World Yacht offers premier dining cruises where guests can indulge in American cuisine with French influence. Guests are treated to riveting views of the dazzling city lights as the ship travels towards the Hudson River, then sails beneath the Brooklyn, Manhattan and Williamsburg bridges. Every dinner cruise features a DJ/MC playing a variety of contemporary popular songs for the guests' dancing pleasure. While smoking is permitted on the outer decks, it is not allowed in the dining room areas.
Depending on the selected package, Silver, Gold or Platinum, World Yacht provides a la carte menus, four-course meals and five-course meals that come with a carefully crafted list of wines and signature cocktails. The seasonally evolving food offerings may include: cheese plates, crab cake, duck salad with goat cheese, squash soup, green salad, shrimp cocktail, salmon trio, filet mignon, Atlantic salmon, roasted French cut chicken breast and other special chef selections. There are vegetarian options offered as well.
World Yacht Dining Cruises
Pier 81, West 41st St.
at the Hudson River (12th Ave.)
New York, NY 10036
212-630-8100, 1-800-498-4270
worldyacht.com
Spirit Cruises offers harbor cruises around Manhattan with breathtaking views of the Statue of Liberty and the Hudson River. It features grand buffets, musical entertainment, flexible seating arrangements, interior climate control and dance floors with DJs usually playing Top 40 hits.
While the menu is always subject to change, the public dinner cruises offer a Grande Dinner Buffet that includes a fresh salad station with assorted vegetables and fruits, crispy Chinese noodles, tortilla strips, shredded cheese, croutons and bacon bits; the carving station, with roasted rosemary beef and old smokehouse carved ham; the entrees area with chicken fontina, wild Alaskan salmon and pasta Italiano; the side dishes area wth red smashed garlic potatoes and seasonal vegetables; and the desserts station with sweet dessert duos, traditional New York-style cheesecake and sweet chocolate mousse truffle.
Spirit Cruises
Pier 62, Chelsea Piers
West 23rd St.
New York, NY 10011
1-866-433-9283
spiritofnewyork.com
The Bateaux New York features New York's world-renowned skyline on its dinner cruises starting from Chealsea Piers and traveling to the Hudson and East Rivers. The cruise passes by the many attractions and skyscrapers in the city including the Empire State Building, Brooklyn Bridge, South Street Seaport, Governor's Island, Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island. The cruise provides gourmet dining, live soft jazz and chic atmosphere aboard the European-inspired, all-glass Bateaux New York.
While dinner menus may change occasionally, the following are usually available for public cruises: plated dinner menus with Pacific Rim lobster, roasted and marinated vegetables and assorted olives, Asian vegetable slaw and pickled ginger, beef short ribs, tuscan chicken breast, creamy vegetable rice, rosemary-and-mint braised lamb shank, Mediterranean vegetable dishes, New York-style cheesecake, chocolate torte and sorbet and seasonal berries.
Bateaux New York
Pier 61, Chelsea Piers
West 23rd St.
New York, New York 10011
1-866-817-3463
bateauxnewyork.com
