A private dinner cruise with your own chef

A dinner cruise in Clearwater can be entirely your own. Well Played offers a private yacht rental and charter for your group alone, and the office arranges a private chef or catering to join it. This is not a scheduled public dinner boat: there is no shared table and no other guests, only yours.

A private dinner cruise, not a public dinner boat

A public dinner cruise sells places on a boat that sails whether or not you are on it. Here the yacht is chartered for your group, so you choose the date, the departure time, the guest list and the style of dinner. It suits anniversaries, proposals, birthdays, family dinners and business hosting.

Your own chef

Chef and catering are arranged by us, and the office confirms the cost before you commit. Guests may also bring their own wine or drinks alongside the chef's menu. You tell us the style of evening you want and we suggest how to build it. These are styles guests often ask for, which the office confirms with the chef:

• A relaxed seafood dinner
• A plated multi-course tasting menu
• Grazing boards and small plates
• A family-style supper for a larger group
• A celebration menu with a dessert course

For more on how our chefs work, see private chefs.

Dietary needs

Tell us about allergies, intolerances and preferences when you enquire, and the office passes them to the chef. Vegetarian, vegan, gluten-free and children's menus can all be discussed. Please be specific; a short, honest note about a serious allergy helps more than a long menu.

Dinner at anchor, at sunset

Many groups time dinner for the sunset, so they are at anchor with the light going down. Your captain decides where the boat anchors, based on wind, tide and traffic, and chooses a spot that is calm enough to dine. Sunset arrives at very different hours through the year, so we agree the timing with you. See our private sunset cruise page for more on evenings on the water.

Clearwater, St. Pete and Tampa

Many guests ask about a dinner afloat from Clearwater Beach, and a private dinner cruise can also be arranged around St. Petersburg and Tampa. The office confirms your meeting point before the day. If the dinner is part of something larger, see events.

A table for your group alone

Because nobody else is aboard, the evening bends to you. Raise a toast when you like, linger over dessert, or keep the pace slow between courses. The captain and crew stay discreetly in the background, and the chef works to the timing you set.

Plan your evening

Send us your date, your group size and the kind of dinner you have in mind, and we reply with a yacht and a quote, with the chef arranged by the office. Send an enquiry to begin.