Food outlets on ferry crossing over to France

[AmyDav]

Hi there would anyone happen to know what food outlets/ courts are on the ferry during my cross over to France. Thank you.

Which ferry route are you taking?

Tbh I don't know all I know getting off at Dover then the ferry crossing over to France it's been all booked so I just turn up lol.

Just trying to plan food if there are outlets I like onboard won't take much as don't want heavy luggage

There will definitely be places to buy food. Last time we travelled from Dover, it was with P & O and there were several counters to buy food and snacks.

If you're going with P&O, scroll down this page for details of their three ships
https://www.poferries.com/en/routes/dover-to-calais#route

If you're going with DFDS, their website says the 7 Seas Restaurant and Lighthouse Café are open 24/7 and Horizon will be open during busier crossings.

To be honest I usually take stuff. There will be a cafe/restaurant but imho over priced and not very nice. They don’t have outlets such as McD/kfc etc.

Assuming Dover - Calais the crossing is short, everyone runs to the restaurant as soon as they board so the queue is massive. If you need food take something with you or just eat before.

I'd eat in Dover before boarding the ferry. It's a very short crossing and their are always long queues for food and once you've bought the food you may not get a table to sit at to eat it. Best eat before you go and just get coffee onboard.

Thank you for all your replys. First time so a bit new to this

DFDS have a restaurant (serving cooked breakfast when we travelled but also a few pastries) and there are vending machines. (We returned on Irish Ferries but I didn’t notice what they had. It’s not a long trip and it was late pm so we weren’t hungry anyway.)

Think motorway service station food and you won't go far wrong. They don't tend to have chains - it's all that generic canteen type food, and expensive. As people say, if you choose a busy crossing e.g. during school holidays, then there will be queues and it's difficult to find somewhere to sit.

When you get there you often have to wait in the car around 45 mins before you can board. There is a little station at Dover with I think a WHS and a Costa or something like that. On the French side the offers are a bit more dire. There are two ports, Dunkirk or Calais. I can never remember which is which, because where we live they are equidistant, but one of them has absolutely nothing in it except a toilet block and the other has something like a generic WHS-like shop.

Whatever you do, don't have fish!
DD got sick from it once. Another time I went with a partner, I thankfully hadn't had fish but many other people had. It was like a scene from a disaster movie! People throwing up everywhere, collapsing in corridors. It wasn't even a difficult crossing. Apparently food poisoning isn't meant to kick in that quick but everyone we spoke to (including my partner) that was ill, had all had the fish.