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The best restaurants open on Christmas Eve and Day in NYC

Book these restaurants for December 24 and 25 right now.

Amber Sutherland-Namako
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Amber Sutherland-Namako
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Now that Christmas is just a snowball's throw away, holiday dining plans have to get sealed like a kiss under the mistletoe. You can still see the Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree, take in the window displays, ooh and aah at holiday lights on a whim, but restaurant reservations for Christmas Eve and Christmas Day require a little more planning. Each of these eating and drinking destinations are actually good, and, just as importantly, open this Saturday, December 24, Sunday, December 25, or both. 

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  • Restaurants
  • Contemporary American
  • Financial District
  • price 4 of 4

Lovely Temple Court at the ornately grand Beekman Hotel will be open on Christmas Eve and Day. An à la carte menu will be available in The Bar Room. A four-course prix fixe including options like Maine lobster salad, chestnut agnolotti with black truffles and Brussels sprouts, roast duck and peppermint Pavlova will be $185 per person in the dining room. 

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  • Bars
  • Cocktail bars
  • Williamsburg
  • price 3 of 4

Williamsburg mainstay Maison Premiere was known for keeping its doors open 365 days a year before its pause in 2020, and now its back to its reliable neighborhood staple status. It will be open with regular hours and menus on Christmas Eve and for oysters and drinks from 4pm on Christmas Day. 

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  • Restaurants
  • Chinese
  • East Village
  • price 1 of 4

Each of MáLà Project’s three locations (East Village, Midtown East, Midtown West) will serve their sensational spicy and numbing signature menu items (along with less spicy and numbing options) on Christmas Eve and Day. 

  • Restaurants
  • French
  • Cobble Hill
  • price 2 of 4

Cozy French bistro Chez Moi will be open for favorites like steak frites, foie gras and escargots on Christmas Eve only. 

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  • Restaurants
  • Indonesian
  • Nolita

Wayan’s interior, exterior, and chef’s counter seats are still wide open for service on December 25. The French-Indonesian restaurant will serve its standard brunch and dinner menus in addition to specials like scallops a la plancha, osso buco and vegan eggnog. 

  • Restaurants
  • Chinese
  • Williamsburg
  • price 2 of 4

Kings County Imperial’s original Kings County location in Williamsburg and its Lower East Side address will serve its comprehensive list of Chinese-American hits on Christmas Eve and Day. 

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  • Restaurants
  • Midtown East
  • price 3 of 4

Á la carte items like chicken meatballs, a variety of pizza and wood-grilled chicken, branzino and pork chops will be available on Marta’s regular menu this Christmas Eve and Christmas Day.

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