Regent Seven Seas Cruises will elevate fine dining at sea on board its newest ship, Seven Seas Grandeur, when it debuts in November 2023. The cruise line’s expert culinary teams, led by Bernhard Klotz, Regent’s Vice President Food & Beverage, have created over 130 new dishes and enhanced recipes of guest favorites across seven dining venues – including reimagined spaces in its gourmet specialty restaurants.
“As a celebration of Regent’s heritage, Seven Seas Grandeur has been stunningly reimagined for the future, enhancing the eclectic culinary experiences found on board through delightfully refined menus and beautifully reimagined specialty restaurants.” said Andrea DeMarco, President of Regent Seven Seas Cruises.
Compass Rose on Seven Seas Grandeur
Seven Seas Grandeur will exemplify Regent’s 30-year heritage of perfection with unrivaled space, unparalleled service, and epicurean perfection. Highlights of the new dishes and recipes on board Seven Seas Grandeur include:
- New dinner dishes to be served in Compass Rose, Regent’s signature restaurant.
- A new lunch menu in Prime 7, Regent’s elegant steakhouse, as well as an elaborate sharing plate of grilled meats for two at dinner.
- Three of the seven new dishes on the menu at the French restaurant, Chartreuse, are inspired by the 3-Michelin Star L’Auberge du Vieux Puits, in Narbonne, France.
- Pacific Rim will offer two new Pan-Asian entrees and four new desserts.
- New hot appetizer recipes have been created for diners in Sette Mari at La Veranda.
- A Korean-fried chicken burger with gochujang-black garlic mayo for those looking for a more casual bite at The Pool Grill.
- Four Gerard Bertrand wines exclusively on Chartreuse’s complimentary wine list and a further five featured on the ship’s Connoisseur Wine Menu.
Prime 7 on Seven Seas Grandeur
Elevated Menus
Compass Rose – A Uniquely Personalized Dining Experience
Compass Rose offers a unique experience where guests can design their own entrée from preferred sides, sauces, pastas, and main features – in addition to daily specials and a selection of vegan and vegetarian dishes. New dishes crafted exclusively for Seven Seas Grandeur include a Maine lobster risotto served with a mascarpone-leek fondue; a roasted Black Angus striploin accompanied by fingerling potatoes and parmesan broccoli stems with a smoky romesco sauce; and a tuna tataki comprised of Sichuan pepper, vegetable tartar, miso aioli, radish and sesame.
Prime 7 – The Signature Steakhouse
Seven Seas Grandeur will debut a reimagined Prime 7, featuring a menu full of mouthwatering guest favorites including lump crab cakes, Black Angus Beef steak tartare with truffle-beer bread, and dry-aged 28 days USDA prime beef steaks from porterhouse to filet mignon. Inspired by James Beard award-winning chef Francis Mallmann’s restaurant Los Fuegos, Prime 7 will serve a sharing plate for two of clandestine entrecote, d’Artagnan chicken, Galician chorizo and New Zealand lamb chops.
The steakhouse will also offer a new plant-based option of “Impossible Salisbury Steak” served with French fries, roasted tomato, and truffle butter.
Chartreuse on Seven Seas Grandeur
Chartreuse – Classic French with a Modern Twist
Chartreuse, Seven Seas Grandeur’s French restaurant, creates the glamor, artistry, fashion, architecture, and history of Paris into a single place. New dishes have been inspired by the 3-Michelin Star restaurant L’Auberge du Vieux Puits and honors classic French cooking. Dishes include halibut viennoise with fennel, porcini, spinach and veal jus and soupe de poissons with brandade, mussels, aioli and seed crisp.
Chartreuse’s complimentary wine selection will include four Gerard Bertrand wines, including Heritage Kosmos, a full-bodied organic red made up of a blend of Grenache, Syrah, Mourvèdre grape varieties.
Pacific Rim – Dramatic and Diverse Pan-Asian Dining Experience
Pacific Rim offers guests a tranquil Zen-inspired atmosphere. The restaurant will feature two new dinner dishes of duck confit adobo accompanied by adlai risotto, XO sauce, foie gras and shimeji mushrooms; and the plant-based Pacific Rim poke salad comprised of vegetable crudité, tofu, avocado, wakame, miso and sesame. New desserts include a dark chocolate and passion fruit cake with mango-chili sorbet, green tea matcha cheesecake.
Sette Mari at La Veranda – Authentically Italian
Positioned at the top of the ship, with a design inspired by the coastal landscape of the Mediterranean, Sette Mari at La Veranda will serve meals inspired by the flavors of Italy. The refined menu will be focused on heritage and was inspired by a trip that the Regent culinary team took to Puglia, Italy.
A hot appetizer menu includes authentic recipes for sformato di ricotta, a ricotta and parmesan cheese tart with tomato basil sauce; cozze alla marinara e pepperoncino, black mussels in a sauce of garlic, chili flakes, fresh tomatoes, white wine and parsley; and zucchine Ripiene, baked zucchini stuffed with slow roasted prime rib, herbs and parmesan cheese in a tomato sauce.
About Seven Seas Grandeur
With only 746 guests, Seven Seas Grandeur will provide among the highest space and staff to guest ratios in the industry. Designed by the award-winning Studio DADO, her refined style, matchless elegance, and breath-taking beauty will exceed the expectations of discerning travelers.
Seven Seas Grandeur will also be home to a multi-million-dollar art collection, the Pièce de Résistance of which will be a custom designed masterpiece – Journey in Jewels – the first Fabergé Egg to permanently reside at sea.
Seven Seas Grandeur’s inaugural season begins in November 2023 through the Mediterranean and the Caribbean with a range of 18 sailings in the regions, including two transatlantic voyages.
