The best restaurants open on Christmas Eve and Day in NYC

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. 

Fabulous Birds of a Feather—from the restaurateurs behind Midtown's formerly Michelin-starred Cafe China— is open every day, including Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. Some of our favorites from the menu include the mapo tofu, three pepper chicken and the tea smoked duck.

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. 

Time Out New York Best of the City award winner and one of last year’s best restaurants, convivial Sidney’s Five will be open with brunch bites like wonderful andouille corn dogs, pancakes, eggs and burgers and for happy hour on Christmas Eve only. 

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. 

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

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. 

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. 

Soogil’s cozy outdoor dining area and even cozier interior will be open for a Korean-French feast on Christmas Eve and Day. 

This stylish, jewel-hued “Indian gastro bar” will open for à la carte specials on Christmas Eve and Day. 

The halls are decked and Coctelería Bar & Grocery is set as Feliz Coctelería for December 24 and 24. Ceviche, nachos, tacos and taco towers are joined by theme-y cocktails, beer and wine. 

Newly adorned for the holidays, Loreley is open for brunch and dinner with regular biergarten menus, plus festive special drinks for the occasion, with seating available outside and in. 

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.

The Baccarat Hotel’s chandelier-lit Grand Salon is home to the Joyeux Noel menu this Christmas Day; an amuse-bouche followed by selections like foie gras, Atlantic Halibut, and choice of yule log for $160. An optional wine pairing brings the price to $305.