Some of Manchester’s most talented chefs are sharpening their knives especially for Christmas Day, serving up course after course of delectable festive grub. Feel like kicking back and having someone do the hard work for you this year? Read on for our picks of the best places to enjoy a Christmas Day dinner right here in Manchester, whether its a traditional Christmas dinner offering or a divine meal enough to give the roast turkey and all the trimmings a pass this year.
1. 20 Stories
Making the big day extra special this year, 20 Stories will be open from 12pm-4pm, serving a delectable menu of Christmas Day classics. Think beef carpaccio to start, then roast turkey breast served with pork & chestnut stuffing, honey carrots, pigs in blankets, truffled pomme purée and port & cranberry jus, finished off with a delicious sherry Christmas pudding served with redcurrants and a brandy sauce. Plus, you can listen to the sounds of live music and raise a glass to a day well spent. from 1pm – 4pm for you to enjoy.
📍20 Stories, NO. 1, 1 Hardman Square, M3 3EB.
🍽️ Book here.
2. The Lowry
Continuing to bring luxury vibes to Manchester even on Christmas Day, The Lowry Hotel’s River Restaurant is serving an absolute feast this Christmas Day, helping to take the pressure off and allow guests to truly celebrate. Enjoy turkey ballotine with all the best trimmings, alongside a selection of alternative main courses like Truffle Open Lasagne or Fillet of Sea Bass, festive puddings (think Christmas pud with brandy sauce, Armagnac and prune ice cream) or cheese selection to finish.
📍The Lowry Hotel, 50 Dearmans Pl, Salford, M3 5LH.
🍽️ Book here.
3. King Street Townhouse
Alongside their festive screenings this season, King Street Townhouse in Manchester is bringing some Christmas magic in the form of a delicious Christmas Day dinner. Choose from the likes of caramelised parsnip and coconut soup, ham hock and chicken terrine, cured salmon or beetroot terrine to start, followed by either roast Cheshire turkey, braised short rib of beef, nut roast or roast cod loin. Finish with a festive trio of desserts or an epic cheese board.
📍King Street Townhouse, 10 Booth St, M2 4AW.
🍽️ Book here.
4. Ewe Restaurant & Bar
Leave the cooking to someone else this Christmas and relax by heading to Ewe, near Bolton. Priced at £90 per person, this magical three course Christmas menu includes all the classics with a modern twist, from beetroot carpaccio and prawn cocktail to turkey feast and Scottish salmon Wellington. With a delicious selection of desserts to choose from, like Christmas pudding and chocolate and cherry delice, there’s something for everyone to enjoy.
📍Ewe Restaurant & Bar, 370 Chorley Rd, Westhoughton, Bolton, BL5 3NB.
🍽️ Book here.
5. Gino D’Acampo
On Christmas Day at four-star hotel, INNSiDE by Melia, will be offering Gino D’Acampo’s traditional menu served with all the trimmings at the restaurant. Guests can sit back, relax and indulge in a delicious four course Christmas Day menu, complete with a glass of fizz on arrival and featuring some Italian takes on the festive classics.
📍Gino D’Acampo Manchester, INNSiDE by Melia, 1 First St, M15 4RP.
🍽️ Book here.
6. 8 Manchester
Who says you have to have Christmas dinner on Christmas Day? How about a Chinese instead? The lovely Chinese restaurant situated next to Whitefield Metrolink station, 8 Manchester, is open on December 25 and will be offering an affordable Christmas Day banquet at £65 per person, served between 12.30pm and 3pm. The banquet features turkey and sweetcorn soup, a mixed platter with crispy seaweed steak roll in black pepper sauce, deep fried wonton, BBQ ribs and vegetable spring rolls. You can then choose from the likes of fillet steak in black pepper sauce, sweet and sour king prawn or crispy chilli beef, to name a few, as your main course.
📍8 Manchester, 260 Bury New Rd, Whitefield, M45 8AB.
🍽️ Book here.
7. OSMA
The chic Scandi-style restaurant OSMA based in Prestwich is offering a Christmas Day menu full of elevated classics. Beginning with canapés and a glass of Crémant, guests can choose between burrata with roasted figs; duck liver parfait; or scallops with celeriac and apple, followed by a choice of Goosnargh turkey, salt aged duck breast, grass-fed fillet beef or wild mushroom and spinach Wellington, served with all the trimmings for the main course. At OSMA, there’s not a Christmas pud in sight with chocolate mousse, gingerbread custard tart and a British cheese selection making up their dessert menu.
📍OSMA, 132 Bury New Road, Prestwich, M25 0AA.
🍽️ Book here.
8. The Eagle & Child
Venture north of the city to the quaint market town of Ramsbottom for some festive fayre this year. Priced at £130 per person, the Christmas Day dinner menu at the pub, restaurant and hotel The Eagle & Child is both extensive and delicious, which will have you wanting to curl up by the fire content by the feast. Mains include poached turbot, juniper smoked duck breast, traditional roast turkey and nut roast. With canapés and Champagne on arrival, followed by three courses of pure festive indulgence then coffee and mince pies to finish, this Christmas Day menu from The Eagle & Child is definitely a reason to escape the city.
📍The Eagle & Child, 3 Whalley Rd, Ramsbottom, Bury, BL0 0DL.
🍽️ Book here.
9. Zouk Tea Bar & Grill
Fancy spicing up Christmas Day dinner? Zouk are relieving the stress of Christmas Day cooking and cleaning with their Christmas Day Banquet, cooking up a banquet with a spiced twist, loaded with a variety of starter platters and main courses. Christmas Day diners can choose from a selection of Zouk’s classic curries, or a more traditional roast chicken or lamb dinner with all the trimmings for their main course. If you’ve any room to spare, there’s a Bûche de Noël to complete your feast. For £75, the Christmas Day Banquet will be available for lunch and dinner on December 25th, with the restaurant open all day.
📍Zouk Tea Bar & Grill, 5 The Quadrangle, Chester St, M1 5QS.
🍽️ Book here.
10. Peter Street Kitchen
Peter Street Kitchen is serving not three but five courses for their Christmas Day Luncheon. Guests can pick between seared scallop, smoked duck breast and stracciatella with cinnamon roasted plums for starters, followed by a palate cleanser consisting of rosé Rioja jelly with mandarin sorbet. Main courses include dover sole fillet, corn-fed chicken breast, aged beef Wellington, corn-fed chicken breast, and cavolo nero, goat’s cheese and butternut squash en croute all served with orange and Manuka honey-glazed heritage carrots, cauliflower cheese with Gruyère and Parmesan crust, garlic and herb roast potatoes. Desserts range from cinnamon crème brûlée to baked vanilla cheesecake with black cherry sorbet, with salted caramel chocolates and pâte de fruit selection as the petit fours.
📍Peter Street Kitchen, Free Trade Hall, Peter St, M2 5GP.
🍽️ Book here.
11. San Carlo
It might not be your classic turkey Christmas dinner, but who would object to a delicious bowl of pasta on Christmas Day? San Carlo in Manchester will be hosting a festive lunch on Christmas Day for £89.95 per person complete with indulgent Italian dishes like beef carpaccio and Tuscan pâté to start, followed by the likes of truffle ravioli, salmon and prawns with Prosecco sauce and veal escalope in a creamy mushroom sauce. Finish with a slice of Sicilian pistachio cake, Chianti-poached pears with hazelnut ice cream, meringue cake with strawberries or panettone bread and butter pudding with limoncello and homemade vanilla ice cream.
📍San Carlo, 40-42 King Street West, Manchester, M3 2WY.
🍽️ Book here.
Why not work up a hunger with a festive Candlelight Christmas concert in Manchester? With plenty of dates available to choose from, this experience enhances the magic of Christmas.