Restaurants

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CENTRAL

Brumus at the Haymarket Hotel

Artisan
This elegant restaurant located in the Westbury Hotel is serving a traditional four-course Christmas lunch, a steal at £59.99 a head. Indulge in a rich seafood bisque or wild mushroom consommé, followed by roast turkey and Westbury plum pudding.
Artisan, Westbury Hotel, 37 Conduit St, W1S 2YF (020 8382 5450/www.westburymayfair.com).

Brown’s Hotel
The Brown’s Grill is producing a five-course lunch, preceded by champagne and canapés. The menu offers enticing options such as a crisp roulade of calves’ sweetbreads and velouté of white coco beans and winter truffles. Lunch costs £220 for adults, and a smaller dinner menu costs £85 for three courses or £95 for four.
Brown’s Hotel, Albemarle St, W1S 4BP (020 7493 6020/www.brownshotel.com).
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Brumus
This restaurant inside the Haymarket Hotel is open for Christmas lunch, costing £85 per person. The four-course menu includes champagne, canapés, and dishes such as cep and truffle risotto or roast Norfolk turkey.
Brumus, Haymarket Hotel, 1 Suffolk Place, SW1Y 4BP (020 7470 4000/www.haymarkethotel.com).

Christmas Lunch Cruise
DINING ON THE THAMES
For a refreshing change, spend Christmas Day on the Thames with City Cruises. The ‘RiverLiner’ sets sail at 12.30pm with a three-course traditional lunch served on board. The cost? £89.50 a head, Christmas crackers included.
City Cruises, Westminster Pier, SW1 (020 7740 0400/www.citycruises.com).

Cinnamon Club
Chef Vivek Singh is serving an unconventional three-course lunch menu including sandalwood-spiced chicken, masala mash and saffron-braised lamb shank . There’s even Christmas pudding, scented with cardamom. Price: £75 per person.
Cinnamon Club, The Old Westminster Library, 30-32 Great Smith St, SW1P 3BU (020 7222 2555/www.cinnamonclub.com).

City Café
City Café is serving a three-course traditional Christmas menu from noon priced at £62 for adults, £29 for children aged 8-14, and free for children under 8. There’s also a family Christmas package for £69 per person (£35 for children under 14) that includes a private room and light entertainment.
City Café, City Inn Westminster Hotel, 30 John Islip St, SW1P 4DD (020 7932 4602/www.cityinn.com).

Cookbook Café
A traditional three-course Christmas lunch and dinner will be served from noon-6pm and 7pm-10pm respectively. It costs £55 per person, and includes a welcome glass of champagne, plus party crackers, music and Santa for the under-12s (who pay only £25).
Cookbook Café, Intercontinental London Park Lane, 1 Hamilton Place, W1J 7QY (020 7318 8563/www.cookbookcafe.co.uk).

Galvin at Windows

Galvin at Windows
£175 will get you a stunning six-course menu, which includes steamed mousseline of dover sole, roast loin and daube of venison and bronze turkey. The view over Hyde Park comes free.
Galvin at Windows, 28th floor, London Hilton, Park Lane, W1K 1BE (020 7208 402/www.galvinatwindows.com).

Langtry’s
The £120 four-course lunch menu at this Knightsbridge restaurant includes wine with every course and tempting dishes such as cured cranberry and vodka salmon and pan-roasted halibut with champagne sauce.
Langtry’s, 21 Pont St, SW1X 9SG (020 7201 6619/www.langtrysrestaurant.com).

Little Bay
BEST CHEAP XMAS EATS
Give your wallet a break and make for this popular eatery. The £28 five-course set menu is served from 12noon-6pm. Other branches in Battersea, Kilburn, Fulham and Croydon will also be open.
Little Bay, 171 Farringdon Rd, EC1R 3AL (020 7278 1234/www.little-bay.co.uk).

The Only Running Footman

The Only Running Footman
Take advantage of the fact that this excellent gastropub is open 365 days a year and head down for a scrummy Christmas Day lunch. A four-course menu will be served at £75 per person.
The Only Running Footman, 5 Charles St, Mayfair, W1J 5DF (020 7499 2988/www.themeredithgroup.co.uk).

Maze
Maze’s Christmas lunch costs £125 for five courses or £165 for eight; a simpler dinner costs £125, with decadent ingredients including foie gras, oysters and smoked salmon. At night there will be a Santa magician to provide light entertainment.
Maze, 11-13 Grosvenor Square, W1K 6JP (020 7107 0000/www.gordonramsay.com).

140 Park Lane
This restaurant and bar will be open all Christmas Day. In addition to the Yuletide regulars, the £99 lunch menu (served from 12noon-3pm) offers lobster salad and pan-fried monkfish, not forgetting the tea, coffee and mince pies to finish.
140 Park Lane, 140 Park Lane, W1K 7AA (020 7647 5678/www.140parklane.co.uk).

Rhodes W1

Rhodes W1
Gary Rhodes’ brasserie inside The Cumberland hotel (not be confused with the fine dining restaurant of the same name) is serving a four-course Modern British meal that includes interesting dishes such as quail and baby leek terrine and Christmas pudding with warm syruped kumquats. In addition there’s also a dedicated vegetarian menu; both set meals cost £75 each per person.
Rhodes W1, The Cumberland, Great Cumberland Place, W1A 4RF (020 7479 3838/www.rhodesw1.com).

The Winter Garden
This stunning restaurant stands at the base of the Landmark Hotel’s glass-roofed atrium and will be serving a three-course lunch, and a four-course dinner. For £165 and £100 a head respectively, both come with a glass of Taittinger champagne and music from harp and piano.
The Winter Garden, The Landmark Hotel, 222 Marylebone Rd, NW1 6JQ (020 7631 8000/www.landmarklondon.co.uk).



NORTH

Number 12

Nauroz
This family-run Pakistani restaurant is serving meat, vegetable and fish curries with the only concession to Christmas being spicy turkey. Main courses cost between £3 and £9 and it runs a BYO policy with no charge for corkage.
Nauroz, 219 Field End Rd, Middlesex, HA5 1QZ (020 8868 0900).

Number Twelve
Enjoy the contemporary menu at this new restaurant and bar at the Ambassadors Bloomsbury hotel, with dishes such as seared yellow fin tuna and carnaroli risotto with pecorino cheese. It costs £45 for the four-course lunch, and £25 for two-courses for children under 12.
Number Twelve, 12 Upper Woburn Place, WC1H OHX (020 7693 5425/www.numbertwelverestaurant.co.uk).

The Vine
BEST FOR FAMILIES
This laidback gastropub is opening its doors for lunch, and serving three courses for £39.50 (£20 for children). There’s traditional turkey, vegetarian tagliatelle with porcini mushrooms, and Mediterranean fish stew. A deposit is required when booking.
The Vine, 86 Highgate Rd, NW5 2PB (020 7209 0038/www.thevinelondon.co.uk).



SOUTH

The Rosendale

Le Pont de la Tour
Linger over a three-course lunch with a river view at this stalwart. Choose to dine in the main restaurant for £75 per person, or opt for a more casual lunch, priced at £45 in the bar and grill. A deposit is required upon booking for the main restaurant.
Le Pont de la Tour, 36d Shad Thames, Butlers Wharf, SE1 2YE (020 7403 8403/www.danddlondon.com).

The Rosendale
TIME OUT AWARD-WINNING GASTROPUB
Enjoy a five-course lunch for £65 per person at this stylish but informal gastropub, where dishes will include home-smoked wild Alaskan salmon and Christmas pudding with brandy sauce.
The Rosendale, 65 Rosendale Rd, SE21 8EZ (020 8670 0812www.therosendale.co.uk).

Tas Ev
The smartest branch of this Turkish chain is housed in a railway arch near Waterloo. On December 25 the two set menus cost £21.50 and £24.50 per head, and feature all the usual meze dishes, followed by a choice of mains.
Tas Ev, 97-99 Isabella St, SE1 8DA (020 7620 6191/www.tasrestaurant.com).

EAST

The Narrow

Hoxton Grille
The Hoxton Grille is serving a traditional three-course lunch with a few twists for £55 from noon-6pm, with a complimentary glass of champagne or soft drink on arrival. A cheaper three-course menu is available from 7pm-9pm for £35 per person.
The Hoxton Grille, The Hoxton, 81 Great Eastern St, EC2A 3HU (020 7739 9111/www.grillerestaurants.com).

The Narrow
A choice restaurant to enjoy Christmas day lunch, with Gordon Ramsay’s emphasis on updating British food favourites. Options such as chicken liver pâté with own-made piccalilli, braised root vegetable pie and mash and pear and cinnamon crumble feature in a three-course menu for £60 per person.
The Narrow, 44 Narrow St, Limehouse, E14 8DP (020 7592 7950/www.gordonramsay.com).

Sunborn Yacht Hotel
This floating hotel is on a huge boat the size of a cruise ship, moored in Royal Victoria Dock. Lunch costs £75 adults, £35 kids.
Sunborn Yacht Hotel, ExCeL, Royal Victoria Dock, E16 1SL (020 7059 9100/www.sunbornhotels.com).

The Devonshire

WEST
Chutney Mary
Chutney Mary opens for lunch from 12noon-2:15pm with four courses priced at £68.50 per person. Options include spiced crisp soft-shell crab, tandoori raan (lamb leg) and broccoli and chestnut biryani.
Chutney Mary, 535 King’s Rd, SW10 0SZ (020 7351 3113/www.chutneymary.com).

Kiasu
Warm up on Christmas day with Kiasu’s exotic dishes from the Malaysian Straits and the Far East.
Kiasu, 48 Queensway, Bayswater, W2 3RY (020 7727 7220/www.kiasu.co.uk).

The Devonshire
GORDON RAMSAY GASTROPUB
Gordon Ramsay’s retro British gastropub opens for a three-course Christmas lunch, priced at £60 per person. Classics such as prawn cocktail, roast turkey and baked egg custard feature on the menu, finishing with coffee and mince pies.
The Devonshire, 126 Devonshire Rd, Chiswick, W4 2JJ (020 7592 7962/www.gordonramsay.com).

Lessandro
The Mediterranean restaurant of the Kensington hotel Park City is serving Christmas lunch and dinner.
Lessandro, Park City Hotel, 18-30 Lexham Gardens, W8 5JE (0870 765 7333).

One-Eight-One
STYLE ON A BUDGET
This boutique hotel will be serving a traditional lunch in its chic dining room. Three courses, with champagne and canapés, cost £45 per person. Dishes include house-cured salmon and cod with a Brazilian coconut sauce.
One-Eight-One, The Rockwell Hotel, 181 Cromwell Rd, SW5 0SF (020 7244 2000/www.therockwell.com).

The Roebuck
The lively three-course menu includes ham hock soup and turkey, but it’s the desserts, such as iced pear parfait and Christmas pudding with mandarin sorbet, that truly stand out. It’s £65 for adults, £30 for children ten-15 , and there’s a separate menu for little ones under ten. There’s a £20 deposit per head when booking.
The Roebuck, 122 Chiswick High Rd, W4 1PU (020 8995 4392).

Waterfront

Waterfront
This riverside gastropub will be serving a hearty three-course lunch menu for £45, followed by petits fours and tea or coffee. Dishes include a ‘mosaic’ of seafood and roast pepper terrine and rack of English roast lamb.
Waterfront, Baltimore House, Juniper Drive, SW18 1TS (020 7228 4297/www.waterfrontlondon.co.uk).

Prices do not include drinks or service unless otherwise stated.