Fancy dining miles ahead of eating at the Windjammer! Chops Grill is a chain of steakhouses serving patrons on Royal Caribbean ships. I had the luck to dine here with my mom recently on Adventure of the Seas as she is a Pinnacle member and was offered a 2 for 1 deal which included anything and everything on the menu. Wow! Steaks, seafood, appetizers, sides, desserts. Everything we ordered was delicious. Plus, the service was terrific as my mom cruises a lot and it seemed like almost the whole staff knew her. Perhaps we had extra special service. My 16 ounce bone-in ribeye was prepared perfectly. Juicy, medium rare, with a delicious rub and char on the outside. Yum! Crabcakes, shrimp cocktail, baked potatoes, asparagus, mac & cheese, creamed spinach, bread basket, and desserts - yes, we went overboard! (pun intended!) We waved the white flag and rolled out of here right into the casino to sit and digest while playing some slots. For us, this was worth the cost along with a generous tip. Food and service was wonderful. read more

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Chops Grill is the branded steakhouses on Royal Caribbean ships. My brother and I had the opportunity to have lunch on the 7th day, of our week long cruise on the Symphony of the Seas out of Miami. It was quite good. The lunch was another of on the prepaid meals that my brother had purchased during a Black Friday special, with the 3 course menu being 40% off normal price of $30. It's a smaller menu than dinner, but does include an 8oz filet as a choice. We started with a different bread basket, which included their mini-pretzel roll and an unidentified small roll, that I have not been able to get a name for. It resembles a mini-baguette, and one site called it a 'slug' bread, but that doesn't sound right. Anyway...it was the best bread roll I've ever had on a cruise boat, and I wish I've eaten more. Appetizer was colossal shrimp cocktail: shrimp is actually graded for size, with colossal meaning 8-10 per pound...and these shrimp were that size, meaning the plate of 4 was a half pound total. Due to a misunderstanding, our waiter brought me two plates, so ate a lot of shrimp that day. I wish the cocktail sauce had a lot more horseradish...if one is going to get a colossal shrimp cocktail in a steakhouse, the cocktail sauce should 'hurt'. Also tried the beef carpaccio...it was OK. It had been sitting for a bit, so the very thin raw pieces stuck to the plate and were a bit messy to eat. The 8 oz filet had been cooked as requested to medium, and had a crust. High temperature ovens don't seem to be allowed on a cruise boat, so high end steak cuts tend to come out suboptimal...but this was decent. They actually give you a real steak knife too. Also took a bite out of their dry aged steak burger. At specialty restaurants, the food is cooked on-site so they will take modification requests. We asked for the burger to have lettuce, tomato, pickles, and onion; they obliged. But wouldn't choose it over the filet. We tried the various sides (gruyere cheese tots, asparagus, mashed potatoes, and mac and cheese). All of it had good flavor, but had been sitting too long before being served. I remember the cheese tots being really good the last time I tried, but this time, it tasted more like a luke-warm Spanish croquette...decent, but not close to its potential. Their selection of wines is smaller, but since all of it is available in house, the bottle will be brought to your table to open, even if ordered by the glass. It's a lot better experience than at the main dining rooms, where the wine glasses are filled in a back room for all guests. And steak is one dish that I really like with red wine. Ended up skipping dessert (why do the servers on a cruise boat always seem so disappointed when you tell them 'No dessert'?) and got the check. It had the expected zero balance, but my brother added additional tip on top of the mandatory 18% that he had already prepaid. read more

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By far the worst steakhouse I have been to. The steak had no flavor and came out room temp. The sides were pitiful. I had mac and cheese potato's and cream spinach... On top of that the sides were unbelievable small when they said the sides were shareable. For a positive, I will say the ambiance was nice along with the outdoor seating they had. To add to the positivity the Caesar salad might be the best thing on their menu along with the ice cold water they were serving. Other than that I was very disappointed and if you are going on Allure of the Sea cruise I would save your dollars and steer away from the "specialty" restaurant and go for the complimentary dining they offer at the Windjammer cafeteria or the main dining room for dinner. 3/10 rating overall. Love yours, ExquisiteTasteBuds read more

I got fiendishly sick off the food I had at Chops Gill aboard the Quantum of the Seas. I ordered a shrimp cocktail, and the shrimps were raw to the point of being translucent inside. The texture was definitely raw. I pointed this out to the manager. He quickly apologized and replaced my shrimp cocktail, only for the second one to also contain... raw shrimps. Appalling. At that point, I told the manager I didn't want to eat there. I was extremely sick the next day. I didn't eat anything else suspicious, so that was clearly the cause of my food poisoning. I ended up at the ship hospital, and then quarantined for the rest of the cruise. I missed a destination. Once off board, I had to go to the doctor and to the ER, and miss days off work. Don't eat there. They don't know how to cook the food the serve properly. read more

This review is for Chops Grille aboard Royal Caribbean's Grandeur of the Seas Chops is truly fine dining at its best. The Wind Jammer, Main Dining-room and other Dining experiences on the ship, were absolutely incredible (don't get me wrong), but the experience at Chops Grille took it up another level... actually it took it up about 10 levels. From being greeted by name, to having personal conversations with our amazing servers (special shout out to Priscilla in particular), dining at Chops Grille truly makes you feel like royalty. I honestly said to my husband, "no wonder this is ROYAL Caribbean". This is your special occasion destination for sure! What we ordered: Appetizers: Tuna Tartare, Crabcakes, lobster bisque, the wedge salad and a truffle and wild mushroom soup (this one was absolutely to die for! A MUST GET... SERIOUSLY!) Yes, there were only two of us dining. Don't judge me! Lol Entrées: The absolutely most perfectly cooked filet mignon, the broiled lobster (The body was stuffed with the claw meat.... DELICIOUS!) and the most lick your fingers (who cares who's looking), suck the bone, lamb chops that I have EVER experienced in my ENTIRE LIFETIME! YES...YES... AND YES SOME MORE! This all came with absolutely delicious unlimited sides. As with all the restaurants aboard Royal Caribbean ships, all dishes included three courses with an unlimited amount of orders per course. That means that if you want four appetizers, you can have it. One, two or even more main entrées... GO FOR IT! And if after all of that, you still have room for dessert, then you could have as many items and options as your tummy desires, and at no additional cost. The experience at Chops takes a couple hours, so make sure to leave plenty of time for it and schedule your shows around it. BUT, know that it will be ABSOLUTELY WORTH YOUR TIME! Will I be having the Chops Grille on Royal Caribbean experience again??? Well, the answer is... HECK YES!!! read more

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Wonderful way to celebrate a special occasion. I came here on my 22nd birthday on the Oasis of the Seas. Splendid meal, so much food. Fresh and different from the normal dining hall. Service was excellent and they sang me happy birthday with my dessert and a candle for me to blow out. I would come back. read more

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I think this place closed down, the number doesn't work, and there's no chops grill here at the physical address. It's a plaza with a bunch of other services, I stopped by to get some cold stones lol. read more

Chops Grill - Diners Near Me - Fort Lauderdale, Florida

2.5 star Disclaimer: I am not a Steak lover so the review might be bias This experience is for the Chops Grill on board the Allure of the Seas. Chops Grill is one of the dining venues on board Allure that has a surcharge of $30 per person. If you love a good cut of beef, go for it! As one of my dinner mate has a wonderful experience. But for me it was Meh! We ordered Appetizers : Shrimp Cocktails - Excellent and Sizable Crab and Shrimp Cake - Nice presentable but was Meh Avocado and Yellow tail Tuna Tartar - not bad but I had much better Oysters - 3 ways - MEH the toppings and sauces were all overwhelming Soup: Cream of Wild Mushroom with White Truffle Oil - The truffle oil was doing the magic making this the best soup I had for the whole cruise! French Onion Soup - caramelized onions was sweet and savory at the same time Main: Fillet Mignon - A little overcook for Medium Rare and it was on a dry side T-Bone - A much better cut and was cooked well Tiger Shrimps - Huge shrimps size of a small lobster tail, fresh with great texture Dessert and Coffee: Cappuccino and Latte - from the MF Presto automatic machine, MEH Mud Pie - Huge portion of chocolate chocolate and more chocolate Strawberry Passion Mousse - Light and A-OK Creme Brulee - total fail with the flame overcooked the custard Services was So So! Our waiter ended up have to take care of too many tables and was missing in action for awhile! For $30 surcharges, I found it totally not worth the price of admissions. I will not be going to be back to Chops again! read more

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Chops Grill is the more upscale of the restaurants on the Royal Caribbean Enchantment of the Seas cruise to the Bahamas. We dined at Chops Grill twice during our 3-day cruise and had a ton of fun! The food is extraordinary and the service is wonderful. We had a lovely view of the ocean at our table on both of our visits (we had an early dinner on the first night, so we could see the water and sunset during our meal). We ordered the following dishes between the two nights that we visited Chops Grill: -Colossal Shrimp Cocktail (Horseradish cocktail sauce, lemon) -Grilled NY Strip Steak (12oz) -Petite Filet Mignon (9oz) -Roasted 1.25 to 1.5 pounds Maine Lobster -Grilled Caesar Wedge Salad -Pan-Roasted Jumbo Scallops (with bacon, onion, apple, hot mustard jus) -Dungeness Crab and Shrimp Cake (with Remoulade sauce) -Creamed Spinach -Fries -Huckleberry Cheesecake (double crumb crust, citrus, mountain huckleberries) -Liquid Center Chocolate Cake (with coconut ice cream and caramelized banana) Since we were celebrating out one year wedding anniversary on the cruise, they also got us a Happy Anniversary red velvet cake! Very sweet :) If you want a primo dining experience on board the Royal Caribbean Enchantment of the Seas, make sure to make a reservation for Chops Grill! You have to pay separately for it (it's not included with the price of the cruise), but it's well worth it if you want a fine dining experience on board. read more

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As other had said, it is a specialty restaurant on Royal Caribbean Cruise that require a surcharge. Main Dining and Buffets were only eatable. Most of the specialty restaurants were pretty good and worth the surcharge. Chop Grille was an ok steak house. Staff was friendly; we wanted a table of 14, but they cannot put it together for us. They had to seat us on two different tables. Appetizers were all ok. My wife loved her Wild Mushroom soup. The Pawns were good size. The short ribs were good, but the dry aged Prime rate steak were very good. It does cost extra but well worth it. read more

New Review (2017): Royal Caribbean didn't stop at wrecking 150 Central Park. They have slowly eroded the quality of Chops as well. To make things worse, the chef on Harmony of the Seas couldn't get medium rare right for 3 of the 6 people at our table. Steaks also seemed of less quality than before. Bummer... but still 3 stars better than the main dining room on the ship. Old Review (2013): Royal Caribbean is earning itself a reputation of good food. We were on Celebrity boats that were supposed to have good food, but the Allure of the Seas has them all beat. Chops is a typical steak place, but that is not a bad thing when you are stuck on a boat with 6000 people all vying for the free food in the main dining room. Steaks were better than any in the area I live, and some great sides to go with (and sauces). Loved the Tuna app and the desserts were all great. As far as ships food I'd give it a 5 star rating, but 150 Central Park just a few steps away takes that honor. Do yourself a favor and don't be cheap on your next cruise... stop in at chops. We ate there twice last time we sailed the Allure. read more

Chops is literally the reason why we take cruises! This place has it all. Bacon, french onion, crab cakes, steak, chocolate cake and its only $39 each?!?! Are you serious? We spend $300 on a meal like this at a steakhouse in manhattan. This place is really amazing and we usually dine here at least 2 or 3 times on an 8 day cruise! read more

My brother and I ate at Grill aboard the Freedom of the Seas. I've never had a better steak! It was absolutely delicious! We are going to dine there again aboard the Anthem of the Seas! read more