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Where to Eat on Christmas in New York City

An array of options for December 24 and 25

by Eater Staff Updated Dec 12, 2023, 2:49pm EST

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by Eater Staff Updated Dec 12, 2023, 2:49pm EST

If you haven’t decked out your apartment with a tree, wreaths, and lights, chances are sitting in a restaurant dining room might feel a little more celebratory. A surprising number of restaurants stay open for Christmas Eve and Christmas Day, with many adding special dishes, set menus, and spirited decorations for the occasion. Here’s an array of options for both days.

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Red Rooster Harlem

For $80, it’s carols with Ahmaya Knoelle & Friends, with a pre-paid, all-you-can-eat buffet.

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310 Lenox Ave, New York, NY 10027

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Cafe Luxembourg

Cafe Luxembourg is open for brunch and dinner Christmas Eve and dinner Christmas Day; there will be specials as well as the regular menu; check the website for updates.

200 W 70th St, New York, NY 10023

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Jongro BBQ

This Korean barbecue restaurant with locations in Flushing and Manhattan will be open for Christmas Eve and Christmas Day for walk-ins; reservations are available for tables of eight or more.

155-14 Roosevelt Ave, Flushing, NY 11354

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Kochi

For Christmas Eve and Christmas Day, Sungchul Shim’s Kochi will offer a tasting menu for $145 per person that includes items like sweet potato soup with chapsal beignet; prawns with persimmon paste; a dry-aged pork collar with pistachio ssamjang; and snow crab bibimbap.

652 10th Ave, New York, NY 10036

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Aquavit

On December 24 from noon to 9 p.m., for $225 per person, Nordic two-Michelin-star restaurant Aquavit offers both in-house and at-home Julbord, which includes Swedish meatballs, herring, salmon, meats, charcuterie, and desserts.

65 E 55th St, New York, NY 10022

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Marseille

Marseille has a three-course prix-fixe meal offered Christmas Eve and Christmas Day for $85, with dishes like lobster bisque and tuna tartare; rib-eye or rack of lamb; apple tart or pot de creme. Reservations are 5 to 10 p.m. on Christmas Eve and noon to 10 p.m. on Christmas Day.

630 9th Ave, New York, NY 10036

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Nan Xiang Xiao Long Bao

The restaurant will be open its regular hours from 9 a.m. to 11:30 p.m. with a menu that ranges from soy milk and scallion pancakes to noodle soup, rice cakes, dim sum, and soup dumplings.

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39-16 Prince St #104, Queens, NY 11354

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The Press Club Grill

Chef Franklin Becker’s Press Club Grill features an $89 prix-fixe Christmas Eve and Christmas Day dinner with dishes like shrimp cocktail, beef Bourguignon, and sticky toffee pudding. Regular brunch and dinner menus are also available.

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1262 Broadway, New York, NY 10001

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A checkered floor with velvet banquettes of Press Club Grill. — The dining room at Press Club Grill.

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Koloman

Christmas Eve at Koloman is $165 per person and includes beef tartare or foie gras and poussin terrine; venison or roasted chicken with truffles; and apple strudel or Lübeck marzipan. Also available for the holidays: Pastries to go from $12 to $84, which can include Lubeck marzipan, walnut brownies, poppy seed rolls, apple strudel, gougeres, and a slice of Linzer torte. Whole stollen or apple strudel is also available for pickup, for $35 for a small one and $70 for a large one.

16 W 29th St, New York, NY 10001

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Zaytinya

From Thursday, December 21 through Christmas Day, Zaytinya offers a menu of fan favorites and seasonal dishes like green apple tzatziki or Persian celebration rice for the Holiday Chef’s Experience menu. It’s $105 per person.

1185 Broadway, New York, NY 10001

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Linen-covered chandeliers hang from the ceiling over a dining room with blue banquettes and light wood tables, and a bar with spherical blue lights is visible in the background. — The dining room at Zaytinya in New York.

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Portale

A four course prix fixe for $140 per person is on offer for Christmas Eve at Alfred Portale’s namesake restaurant. Choices include a roasted pear and bacon salad with gorgonzola; seared scallops; a seafood bucatini; chicken with polenta, mushrooms, and black truffle; and rack of lamb.

126 W 18th St, New York, NY 10011

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Barbuto

Chef Jonathan Waxman is offering a seven-course, family-style Feast of the Seven Fishes menu on Christmas Eve for $150 per person, from 2 to 8 p.m. The spread includes focaccia and crudite, crepes filled with caviar, fried calamari, seafood pasta, fish en brodo, and desserts like gingerbread yule log and chocolates.

113 Horatio St, New York, NY 10014

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Union Square Cafe

Union Square Cafe is doing a Feast of the Seven Fishes, inspired by the family traditions of chef Lena Ciardullo. It’s five courses that includes caviar service, calamari, lobster fra diavolo, tenderloin, and Italian struffoli for dessert. Reservations are open from 3 to 9:30 p.m. and are $195 per person.

101 E 19th St, New York, NY 10003

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A dining room at Union Square Cafe. — Union Square Cafe.

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Hancock St

For $75, chef Wolfgang Ban offers a three-course Christmas Eve dinner, with choices like king salmon with halibut carpaccio; dry-aged Christmas duck with cabbage and Brussels sprouts; and chocolate hazelnut souffle. The full menu is also available, along with specials like a black truffle linguine are also available.

257 6th Ave, New York, NY 10014

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The dining room at Hancock St. — Inside Hancock St.

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Principe

Christmas Eve is Feast of the Seven Fishes, a five-course menu for $158 per person, with dishes like oysters, snow crab claws with mustard greens, scallops with pistachio and sorrel, bacalao, lobster mafaldine, and Hudson Valley steelhead trout. The full menu will also be available.

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450 W Broadway, New York, NY 10012

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Raf's

Christmas Eve ushers in Feast of the Seven Fishes for $165 per person. The menu will be served family style inclusive of plateau de fruits de mer, Sicilian red prawns, and uni spaghetti. Reservations available via Resy.

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290 Elizabeth St, New York, NY 10012

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Fouquet's New York

Christmas Day Dinner runs from noon to 8 p.m. and is $195. It includes a choice of onion soup, squash salad, oysters, and foie gras terrine; and a main course of Dover sole, lamb chops, salmon, or duck. Desserts arrive by way of a dessert trolley.

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456 Greenwich St, New York, NY 10013

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Antica Pesa Brooklyn

For $100 per person, Antica Pesa is offering a prix-fixe menu for three seating times on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day: 5 to 7 p.m., 7 to 9 p.m., and 9 to 11 p.m. Menu items include a traditional lasagna alla Bolognese, roasted duck breast, and panettone gelato from Gelateria Gentile.

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115 Berry St, Brooklyn, NY 11249

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A dish for the holidays on a festive table setting. — Antica Pesa Brooklyn is open Christmas Day.

Metropolis

Christmas Eve features a night of live jazz and Metropolis’ first Feast of the Five Boroughs. Chefs Marcus Samuelsson and Ed Tinoco cook up a five-course tasting with dishes like oysters and pearls (Manhattan); an Astoria Greek salad; red snapper and pierogies (Brooklyn); and a Dominican sundae (Bronx), for $125 per person.

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251 Fulton St, New York, NY 10007

Roman's

Roman’s offers a Feast of the Seven Fishes for Christmas Eve for $145 per person, which includes antipasti, pasta, entree, and dessert.

243 Dekalb Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11205

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Red Rooster Harlem

310 Lenox Ave, New York, NY 10027

For $80, it’s carols with Ahmaya Knoelle & Friends, with a pre-paid, all-you-can-eat buffet.

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310 Lenox Ave, New York, NY 10027

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Cafe Luxembourg

200 W 70th St, New York, NY 10023

Cafe Luxembourg is open for brunch and dinner Christmas Eve and dinner Christmas Day; there will be specials as well as the regular menu; check the website for updates.

200 W 70th St, New York, NY 10023

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Jongro BBQ

155-14 Roosevelt Ave, Flushing, NY 11354

This Korean barbecue restaurant with locations in Flushing and Manhattan will be open for Christmas Eve and Christmas Day for walk-ins; reservations are available for tables of eight or more.

155-14 Roosevelt Ave, Flushing, NY 11354

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Kochi

652 10th Ave, New York, NY 10036

For Christmas Eve and Christmas Day, Sungchul Shim’s Kochi will offer a tasting menu for $145 per person that includes items like sweet potato soup with chapsal beignet; prawns with persimmon paste; a dry-aged pork collar with pistachio ssamjang; and snow crab bibimbap.

652 10th Ave, New York, NY 10036

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Aquavit

65 E 55th St, New York, NY 10022

On December 24 from noon to 9 p.m., for $225 per person, Nordic two-Michelin-star restaurant Aquavit offers both in-house and at-home Julbord, which includes Swedish meatballs, herring, salmon, meats, charcuterie, and desserts.

65 E 55th St, New York, NY 10022

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A hot cocktail at Aquavit. — Glogg at Aquavit

Marseille

630 9th Ave, New York, NY 10036

Marseille has a three-course prix-fixe meal offered Christmas Eve and Christmas Day for $85, with dishes like lobster bisque and tuna tartare; rib-eye or rack of lamb; apple tart or pot de creme. Reservations are 5 to 10 p.m. on Christmas Eve and noon to 10 p.m. on Christmas Day.

630 9th Ave, New York, NY 10036

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Nan Xiang Xiao Long Bao

39-16 Prince St #104, Queens, NY 11354

The restaurant will be open its regular hours from 9 a.m. to 11:30 p.m. with a menu that ranges from soy milk and scallion pancakes to noodle soup, rice cakes, dim sum, and soup dumplings.

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39-16 Prince St #104, Queens, NY 11354

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The Press Club Grill

1262 Broadway, New York, NY 10001

Chef Franklin Becker’s Press Club Grill features an $89 prix-fixe Christmas Eve and Christmas Day dinner with dishes like shrimp cocktail, beef Bourguignon, and sticky toffee pudding. Regular brunch and dinner menus are also available.

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1262 Broadway, New York, NY 10001

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A checkered floor with velvet banquettes of Press Club Grill. — The dining room at Press Club Grill.

Koloman

16 W 29th St, New York, NY 10001

Christmas Eve at Koloman is $165 per person and includes beef tartare or foie gras and poussin terrine; venison or roasted chicken with truffles; and apple strudel or Lübeck marzipan. Also available for the holidays: Pastries to go from $12 to $84, which can include Lubeck marzipan, walnut brownies, poppy seed rolls, apple strudel, gougeres, and a slice of Linzer torte. Whole stollen or apple strudel is also available for pickup, for $35 for a small one and $70 for a large one.

16 W 29th St, New York, NY 10001

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Coffee and sweets at the end of a meal. — A spread from Koloman.

Zaytinya

1185 Broadway, New York, NY 10001

From Thursday, December 21 through Christmas Day, Zaytinya offers a menu of fan favorites and seasonal dishes like green apple tzatziki or Persian celebration rice for the Holiday Chef’s Experience menu. It’s $105 per person.

1185 Broadway, New York, NY 10001

Visit Website

Linen-covered chandeliers hang from the ceiling over a dining room with blue banquettes and light wood tables, and a bar with spherical blue lights is visible in the background. — The dining room at Zaytinya in New York.

Portale

126 W 18th St, New York, NY 10011

A four course prix fixe for $140 per person is on offer for Christmas Eve at Alfred Portale’s namesake restaurant. Choices include a roasted pear and bacon salad with gorgonzola; seared scallops; a seafood bucatini; chicken with polenta, mushrooms, and black truffle; and rack of lamb.

126 W 18th St, New York, NY 10011

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Barbuto

113 Horatio St, New York, NY 10014

Chef Jonathan Waxman is offering a seven-course, family-style Feast of the Seven Fishes menu on Christmas Eve for $150 per person, from 2 to 8 p.m. The spread includes focaccia and crudite, crepes filled with caviar, fried calamari, seafood pasta, fish en brodo, and desserts like gingerbread yule log and chocolates.

113 Horatio St, New York, NY 10014

Visit Website

Union Square Cafe

101 E 19th St, New York, NY 10003

Union Square Cafe is doing a Feast of the Seven Fishes, inspired by the family traditions of chef Lena Ciardullo. It’s five courses that includes caviar service, calamari, lobster fra diavolo, tenderloin, and Italian struffoli for dessert. Reservations are open from 3 to 9:30 p.m. and are $195 per person.

101 E 19th St, New York, NY 10003

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A dining room at Union Square Cafe. — Union Square Cafe.

Hancock St

257 6th Ave, New York, NY 10014

For $75, chef Wolfgang Ban offers a three-course Christmas Eve dinner, with choices like king salmon with halibut carpaccio; dry-aged Christmas duck with cabbage and Brussels sprouts; and chocolate hazelnut souffle. The full menu is also available, along with specials like a black truffle linguine are also available.

257 6th Ave, New York, NY 10014

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The dining room at Hancock St. — Inside Hancock St.

Principe

450 W Broadway, New York, NY 10012

Christmas Eve is Feast of the Seven Fishes, a five-course menu for $158 per person, with dishes like oysters, snow crab claws with mustard greens, scallops with pistachio and sorrel, bacalao, lobster mafaldine, and Hudson Valley steelhead trout. The full menu will also be available.

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450 W Broadway, New York, NY 10012

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Raf's

290 Elizabeth St, New York, NY 10012

Christmas Eve ushers in Feast of the Seven Fishes for $165 per person. The menu will be served family style inclusive of plateau de fruits de mer, Sicilian red prawns, and uni spaghetti. Reservations available via Resy.

Open in Google Maps

290 Elizabeth St, New York, NY 10012

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Fouquet's New York

456 Greenwich St, New York, NY 10013

Christmas Day Dinner runs from noon to 8 p.m. and is $195. It includes a choice of onion soup, squash salad, oysters, and foie gras terrine; and a main course of Dover sole, lamb chops, salmon, or duck. Desserts arrive by way of a dessert trolley.

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456 Greenwich St, New York, NY 10013

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Antica Pesa Brooklyn

115 Berry St, Brooklyn, NY 11249

For $100 per person, Antica Pesa is offering a prix-fixe menu for three seating times on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day: 5 to 7 p.m., 7 to 9 p.m., and 9 to 11 p.m. Menu items include a traditional lasagna alla Bolognese, roasted duck breast, and panettone gelato from Gelateria Gentile.

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115 Berry St, Brooklyn, NY 11249

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A dish for the holidays on a festive table setting. — Antica Pesa Brooklyn is open Christmas Day.

Metropolis

251 Fulton St, New York, NY 10007

Christmas Eve features a night of live jazz and Metropolis’ first Feast of the Five Boroughs. Chefs Marcus Samuelsson and Ed Tinoco cook up a five-course tasting with dishes like oysters and pearls (Manhattan); an Astoria Greek salad; red snapper and pierogies (Brooklyn); and a Dominican sundae (Bronx), for $125 per person.

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251 Fulton St, New York, NY 10007

Roman's

243 Dekalb Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11205

Roman’s offers a Feast of the Seven Fishes for Christmas Eve for $145 per person, which includes antipasti, pasta, entree, and dessert.

243 Dekalb Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11205

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