"Empress of Ireland"s First Class accommodation, located amidships on the Upper and Lower Promenade and Shelter decks, could accommodate 310 passengers when fully booked. Their accommodation included access to the open boat deck and two enclosed promenade decks which wrapped the full exterior of the Upper and Lower promenade decks. Located on the Upper Promenade deck was the Music Room, with built-in sofas and a grand piano encircling one of the ships most notable features, being the glass dome over the First Class dining room. Also on this deck was the top landing of the First Class main staircase, which as similarly seen aboard "Titanic", faced aft and extended down two decks to the entrance of the First Class dining room. Located on the Lower Promenade deck was the First Class library, situated at the forward end of the deck with windows overlooking the ship's bow. Amidships was the First Class cafe, which was pierced by the two-story well above the First Class dining room, while at the after end of the deck was the First Class smoke room. One deck below on the Shelter Deck was the elegant First Class dining room, which could seat 224 passengers in one sitting. In addition, a separate dining room for up to thirty First Class children was located at the forward end of the deck. Finally, scattered across all three decks were arrays of two- and four-berth cabins.