for the review.

Hi Walter! Love your video here! It’s the most comprehensive of the restaurants on the SL! We booked a trip in May ‘23 on the SL and I have a couple of questions.

On average, and I want to enjoy my meals, how long are the dinners? Looking to not run into the challenge you had at Extra Virgin where you had to combine courses to get to your show reservation.

Also, we booked the “Splash of Romance” package. They said that we have a special embarkation place to get on the ship. Is this the Rockstar VIP entrance or regular?

Finally, are you able to book another trip while on the ship?

Thank you!

Glad to hear the pizza place is open later b/c it was not when we were on there which was a complaint of ours!

Thanks for this video. I was quite unsure how the restaurant process would happen and this really cleared things up. Now are you allowed to order multiple entrees and starters from the "specialty restaurants?

I really appreciate this review. Going on my first ever cruise w/ Virgin in a couple of weeks, and this is the best food review video I've seen! Thanks!! I really like the split screen video style as well during meals!!

afternoon tea... was depressing for us...

GREAT VIDEO! Thank you ! So well done, great descriptions and photos! Leaving for my Scarlet cruise tomorrow (NOV 2nd) and you validated my restaurant selections :)

OMG ... I just love listening to your voice! Great review!

Great video! I just discovered your channel and am really enjoying it! I appreciate how thorough you are with the food reviews and really like the style the content is presented in.

Good to see Test Kitchen has variety! Loved this!

I was kind of bummed watching this. We just got off of Scarlet Lady last week and our experience was not great. We had some good food at times but also some that was tasteless even for cruise food. The booking issues were ridiculous. We couldn’t book much prior to getting on the ship. We got on about 2:30pm and we immediately tried to book food and events as soon as we got on. Nothing we wanted was available. We literally were unable to book a single show or event that required a reservation. I thought it must be a glitch but we went to Sailor Services and the guy there had no way to check on anything. He just used the app on my phone. He looked at it a while and shrugged and said everything must be booked. The cruise had been booked for many months and we showed up well before our assigned time. The app limits your ability to book the same restaurant twice. Because we booked brunch at the Wake we couldn’t book dinner. We ended up canceling the brunch and going for dinner and it was bad. Both entrees were inedible. I had the New York Strip which was cooked nicely but had zero flavor. We liked the Galley but service was very inconsistent. I had a really nice steak in Pink Agave but my wife couldn’t eat her entree which was just a stuffed Relleno. It seemed to just be stuffed with unseasoned mash potatoes. I have to assume that many new contract crew members were on our cruise. There seemed to be lots of crew who didn’t know what they were doing. I know you don’t drink. We do. The bartenders seemed not to care about the quality of anything they made. I was served a Mimosa at the Athletic Club that was noticeably warmer than the air temperature. It was $9 and I just had to leave it there. We prepaid $800 in bar tabs and left with the majority of it unspent. We really like aspects of the ship and experience but the negatives were inexcusable. We were very excited for this cruise. We were originally booked early in the year but I got Covid on Symphony of the Seas the week prior so we had to reschedule. I have never left a single negative comment on a post cruise survey before this one. This one took me a couple of hours because I wanted to organize everything so it would be constructive and useful to Virgin. I enjoyed watching you eat your food though so thanks for that. Maybe we will try them again at some point as everything negative that we experienced is easily correctable.

thanks for sharing

Oh, I found the food on Valiant Lady to be absolutely fantastic! What I did wonder though was how much the menus changed each season though, as I met quite a few people who said they seemed pretty similar...

Watch this space as the line develops over time, I guess!

Gunbae was our absolute favorite! It was great!
Everything else was just ok. They still have service issues. Food not coming out at the same time for us as a couple, etc.
We also ordered room service twice. Once it never showed and the next time it took 3 hours...

Are they serving HOT DOGS AND BURGERS? Upon arrival... food available?

Excellent Video Walter. Thanks. And thank you for presenting the dishes in a such a professional style. Really makes an impact! Appreciate the effort and editing that goes into your videos!

Do not know if my stomach would accommodate most of those dishes. They look really good, but a little complex for me.

I’ll be going late September (in 4 weeks).. I’m trying to figure out how I can physically prepare for all this, short of just skippin’ a lot of meals between now & then.. 😉

This video is making me so hungry 😋 great video, lots of great info 👍🏻

Love how you made friends the first evening and they dinned with you at all the speciality restaurants. Great review, thanks for the pictures and menu along side, not many of these reviews feature it so you don't know what you getting. Can't wait for more reviews 👍

Great video Walter! I’ve been waiting for this food review. Everything looks great but unfortunately my lady is on the picky side. Not sure if she would enjoy some of those spots. I also really like the use of the split screen in this video.

Those $9-13 cocktails INCLUDE the gratuity...the menu price is what you pay. In The Galley, when you had trouble getting someone to take your order, did you scan the QR code at the table? That's the key to getting a server. I'm sure you know, but for others info, you showed the B menu in Test Kitchen. The A menu will be served on other nights and there is also an A and B vegetarian menu, although several courses overlap on that. You are also able to substitute items from the vege menu for items you may not like on the standard. For instance, I don't care for mushrooms, so I substitute the mushroom course on A for the gazpacho on the veg menu.