Christmas Day is a time for family and friends to get together and celebrate. It’s a while away still, but you can already start planning your Christmas lunch or dinner in a fabulous Dundee restaurant.
Cooking up a meal for everyone can prove stressful, and quite frankly exhausting, especially if there’s a lot of hungry mouths to feed.
So, the Courier Food and Drink team has collated a list of some of the top places in Dundee that are open on Christmas Day. That means a stress-free kitchen for you and a relaxing meal for everyone else.
Whether you would like to enjoy your Christmas dinner in the evening or prefer an earlier lunch, there’s an option for everyone on our list.
If you like your Dundee recommendations but live over the water, see our Fife Christmas dinner venues here.
First on our list is The Camperdown Elm on Fulton Road. They already offer a fabulous Sunday roast, so we’re expecting big things with the Christmas offering.
They are offering a spectacular two-course Christmas meal for £21.99 per person or three courses for £24.99.
Choices for starters include tomato soup, oak smoked salmon, and porcini mushroom arancini, followed by mains of turkey, sea bass and spinach, butternut squash and cranberry tart.
And for dessert? They have not disappointed with a traditional Christmas pudding, Basque cheesecake, apple and cherry crumble, and a rich chocolate fudge brownie to choose from.
As a thank you for being so organised, the venue is offering a £10 voucher to spend at the premises in November or January for booking before October 31.
Address: 1A Fulton Road, Dundee DD2 4SW
Next up is Forbes of Kingennie on the outskirts of Broughty Ferry, who have two sittings, one in The Scullery restaurant and the other in Inglesmaldie Events Suite.
You’ll kick off the festive celebrations with a glass of fizz on arrival, which will be followed by a delicious three course meal and topped off with tea or coffee and mince pies.
There are three choices for each course, starters include curried sweet potato and butternut squash soup, chicken and black truffle parfait, and treacle cured salmon loin.
Mains of course boast roast turkey, as well as beef wellington and butternut squash, spinach and goats cheese wellington. Finish the meal with a Christmas pudding, white chocolate and passionfruit cheesecake or dark chocolate and salted caramel brownie.
A Christmas Day meal in this fine Dundee eatery is priced at £69.95 per adult and £29.95 per child under 12.
Address: Forbes of Kingennie Country Resort, Broughty Ferry DD5 3RD
This Best Western hotel in Broughty Ferry offers party nights and “Christmas Cracker” dinners ahead of the big day, as well as a Christmas Day meal including a glass of fizz.
The menu has a lot of options, including vegan and gluten free courses. Starters include carrot, parsnip and lentil soup, hot smoked salmon mousse and chicken liver pate.
As well as roast turkey breast, salmon fillet and butternut squash, cumin and lentil wellington are your options for mains.
Tempting desserts are Christmas pudding, chocolate and orange brownie mousse cake, salted caramel cheese cake and cheese and biscuits. The meal is topped off with tea, coffee and mints.
Dundee Woodlands Hotel’s Christmas Day dinner costs £64 per adult and £32 for children under 12.
Address: 13 Panmure Terrace, Broughty Ferry DD5 2QL
As well as offering a Christmas Day takeaway lunch, you can enjoy a three course dinner bookended by canapes and fizz, and coffee and shortbread.
Served in the Redwood Restaurant, Christmas Day lunch costs £68 per person.
Starters include chicken Caesar croquettes, baby gem, garlic aioli and bacon crumble, smoked haddock, leek and potato soup, and mushroom, butternut squash and spinach lasagne.
The roast turkey breast has lots of trimmings, such as bacon wrapped chipolatas, honey roasted carrots and parsnips and herb roasties. If that doesn’t excite you, what about salt and chilli sea bass, thai spiced fishcake and pak choi and sweet chilli or sweet potato, red onion marmalade and pumpkin seed tart?
Desserts range from warm Clootie dumpling with custard and Dundee marmalade ice cream and raspberry and white chocolate meringue and pistachio ice cream to Scottish cheeses, chutney and crackers.
Address: 371 Perth Road, Dundee DD2 1PG
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