Carnival Jubilee included food. How many options are there? Which ones are the best? What do I have to pay for? Read everything you need to know here!
If you’re cruising on Carnival’s Jubilee you are in for a treat!
This ship is huge, has tons to do and tons to eat! It can be tough to navigate all of your options when going on a ship of this size.
This post is going to go over every included food venue you can dine at and also the ones you’ll have to pay for.
From Guy’s Burgers to italian food to sea day brunch, read about all of your options so you will be an expert on this ship before you even sail away!
This post is all about Carnival Jubilee included food options.
Included Restaurants
Here is a list of everything currently included on Carnival Jubilee. I will go into detail about each restaurant below.
- Main Dining Rooms (Pacific & Atlantic)
- Lido Marketplace
- Shaq’s Big Chicken
- Blue Iguana Cantina
- Guy’s Burgers
- Guy’s Pig & Anchor BBQ/Smokehouse*
- Java Blue Cafe*
- Cucina Del Captiano*
- Chibang!*
- Street Eats
- Beach Buns
- Coastal Slice
- Fresh Creations
*Has additional cost items and/or currently free but could be an added cost in the future.
Main Dining Room
A classic option on every cruise! The main dining room offers a different menu every night.
You’ll be offered a three course meal. You can order as much as you want of the appetizers and desserts. However, they do have a cap of two entrees that will be included. If you want a third it will be a $5 charge.
They also may put on dancing and music shows while you’re dining.
This is the venue for you if you love Carnival’s signature chocolate melting cake! It is offered here every night and boy is it good!
Be sure to stop by for Sea Day Brunch as well! It’s a must do. The 12 hour french toast is to die for!
Read one of the menus, here.
Lido Marketplace
The Lido Marketplace is the buffet on the Jubilee.
I do have to say I think this venue is hugely underwhelming on this ship. There is TONS of seating but not a lot of variety with food and only a couple stations open at a time. I really expected more on a ship this size.
However, I do think they arenn’t prioritizing the buffet since there are so many other included venues on the ship to choose from.
If you’re looking for a treat though the buffet has GREAT gelato with different flavors every single day! I wouldn’t say it’s super authentic but it is delicious.
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Shaq’s Big Chicken
Shaq’s Big Chicken is a must try on the Carnival Jubilee! They are open for breakfast and lunch and serve mouthwatering chicken.
It was my favorite place to get breakfast on the ship. Their chili honey butter chicken biscuit and potatoes are SO GOOD.
They serve chicken sandwiches, strips, chicken biscuits, three cheese omelets, biscuits/egg combos with either sausage or bacon and sides of potatoes, potato salad and slaw.
They serve breakfast until 3pm so you can have an option all day if you aren’t an early riser on vacation.
Be sure to try a few options here over the course of your vacation, you won’t regret it!
Read the menu here.
Blue Iguana Cantina
This casual dining venue right off the lido deck serves up your favorite mexican food, tacos and burritos!
They are open for breakfast and lunch with two different lines depending on what type of food you want.
Blue Iguana Cantina offers a salsa bar full of toppings as well to go with your selections.
My favorite from this venue were the pork tacos loaded up with pico, cilantro, and lime juice.
Be sure to stop by here if you want something tasty and convenient.
Read one of the menus, here.
Guy’s Burgers
A signature venue on Carnival ships, this is a venue you 100% have to try! There are several different options for burgers.
Plain Jane, Straight Up, The Ringer, Chilius Maximus, and the Pig Patty. Read more details on Carnival’s website, here.
They also come with delicious fries and a toppings bar to really customize your perfect burger.
My favorite hands down has to be The Ringer. I love a good onion ring so that was a nice touch on top of my burger.
Guy’s Pig & Anchor BBQ
This venue is currently included on the Jubilee but may change to an additional charge in the future. There are a couple items on the menu that are not included but for the most part, you can order whatever you want for free.
You have the BBQ section, which is outside and then also the smokehouse restaurant inside with a couple different menus.
They have things like brisket, pulled pork, sausage, mac n cheese, slaw and irresistible desserts!
I ended up eating inside for dinner one night of my cruise and this ended up being my FAVORITE meal of the week! It was so delicious. You have to try it if you’re cruising on the Jubilee and like BBQ.
The smoked pulled pork butt and the 18 hour brisket were my favorites.
Read one of the menus here.
Java Blue Cafe
This venue is located on deck 6 by Grand Central.
It has additional cost items but a lot of people don’t know that there are several options all day that are included in the cost of your cruise!
From breakfast sandwiches to afternoon snacks, there is a lot to choose from at this cafe.
If you are looking for some special treats at an added cost, I did try several of them from the cookies to the donuts. Everything was beautiful and tasted great.
If you’re someone who doesn’t want to spend any additional money while on a cruise then I would recommend the beef empanada. They heat it up for you and it was one of the best snacks I had on the entire cruise!
Check out Java Blue cafe on your cruise for specialty coffees and more.
Read one of the menus here.
Cucina Del Captiano
Cucina Del Captiano is an italian restaurant on the Jubilee! This venue is currently free no matter how many times you dine here.
From antipasti to traditional entrees and desserts, you’ll be able to enjoy your favorite italian dishes here or try something new!
Cucina Del Captiano was one of my favorite venues to dine at.
You don’t have to make a reservation but I would recommend it.
Read the dinner menu here.
Chibang!
This restaurant is a take on a Chinese and Mexican fusion venue. However, there isn’t one menu that combines both.
If you dine at Chibang! they actually have two menus you can mix and match to order off of. An entirely seperate Mexican food menu and a Chinese food menu.
This is another venue that is currently free on Jubilee for endless dining. I would make a reservation here as well but it is not required.
Chibang! was not my personal favorite restaurant, it was actually my least favorite but everyone is different with different preferences so I would still try it out for yourself!
I did like that I could order a wide variety of items since they had two menus.
The best item I had at this restaurant was the coconut tres leches cake. It was SO GOOD.
Read both menus here.
Street Eats
Street Eats is a food truck like concept on Carnival Jubilee off of the pool deck.
It consists of Time Fries, Steam Dream and Mad Sizzle. Not to be confused with the Seafood Shack that is also grouped in this section but it is an additional cost.
Time Fries had different loaded fry options. Steam Dream had dumplings. Mad Sizzle was a kebab and satay type venue.
These were quick grab and go type venues and were all very good. If you need a snack on the lido deck you need to check out these venues!
Beach Buns
Beach Buns is the deli onboard the Jubilee.
It offers several different types of sandwiches, sausages, soups, salads, sides and desserts.
This venue is included and is right next to Costal Slice on deck 8.
You can also customize a sandwich if you aren’t interested in any of the curated options.
Coastal Slice
Coastal Slice is the pizza venue onboard the ship!
They offer 5 different types of pizza: pepperoni, margherira, quatro formaggi, barbecue chicken and tex mex.
As far as cruise ship pizza goes, Carnival does it well! These pizzas were always delicious. It was a very busy venue but the line moves pretty quickly.
It is also a venue that is open later in the evenings if you want a late night snack.
Fresh Creations
Fresh Creations is a salad station with TONS of toppings (way better than the buffet).
It is located in the serinity adults only section of the ship so you have to be 21 or older to enter. If your young ones like salad though you are able to make them one and bring it out to them.
This is a nice change on a cruise ship to have a fresh option, especially on a sea day out by the pool. The down side was it wasn’t open many hours during my week long cruise.
Additional Charge Restaurants:
There are a few other venues besides all of the options listed that you can also enjoy a bite to eat, for an additional cost.
- Emeril’s Bistros at Sea
- Chef’s Table
- Carnival Kitchen
- Rudy’s Seagrill
- Bonsai Teppanyaki
- Bonsai Sushi
- Steakhouse
- Seafood Shack
This post was all about Carnival Jubilee included food options.
Outstanding product you have created for dining. Extremely comprehensive and just a great, handy guide. Do you have anything like this for the activities on the ship?
Hi! Thank you so much! So far I just have my review of Jubilee which lists all of the activities offered on the ship but I will continue to make more content on Jubilee so be on the lookout!