Dining Venues
Eat, drink and be merry with our great range of cruise ship dining venues
Each of our cruise ships offer a choice of restaurants, bars and cafes, so whatever your taste, there'll be something for you.
Mealtimes are as flexible as possible, as we want you to relax and enjoy every aspect of your cruise holiday.
Weather permitting, a buffet breakfast and lunch are offered in our al fresco dining venues. In the evening you may dine in our informal dining venues with open seating arrangements or in the main restaurants at your usual table.
Booking your Seating Time
Subject to availability, at the time of making your cruise booking, we can guarantee your preference of dining time: a first or second seating. Table size is on a 'request-only' basis and cannot be guaranteed.
Restaurant Seating Card
When you arrive on board your cruise ship you will find a Restaurant Seating Card in your cabin, which will advise you of your table number and dining time. This will be your allocated table for the duration of your cruise holiday.
The Main Restaurants Are:
- Black Watch - Glentanar Restaurant and Orchid Room
- Boudicca - Four Seasons Restaurant, Heligan Room and Tintagel Restaurant
- Braemar - Thistle and Grampian Restaurants
- Balmoral - Ballindalloch Restaurant, Spey and Avon Rooms
Mealtimes On Board
Breakfast is usually served between 7.15 and 10.00am and lunch between 12.00 and 2.00pm in the main restaurants. A buffet breakfast and lunch will also be served in the Palms Cafe on Braemar and, weather permitting, in the Poolside Cafe and Marquee Pool Bar on Black Watch, Boudicca and Balmoral.
For formal evening dining, the Maitre d' on board allocates your final table arrangements. Your preferred dining time: 6.15pm or 8.30pm will have been confirmed, subject to availability, at the time of booking.
Most evenings, 'open sitting evening dining' is also offered as an informal dining option in the Braemar Garden Cafe on Black Watch, Secret Garden on Boudicca, Palms Cafe on Balmoral and the Palms Cafe on Braemar.
On selected evenings, themed dining is offered in these restaurants and they must be pre-booked for these occasions.
Please note that all restaurants operate a 'no smoking' policy.
Dietary Requirements
We will do our best to accommodate most dietary requests during the course of your cruise holiday. We currently cater for:
- vegetarian
- low fat
- dairy free
- lactose free
- and gluten free diets.
All special requests must be specified when making your cruise booking, and we will endeavour to source the products required, but cannot guarantee specific brands. (Some special requests may not be possible due to the location of the vessel and availability at local ports).
Please note in the case of allergies, we will no longer be passing specific information to the ships with regards to the nature of the allergy. If a guest has concerns regarding managing their allergy whilst onboard, the Maitre d’ (or housekeeper if an environmental allergy) will be happy to discuss this with them if necessary. Whilst we will always seek to minimise allergens, we cannot guarantee against the risk of exposure.
