Chef Miguel Lazano
Back at RP with over 15 years cooking for programs around the world.
Dining סעודות יום טוב
Royal cuisine
Leading chefs from around the world, one mehadrin standard, and a table that never quite closes.
What's on the table
From the Seder to Chatzot.
Both Sedarim, gourmet dinners in the ballroom, breakfast buffets, tea rooms, and meals for children and special diets.
- Elegant Sedarim on both nights, with private seder options
- Five-star gourmet meals in the ballroom
- Themed dinners nightly
- Lavish kiddushim
- Continental breakfast buffet: Mediterranean, Israeli and American
- Daytime refreshment room
- Elaborate Viennese evening tea room
- Royal culinary delights daily
- Early kids' dinner nightly in the kids' dining area
- Kosher-for-Passover baby food on request
- Special dietary accommodations on request
- Tablescapes set with tableware sourced from around the world
Royal chefs
The kitchen brigade.
Most of the team returns year after year, which is how the food stays this consistent across thirteen days.
Chef Matias Shitrit
From Noi Due in NYC, Matti returns to run the dairy kitchen.
Chef Dudi Berger
Thirty years of traditional heimish cooking made at a gourmet level.
Chef Hodaya Kelif
All the way from Israel, back for another year of desserts.
Chefs Patricia & Saul
Trained in Mexico. Masters of the cold kitchen: salads, vegetables, plated cold dishes.
Comanchi Mojica
Five-plus years with Royal, making sure every table has the wine and spirits it wants.
Guest chef
Motty Samet, The Grillfather
Live fire as theater. Motty cooks over premium oak charcoal, from perfectly seared steaks to inventive small plates, and guests gather around the flames for the show as much as the food.
Royal restaurants
Eight dining rooms.
Choose one to see the room.
Bars, lounges & snacks
Somewhere to sit at every hour.
Ten bars, lounges and snack spots around the resort, from the 24-hour coffee bar to the oceanfront cigar terrace.
Golden HourBar & tea room with marina sunsets. The late-night kumzitz spot.
Monkey BarThe signature lobby bar, airy, with ocean views.
SLS Adult-only LoungeA quiet corner and a chocoholic's dream: cakes, petit fours, nuts, chocolate.
Smoke & MirrorsOceanfront cigar and hookah terrace, top-shelf spirits.
VerdeGinger bar: smoothies, fresh juices, healthy salads.
The Perq24-hour coffee bar with gelato, snacks and pastries.
Tequila pool barsThree of them, around the pools.
Royal Poolside BungalowBBQ and smoked meats, burgers, and the famous RP chicken fingers.
PrivilegeSit in the pool and work through chef's tastings.
BarracudaKids' favourite: pizza, fries, pasta, crêpes, ice cream, a candy store, and grab-and-go for infants.
Royal wines
Four cups, and then some.
The finest kosher wines from around the world, with an expert sommelier on hand to find the right pairing for each meal.
Hashgacha · Rav Hamachshir
Rabbi Yosef Birnbaum
Rabbi Birnbaum is head rabbi of MKS Mehadrin Kosher Services Yerushalayim. He has lived in Jerusalem since 1999 and has served as Rav Hamachshir for 16 years on over 100 cruises and Passover programs at hotels worldwide. He trains mashgichim, has published kashrus guidelines for hotel kitchens, and lectures on kashrus.