London’s Best Festive Menus For 2026

In a couple of months, Christmas fever will have taken over London. The city will be glittering with lights, markets will be popping up everywhere, and restaurants will be buzzing with groups of friends and families out for their annual shindig. Table bookings get snapped up quickly during silly season, so get in there early and reserve your gang a spot for some celebratory feasting. The capital always delivers when it comes to festive menus – whether you’re after a traditional turkey roast or something alternative, from Indian to Middle Eastern. Read on for the C&TH pick of festive menus for 2026.

Festive Menus In London For 2026

Honey & Co., Fitzrovia

Known for its vibrant, sharing-style cooking, Honey & Co. (formerly known as Honey & Smoke) is ideal for big meals out with groups. Part of Sarit Packer and Itamar Srulovich’s popular Middle Eastern-inspired restaurant group, the Great Portland Street eatery features long tables seating up to 18 guests, with a fun, relaxed vibe. This year’s festive sharing menu includes an array of dishes cooked over live fire coals, kicking off with a selection of mezze for the table: think roasted butternut and tahini dip with crostini bites, and cheesy bouikos (small savoury biscuits) with labneh and zaatar. Next, guests can tuck into sharing platters of chicken skewers marinated in saffron yoghurt, slow-cooked beef short ribs, crispy potatoes with paprika aioli, and aubergine rolls stuffed with pomegranate and pistachio. Finish on a sweet note with Honey & Co.’s signature feta and honey cheesecake, or a Dubai-style chocolate mousse.

How much? £70pp

Where? 216 Great Portland St, London W1W 5QW

BOOK: honeyandco.co.uk

The Guinea Grill, Mayfair

For a traditional pub experience with a luxe twist, head to Mayfair’s long-standing favourite The Guinea Grill. Tucked away down a quiet cobbled street, the gastropub has been around for over 600 years, and is renowned in particular for its steak offering. This December, though, it’s all about classic festive flavours: the five-course Christmas menu begins with starters like roasted pumpkin and sweet potato soup, or Highland cure oak smoked salmon with caper berries. For the main event, choose between 28-day dry aged porterhouse, chateaubriand or sharing pies – all are served with a generous helping of roast potatoes, cauliflower cheese, honey glazed carrots and Brussels sprouts. Dessert is a classic Christmas or sticky toffee pudding.

How much? £175pp

Where? 30 Bruton Pl, London W1J 6NL

BOOK: theguinea.co.uk

Cafe Kowloon, London Fields

Bored of turkey? Book London Fields’ Cantonese restaurant Cafe Kowloon for your festive meal this year. The buzzy diner is kitted out with banquettes for groups of up to 10, fitted with lazy Susans, and is offering a sharing-style festive feast inspired by Hong Kong dining. Whet your appetite with dim sum of wagyu ox cheek curry puffs, and prawn siu mai, ahead of a choice of two larger sharing plates: duck crown with plum sauce, steamed market fish, or mushroom claypot rice, paired with sides of sesame garlic cabbage, lo mein noodles and jasmine rice. For the final course, tuck into yeung yeung custard or tofu ice cream with kumquat. With live DJs every Friday and Saturday evening, it’s a great spot for a lively Christmas night out with friends.

How much? £60pp

Where? 392-393 Mentmore Terrace, London Fields, London, E8 3PH 

BOOK: sevenrooms.com

Osteria Vibrato, Soho

The latest opening from Charlie Mellor (the man behind The Laughing Heart in Hackney) has been causing a stir since launching on Greek Street in Soho earlier this year. It’s all about Italian food and great wine, and if you haven’t tried it yet Christmas is a great time to book. The four-course festive menu begins with a selection of antipasti for the table, ahead of dishes like risotto bianco, tagliatelle with ragu, grilled John Dory stuffed with wild fennel, and pumpkin stuffed with rice and chestnuts. Better still, for pudding guests will be treated to panettone from Catford favourite Kouttone Bakery. 

How much? £82pp

Where? 6 Greek St, London W1D 4DE

BOOK: osteriavibrato.co.uk

The Clink, Brixton

A prison might not be the obvious choice for a Christmas dinner with friends – but hear us out. The Clink is one of London’s most interesting restaurants, housed within HMP Brixton, with all food cooked and served by people in prison, who are gaining skills during their sentences to give them a better chance of building a new future after release. The festive menu begins with starters including chicken croquet with charred sprout salad, and beetroot gravlax of salmon, followed by a choice of roast turkey with all the trimmings, roasted nut terrine, pan fried pollock or wild mushroom stuffed hispi cabbage. Pudding options, meanwhile, include pear and stem ginger pudding with butterscotch, or bitter chocolate mousse with caramelised orange and toasted pistachio. There’s no alcohol served here, but the non-alcoholic cocktails sound good: the Pink Paloma is a mix of pink grapefruit, lime and Seedlip, while the Clementine Mojito is a seasonal twist on the classic.

How much? Starters from £8.50, mains from £18.50

Where? The Clink Restaurant Brixton HMP Brixton, Jebb Ave, Brixton Hill, London SW2 5XF

BOOK: theclinkcharity.org

Dishoom, Multiple Locations

Spice up your Christmas dinner at Dishoom, the perennially popular modern Indian restaurant, which has multiple branches across the city. Its Christmas feasting menu includes a selection of Bombay-inspired festive specials: first up is small plates of parsnip and kale chaat, and chilli chicken, ahead of a grill platter featuring turkey raan and chicken tikka, served alongside limitless sides of roasted winter veggies, beetroot and carrot raita, and chilli sprouts. Can’t imagine a trip to Dishoom without tucking into some black daal? Fear not: it features too, alongside a number of other house classics, finishing off with a tipsy orange cream cake. Veggie and vegan menus are also available. 

How much? From £49.50pp

Where? Multiple locations

BOOK: dishoom.com

The Table, Battersea

After a walk around Clapham Common, settle into The Table for a classic three-course Christmas dinner. Available for groups of six or more, the menu is a celebration of winter produce, beginning with starters of potato, leek and truffle soup, and winter burrata with roasted beetroot and charred radicchio. For mains, there’s a turkey wrapped in maple-cured bacon with pigs and blankets, stuffing and all the rest – but if you’re not feeling turkey, the menu also includes grilled bavette steak, miso mushroom and chestnut wellington, and herb-crusted salmon fillet (which all come with rosemary and garlic potatoes, parsnips and sprouts). Finish with a choice of spiced creme brulee, Christmas pudding or sour cherry and dark chocolate brownie.

How much? TBC

Where? 35-37 Battersea Rise, London SW11 1HG   

BOOK: thetablecafe.com

The Surprise

Nestled away in the backstreets of Chelsea, this charming pub is a lovely spot for a group dinner – with a private dining room available to book for up to 35 guests. The 2026 Christmas menu includes starters like Wiltshire fillet of beef carpaccio, Scottish salmon gravlax, and goat’s cheese tartlet, ahead of a traditional turkey crown with a generous selection of sides, roast Cornish cod, braised ox cheek with fondant potato, or butternut squash tortellini. End things in the best way: with a hearty sticky toffee pud, followed by mini mince pies and crackers for the table.

How much? £65pp

Where? 6 Christchurch Terrace, London SW3 4AJ

BOOK: thesurprise-chelsea.co.uk

OMA, Borough Market

One of 2024’s biggest culinary openings was OMA, David Carter’s Greek restaurant in Borough Market – and two years on, the hype remains. The festive menu here looks particularly delicious, served family-style in the wine annex, available to book exclusively for groups of seven to 30. It begins with Wildfarmed rolls with dips of babaganoush and smoked tarama, followed by dishes like yellowfin tuna and a traditional spanakopita. For the main event, guests can choose either slow-braised Cornish lamb, shorthorn beef, or wild mushroom giovetsi. Enjoy alongside Greek wines, and be sure to try one of the signature cocktails: the clementine gimlet, or the OMA negroni.

How much? £95pp

Where? 3 Bedale St, London SE1 9AL

BOOK: oma.london