Finally, a date night for the newlyweds (how long are we considered newlyweds??)! The Gateway Arch so kindly invited us out for a date night on their Skyline Dinner Cruise on the Riverboats. They are currently offering a few different cruises that run during the afternoons and early evenings. While they don’t have their full line-up due to COVID, they update their website frequently as they add new cruises. And speaking of COVID, we felt super safe and comfortable with their COVID guidelines. All the wait staff wore masks and gloves the entire time and guests were required to wear masks when not at our assigned tables which were properly spaced out. Now for the fun stuff!
The Skyline Dinner Cruise starts boarding at 5:30pm and takes off promptly at 6pm. We had the most beautiful second deck seats right at the window for max barge viewing (Sam’s favorite part). It is really cool to see the riverbanks from a new perspective. We were able to find the AB and Lemp breweries from the boat which was super neat. When the boat arrives back at the dock at 8pm you get an awesome view of the skyline (hints the name) and the lit up Arch. I hadn’t seen the new Arch grounds lit up at night and it was gorgeous!! The two hour ride is the perfect amount of time to get a few drinks from the bar (paid separately from the ticket/meal cost), finish our food, and head to the top deck to cruise back to the dock. There is also some fun live music to listen to during the trip.
They are currently doing plated food instead of their usual buffet style meals due to COVID. This allowed them to tailor to my plethora of intolerances. Of course, no bread or dessert for me but that is okay because the salad and main course was more than enough. The strawberry and feta spinach salad was delicious. The mashed potatoes were deliciously garlic-y and I liked the beef, as well. I would have preferred a rarer steak but I like my beef extremely rare so I am sure the majority would have been fine with it! It was a super fun and relaxed date night and I can’t wait to try out some of their other fun cruises like the Blues Cruise and a Drag show when they are offering them in the future. They run until November, weather permitting.