Silver Nova Restaurants: What’s Included and Worth Booking

Use Silver Nova’s included destination and international restaurants for most dinners, then reserve the paid culinary experience you most want to enjoy.

Try SALT Kitchen for the flavors of the itinerary, Silver Note for jazz with dinner, and Kaiseki at lunch before deciding whether its Japanese evening earns the extra cost.

Reserve the evening you actually want

Start with the meal that’s a priority for your group rather than buying every premium dinner. La Dame, Kaiseki dinner, and SALT Chef’s Table charge separately, while several included venues also need reservations.

The current published fees are $100 per person for La Dame, $80 for Kaiseki dinner, and $180 for Chef’s Table. Trying all three costs two people $720, so compare that total with the included meals and the shore experiences competing for your time.

Dining reservations are available through My Silversea from 120 days to two days before departure under the current reservation guidance. Advance bookings for paid specialty experiences now require payment when reserving, so keep the confirmation and cancellation terms alongside the date.

Choose a sea day or an evening with a comfortable shore return for a longer tasting menu. Our Nova activity guide helps you avoid putting the meal immediately before a production or a musical set you’d hate to miss.

Leave an open-seating evening available for an uncertain port day. You can still have a served dinner without rushing back simply to keep a reservation that looked convenient before you knew the excursion plan.

SALT Kitchen brings the port into dinner

SALT Kitchen is the complimentary destination-focused restaurant on Deck 3, with open seating at dinner. It has a broader regional menu alongside hyperlocal choices that follow the places you’re visiting.

Read both before ordering and ask which dish best reflects that day’s destination. A familiar favorite can be comforting, but this is the place to try the preparation you might not normally order at home.

Use it after an excursion when you want the shore experience to continue over dinner. It’s also a useful flexible choice when your return time makes a small reservation restaurant harder to plan.

The SALT program pairs these meals with regional drinks, included cooking sessions, and talks. Choose the onboard class or lecture that appeals without assuming an optional culinary shore excursion is covered by the same inclusion.

For a mixed-taste group, compare the SALT menu with Atlantide’s broader international selection. You don’t need everyone to want a tasting-menu event in order to enjoy a destination-led dinner together.

Atlantide is the flexible served-meal base

Atlantide on Deck 3 serves à la carte breakfast, lunch, and dinner with international dishes and grilled choices. Use it when you want a paced meal and a broader menu than the destination-led option nearby.

On a sea day, a seated lunch can be more enjoyable than eating quickly between activities. On a port morning, choose it only when the excursion meeting time leaves enough room for the service and the walk to departure.

For dinner, look through the actual menu before assuming that a specialty reservation will be more appealing. A good included entree and a comfortable conversation may be exactly the evening your group wants after a busy day.

Open seating gives you flexibility without promising an immediate table at the busiest time. Ask the host about the wait or compare the other open option if everyone has returned hungry together.

Use our Nova deck guide for the aft Deck 3 route. The Shelter is nearby for a pre-dinner meeting, so set a venue and time instead of telling friends only to meet downstairs.

La Terrazza changes from buffet to Italian dinner

La Terrazza is aft on Deck 4, with buffet breakfast and lunch followed by a reserved Italian dinner. The same room serves different routines across the day, so a casual lunch visit doesn’t establish walk-in access that evening.

For breakfast, walk through the available choices before filling the first plate. Pick the food that fits the morning, then use the outside seating only when the weather makes it comfortable.

At dinner, choose La Terrazza for handmade pasta, seafood, and an Italian meal at a slower pace. Reserve it when that style appeals, rather than treating an included restaurant as less worth planning than a paid one.

Keep lunch lighter if you want to enjoy several dinner courses. There’s no need to collect every buffet choice just because it’s available before the evening meal you were looking forward to.

This is a useful alternative to the outdoor Marquee on a windy day. Check the actual service hours and reservation space instead of relying on the weather to stay suitable for the meal you pictured.

Silver Note makes music part of the meal

Silver Note on Deck 5 combines inventive international small plates with live jazz. It is complimentary, but reservations matter because the supper-club setting has limited capacity.

Choose it for an evening when you want the music and meal together. Don’t add a tightly timed theater visit afterward if that would turn the performance you’re enjoying into something you need to leave early.

Ask about the plate format when ordering so the amount of food matches your appetite. Smaller dishes can encourage variety without obliging you to order more than you want just to follow a conventional starter-and-main routine.

If the dinner is full, ask about another evening or a cancellation after boarding. Panorama Lounge offers a more flexible music stop, so a missed reservation doesn’t mean losing the chance for an enjoyable musical evening.

For a group, settle who wants the dinner before reserving a table. Someone who wants a quick meal and early bedtime may prefer a different night, while jazz lovers can make this one of their main plans.

Kaiseki lunch is a useful included discovery

Kaiseki on Deck 4 offers open-seating sushi and sashimi at lunch. Choose it when a lighter Japanese meal sounds better than another buffet plate, and check the posted lunch service before walking there after an excursion.

The evening changes to a reservation-required Japanese dinner with a current $80-per-person fee. Miso black cod and wagyu teriyaki are advertised examples of the dinner style, so choose it when those flavors are the reason for the reservation.

Read Kaiseki dinner terms and actual menu before deciding that daytime access makes the evening included too. The different formats have different charges even though they use the same room.

For two people, the published dinner fees total $160. Compare that with whether you want a special Japanese evening or are already satisfied with the included daytime sushi and the other dinner choices.

Book the meal for an evening that can hold its pace comfortably. A later shore return is a reason to keep an open-seating alternative, rather than hoping the restaurant will rearrange the whole reservation around your arrival.

La Dame is a French tasting-menu evening

La Dame is forward on Deck 4 and charges a current $100 per person on Silver Nova. Choose it when a refined French tasting menu is part of the vacation you want, with dishes such as Dover sole à la Grenobloise among the advertised examples.

Use La Dame details to compare the format and reservation fee before booking. A sample menu gives you a useful taste of the cuisine, while the sailing’s actual menu determines the dishes you’ll be served.

Leave space before and after this dinner so the courses feel like a treat. Keep the next morning’s excursion in mind too, especially when an early start would make a long evening less enjoyable.

A couple can enjoy it as a $200 planning benchmark without buying every other premium experience. Choose the one tasting dinner you most want instead of assuming a full set of paid reservations will improve the entire cruise.

Chef’s Table is the intimate culinary event

During the day, the Deck 10 SALT Lab hosts complimentary hands-on classes. In the evening, that space becomes SALT Chef’s Table for a single nightly seating and an 11-course meal inspired by local ingredients and regional cooking.

The Chef’s Table details list $180 per person with reservations required. Book it when the interactive culinary format is the experience you’re excited about, rather than treating it as the compulsory way to complete the SALT program.

For two people, its $360 fee is more than the published La Dame and Kaiseki dinners combined. That can still be a worthwhile choice for food-focused travelers, but it deserves an evening when you can enjoy the pacing and conversation fully.

Tell the team about a serious dietary need before booking a tasting format. Discuss the feasible substitutions before the first course, especially when several small dishes depend on specific local ingredients.

An included Lab class and SALT Kitchen dinner remain separate ways to enjoy the program. Try those if you prefer to spend the money ashore or don’t want such a long fixed meal.

The Marquee is one outdoor setting with several choices

The Marquee on Deck 10 serves breakfast, then Spaccanapoli pizza and The Grill’s salads, seafood, and steaks at later meals. Choose by the food and outdoor conditions rather than treating each counter identity as another room to reserve.

Breakfast and lunch use open seating, while Marquee reservation details require a dinner reservation. Keep that distinction in mind when an easy daytime visit makes you want to return for an evening meal.

Try pizza for a simple lunch between pool time and a class, or a salad and grilled seafood when you want something lighter. At dinner, choose the grilled dish that appeals and leave enough time to enjoy the setting instead of fitting it between appointments.

If wind or cold makes the space uncomfortable, ask about an indoor alternative. Its open-air atmosphere is a reason to choose it in suitable weather, rather than something you need to endure to follow the original plan.

Arts Café and suite dining fill the gaps

Arts Café on Deck 4 provides coffee, tea, pastries, and light bites near Reception and Shore Concierge. Use it for the awkward gap between returning from shore and a later dinner, or for a small breakfast when you don’t want a full served meal.

A snack and a drink here can keep a hungry traveler comfortable while friends finish another activity. Set the meeting point by the café entrance so everyone arriving from different decks knows where to find you.

Butler service and in-suite dining are available across the suite categories. Choose an uncomplicated breakfast before an early excursion or a private meal when resting in the room sounds more appealing than another restaurant visit.

Use the actual suite menu and request timing rather than assuming every specialty tasting dinner can be delivered. Most dining and a broad beverage selection are included, while rare bottles and selected premium items have their own prices.

Let the itinerary guide the remaining meals

Record food allergies and important dietary requirements before sailing, then discuss them with the onboard team. At a buffet or counter, ask about preparation and cross-contact for that item instead of assuming an earlier conversation covers every serving area.

Keep tomorrow’s shore schedule beside the meal plan so breakfast and dinner work with the return time and next morning’s start. Our Nova planning tips explain the fare credits, prepayment process, and suite benefits that can affect the rest of the budget.

Protect the special dinner you most want, reserve the included limited rooms that suit your tastes, and leave the open-seating choices available. That gives you room to enjoy an appealing menu without making every port day revolve around the restaurant calendar.