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The best restaurants open on Christmas Eve and Day in NYC

Make plans for brunch and dinner on December 24 and December 25, 2023

Written by
Rachel Pelz
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Christmastime is finally here in NYC! You’ve got your mug of hot chocolate (or your fireplace cocktail) in hand, you’re taking in the stunning holiday windows and sparkling holiday lights and you’re feeling the holiday cheer…now you just need to figure out where to eat! While a lot of spots might be closed on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day in NYC, we’ve found the best restaurants that are keeping their doors open on Sunday and Monday for you to celebrate in style. Make your reservation to enjoy a Chinese feast, a prix fixe menu with multiple courses or a festive meal in a holiday-themed heated garden. These are the very best restaurants in NYC open on December 24 and December 25, 2023. 

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Christmas dinner in NYC

  • Restaurants
  • Midtown East

This Korean-American restaurant is hosting a five-course prix fixe inspired by the Feast of the Seven Fishes. With a menu including octopus arancini with squid ink, oysters with white kimchi granita and roasted scallops with wood ear mushrooms, you can eat your way through the ocean for $135/pp. Reservations are available here

  • 3 out of 5 stars
  • Restaurants
  • Brooklyn Heights
  • Recommended

One of our favorite new restaurants will be open on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day with a seasonal menu of Georgian foods. We’re especially partial to their khachapuri, a bread bowl full of gooey cheese, topped with butter and a raw egg. On Christmas Eve, they’re also hosting a Georgian amber wine experience, where they’ll be pouring glasses of amber skin-contact wines that are usually only available by the bottle. Reservations are available here.  

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  • 3 out of 5 stars
  • Restaurants
  • French
  • Lower East Side
  • price 3 of 4
  • Recommended

For $125/pp, you can head to the Ludlow Hotel for dinner on Christmas Day—not the most eye-wateringly expensive prix fixe in the city, but a lot spendier than those dumplings from your favorite neighborhood takeout spot. The holiday menu from this “sexy bistro” features tuna tartare, grilled oysters, filet mignon and chocolate cake for a festive meal that you won’t have to clean up after. Reservations are available here

  • 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 tuna tartare, chestnut agnolotti with black truffles and Brussels sprouts, roast duck and eggnog flan will be $195 per person in the dining room. 

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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 Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. The French-Indonesian restaurant will serve its standard brunch in addition to festive specials. 

  • 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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