


Picture by D. Clarke, from the Encyclopedia Titanica (www.encyclopedia-titanica.org).
In addition to taking meals in the main dining saloon, first-class passengers could make reservations in the deluxe À la Carte Restaurant


Titanic’s À la Carte Restaurant
Ordinarily, meals for all classes on Titanic were included in the price of the passage and diners selected their meals from a generous, but fixed menu. However, in the À la Carte Restaurant diners could chose each course separately from a wider selection than that available in the main dining saloon.The room itself was decorated in the French style, Louis VI, and featured walls with delicate walnut veneers set off by gilded swags and festoons.With this luxury came a price, literally. Passengers had to pay for their meals out of pocket just as in any restaurant on shore and were presented with a bill from a waiter's pad upon which their menu selections had been written.