Disney Cruise Palo Dinner

Disney describes Palo’s menu as classic Northern Italian cooking “with a modern twist.”  Palo serves brunch and dinner for an additional charge of $40 per person.  The brunch consists of a combination of a buffet and a limited number of a la carte items.  Dinner is served off of an a la carte menu.  A version of Palo is found on all the Disney Cruise Line ships.  The Wonder and Magic have matching layouts and the Fantasy and Dream have matching layouts.

Palo Lobby on the Disney Wonder
Palo Lobby on the Disney Wonder

During a recent sailing on the Disney Wonder, Nancy and I finally enjoyed a dinner at Palo.  We’ve enjoyed the brunch multiple times, but didn’t want to skip dinner with our girls.  Since we had late dinner, we figured we could enjoy Palo and still meet the girls for dinner.  With the recent changes to the Disney Cruise Line website, we could easily determine what night the Pirate Night Menu was being offered and we chose to skip it, since we have enjoyed it before.

We managed to enter Palo during embarkation day to snap a couple of quick photos before the restaurant was open (with permission, of course).

Palo Entrance
Palo Entrance
Waiting Area
Waiting Area
Area Between Bar and Tables
Area Between Bar and Tables
Seating Area
Seating Area
Seating Area
Seating Area
Seating Area
Seating Area
Booth
Booth
Looking back at the Bar
Looking back at the Bar

Upon entering Palo the night of our dinner reservation, we were shown to our seats.  Our waitress was introduced to us, who confirmed the dietary restrictions we had entered when checking in for the cruise.  We were then presented with the wine menu.

Wine Menu
Wine Menu

 

Wine Menu
Wine Menu
Wine Menu
Wine Menu

Nancy ordered a glass of wine and I ordered the iced tea.  One nice aspect of the iced tea is that the ice cubes they use are made from iced tea, so that when they melt, they don’t water down the tea.

Ice Tea
Iced Tea
Ice Tea Cubes
Iced Tea Cubes
Nancy's Glass of Wine
Nancy’s Glass of Wine

We were offered a basket of various breads as well as some antipasto.

Bread Service
Bread Service
Antipasto Preparation
Antipasto Preparation
Antipasto
Antipasto

After the antipasto, we were offered a lemon sorbet palate cleanser.

Lemon Sorbet
Lemon Sorbet

We then decided to take a look through the entree menu.

Menu
Menu
Wine Experience, Anti Pasta, Soup and Salads
Wine Experience, Antipasto, Soup and Salads
Pasta, Vegetarian, Seafood, Meat
Pasta, Vegetarian, Seafood, Meat

Nancy ordered the Piquant Dover Sole and I ordered the Osso Buco.  Then we ordered a number of side items to share.

Soft Potato Gnocchi
Soft Potato Gnocchi
Tuscan White Bean Soup
Tuscan White Bean Soup
Wild Mushroom Risotto
Wild Mushroom Risotto
Osso Buco
Osso Buco
Piquant Dover Sole - Being deboned
Piquant Dover Sole – Being deboned
Piquant Dover Sole - fileted tableside
Piquant Dover Sole – fileted tableside

After dinner, we looked through the dessert menu.

Dessert Menu
Dessert Menu
Dessert Menu
Dessert Menu
Dessert Menu
Dessert Menu

Nancy ordered the Tiramisu and I ordered the Chocolate Souffle.  If I remember correctly, I ordered the souffle much earlier in the meal.  I thought it took them a while to make it, thus making it necessary to order it so early.

Palo's Homemade Tiramisu
Palo’s Homemade Tiramisu 
Chocolate Souffle
Chocolate Souffle

I don’t remember if this Venetian sgroppino was given to us before or after dinner, but it was a combination of vodka, lemon sorbet and Prosecco.  It was really good.

Venitian Sgroppino
Venitian Sgroppino

Palo dinner was a wonderful experience.  We probably should have done it on an earlier cruise.  On a longer cruise on the Magic or Wonder, we will probably do both brunch and dinner.  On the Fantasy or Dream, we will probably continue to do Palo Brunch and Remy Dinner.  On a shorter cruise, we will probably do just Palo Brunch

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