Good Eats (Norwegian Cruise Line): Cagney's Steakhouse

Freestyle Dining was available at 6 locations (aside from the 24-hour room service, late snack offerings at the Tivoli Pool Deck and the Casino Buffet). For lite bites/burgers and fast wok dishes, there was the Blue Lagoon Cafe (also open 24 hours), a burger/hotdog station at the Bier Garten Grill, buffet-style dining at the Raffles Court & Terrace, Italian cuisine at La Trattoria, and the two Main Dining Rooms (Windows and The Garden) for long, leisurely meals.

And then there were 5 other restaurants that served 5-course gourmet meals. These charge a minimal cover (from $10-$25/pp, kids below 12 is half-priced) which was just a pittance for the quality of food and service they deliver.

*A note to parents:

If your child chose to order his/her meal from the regular/freestyle kids menu, his/her cover charge will be waived.

The first place we tried was Cagney's Steakhouse. Aside from their (Certified Angus Beef) steaks, the menu also offered jumbo shrimp cocktail, crab cakes with Aioli mayonnaise, Nova Scotia lobster, salmon steak, veal chops, domestic lamb ribs, and rock Cornish game hen to name a few. Dinner entrees came with all sorts of accompaniments and our server actually encouraged us to order more than 2 side dishes (not that we could finish them).

The lobster/crab bisque (above) that I had for starters was so good, it alone was well worth the cover charge.

For the main course, P had the T-bone steak, cooked medium, with creamed spinach and steamed asparagus on the side.