RailFanNebraska
Service Attendant
- Joined
- Jan 24, 2006
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- 120
On my way trip to chicago i had the change to sample both dinner and lunch in the dining car.
Lunch = Burger that definately felt and tasted zaped in a microwave. No fries, not even an option as a side order, which i really think amtrak needs to add. Overall a 40 dollar meal that tasted like it should have cost half that.
Dinner = Beef stew, which i really liked, it tasted good and felt very tender. The potatoes were fluffy and butter and had a nice texture; the rice however felt undercooked and had hard spots. Overall a 70 dollar meal (mom had a bottle of wine) that was good, but maybe not worth 70 dollars. We also payed for a traveling student we met so it was about 15 dollars a person.
OVERALL diner lite ... One, we payed over 100 dollars for food on the train, HOW in the hell can amtrak be losing money on this. The only way i could see it if is the vendors were really giving them a bad deal on food. Nevermind our food was served on PLASTIC plates, we still had the nice looking amtrak silverware; which was good. However, just a general rule, you don't serve a 70 dollar dinner on plastic plates, come on amtrak.
My dad and I are just completely baffled on how amtrak could be losing money on this ...
Lunch = Burger that definately felt and tasted zaped in a microwave. No fries, not even an option as a side order, which i really think amtrak needs to add. Overall a 40 dollar meal that tasted like it should have cost half that.
Dinner = Beef stew, which i really liked, it tasted good and felt very tender. The potatoes were fluffy and butter and had a nice texture; the rice however felt undercooked and had hard spots. Overall a 70 dollar meal (mom had a bottle of wine) that was good, but maybe not worth 70 dollars. We also payed for a traveling student we met so it was about 15 dollars a person.
OVERALL diner lite ... One, we payed over 100 dollars for food on the train, HOW in the hell can amtrak be losing money on this. The only way i could see it if is the vendors were really giving them a bad deal on food. Nevermind our food was served on PLASTIC plates, we still had the nice looking amtrak silverware; which was good. However, just a general rule, you don't serve a 70 dollar dinner on plastic plates, come on amtrak.
My dad and I are just completely baffled on how amtrak could be losing money on this ...