SEVEN SEAS PRESTIGE TAKES LUNCH OUTDOORS WITH SOLMAR TERRACE
Regent Seven Seas Cruises unveiled Solmar Terrace on 15 September, adding an open-air small-plates venue to its first new ship class in more than a decade and refreshing menus across the culinary programme.
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Regent Seven Seas Cruises is using food to define the personality of its newest ship class. On 15 September, the line unveiled Solmar Terrace, an open-air daytime dining venue exclusive to Seven Seas Prestige. Travel Market Report published its report on 16 September.
Located aft of Compass Rose on Deck 5, Solmar Terrace will operate from noon until 6 pm. Its menu moves deliberately across regions, from mezze and sushi to tapas and yakitori, creating a flexible alternative to the long, formal lunch that luxury cruising once treated as the default.
Small plates with a wide horizon
The examples are designed for grazing: Korean beef short rib, chicken or prawn satay, teriyaki pork belly, king oyster mushroom and Japanese broiled salmon, followed by desserts such as tres leches cake and crema Catalana. The mix mirrors the way many guests now prefer to eat at sea — sampling several flavours while remaining connected to the deck and destination.
Solmar Terrace is one of seven speciality restaurants and 11 dining experiences planned for Seven Seas Prestige. It joins Azure, a Mediterranean-inspired concept with a mezze-style menu drawing on Europe, Africa and Asia.
A new ship class needs new rituals.
Seven Seas Prestige is Regent’s first new class in more than a decade. That creates an expectation for experiences that feel genuinely specific to the ship rather than a larger collection of existing ideas. An al fresco venue can become one of those rituals: the informal late lunch after an excursion, or a sequence of small plates as the ship leaves port.
Regent is also refreshing Prime 7, its steakhouse, with reworked dishes including lobster thermidor, halibut fish and chips with yuzu aioli, truffle macaroni cheese and a 14-layer chocolate mousse cake. The recipes will debut on Prestige before expanding across the fleet, allowing the new ship to function as a culinary test bed.
Informality as a luxury choice
The most important word in the announcement may be flexibility. All-inclusive luxury is strongest when abundance does not become obligation. Guests can choose a formal dinner, a shared Mediterranean menu or an outdoor plate without feeling that one is the lesser experience.
Solmar Terrace therefore does more than add another restaurant. It gives Seven Seas Prestige a lighter daytime rhythm and turns open air, choice and global flavour into part of the ship’s identity. In contemporary cruising, the freedom to decide how — and how long — to dine can be as valuable as the ingredients themselves.
