World-renowned master chef Reiner Greubel leads Holland America award-winning culinary staff in providing extensive dining options, including "light & healthy" items, continental and ethnic cuisines, and vegetarian dishes. All are available in a range of dining venues.

From the formal, candlelit dining room to the informal, sun-splashed Lido Restaurant. From the all-American hot dogs and hamburgers of the Terrace Grill to the ethnic treats of the pasta and taco bars. And on the Rotterdam, Volendam and Zaandam, an alternate dining room featuring the regional cuisines of Italy.

So extraordinarily memorable is the cuisine aboard Holland America ships that the entire fleet has been inducted into the prestigious Confrerie de la Chaine des Rotisseur, a gourmet society founded in Paris and devoted to promoting the pleasures of the table.

Which, in turn, prompted the society to create a special badge denoting the new Professional de la Marine category, of which Holland America was the very first recipient. What does it take to earn such an esteemed award? Cuisine lovingly prepared and exquisitely presented in a number of exciting dining venues.

Main Dining Room. Each evening in the elegant main dining room, champagne is poured into sparkling flutes and course after delicious course is presented for your enjoyment.

Specialty Restaurants. Europeans, who make as much of dining room ambiance as they do of select ingredients, have long inspired the dining venues aboard Holland America ships. Imagine sipping an iced latte in a sun-dappled cafe. Sampling cooked-to-order penne, rigatoni and ravioli from an Italian-style pasta bar. Or stepping into a formal dining room as fine as any in Paris, London or Rome...

Lido Restaurant. Holland America was the first in the cruise industry to introduce a full Lido Restaurant on all ships. So relaxed is our Lido Restaurant, Fielding 's recently gave it their highest rating.
The Lido features both an indoor, air-conditioned restaurant and portable buffet bars outside on the deck, offering some healthy choices among its make-it-yourself deli sandwiches, pasta dishes, Italian salads and entrees, or Mexican foods including tacos, nachos and fajitas. Oriental stirfrys featuring Chinese and Thai cuisine are also offered, as well as hamburgers, sandwiches and gourmet sausages.

Odyssey Restaurant. The Rotterdam's Odyssey Restaurant, where the authentic cuisine of central Italy is prepared to perfection, surrounds you in the romantic intimacy of a 17th-century Italian villa.

Marco Polo Restaurant. Exuding an atmosphere of artful elegance, the ms Volendam's Marco Polo Restaurant is a charming spot in which to relax and share good conversation and wonderful Italian cuisine with friends and loved ones. Its walls lined with diverse artwork, the Marco Polo has a contemporary pan-European style, with the warmth of light beechwood.

Terrace Grill. Enjoy the all-American hamburgers and hot dogs and ethnic treats of the pasta and taco bars. Alfresco.

Other Favorites. Dining options so unique that they belong in a special category of their own!

• Late night snack. A lavish spread served nightly; then one decadent night a buffet made entirely of chocolate. We call it our Dutch Chocolate Extravaganza!
• Java Café Get your caffeine fix for the day as you enjoy your Americano, late or mocha on the house.
• Ice Cream Parlor. Concoct your own icy extravaganza, with or without sprinkles.
• Juice Bar.Enjoy a natural and healthy treat after an aerobic workout.
• Hot hors d'oeuvres. Served in the cocktail lounges as each Holland America evening begins.
• Royal Dutch High Tea. One afternoon in 1840 Anna, 7th Duchess of Bedford, tired of the sinking feeling she experienced in the long space between meals, ordered the first afternoon tea. Join us each afternoon as we continue the tradition that was begun in 1840. One special day each cruise we elevate afternoon tea to its highest level with delectable Dutch desserts and a string quartet.