Your holiday wardrobe

So many of the venues on board have dress codes in place that are overseen by our crew, especially in our more luxurious restaurants and bars that are listed below. Except for The Chef’s Table that has a Black Tie dress code in place on Celebration Night, other venues across the ship are either Evening Casual or Black Tie, depending on the dress code of the day. To see what the dress code is each evening for the below venues, please check your Horizon. 

• Epicurean
• Sindhu
• Ocean Grill
• Main Dining Restaurants 
• Green & Co
• Intermezzo
• The Crow's Nest
• Anderson's
• Planet Bar
• Metropolis
• Blue Bar
• Red Bar

If you would prefer to keep things more casual, please see below a list of which venues allow Evening Casual dress code on Black Tie nights:

• Buffet
• The Beach House
• 6th Street Diner
• The Olive Grove
• Keel & Cow
• The Glass House

For all other venues, please check the Horizon to see the dress code for that evening (Evening Casual or Black Tie). 

Unfortunately, tailored shorts are not allowed in any venue on our Black Tie nights, except for the Buffet. 

On Black Tie and Celebration Nights, we don’t accept denim in venues with a Black Tie dress code. But if you’re more comfortable in denim or dark denim, you’re welcome to wear it to any venues with an Evening Casual dress code, including on Black Tie and Celebration Nights.

You’ll find details of each venue’s dress codes for that evening in your daily Horizon.

If you want to showcase smart tailored shorts on Evening Casual nights, these can only be worn in the buffet, The Beach House, and The Glass House, as well as 6th Street Diner, The Olive Grove and The Keel & Cow on Arvia and Iona.

Unfortunately, all other venues on board don’t allow tailored shorts to be worn, and tailored shorts are not allowed in any venue on our Black Tie nights except for the buffet. 

The last thing we want to do is dampen your fun, but we do have a few exemptions. We celebrate freedom of expression, but will not allow any clothing that features inappropriate or offensive language. Novelty clothing with printed images or slogans will not be allowed on board. We also reserve the right to deny embarkation to guests who are inappropriately dressed. 

If due to a physical or medical situation you would not be comfortable or able to conform to the dress code set out, please contact us with the following details, they will contact the ship which can take 1-2 days to receive a reply.

• Booking Reference
• Cruise number
• Cabin number
• Name of passenger
• Brief explanation of condition and what they can/can't wear

As a guide, based on length of cruise:
 

Arvia and Iona:

2-10 nights – 1

11-14 nights – 2

15-19 nights – 3
 

Rest of fleet:

1-6 nights – 1

7-10 nights – 2

11-13 nights – 3

14-19 nights – 4

National and religious dress including headdress' are allowed on board. Depending on the amount of the face covered by the headdress, guests may be asked to unveil for a security photo at check in and passing through security check points ashore and on board during the cruise.

Some items of national dress such as ceremonial blades or swords are not permitted and guests should check our list of prohibited items.

Log in to My P&O Cruises and navigate to the 'Your itinerary' tab. Click through each day of the calendar to find out the dress code for each night.

Fancy dress, novelty clothing or outfits that feature any inappropriate or offensive language or images are not permitted on board. We reserve the right to deny embarkation to guests who are inappropriately dressed. The only exception to this is official P&O Cruises theme nights, where guests are invited to dress up in line with the theme.