Princess Alaska cruise dinner food menu on my cruise ⚓ cruise food ⚓ cruise tips

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So will there be Alaska-specific food on your Princess cruise to Alaska?!

Yes, as part of the Alaska cruise experience, Alaska-specialty food is served.

If you don’t like seafood, will there be anything for you to eat?!

While Alaska’s specialty food is seafood, the cruise food during an Alaska cruise won’t be only Alaska food.

There will be normal western/American food too. There is almost always some sort of pasta. There is almost always Indian food as well.

So even if you don’t like seafood, you won’t starve on a cruise to Alaska.

In general on a cruise, you will get free food for breakfast, lunch, and dinner.

There are “specialty restaurants” on Princess cruise ships for which there is an added fee.

There is a “juice bar” for extra health and wellness drinks for which there is an added fee.

But there are always free food options for every meal, plus snacks in between meals.

You can get pizza any time, and you can get ice cream any time during the day for free.

There are “premium desserts” on Princess cruise ships for which there is an added fee, but there are always free dessert options, both in the main dining room and the buffet.

There are also many other food choices that you can get almost any time throughout the day too.

There’s the buffet that you can eat at during your cruise for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. This is free.

You can also go to one of the main dining rooms for dinner. This is free. (There are some “specialty” items in the dining room as well for which there is a fee, but it’s not necessary to pay for regular dinner food.)

You can also go to at least one of the dining rooms for breakfast and lunch. This is free. (Lunch in dining room might only be available on sea days.)

As far as I could tell, the Alaska specific food items were served at dinner.

I never saw any buffet food labeled specifically as “Alaskan” but there were usually (always?) seafood choices, so I’m guessing there was almost always some sort of food that was Alaska-inspired that was served as part of the dinner buffet, even if it’s not noted in that way.

But if you want the best Alaska dinner experience, you want to go to a main dining room!

See below for a day-by-day dinner menu from an Alaska cruise!

Also below is how to see the dinner menu once you are on your cruise.

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Cruise food during an Alaska cruise on a Princess cruise ship

Food on your Alaska cruise may vary, but just to give you an idea, here is the dinner menu from the main dining room dinner on my cruise, day by day!

I did an Alaska cruise on a Princess cruise ship May 2023. I was on the Sapphire Princess. The cruise started at the end of April.

👆 There is vegetarian dinner food on a Princess cruise. Look for this symbol on the menu.

👆 When you see this symbol on the menu, this is the general public health advisory for seafood and other food items.

When you go to the dining room for dinner and receive the menu, local Alaska cuisine is also marked as “local eats Alaska flavors” so look for a special symbol for that too!

Below are screenshots from the Princess app, and the Alaska food is not specifically marked.

Some do say it’s “Alaskan” but there is also other Alaska-inspired food that’s not necessarily called “Alaskan” in its name. (And there are some menu items that if it’s not listed as “Alaskan” I’m not sure if it is Alaskan-inspired! Some are more obvious than others.)

Day 1: Vancouver embarkation day menu, April 29

Alaska-inspired dinner food on a Princess cruise to Alaska includes house-made gravlax of wild Alaskan salmon, pan-fried Alaskan cod, Bering seafood stew, Alaskan ale-braised short ribs, and seared wild Alaskan sockeye salmon.

Alaska-inspired desserts on a Princess cruise to Alaska includes warm Alaskan blueberry cobbler and gelato baked Alaska.

👆 The seared wild Alaskan sockeye salmon: minty pea puree, broccoli and yellow cauliflower florets, crispy chickpea garnish.

👆 Just a regular caesar salad!

👆 Warm Alaskan blueberry cobbler with buttermilk biscuit and vanilla gelato for dessert on a Princess cruise to Alaska.

Day 2: Sea day, formal night menu, April 30

Alaska-inspired dinner food on a Princess cruise to Alaska includes Alaskan crab cake, Alaskan-caught halibut with prosciutto, and seared wild Alaskan sockeye salmon with cold water shrimp.

Day 3: Sea day menu, May 1

Alaska-inspired dinner cruise on a Princess cruise to Alaska includes wild coho Alaskan salmon and seared wild Alaskan sockeye salmon with cold water shrimp.

Day 4: Hubbard Glacier scenic cruising sea day menu, May 2

Alaska-inspired dinner food on a Princess cruise to Alaska includes hot smoked Alaskan steelhead salmon cocktail, warm Alaskan shrimp and spinach dip, fishermans clam chowder, parmesan and panko baked cod, vermouth-steamed clams with shrimp, and seared wild Alaskan sockeye salmon orange dill gremolata.

👆 Hot smoked Alaskan steelhead salmon cocktail with potato and sour cream for a dinner appetizer on a Princess cruise to Alaska.

👆 Just a salad! Assorted greens with avocado, grapefruit, and ginger grenadine.

👆 There is parmesan and panko baked cod with roasted vegetables, olive oil crushed potatoes, and caper gherkins dip for dinner on a Princess cruise to Alaska.

👆 There is seared wild Alaskan sockeye salmon orange dill gremolata with beets, carrots, and kale for dinner on a Princess cruise to Alaska.

Day 5: Icy Strait Point port day menu, May 3

Alaska-inspired dinner food on a Princess cruise to Alaska includes cream of wild Alaskan mushroom soup, seared flounder with Alaskan cold water shrimp, and seared wild Alaskan sockeye salmon with red wine reduction.

Day 6: Juneau port day menu, May 4

Alaska-inspired dinner food on a Princess cruise to Alaska includes wild Alaskan spot prawn cocktail, Alaskan-style fish stew, and seared wild Alaskan sockeye salmon orange dill gremolata.

Read more for doing an Alaska cruise port on your own: Bus to Mendenhall Glacier

Day 7: Skagway port day, May 5

The menu never showed up on the app for me so I didn’t get any screenshots.

I went down to see the paper version of the menu and it had “local eats Hawaii flavors” printed down at the bottom.

But I did see seared wild Alaskan sockeye salmon on the menu.

Read more for doing an Alaska cruise port on your own: Yakutania Point

Day 8: Glacier Bay scenic cruising sea day, “dress to impress” night aka formal night menu, May 6

Although I didn’t get a screenshot of it, I am assuming that filet mignon and lobster tail was available for an additional fee on this formal night as well.

Day 9: Sitka port day menu, May 7

Read more for your Alaska cruise: Things to do in Sitka

Day 10: Ketchikan port day menu, May 8

Read more for doing an Alaska cruise port on your own: Bus to Totem Bight State Park

Day 11: Sea day menu, last dinner of the cruise menu, May 9

How to see the dinner menu on your cruise

You’ll be able to see the dinner menu once you are on your cruise.

You can use the Princess app to see the menu for that evening.

👆 To see the dining room dinner menu once you are on the cruise ship, open up the Princess app and look for “Dine My Way”

👆 Next screen: Go to “explore dining options”

👆 You will be able to select a dining room to see the menu. This is also where you can go to see the hours of each dining room.

👆 Main dining room dinner hours on a Princess cruise are 5pm to 9pm. Confirm this on your cruise. The dining room hours are also listed on the back of the Princess Patter, the Princess cruise entertainment schedule. The buffet hours are also listed there.

The Princess app is how you will choose your cruise boarding time and look for cruise entertainment, including Alaska-specific cruise activities.

The Princess app is also how you can make reservations in one of the main dining rooms.

You can make reservations before you get on the cruise ship.

👆 To make dinner reservations in a main dining room (MDR), you will go to “dine my way” in the app, and then look for “view or book individual daily reservations.”

👆 You can choose the day you want to make dinner reservations.

👆 You can make dinner reservations for the main dining room (free food) and a specialty dining restaurant ($)

👆 You will choose the dining room that you want to make a dinner reservation for. You will have the option of choosing a private table or a shared table, if available. There are limited spots available for each time slot.

👆 When you go to “dine my way” you may also see an option to do a quick booking for the same time every night, instead of having to individually make a reservation for each day.

If you’re making dining reservations far in advance, you’ll want to check back once it gets closer to your cruise (and once you are on your cruise) to see that your dining time hasn’t changed.

Sometimes they will change it on you, and you won’t be notified about the change.

You can also go to the main dining room without a reservation.

You might need to wait for a table to open up.

How long you need to wait will just depend on how many people are having dinner at the time you go.

You can think of it as though you are going to a regular restaurant.

I went to the main dining room twice during my Alaska cruise.

Both times were after 8pm and without reservations.

I was hoping it would be less busy at that time.

The first dining room dinner was on the first day of the cruise.

While I was seated relatively quickly, I feel like it took a bit of time for my order to be taken, and it seemed like food took a little longer to come out.

The second dining room dinner was in the middle of the cruise, not a formal night.

I was seated relatively quickly, my order was taken relatively quickly, and the food came out relatively quickly.

I would also imagine formal nights would be more busy.

Once you are on the cruise ship, you can also use the TV in your room to see the dinner menu.

👆 During a Princess cruise to Alaska, you can view the dining room dinner menu on your stateroom TV. You will turn on your TV and go to dining > restaurant menus

Once you are on your cruise ship, you can also go down to the dining room and see the menu for that evening posted out in front.

And that’s to give you an idea of what type of food might be on your Alaska cruise!

I was on a Princess cruise to Alaska in April and May 2023. Your experience may vary!

HAPPY EATING ALASKA FOOD ON YOUR PRINCESS CRUISE!