Christmas Day lunches in Sydney

If you like your Christmas spread with a side of harbour views then book your seats at the Hyatt Regency Christmas Day lunch. It's $220 per person and will include beverages, a live carvery, cooking stations and an appearance from Santa. Tickets for children aged six to 12 are $69. And if you prefer the European approach, they also host a Christmas Eve dinner.

Why not try a Turkish style Christmas lunch this year? You'll enjoy five-courses, including a cheese plate; prawns and snapper baked in a claypot; sour cheery meatballs with pide; and a chicken, rice and almond pie. The feast will cost $95 per person; or $140 per person including matching Turkish wines.

Bistro Moncur is hosting a very European, three-course Christmas lunch for $250pp, or $350 with matching wines. On the menu is an amusebouche of caviar, eggs and soliders, followed by pate or a prawn and avocado salad. Mains are a choice of pan fried toothfish or roast turkey with sides of snow peas, potato, or green salad. For dessert they're serving Christmas Pudding with cognac custard.

This five course feast for Christmas lunch by the harbour will cost you $95 per person. Enjoy the sunshine and Barangaroo’s prime waterfront location, and fill up on Turkish snacks including mezes like slow-cooked octopus with peppers and heirloom tomatoes; and Ottoman donuts with pistachio ice cream. They will also open for dinner service if you prefer to save your celebrating until after the sun goes down. 

This popular annual Christmas lunch books out early each year. They are famed for their five-course degustation menu that focusses on seafood, with a glass of Champagne on arrival, plus water views from every table. Tickets are $240 per adult and $50 per child.

In the glassed in dining room at the Hilton Sydney you can celebrate your Christmas Day with a four-course set menu for $195 per person, including bonbons and a take home Christmas pudding. They even have a vegan menu and a kids option that includes a gift.

This bayside hotel will be doing an extravagant lunch feast. Start with a seafood platter, followed by glazed ham. Along with the feast you'll also enjoy a four hour drinks package. There are seatings at noon, 12.30pm and 1pm and the lunch will cost $299 per person. 

The Alexandria, Crows Nest, Entertainment Quarter, Darling Harbour and Walsh Bay Fratelli Fresh venues are all open for Christmas lunch on the 25th, and they're offering a very affordable $70 set menu that begins with shared antipasti, then your choice of roast lamb or eggplant parmigiana, followed by Italian struffoli, which is a cake of tiny candied doughnuts, for dessert.

The Epping Club's Grand Ballroom will host a big Christmas Day feast. There will be a cavery with classic roast meats, seafood, charcuterie, salads, Christmas pudding, mince pies and more. Bookings are essential, and the lunch costs $109.50 for club members and $115.50 non-members.

This Circular Quay restaurant (which also has some of the best views of the harbour in Sydney) will host a luxe three-course lunch, which also includes free-flowing Veuve Clicquot for $299.

Eat a festive-themed Christmas Eve dinner or Christmas Day lunch while taking in 360-degree views of Sydney Harbour and beyond. Included is a Christmas-themed three course menu and a glass of sparkling on arrival