Tuscan Grille on Celebrity Cruises typically costs $55–$65 per person for dinner, with a prix-fixe menu covering appetizer, entrée, and dessert — though suite guests and those with the Premium or Always Included packages may dine for free or at a reduced cover charge.
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Tuscan Grille is one of Celebrity's most beloved specialty restaurants, but the pricing can be confusing depending on your stateroom category, package, and when you book. Get it wrong and you'll pay full freight; get it right and you'll eat a $60 dinner for nothing.
What Tuscan Grille Actually Costs on Celebrity
Tuscan Grille operates on a prix-fixe cover charge model — you pay one flat fee per person, and that covers a set number of courses. The current 2025–2026 pricing shakes out like this:
| Booking Type | Cost Per Person | What's Included |
|---|---|---|
| Walk-in / Pre-book standard | $55–$65 | Appetizer, entrée, dessert |
| Pre-cruise online booking discount | $45–$55 | Same menu, ~15% savings |
| Suite guests (Sky Suite and above) | Free (unlimited) | Full menu, included in suite perks |
| The Retreat guests | Free | Full menu |
| Always Included / Premium Package | Free | One specialty dining visit included |
| Classic Package guests | $55–$65 | No specialty dining credit — full price |
| Lunch service (select ships/itineraries) | $35–$45 | Lighter prix-fixe menu |
Alcohol is not included in the cover charge unless you have a beverage package. Wine pairings at Tuscan Grille run an additional $35–$75 per person depending on the selection.
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Key Factors That Drive the Price
1. Your Stateroom Category This is the biggest variable. Book a Sky Suite or higher and Tuscan Grille is yours as many times as you want — no charge. Book an inside cabin with the Classic package and you're paying full price every visit.
2. When You Book Celebrity consistently offers 10–20% discounts on specialty dining when you pre-book online before boarding. That $65 dinner drops to $52 if you book 2–4 weeks before sailing. The discount disappears the moment you step on the ship.
3. Which Ship You're On Tuscan Grille is available on Edge-class, Solstice-class, and Millennium-class ships — but not every Celebrity ship has it. Edge-class ships (Celebrity Edge, Apex, Beyond, Ascent) feature the most polished version of the restaurant with better views. Solstice-class versions are still excellent but slightly less dramatic.
4. The Always Included Package Fine Print Celebrity's Always Included fare bundles Wi-Fi, tips, and drinks — but specialty dining is NOT automatically included unless you've upgraded to the Premium tier or booked a promotional offer that added dining credits. Always verify what your specific booking includes before assuming Tuscan Grille is free.
5. Dining Packages Celebrity sells multi-restaurant dining packages that bundle 2–3 specialty restaurants at a flat rate. A typical 3-night dining package runs $119–$149 per person — if Tuscan Grille is one of your picks, that math can work in your favor on longer sailings.
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Practical Tips to Save Money at Tuscan Grille
Book online before you board. The pre-cruise discount is real and consistent. Log into your Celebrity reservation and book specialty dining as soon as it opens — typically 90+ days before sailing for suite guests, and any time for others.
Lunch instead of dinner when available. On some itineraries and ships, Tuscan Grille serves lunch at $35–$45 per person — nearly half the dinner price for the same kitchen and almost the same menu. Check your specific itinerary's daily schedule once on board.
Stack a dining package on a longer cruise. On a 10–14 night sailing, a 3-night specialty dining package that includes Tuscan Grille often pencils out to $40–$50 per restaurant visit — well below the à-la-carte cover charge.
Watch for onboard promotions. On the first night of a cruise, Celebrity sometimes runs 20–30% off specialty dining to fill early reservations. If you're flexible, waiting for the announcement at the gangway can pay off.
Book a suite if you're a repeat visitor. If you already love Tuscan Grille and plan multiple visits, the suite perks math changes dramatically. Two dinners at $60 each = $120 in savings — which starts to close the gap on suite upgrade costs for shorter sailings.
Is Tuscan Grille Worth the Price?
For a Celebrity specialty restaurant, yes — Tuscan Grille consistently punches above its price point. The Florentine ribeye and hand-cut pasta are legitimately good. It's not a Michelin-star experience, but for a $55–$65 prix-fixe on a ship, the value holds up when compared to what you'd pay at a comparable Italian steakhouse on land.
Where it falls short: the wine list is overpriced (as all ship wine lists are), and the service can be inconsistent depending on the sailing. Go for the food, manage your expectations on the wine markup.
For most Celebrity cruisers, the sweet spot is pre-booking online at the discounted rate and skipping the wine pairing in favor of bringing a bottle from port (Celebrity permits this with a $25 corkage fee — still cheaper than their wine list on most bottles).
Use CruiseMutiny to compare specialty dining costs across Celebrity itineraries and figure out whether a suite upgrade or dining package makes more financial sense for your specific sailing before you book.