An afternoon terrace with nowhere else to be
Regent Seven Seas Cruises isn’t filling a gap in the lunch hour aboard its newest ship—it’s adding another seat to an already full table. Solmar Terrace at Compass Rose, an open-air restaurant seated aft of Compass Rose on deck 5, opens at noon and stays open until 6 p.m., joining Compass Rose, Pool Grill and Coffee Connection as another way to spend the unhurried middle hours of a sea day aboard Seven Seas Prestige.
The restaurant blends a relaxed, come-as-you-are elegance with a menu that pulls from several cuisines at once—mezze-style appetizers and sushi one moment, tapas and a full yakitori grill the next—all served against unobstructed ocean views.
“Dining is an essential part of the Regent experience, and Seven Seas Prestige represents an exciting opportunity to further elevate our all-inclusive culinary offering.”
Wesley D’Silva, president of Regent Seven Seas Cruises.
Small plates built for grazing, not committing
The menu resists settling on a single cuisine. A fresh gazpacho sits alongside a rotating sushi roll of the day, while the yakitori grill turns out Korean beef short rib, chicken or shrimp satay, and teriyaki pork belly. An indulgent king oyster mushroom and a Japanese broiled salmon round out the Asian-leaning plates. Dessert keeps things simple: a tres leches cake, or a crema Catalana—exactly what a terrace lunch should end with, and nothing more elaborate than that.
A Mediterranean table, built for sharing
Solmar Terrace isn’t the only new address on Seven Seas Prestige. It joins Azure, a previously announced Mediterranean-inspired restaurant, as the second of the ship’s two new specialty venues—and Azure has now revealed its own menu: a spread of small plates meant for sharing, drawing as readily from North Africa and Asia as it does from Spain, Italy and Greece. Miso-Roasted Eggplant and Croquetas di Carne, served with piquillo peppers, open the table; Gambas al Ajillo—Spanish-style shrimp in chili, garlic and olive oil—and a Chilled & Spiced Watermelon-Feta Salad follow. Lobster Orzo Saganaki and Duck Leg Confit close it out, proof that a menu built for sharing doesn’t have to mean small ambition.
An American steakhouse takes a cue from Miami
Prime 7, Regent’s specialty steakhouse, isn’t new—but its menu has been substantially rebuilt, with the line’s culinary team pulling inspiration from established steakhouses, Daniel’s in Miami among them. House-smoked and honey-roasted baby back ribs arrive with a steakhouse barbecue sauce; a lobster thermidor and a halibut fish and chips, finished with hot yuzu aioli and steak fries, join the menu alongside a roasted chicken supreme with spinach-porcini stuffing.
Sides get equal attention, from hashbrown tempura with lime-chili salt to a truffle mac and cheese. Dessert closes with a choice that feels almost unfair to offer all at once: a lemon meringue pie, a 14-layer chocolate mousse cake called The Ultimate Chocolate Dessert, finished with drunken cherries, or a double chocolate brownie with tres leches ice cream. The refreshed menu debuts aboard Seven Seas Prestige before rolling out across the rest of Regent’s fleet at a later date.
Eleven ways to eat aboard Regent’s newest ship
Between the two new venues and the returning favorites, Seven Seas Prestige will offer 11 separate dining experiences: Compass Rose, Prime 7, Pacific Rim, Chartreuse, Sette Mari at La Veranda and La Veranda, alongside Azure and Solmar Terrace, plus the more casual Pool Grill and Coffee Connection and round-the-clock in-suite dining. On paper, that’s a number that reads like excess. On board, it functions more like flexibility—there’s rarely a reason to eat the same meal twice.
Booking a seat aboard Seven Seas Prestige
Seven Seas Prestige is Regent’s first new ship class in more than a decade—40 percent larger than the line’s previous ships, yet carrying only 10 percent more guests, with 411 suites and 630 crew members aboard a 76,550-ton hull, among the highest space-to-guest and crew-to-guest ratios in the industry. She sails her maiden voyage on December 13, 2026, a 14-night transatlantic crossing from Barcelona to Miami, ahead of 13 voyages through the Caribbean, the Panama Canal and Europe’s Iberian coast, with up to 97 shore excursions included per voyage and calls at boutique ports including St. Lucia, Cartagena and Bordeaux.
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