There are so many choices for dining; it is hard to choose. Princess Lines has a program of "personal choice" which means you choose when and where you will eat, as opposed to the traditional formal dinner where you are assigned a specific table at either first seating (6:15) or second seating (8:15). With personal choice you can dine anytime between 5:30 and 10:00 p.m.
The Neapolitan Dining Room, Deck 5, is set-aside with the same menu as the Sicilian Dining Room, but at your choice of time. You do not sit at the same table each night, nor have the same waiters. The menu for these dining rooms are posted early in the day so you can see what is on tap for that night. Just in case the menu doesn’t suit you, there are several permanent items on the menu, such as baked chicken or sirloin steak and baked potato.
At 6:30 the Rivera Grill on Deck 14, turns into "The Sterling Steakhouse". This is one of the exceptions to the "all inclusive pricing". The only additional cost is an $8.00 cover charge per person for dining here and reservations are required.
Your choices for breakfast include the Horizon Court on Deck 14, which is a 24- hour buffet, the Sicilian Dining Room, or for a real treat, you can have breakfast in bed. For breakfast in your stateroom, you will need to complete the order blank you will find in your stateroom and hang it outside the door by midnight. You must be specific on the form as to what time you would like it delivered the next morning.
Lunch choices include the Horizon Court, The Sicilian Dining Room, The Riviera Grill or Lago’s Pizzeria. In the Sicilian Dining Room, you are seated at tables with other passengers, which offers a wonderful opportunity to meet new friends. We ate lunch in the Dining Room twice during our seven-day cruise and both times we were fortunate to sit with some really interesting people.
The Riviera Grill, located on Deck 14, offers hot dogs, bratwurst, hamburgers, french fries and drinks. It is adjacent to the pool area and is popular with the pool crowd. We ate there only once and were not impressed with the food, but the scenery was great.
For late night hunger pangs there is the Horizon Court, open 24-hours, or Largo’s Pizza, which is open until 1:00 a.m.
Another exception to the "all inclusive pricing" is the Sundaes Ice Cream Bar on Deck 12, which sells ice cream, sundaes, floats, and other ice cream desserts between 10:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m.
In addition to breakfast, lunch, dinner, and late night snacks, there is Afternoon Tea in the Sicilian Dining Room every day at 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. serving tea and cookies; the Patisseria Bar on Deck 5 offers coffee and pastries from 7:00 a.m. to 11:00 p.m. and room service is available 24 hours a day.