Cruise ships are constantly elevating the dining experience with specialty restaurants, featuring dishes from around the globe, celebrity chefs, and inventive menus.
All cruise lines offer a plethora of dining choices at no addition charge; a main dining room, buffet, and other venues offering anytime dining, the world’s largest cruise ship Harmony of the Seas offers 20 dining options to choose from dramatically increasing your meal options.
With so many complimentary dining venues for you to choose from, you’re probably saying to yourself “ why would I need to book a restaurant that charges an extra fee”? Many seasoned cruisers come to an understanding that booking specialty restaurants does not enrich their cruise experience and settle for the free options.
On the other hand, many view the specialty restaurants in a different way; they dine out at a variety of restaurants when they are home, so why not do the same on a cruise? Or, they might be push the boat out celebrating a special event or on the lookout for an intimate dining experience devoid of the crowds. As luck would have it, there are a myriad of choices to meet every cruiser’s requirement.
So what sort of cuisines are available?
No two cruise lines are the same and offer to some degree different cuisines. Sophisticated French, Italian, Pan-Asian, Mexican, just to name a few — steakhouses to bistros, pub meals, and casual dining.
Additional fees range from $10.00 to $35.00 for a casual venue up to $200.00 for an elegant experience.
Here is a indiscriminate random samples of cruise line offerings:
- For lovers of French cuisine, adorn yourself in dashing décor and plates of rich fare such as bouillabaisse and côte de boeuf in Le Bistro onboard Norwegian Cruise Lines.
- If you’re looking for mouth-watering steaks, lobster tail, or fish then you can’t go past Nouveau Restaurant onboard Carnival Cruises.
- If you are embracing La Bella Vita then Sabatini’s onboard Princess Cruises serves up Italian and Mediterranean fare. Start with a delicious antipasti plater, then sink your teeth in a soft-shell crab served with arugula. Or roasted veal rack with mushroom ragout.
- If you’re in the mood for Asian, then Luna Restaurant onboard P&O Cruises Australia, The flexible Japanese or Thai menu makes it easy for the most audacious guest to sample lots of dishes. Also onboard P&O Cruises Australia ships is the ever popular Salt Grill by celebrity chef Luke Mangan and the chef’s Table.
- Royal Caribbean cater to the whole family, and the most fussiest diners offer a mammoth 20 choices to satisfy your palate. Try Wonderland where the chefs have invented a sumptuous dreamscape of never-before-seen fare. Or be pampered in Celebrity chef Jamie Oliver’s Jamie’s Italian. Celebrity chef Michael Schwartz Completes the gastronomic experience at 150 Central Park serves up two rotating six-course menus per voyage emphasising garden-fresh.The choice is yours, so whatever you choose one thing is certain, you will never go hungry onboard a cruise.
