Advance Dining Reservations

[Mahogany]

I am sailing on Dawn in August. Can't remember from pre-Covid about making dining reservations. My Silversea says 120 days in advance which will be in April. My question: how many reservations can you make at the non-fee vs. fee venues? I'm on 26-night B2B.

[unfathomable]

I'm not aware of any limits.

[Luv2Cruise1016]

Is there a particular time of day on the 120th day that reservation open for request?

[dawntrdr]

I heard that it starts at 12:01 am Greenwich Mean Time.

Edited March 8, 2023 by dawntrdr

[Mahogany]

4 hours ago, unfathomable said:

I'm not aware of any limits.

Somebody actually admitted that he made a reservation at La Terrazza for every night and then cancelled when he chose another venue. I'd be too embarrassed to admit that! And he really remembered to cancel? When at 7 PM?😬

[Mr Luxury]

1 hour ago, dawntrdr said:

I heard that it starts at 12:01 am Greenwich Mean Time.

Sharp!

[Stumblefoot]

1 hour ago, Mahogany said:

Somebody actually admitted that he made a reservation at La Terrazza for every night and then cancelled when he chose another venue.

Well, at least he didn’t tie up a table in the smaller venues like La Dame, Kaiseki, Silver Note, etc.

 

With that said, I too couldn’t imagine doing such a thing.

[les37b]

8 hours ago, Mahogany said:

I am sailing on Dawn in August. Can't remember from pre-Covid about making dining reservations. My Silversea says 120 days in advance which will be in April. My question: how many reservations can you make at the non-fee vs. fee venues? I'm on 26-night B2B.

I don’t believe there are any restrictions, though obviously it’d be wrong to block book or book with no intention of attending, just because you can. I try to keep mine balanced. Luckily my Japan sailing on the Muse, I intend to make use of the open seating Indochine a fair bit. Think in the total of 16 nights I have 6 reservations, 4 for La Terrazza, I for Kaiseki and 1 for La Dame. I did have Silver Note booked, but cancelled for open seating in Atlantide for formal night.

[Tothesunset]

9 hours ago, Mahogany said:

Somebody actually admitted that he made a reservation at La Terrazza for every night and then cancelled when he chose another venue. I'd be too embarrassed to admit that! And he really remembered to cancel? When at 7 PM?😬

Probably the same sort of person who puts a book and towel on a pool lounger just in case they might want to use it sometime that day. Self-entitled, sociopathic, arrogant, narcissistic morons can be like that. 

 

Not that I have any strong feelings about this, you understand. 

Edited March 9, 2023 by Tothesunset

[Port Power]

As a solo cruiser, I have never booked restaurants prior to boarding.  I don’t know who I might meet and want to share a table with on any given night.  I will often arrive at the main dining room (open seating) and join a share table.  Can I expect share tables on Silversea?  Otherwise the buffet will see me quite often!

[Observer]

5 minutes ago, Port Power said:

As a solo cruiser, I have never booked restaurants prior to boarding.  I don’t know who I might meet and want to share a table with on any given night.  I will often arrive at the main dining room (open seating) and join a share table.  Can I expect share tables on Silversea?  Otherwise the buffet will see me quite often!

 

You had better take some snacks with you or you may go hungry.  There is no evening/dinner buffet on Silversea.

[Lois R]

1 hour ago, Port Power said:

As a solo cruiser, I have never booked restaurants prior to boarding.  I don’t know who I might meet and want to share a table with on any given night.  I will often arrive at the main dining room (open seating) and join a share table.  Can I expect share tables on Silversea?  Otherwise the buffet will see me quite often!

Hi, depends on the restaurant. Atlantide would be considered "the main restaurant" and you can tell the Maitr'd you would like to sit with others. I sail solo all the time and have found it very easy  to meet other guests and sometimes go for drinks and dinner together. And you don't have to book a reservation ahead of time. Actually, 95% I don't book ahead.

 

Silversea does not offer a buffet for dinner so that would not be an option.

[drron29]

1 hour ago, Port Power said:

As a solo cruiser, I have never booked restaurants prior to boarding.  I don’t know who I might meet and want to share a table with on any given night.  I will often arrive at the main dining room (open seating) and join a share table.  Can I expect share tables on Silversea?  Otherwise the buffet will see me quite often!

It used to happen all the time until Covid. Covid ended the automatic asking if you wanted to share a table. However some of us couples will say that we don't mind sharing if anyone wants to so did end up on a couple of occasions sharing a table with a single German lady last August.

So when you enter Atlantide do tell the Maitre'd that you would like a shared table.

[Port Power]

6 hours ago, Lois R said:

Hi, depends on the restaurant. Atlantide would be considered "the main restaurant" and you can tell the Maitr'd you would like to sit with others. I sail solo all the time and have found it very easy  to meet other guests and sometimes go for drinks and dinner together. And you don't have to book a reservation ahead of time. Actually, 95% I don't book ahead.

 

Silversea does not offer a buffet for dinner so that would not be an option.

Thank you, Lois, I knew I could rely on you as a solo traveller, and @drron29.  The buffet comment was a characterisation as I do know that S/S doesn't have a buffet..