Breakfast in the Pinnacle Grill

[PY33]

Just booked a Deluxe Verandah Suite on the Nieuw Amsterdam. What is breakfast like in the Pinnacle Grill? How does it compare with breakfast at Sabatini's on Princess?

[kazu]

Just booked a Deluxe Verandah Suite on the Nieuw Amsterdam. What is breakfast like in the Pinnacle Grill? How does it compare with breakfast at Sabatini's on Princess?

 

Breakfast in the Pinnacle is basically the same menu as the MDR. What is nice is lots of tables for 2, the peace, the ambience and the service:)

[crusinbanjo]

Just booked a Deluxe Verandah Suite on the Nieuw Amsterdam. What is breakfast like in the Pinnacle Grill? How does it compare with breakfast at Sabatini's on Princess?

 

Don't know about Sabatini's, but breakfast in the Pinnacle is great. you don't have to fight the lines and find a table at the buffet. Breakfast is mostly from the MDR menu, but served with that extra touch of service and in a smaller, more comfortable environment. It is Great for sea days, or days when you don't have a gulp & go morning tour. Mrs Banjo & i love it.

 

We will have to let you know about Sabatini's, as we are booked to cruise on Princess in two weeks.

[PY33]

Crusinbanjo,

 

Sounds like you'll love Sabatini's. The place is usually so quiet - we've never had to queue and the staff just can't do enough for you. Sabatini's has its own special breakfast menu, and you can start the day with a mimosa (or two!) if you wish.

[AZNative2000]

Breakfast in the Pinnacle is basically the same menu as the MDR. What is nice is lots of tables for 2, the peace, the ambience and the service:)

If you are an early riser, you can be pampered by as many as three of the wait staff at once. Even if you arrive at a busy time, the food will arrive quickly. The staff has fewer tables to handle than the MDR staff.

 

And, with the view, this becomes one of our favorite suite perks.:)

[Krazy Kruizers]

Which ship are you on?

Most ships have breakfast in the Pinnacle Grill -- but a couple don't.

On port days the breakfast is from 7:30 - 9 and on sea days it is from 8 - 9:30. Just check the daily Explorer program for when the dining room opens and that will be the same time for the Deluxe Suites and PS passengers.

The menu is the same as the main dining room.

[Krazy Kruizers]

Dining Room Breakfast Menu (Also in the Pinnacle for Deluxe Suite Passengers)

Something Simple:

Cold Cereals: Cornflakes - Cherrios - Special K - Raisin Bran - Shredded Wheat - Rice Krispies - Frosted Flakes - Fruit loops - Granola - All Bran - Bran Flakes -- served with your choice of milk -- add sliced banana on request.

Breakfast Parfait - layers of creamy Greek yogurt, fresh berries and granola

Hot Cereals: Old-Fashioned Oatmeal - Steel Cut Irish Oatmeal - Cream of Wheat - Creamy Grits -- served with sliced banana, raisins, brown sugar, maple syrup, milk, or half & half on request

Egg and Cheese Breakfast Sandwich - scrambles egg and Cheddar cheese served on a toasted English muffin. Add sausage patty, hickory smoked bacon or ham slice on request.

Bagel and Lox - a freshly toasted bagel served with slices of cold smoked salmon, cream cheese, sliced onion and capers.

Greenhouse Spa Selections:

Cottage Cheese and Fresh Fruit - a small bowl of creamy cottage cheese lightly dusted with cinnamon, served with your choice of sliced banana, strawberries, blueberries or diced melon.

Swiss-Style Muesli - a mixture of low fat yogurt, fresh fruit, milk, toasted hazel-nuts, oatmeal and honey.

Frittata Italiana - healthy without sacrificing flavor, egg whites combined with low-fat cream cheese, sun-dried tomatoes and fresh basil, then lightly baked and served with whole grain toast.

 

International Classics:

All American Breakfast - two jumbo eggs, cooked to order, served with hash browns, hickory smoked bacon or sausage and toast.

Eggs Benedict - toasted English muffins, layered with Canadian bacon, two poached eggs and hollandaise sauce.

Eggs Royal - toasted English muffins, smoked salmon and two poached eggs with creamy hollandaise sauce.

Eggs Florentine - toasted English muffins, topped with sauteed spinach and two poached eggs draped with hollandaise sauce.

Corned Beef Hash and Eggs - home-made corned beef hash topped with two eggs cooked to order and served with a side of toast.

Kippered Herring - served with two scrambled eggs and smothered onions.

Dutch Breakfast - the Uitmijter, a classic open-faced sandwich with thick white bread, sliced ham, Gouda, and two eggs sunny side up.

Japanese Breakfast - hot miso soup, steamed white rice, tamagoyaki and boiled salmon served with a cup of hot green tea.

The Full English Breakfast - two jumbo eggs scrambled, English banger sausage, English back bacon, baked beans, hash browns and a grilled half tomato.

Scandinavian Breakfast - smoked salmon and pickled herring, served with hard-boiled egg and slices of dark rye bread.

Three Egg Omelets:

All omelets are served with hash browns and toast. Egg whites or egg substitute available on request.

Denver Omelet - green bell pepper, onion, ham and a mixture of Cheddar, Monterey Jack and Swiss cheese.

Garden Vegetable Omelet - tender asparagus, sauteed spinach, diced tomato and sliced button mushrooms with creamy goat cheese.

Southwest Omelet - diced sweet roasted bell peppers, tomato, green onion, and Monterey Jack cheese, topped with avocado, sour cream and fresh salsa.

My Choice Omelet - build your own omelet with any of the following: ham, bacon, sausage, smoked salmon, mushrooms, bell pepper, onion, asparagus, Cheddar, Jack, Swiss, goat or Gruyere cheese.

Hot Off the Griddle:

Belgium Waffle - thick, crisp Belgium waffle topped with your choice of warm strawberries, apple-cinnamon or plum compote.

 

Cinnamon-Sugar French Toast - thick slices of egg bread French toast, dusted with cinnamon-sugar. Served with whipped butter and hot maple syrup.

Stack of Pancakes - three fluffy pancakes stacked high. your choice of buttermilk, banana or blueberry. Served with whipped butter and hot maple syrup.

From the Bakery: toast - English Muffin - Bagel - Roll

Baked Fresh Daily: Butter Croissant - Chocolate Croissant - Raisin Bun - Cheese Danish - Fruit Danish - Danish of the Day - Blueberry Muffin - Muffin of the Day - Coffee Cake. Served with butter, margarine, jam, jelly honey, Nutella or cream cheese on request. Fresh baked sugar-free pastries upon request.

On the Side:

 

Hickory Smoked Bacon - English Bangers - Pork Sausage Links or Patty - Carved Honey Glazed Ham - Corned Beef Hash - Turkey Bacon - Turkey Sausage links - Morningstar Farms Vegi Links - Hash Browns.

Fruits and Yogurts: Fresh Fruit Plate - Half Grapefruit - Sliced Banana - Stewed Prunes, Apricots or Kadota Figs - Assorted Yogurts

 

Beverages: Coffee - Tea - Decaffeinated Coffee and Tea - Whole, Low Fat and Skim Milk - Chocolate Milk - Fresh Squeezed Orange Juice - Apple Juice - Cranberry Juice - Grapefruit juice - Grape Juice - Pineapple Juice - Prune Juice - Tomato Juice - V-8

[sail7seas]

Breakfast in Pinnacle is a wonderful way to start the day. DH and I really enjoy it.

[Riverpig]

The Pinnacle for breakfast is lovely and leisurely. If you are in a rush to catch a morning shore excursion it is best to grab something from the Neptune Lounge, which always serves a continental type buffet every morning.

[George C]

Breakfast in Pinnacle is a wonderful way to start the day. DH and I really enjoy it.

 

agree 100 percent, I think this is the best perk you get for booking a suite

[PathfinderEss]

The food quality is the same in the MDR and the Pinnacle but the ambience is so much nicer.

[solocanadian]

Some Pinnacles don't have windows. Therefore I would not care to have breakfast there. The MDR is quite OK with me.

[sail7seas]

Some Pinnacles don't have windows. Therefore I would not care to have breakfast there. The MDR is quite OK with me.

 

 

The ships whose Pinnacle Grills are interrior spaces without windows (Rotterdam, Amsterdam, Zaandam and Volendam) often offer suite breakfast at other areas in order to provide 'view'.

 

[LADYLAYLA]

Be forewarned -- there are times that the experience in the Pinnacle for breakfast that is not as great as everyone gushes about.

 

I hope our experience in there was a very rare occurrence, but problems can arise since they are obtaining the food from the main kitchen

[sail7seas]

Be forewarned -- there are times that the experience in the Pinnacle for breakfast that is not as great as everyone gushes about.

 

I hope our experience in there was a very rare occurrence, but problems can arise since they are obtaining the food from the main kitchen

 

 

Some Pinnacle Grills share the galley with Main Dining Room.

 

On other ships (Vista and Signature) they have their own galley.

Prinsendam I don't know?

 

[Krazy Kruizers]

Some Pinnacles don't have windows. Therefore I would not care to have breakfast there. The MDR is quite OK with me.

 

The R class ships use either the King's Room or the Upper Level of the dining room for breakfast in place of the Pinnacle Grill.

[Krazy Kruizers]

Be forewarned -- there are times that the experience in the Pinnacle for breakfast that is not as great as everyone gushes about.

 

I hope our experience in there was a very rare occurrence, but problems can arise since they are obtaining the food from the main kitchen

 

Some Pinnacle Grills share the galley with Main Dining Room.

 

On other ships (Vista and Signature) they have their own galley.

Prinsendam I don't know?

 

 

All breakfasts are now made in the main dining room galley -- even on the Vista and Singature class ships.

One time I asked why my pancakes were cold on one of the Vista ships. I was told that they are premade in the main dining room galley ahead of time. I was informed that all Pinnacle breakfasts are made in the main galley with Deluxe Suite passsengers suppose to have priority in preparation. it doesn't always happen that way.

[cp556]

DH & I love breakfast in the Pinnacle. We agree with those who say it's one of the best suite perks. We're there every morning we can, and if we have an early shorex we order room service for an early time.

 

DH says it best: that breakfast in the Pinnacle is "such a civilized way to start the day".

[solocanadian]

DH & I love breakfast in the Pinnacle. We agree with those who say it's one of the best suite perks. We're there every morning we can, and if we have an early shorex we order room service for an early time.

 

DH says it best: that breakfast in the Pinnacle is "such a civilized way to start the day".

No more civilized than the MDR!

[sail7seas]

All breakfasts are now made in the main dining room galley -- even on the Vista and Singature class ships.

 

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I'm not sure that is true of all ships.

I would question this as absolute as it is not information we have been told.

 

[Typhoon1]

How does it compare with breakfast at Sabatini's on Princess?

 

Wishful thinking on your part. The menu is the same as the MDR. Just a more subdued atmosphere. Very peaceful.

 

A quiet way to start your day.

[sail7seas]

While it is the same menu as MDR, it is a great breakfast menu IMO

 

[lovetocruise2020]

I'm not sure that is true of all ships.

I would question this as absolute as it is not information we have been told.

 

 

On Eurodam & Nieuw Amsterdam the food comes from MDR galley.

[sail7seas]

On Eurodam & Nieuw Amsterdam the food comes from MDR galley.

 

 

How do you know?

 

[lovetocruise2020]

How do you know?

 

 

We were told by the PG MGR that was why the food was sometimes cold and it takes such a long time. The servers have a very long walk we were told. Mind you this is only in the AM.