Enchanted Princess Dining Guide: Restaurants, Costs, and Best Choices
On Enchanted Princess, start with the included Amalfi, Capri or Santorini dining room, World Fresh Marketplace and the quick food around the Piazza and pools.
Add Gigi’s or O’Malley’s for a casual paid meal, then choose Crown Grill, Sabatini’s, The Catch or 360 only when that particular evening is worth the extra cost.
Short version:
Main dining, the buffet, International Café food, Slice pizza, The Salty Dog Grill and Swirls provide the included foundation. Gigi’s and O’Malley’s are casual paid dining, classic specialty restaurants cost more, and 360 is a separate experiential purchase even with Plus or Premier.
The dining distinctions that matter
- Gigi’s is paid casual dining. Slice provides the included pizza counter.
- 360 is publicly bookable. Its limited seating, eligibility and separate charge require advance planning.
- Reserve Collection dining is a cabin benefit. It is not a public specialty reservation.
- OceanNow is delivery. Activation and menu charges are separate questions.
- Amalfi, Capri and Santorini are the main rooms. Learn the aft approach to Amalfi before your first dinner.
What is included in the fare?
The included choices are main dining, World Fresh Marketplace, selected food at International Café, Slice Pizzeria, The Salty Dog Grill, Swirls and afternoon tea. Gigi’s, O’Malley’s, Ocean Terrace, specialty restaurants, premium drinks and delivery services have separate charging rules.
Use the included core for most meals and reserve paid dining for a particular menu or atmosphere. That approach protects the budget without reducing the cruise to buffet meals.
Amalfi Capri and Santorini
Amalfi and Capri are on Deck 6, while Santorini is on Deck 5. They serve the rotating Princess main-dining menu, with Traditional, Flexible or Walk-in arrangements assigned by the sailing rather than three unrelated cuisines.
Choose the room tied to your reservation plan, then let location and current waits guide later meals. Breakfast and lunch service can rotate, so the daily schedule decides which dining room is open.
Reserve Collection is a cabin dining benefit
Reserve Collection dining is a dedicated main-dining area for eligible Reserve Collection Mini-Suite and full-suite guests. It offers expedited seating, additional choices and dedicated service rather than a separately bookable specialty restaurant.
If your cabin includes that benefit, try it before buying more dinners. Guests without eligibility should plan around the ordinary main dining rooms or a paid restaurant instead.
World Fresh Marketplace and International Café
World Fresh Marketplace is the large included buffet for varied breakfast, lunch, and dinner choices, while International Café in the Piazza operates 24 hours with small bites, pastries, sandwiches, salads, desserts, and specialty coffee. Premium beverages can cost extra even when selected café food is included.
You can walk the buffet once before filling a plate and use the café when you want a smaller odd-hour meal. Moving breakfast or lunch outside the rush can make the buffet far easier.
Slice, The Salty Dog Grill and Swirls
Slice is the included top-deck pizza counter, The Salty Dog Grill handles handmade burgers and grilled food, and Swirls provides soft-serve ice cream. These are walk-up concepts rather than waiter-served casual dining.
Use the trio for a pool lunch or quick snack and check current hours before assuming every counter stays open late. Their value is speed and convenience, not a reservation or package credit.
Gigi’s is casual dining
Gigi’s Pizzeria by Alfredo serves made-to-order pizza with a $14.99 adult cover or $7.49 for children ages 3 to 11, plus service charge, with à la carte choices available. Eligible Plus and Premier casual-dining allowances can cover a qualifying meal.
Gigi’s uses walk-in seating, so it need not be the first reservation you chase. Its sit-down casual-dining charge is separate from the included Slice counter upstairs.
Crown Grill, Sabatini’s and The Catch
Crown Grill is the classic steakhouse, Sabatini’s is the Italian trattoria, and The Catch by Rudi is the seafood-focused specialty room. They are separate physical restaurants with different menus, not interchangeable premium labels.
Choose Crown Grill for steak, Sabatini’s for a paced Italian dinner, or The Catch when seafood is the clear reason to spend. Exact prices and dishes belong to the current booking portal and onboard menu.
O’Malley’s, Ocean Terrace and Gelato
O’Malley’s is the Irish pub for food, drinks and music; Ocean Terrace is the sushi bar; and Gelato sells premium frozen desserts. O’Malley’s offers walk-in lunch on sea days and dinner, while the other venues have their own menus and service hours.
An O’Malley’s meal has a $14.99 adult cover or $7.49 for children ages 3 to 11, plus service charge, with eligible casual-dining allowances accepted. Use Ocean Terrace for sushi and Gelato for a treat, checking supplements and à la carte charges before ordering.
360 and Chef’s Table
360 costs $149 per guest plus service charge, with two nightly seatings of 20 and no Plus or Premier inclusion. Confirm the minimum age for your sailing before booking for a child.
Chef’s Table Lumiere is a separate hosted multicourse dinner with champagne, hors d’oeuvres and the chef’s menu. Ask about both experiences early, then reserve the one whose format suits the group rather than assuming one always has scarcer inventory.
360 is the evening’s main event
360 blends seven courses with projected scenes, sound, scent and Mediterranean storytelling. The menu is kept as a surprise, so discuss dietary suitability with the Dine Line or in the Princess app before paying.
Reserve Collection dining and 360 solve different needs: one is an eligible-cabin main-dining benefit, while the other is a public paid immersive dinner. A package or suite label should not be used to blur those access rules.
Crab Shack is a sea-day lunch pop-up
Crab Shack is a reservation-required sea-day lunch pop-up in World Fresh Marketplace, rather than a dedicated daily restaurant. Its seafood menu and meal charge are separate from Plus and Premier.
Check the sailing’s menu, price and available dates before choosing it over another seafood meal. Reserve it only when a leisurely sea-day lunch fits the rest of your plans.
Ultimate Balcony Dining comes to your cabin
Ultimate Balcony Dining is a premium breakfast or dinner served by dedicated staff on an eligible private balcony. It is a cabin-service experience rather than a public restaurant or access-controlled dining room.
Check the current menu, weather, balcony setup, and price before booking. The experience only makes sense when privacy and the view are worth more than choosing another restaurant.
OceanNow and room service
OceanNow uses the Princess app and Medallion to deliver selected food and drinks to supported ship locations or your cabin. Phone room service is a separate way to place a cabin order.
OceanNow activation costs $14.99 per person per voyage, while a room-service order placed by cabin phone has a $5 delivery fee. Qualifying Plus and Premier packages waive these fees, but charged menu items can still appear in the order total.
Reservations should follow scarcity
Reserve limited-capacity chef experiences first, followed by the group’s must-have specialty dinner and a preferred main-dining time. Included cafés, buffets, grills, and pizza counters can remain flexible.
Use the Princess app for available main-dining and specialty reservations, and ask onboard about hosted dinners or newly released tables. Leave at least one evening flexible for a late port return or a change of plans.
Princess Plus and Premier
Under newer package terms, Plus includes four casual-dining meals per guest per voyage, while Premier includes unlimited casual and specialty dining. Confirm the terms on your own booking; experiential purchases such as 360, Chef’s Table and Crab Shack remain separate.
Compare the package price with the meals, drinks, and connectivity you truly expect to use rather than assign maximum value to every benefit. A guest satisfied with the main dining rooms, buffet, pizza counter, grill, and café may need fewer upgrades than the restaurant count suggests.
Prices and service charges
Optional dining generally carries a 20% service charge when purchased separately. Check each menu or booking total for the complete cost, and confirm what service charges a package meal already covers.
À la carte sushi, gelato, wine, coffee, and marked supplements are separate decisions from a casual or specialty package meal. Keeping those purchases visible prevents small upgrades from disappearing into the room account.
Families and dietary needs
The buffet, pizza counter, pool grill, International Café, and main dining rooms give families several familiar choices without forcing everyone into one paid concept. You can save a specialty booking for a restaurant the whole table wants.
For allergies or medically necessary diets, notify Princess before sailing and discuss the plan with the dining team onboard. Ingredients, preparation and cross-contact still need confirmation for each order.
A practical seven-night dining plan
Start with a main dining room, add one casual pizza or pub meal, and choose one specialty dinner. Add a second specialty or experiential meal only when its format genuinely matters to the group.
The buffet and café can cover efficient breakfasts, the pool counters can handle a casual lunch, and a port-day dinner should stay flexible. That sequence samples the ship without turning food into seven appointments.
Dining mistakes to avoid
Do not label a sit-down pizzeria automatically included, confuse OceanNow with a counter, or treat Reserve Collection dining as a public specialty reservation. Restaurants, counters, wine bars, delivery, and cabin-category benefits all have different rules.
Venue names, fees and package rules can differ between sister ships. Use the booking portal and onboard menu for the meal you are actually buying.
The best dining approach on Enchanted
Enchanted Princess has a strong included dining network and a manageable paid restaurant list. Save one evening for the specialty menu you most want, use Gigi’s when sit-down pizza matters, and let the dining rooms, buffet, café and pool counters carry the rest.
For comparisons, read the Disney Treasure dining guide, the Carnival Jubilee dining guide, and the live Restaurants & Dining archive. Those pages make the included-versus-paid tradeoffs easier to compare.
The Take Five image below shows the former jazz-lounge concept; that space now serves casino use.
Practical final checks
Protect enough flexibility for port days and changing showtimes. A prepaid meal is poor value when it forces the group to rush back from shore or miss the entertainment everyone wanted to see.
Check whether a package covers the restaurant, meal period, gratuity, and premium selections you expect. Compare the final package price with the smaller number of meals you would actually reserve.
Continue planning with the cabins guide, pros and cons, things to do.
How to use this guide: Recommendations weigh ship layout, amenities and practical tradeoffs; individual experiences vary. Confirm room details, operating rules and paid extras for your sailing using the ship page, deck plans, dining guide and access guide.
How this guide was researched:
I checked Enchanted’s current ship information against the article’s cabin, venue and layout claims. Schedules, prices, access rules and assignments can change by sailing, so confirm booking-sensitive details before payment.
