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my aunt would tell the server, "knock the horns off, wipe it's ass, and put it on a plate"
she would also say, if it's warm in the center, it's going back!

I gave a local steakhouse another chance last night.  I hadn't been there in a few years because I had a bad experience.
A farmer told me he didn't think Archies was as good as it used to be (my fav steakhouse) and said he preferred the Fireside
It was the night before Valentines so I cut them some slack but, I ordered my NY Strip rare, it was medium at best.  The server knew it when she brought it out.
I sent it back and got one that was rare.  It was much better but not even close to Archie's standards.
Only about an inch thick on a 12 oz strip just doesn't work well.
It was OK and had decent flavor but nothing special.

the service was great.  Server gave me 2 budweisers for my trouble.  Still a $100 tab for 2.

I do my best to avoid wine on NCL, we get one "free" bottle at Le Bistro, which has always been ... mediocre.  My wife likes the buffet because it's more varied and their Asian selections are usually decent IMHO.  I talk her into the main dining rooms a few times on a cruise and they are OK IMHO.  If any of these were regular restaurants around here we wouldn't dine there ever other than maybe the cafe on occasion.  We dined at their Moderna which is a rather lame execution of a Brazilian steak house.  The lamb there is pretty good.  Maybe we were on the late side this time but the offerings were slim and slow coming, and they push their pork and chicken a lot.  The Fogo near us is much better, but of course pricier.

They were offering as a 'special' a glass of Chateauneuf for $25 and I bit on that, it wasn't very good.  Then there is the service change making it $30.  I'll pay that for a good glass of wine somewhere if it's actually good.

Anyway, it wasn't my favorite cruise, but it was OK.  We might go back to San Juan sometime soonish.

Our next trip is two weeks in Vienna.  I have to start planning soon, but I have taxes to finish also, which is a pain.

You cannot, literally, they check luggage and confiscate any alcohol in it.  Same with bringing it in on your person in any quantity.  It's doubly odd because they sell booze in their duty free shop, but you can only get it as you debark.  It's a rigged game.  I made the mistake on our first cruise of taking a nearly full bottle of Woodford and a bottle of wine (a gift).  Both were confiscated, I could have gotten the wine back for a $15 fee later, but didn't.

I think their money makers hinge on the casino and booze.  Maybe the rest is near break even.  I looked into their stock a couple of time as their ships seem always full but wasn't impressed, didn't buy any.