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 further west, see our Perth Christmas dinner venues here.
The Camperdown Elm
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 three-course Christmas meal for £64.99 per person, and £32.99 per child under 10.
Starters include mushroom and thyme soup, oak smoked salmon, beetroot and red onion tart, and duck liver pate. Then follows mains of roast turkey, grilled sea bass, spinach, butternut squash and cranberry tart, and a duo of beef.
And for dessert? They have not disappointed with Christmas pudding, Basque cheesecake, a trio of chocolate, and banoffee ice cream cake 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
Dundee Woodlands Hotel
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 & lentil soup, hot smoked salmon mousse, sweet chilli prawns and chicken liver pate.
As well as roast turkey breast, salmon fillet and butternut squash, cumin & lentil wellington are your options for mains.
Tempting desserts are Christmas pudding, chocolate and orange brownie mousse cake, salted caramel cheesecake and cheese and biscuits. The meal ends 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
Invercarse Hotel
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 & 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, 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
The Riverside Inn
A three-course meal and a glass of prosecco can be enjoyed at The Riverside Inn this Christmas for £59.99 per person.
With a choice of five starters you can look forward to cheese soufflé, clementine peri-peri chicken skewers, creamy mushrooms, goat’s cheese and beetroot bruschetta or chargrilled black tiger prawns.
It’s all about tradition when you get to your main course, as you can enjoy hand-carved turkey with all the trimmings, root vegetable and nut roast, seabass fillet with prawns or a fillet steak.
For those who love pudding, the venue has chocolate fondant, a triple chocolate sundae, lemon tart, a cheese board or a traditional Christmas pudding to pick from.
Address: Riverside Drive, Dundee DD2 1UH
Malmaison
Celebrate Christmas Day in style at the Malmaison Bar & Grill with a four-course feast including a glass of Champagne for £109 per person.
The meal starts off with celeriac and truffle croquettes with truffle mayo for the table, before starters of either winter vegetable & lentil soup, treacle cured salmon, beef carpaccio or burrata, chicory & orange salad come out.
Mains include turkey breast, dry aged beef fillet, pan-fried halibut, and creamy gnocchi ricotta bake. All are served with roast potatoes, buttered chestnut sprouts, maple roasted carrots & parsnips.
For dessert you can enjoy sticky toffee Christmas pudding, Christmas pavlova, black forest trifle or a cheese and cracker selection. To finish, there is coffee with Valhrona chocolate truffles.
Address: 44 Whitehall Cresent, Dundee DD1 4AY
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