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Take the stress and strain out of perfectly timing the turkey or wasting time over the washing up. Here's our pick of the best restaurants and pubs open in London for Christmas lunch.
InterContinental London Park Lane
One Hamilton Place, Park Lane, London W1J 7QY
Celebrated chef Theo Randall will bring everyone on a gourmet journey on Christmas lunch with a full-blown Italian feast featuring live music, starting with a Negroni or glass of Champagne. The hotel will also be serving Festive afternoon tea on the day.
Price: Theo Randall at The InterContinental: £140, Afternoon tea at The Wellington Lounge: £48
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Hotel restaurants
Kerridge's Bar and Grill
Corinthia Hotel - Whitehall Pl, Westminster, London SW1A 2BD
Tom Kerridge's London restaurant will have a three-course menu on the day including Duck Liver Parfait with Fig and Cherry Chutney with black truffle and Truffle Baked Camembert for the table. There's a choice of beef or turkey for the main.
Price: £275 per person (inc glass of Champagne)
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Alex Dilling at Hotel Cafe Royal
Piccadilly - 10 Air St, London W1B 4DY
A new opening in 2022, Alex Dilling's impressive restaurant is also launching its first-ever Christmas Day menu. Alongside a lade District beef Wellington, there will be a lobster macaroni gratin (pictured) and Alex Dilling's take on that Christmas staple - the trifle.
Price: Lunch is £350 per adult (£150 for children)
The Colony Grill Room
Mayfair - 8 Balderton St, Brown Hart Gardens, London W1K 6TF
A couple of minutes walk from Oxford Street, inside the Beaumont hotel, The Colony Grill Room will have a traditional Christmas Day dinner. The menu includes Ballotine of cured foie gras, Roast organic turkey with traditional garnishes and a side of clementine curd and their own The Beaumont Christmas pudding.
Price: Lunch is £195
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Claridge's
Mayfair - Brook Street, London W1K 4HR
We're still waiting to hear what Claridge's has planned for its main restaurant, so this year the Christmas Day lunches are in the Foyer & Reading Room and the French Salon & Drawing Room. There's lunch or dinner and alongside the turkey are dishes like loin of venison, roasted breast of goose, butter-poached lobster risotto and more.
Price: Lunch is £450 per adult (£225 for children), Dinner is £240 (£120 for Children)
Dinner by Heston Blumenthal
Knightsbridge - Mandarin Oriental Hyde Park, 66 Knightsbridge, London SW1X 7LA
Heston Blumenthal's London restaurant has a set five-course menu that features Fillet of Beef Royale as the main and a couple of the restaurant's classics in there too. So there's a plum meat fruit course as well as the option of a Christmas version of the signature Tipsy cake.
Price: £295 per adult (£145 for children)
The Connaught
Mayfair - Carlos Pl, London W1K 2AL
All three of The Connaught's restaurants are serving Christmas lunch, including their three-Michelin-starred restaurant Helene Darroze. There's also the Connaught Grill menu (with a turkey crown carved table side) and Jean Georges which has a menu that includes spiced crusted venison or truffle crusted salmon.
Price: Helene Darroze: £385, Connaught Grill: £295, Jean Georges: £290
Holborn Dining Room
Holborn - 252 High Holborn, London WC1V 7EN
There's a lot of choice on this year's Holborn Dining Room menu, including the option of turkey, salmon en croute, forerib of beef or Spiced cauliflower steak for the main course. Other courses include Thermidor glazed diver caught scallop, and a Dark chocolate delice alongside trifle or Christmas pudding for dessert.
Price: £195 per person (including a glass of Ruinart)
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Le Dame de Pic (Tower Bridge) - Anne-Sophie Pic's two Michelin-starred restaurant is serving lunch and dinner including dishes like Scottish Langoustines Cooked on Japanese Barbecue and their own Yule Log to finish (from £198)
Min Jiang (Kensington) - Their Christmas menu is generally free from the usual suspects (apart from Christmas pudding and trifle), but does feature delights like lobster taro croquettes (£128)
Tozi Grand Cafe (Battersea) - Have Christmas lunch at the Battersea Power Station at this Italian restaurant in the new Art’otel. Dishes on the menu include lobster linguine and halibut on the bone with seashore vegetables. (£90)
Decimo (King's Cross) - The Spanish/Mexican restaurant at The Standard has a menu on the day which includes roast duck breast, truffle mole sauce, pig in blanket and cranberry as the main event. (£120, or £95 for the vegan menu)
The Pem (St James) - Chef Sally Abé has created a Christmas Day menu that includes truffled turkey breast, goose fat fondant potato, sage, apple and apricot as well as a Christmas pudding souffle. (£150)
Whitcomb's at The Londoner (Leicester Square) - Whitcomb's has a 5-course lunch and supper menu including dishes like Filet Mignon, Turbot au Caviar, and Canard à L'orange (£175)
Alain Ducasse at The Dorchester (Mayfair) - the three Michelin-starred restaurant has a lunch which features dishes like Duck foie gras terrine pickled walnut and artichoke as well as Fillet of Cornish turbot, razor clams and parsnip and a “Yule Log Our Way” for dessert (£390)
Galvin Bar & Grill (Bloomsbury) - Inside the Kimpton Fitzroy London, the Galvins' Christmas lunch menu includes lots of choice alongside the turkey including Grilled wild Cornish halibut or Caramelised Gressingham duck breast (£125 per person)
The Dorchester (Mayfair) - There are multiple options at The Dorchester. Those include Christmas Day lunch at The Grill for £350 (including live music) and a six-course menu at the three Michelin-starred Alain Ducasse for £380.
Sea Containers (South Bank) - This three-course menu features a choice of beef, sirloin, stonebass or Roasted Cauliflower & Artichoke Tart, for the main (£115 inc glass of Champagne)
Pan Pacific London (Liverpool Street) - At Strait's Kitchen, there's a Festive Roast Buffet including a carving station that features turkey, salmon en croute, Peking duck, pork belly and a nut roast (£128 per person)
The English Grill (Victoria) - This restaurant at the Rubens Hotel has a five-course lunch complete with all the trimmings and options include a rice pudding brûlée for dessert. it's £275 per person with children under 12 half price, last sitting at 7pm.
The Northall (St James) - The restaurant at The Corinthia has a menu which includes pressed game terrine and for the main, a choice of turkey, beef wellington, turbot or a celeriac and beetroot wellington (£275 including glass of Champagne)
The Lanesborough Grill (Belgravia) - This Lanesborough's new restaurant has a four-course affair with dishes including Wagyu beef tartar and a choice of turkey, beef fillet, Dover sole or nur roast wellington for the main (£320 per person)
The Goring (Belgravia) - One a favourite of Queen Elizabeth, the royal-friendly hotel has a menu that features Glazed native lobster with Cornish crab salad and main courses that include turkey, venison wellington, Acquerello risotto and wild halibut (£310 per person)
The Game Bird at the Stafford (overseen by Lisa Goodwin-Allen of Northcote) has a four-course menu (plus canapes) for £275 per person, which includes duck liver parfait, cornish coast turbot as well as the Turkey and Christmas pudding.
Bingham Riverhouse (Richmond) - There are three options at this Richmond hotel/restaurant. Have dinner in the Garden Rooms or alternatively dinner cooked up by MasterChef The Professionals winner Stephen Edwards, either in a private igloo or in the restaurant (£125 - £150).
The Ritz (Mayfair) - If you're after something spectacular, then the Ritz should do the job. There are a few options for the Christmas day lunch which start at £495 and there will be a live band, a magician and, of course, a visit from Father Christmas.
Booking Office 1869 (Kings Cross) - If you're after Christmas in a spectacular room, then the award-winning design of this restaurant should fit the bill (From £140)
Restaurants
The Broadcaster and Aerial Rooftop
White City - 89 Wood Ln, London W12 7FX
This bar and restaurant by the old BBC building has a three-course menu with mains including roast Bronze turkey breast or wild mushroom & truffle wellington, while desserts include Christmas pudding or sticky fig pudding. And yes, there will be drinks on their rooftop too (£80).
Price: £150
The Twenty Two
Mayfair - 22 Grosvenor Square, London W1K 6LF
A newcomer in 2022, Head Chef, Alan Christie has created their first Christmas Day menu. The main course is a Roast Norfolk Turkey, Spiced Red Cabbage, and Glazed Parsnips but there's also an option of Grilled Seabass Fillet or Baked Delica Pumpkin, Cavolo Nero and Potato Gnocchi. And as well as Christmas pudding, there's the option of Toasted Pavlova.
Price: £150
Sam's Riverside
Hammersmith - 1 Crisp Rd, London W6 9DN
If you're looking for a Christmas lunch with a view of the Thames (ideal for a walk after) then Sam's Riverside should be a good bet. Alongside the turkey, the menu features roast rib of beef, cornish hake and wild mushroom & chestnut wellington. And for dessert, there's the option of a Christmas pudding souffle with brandy butter ice cream.
Price: £200
Yaatra
Westminster - 4 Greycoat Pl, London SW1P 1SB
New Indian restaurant Yaatra has a Christmas day menu that features a turkey with a difference. It's a tandoori spiced roast turkey with trimmings that include ghee roast potatoes. There's also the option of grilled masala lamb rack or Chettinad lobster & beef steak.
Price: £85 (children £35)
M Restaurant
Canary Wharf - 10, Newfoundland Place, London E14 4BH
The latest M Restaurant is opening in Canary Wharf for Christmas Day for a riverside meal with some great views. The menu features a beef roast alongside the turkey with a wagyu tartare as one of the starters and rum & raisin pudding or Christmas crumble to finish.
Price: £150
German Gymnasium
King's Cross - 1 King's Boulevard, London N1C 4BU
The Christmas Day menu at The German Gymnasium features choices like beer fillet, turkey, and vegan schnitzel as the main course. However, for a really special occasion, the whole roasted goose should be an option - with red cabbage and potato dumplings. And yes, there is apple strudel for dessert.
Price: £110 (£30 supplement for the goose).
Duck & Waffle
City of London, 110 Bishopsgate, London EC2N 4AY
Fancy Christmas Day with a (weather permitting) spectacular view? The menu at Duck & Waffle includes offbeat choices like cullen skink or porcini mushroom ravioli (alongside turkey and tranche of turbot). And, living up to their name, there's an Xmas pudding waffle with brandy butter and rum ice cream. They also like to do up the room in spectacular fashion.
Price: £130
The Cinnamon Collection
City, Covent Garden, Battersea, Westminster
Vivek Singh is opening four restaurants on Christmas Day for a Christmas dinner with a modern Indian approach. So if you're after something that veers away from the traditional lunch, all of these restaurants are an option. Dishes include clove flavoured goose breast, grilled breast of partridge and char-grilled lamb fillet.
Price: Cinnamon Bazaar/Kitchen - £65 (Covent Garden, Battersea, City), Cinnamon Club (Westminster) - £125
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Benares
Mayfair - 12a Berkeley Square, London W1J 6BS
Benares has a Michelin-starred feast created by Executive Chef Sameer Taneja, matched with expertly paired wines. Dishes include Italian winter truffle shorba, mutton momo with winter vegetables and for the main event sealed and baked turkey biryani.
Price: £132
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Orrery (Marylebone) - This restaurant takes a classic French approach to Christmas day with a menu that includes dishes like "Duck, braised Savoy cabbage, plum, jus Roti" (£149)
The Arber Garden (Fitzrovia) - here, the three-course menu features potted Dorset crab and blackberry and gingerbread trifle alongside mains like turkey or beef wellington (£80)
Gaucho (Hampstead, Richmond and Tower Bridge) - The Christmas menu here features a chimichurri butter roasted turkey (or a beef wellington) as well as a dulce de leche yule log (£125).
Radici (Islington) - The menu here includes wild boar lasagne, and panettone tiramisu alongside the turkey (£70)
Le Pont de la Tour (Tower Bridge) on the banks of The Thames has a special Christmas Day menu which features winter truffle and cep macaroni and roast tournedos of Bronze turkey (£130)
Bluebird (Chelsea) - The Bluebird menu is a three-course affair, including Dill cured Loch Duart salmon, turkey, salmon and even the option of Tournedos Rossini with foie gras and truffle potatoes for your main course (£150).
Riding House Cafe (Fitzrovia, Bloomsbury) - The Christmas Day menu here features options that include "earl grey-cured trout, spiced pear, caviar" as a starter and a "chocolate & lavendar marquise, blackcurrant compote" for dessert with traditional options available too (£95).
Kahani (Chelsea) - Peter Joseph's restaurant has a 5-course feast that includes turkey vindaloo slow braised with Goani spices and Rasmalai cinnamon chocolate mousse for dessert (£110).
Pubs
The Guinea
Mayfair - 30 Bruton Pl, London W1J 6NL
This classic Mayfair pub is opening its doors on Christmas Day for a five-course menu. As well as a roast ballotine of turkey, there's the option of Carved dry-aged rump beef and a lamb cutlet or a blue cheese, truffle and walnut gratin. Finish things off with either the Christmas pudding with brandy custard or their classic Sticky toffee pudding.
Price: £150
The Cadogan Arms
Chelsea - 298 King's Road, London SW3 5UG
This Chelsea pub, with the food managed by James Knappett, is opening for Christmas with a five-course menu. Choices include portobello mushroom on toast and country house terrine. for mains, there's the choice of turkey, celeriac and mushroom pie, Cornish brill on the bone or beef wellington.
Price: £200 for six courses plus a glass of bubbles.
The Flask
Highgate - 77 Highgate W Hill, London N6 6BU
Work up an appetite before Christmas lunch at this Highgate pub or walk it off on the heath afterwards. The three-course menu has dishes like a Crab Thermidor tart and roasted cauliflower soup as well as mains of turkey, beef wellington, herb-crusted south coast brill or wild mushroom, spinach and lentil suet pudding.
Price: £95
The Windmill
Clapham - Windmill Dr, London SW4 9DE
This festive-looking Clapham pub has an extensive menu on offer on Christmas Day. Start with butternut squash & sage arancini, move on to mains of turkey, duck breast, beetroot wellington or roast halibut and finish with a Bramley apple, fig & chestnut crumble.
Price: £110 (£55 - child)
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Trafalgar Tavern
Greenwich - Park Row, London SE10 9NW
Walk along the Thames on Christmas Day to the Trafalgar Tavern at Royal Greenwich where their three-course Christmas Day menu includes choices of salt baked celeriac, fillet of seabass, turkey or rib of beef as well as a salted caramel chocolate bomb for dessert.
Price: £100 including a glass of Prosecco.
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Anglesea Arms
Kensington - 15 Selwood Terrace, London SW7 3QG
There's a three-course festive menu on the big day at this South Kensington pub - which kicks off with starters like crab royale, before main choices that include turkey, venison wellington, baked sole and more. desserts include a walnut whip with spiced pear and salted caramel.
Price: £95
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Lots of Young's pubs are open for lunch on the day - so if there's one near you, it's worth checking with them.
The Ship (Wandsworth) - For an informal dinner by the Thames, this Young's pub is worth a look. The Christmas Day menu has Pan roast duck breast and Pan roast halibut if you fancy a change from turkey (£110, children £55)
The Spaniard's Inn (Hampstead) At this pub, the Christmas Day menu includes loch-reared rainbow trout and pan-roasted venison cutlet alongside hand-carved turkey breast (£89.95)
The Owl and Pussycat (Shoreditch) - They have a three-course menu with plenty of choices for the main, including turkey, beetroot & celeriac Wellington, fillet steak or pan roast duck breast (£85 or £40 for children)
The Spread Eagle (Wandsworth) - This Youngs pub will have a starter that includes smoked goose breast with chicory as well as the main event being the turkey, which comes with ox croquettes. (£100, £45 for children)
The Coach (Clerkenwell) - Here you'll find dishes on the menu like foie gras ballotine and Dublin Bay prawn & native lobster alongside turkey as well as the option of a Longhorn filet of beef & 48-hour cheek ragout as the main(£110)
The Hero of Maida (Maida Vale) - Anotgside the turkey, this menu features herb crust cornish rack of lamb and even a chargrill swordfish fillet (£95)
Park Tavern (Forest Hill) - For a South African grill-flavoured Christmas, their menu features spit-roast turkey and pork belly roll as well as braii salmon fillet (£60)
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