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5 Fife restaurants serving up a festive lunch or dinner this Christmas Day

Cooking up a festival meal can be stressful, so here are some venues you can book for your relaxing Christmas Day lunch in Fife.

christmas day turkey dinner
Enjoy Christmas at The Royal George Hotel. Image: Shutterstock.

There’s no time like the present to start planning your Christmas lunch or dinner in a fabulous Fife restaurant.

From traditional Christmas lunch to more elaborate 13-course meals, there is something for everyone.

Fife is home to many high-end and budget venues creating delicious menus for you and your family to indulge in during the festive season.

If you live over the water, also see our Dundee Christmas dinner venues.

Sweet Chestnut – Dunfermline

The Sweet Chestnut pub in Dunfermline is offering a Christmas Day carvery with three courses for £64.99 per person.

You can choose from four different starters including tomato soup, chicken liver & brandy pâté, and king prawn & smoked salmon cocktail.

Sweet Chestnut offers one of the best Sunday roasts in Fife, so we’re expecting big things from main courses such as roast turkey, salmon & prawn en croûte, spinach & butternut squash tart, and minted lamb shank. Of course with all the trimmings.

And with a choice of five desserts – like Christmas pudding, rich caramel tart and cherry & brandy mousse – there is something for everyone to enjoy this Christmas Day.

Address: 11 Fife Leisure Park, Dunfermline KY11 8EX

Christmas Day carvery at The Sweet Chestnut in Fife
The Sweet Chestnut’s carvery will have you salivating. Image: The Sweet Chestnut

Dhoom – Dunfermline

If it’s authentic Indian food in Fife you are after on Christmas Day, Dhoom Indian Streatery offers a 13-course menu for £59.95 per adult, £19.95 for children and £29.95 for children under 10.

Three pre-starters start the evening, chilli soya chaat, crispy masala turkey and thakkali rassam – a South Indian soup.

Next up are eight(!) starters, including tandoori chicken chaap, yellow chilli king prawn and navratan seekh kebab.

There’s a choice of 10 dishes for your main, from king prawn methi malai and paneer lababdar to goat karahi and mango chicken.

To top it all off, there’s Christmas pudding, gulab jamun or coconut ladu.

Address: 19-25 New Row, Dunfermline KY12 7EA 

Dish from Dhoom in Fife
Dhoom’s dak bungalow chicken main with sides. Image: Kim Cessford / DC Thomson

The Kingswood Hotel – Burntisland

You can arrange your Christmas celebrations with the help of The Kingswood Hotel in Burntisland, including a three-course meal for £85 per person and £40 per child.

Start off with a glass of fizz or winter cocktail on arrival before tucking in to a traditional or Indian meal.

Starters include smoked salmon pate, black pudding and haggis bon bons, and tandoori prawns.

As well as the traditional Christmas carvery, there’s grilled fillet of seabass, chicken or vegetable bhuna, nut roast and beef medallions on offer.

For pudding you can choose between spiced pear pavlova, millionaires cheesecake, or Christmas pudding.

Address: Kingswood Hotel & Tall Trees Restaurant, Kinghorn Road, Fife KY3 9LL

The Kingswood Hotel in Fife
The Kingswood Hotel is hosting festive events throughout December.

Gilvenbank Hotel – Glenrothes

Located on Huntsman’s road in Glenrothes, Gilvenbank Hotel is serving up a three-course Christmas Day lunch served from 12.15pm.

Priced at £74.95 per adult and £29.95 per child under 12, you can choose from three starters of honey roast parsnip soup, melon and Parma ham, or smoked salmon.

Turkey and stuffing roulade, roast ribeye steak, poached salmon, and mushroom & leek risotto are on the menu for the main course.

And to round off your meal you can enjoy a sticky toffee pudding, Christmas pudding, or vanilla cheesecake if that tickles your fancy.

Address: Huntsman’s Road, Glenrothes, KY7 6NL

A roast turkey Christmas Day dinner
Enjoy a turkey dinner at Gilvenbank Hotel. Image: Shutterstock

The Godfather Restaurant – St Andrews

The Godfather restaurant in St Andrews, located within the scenic Stewart’s Resort, is offering an indulgent dining experience for Christmas Day.

Guests can enjoy a three-course festive feast featuring a range of luxurious dishes, inspired by Italian cuisine and seasonal flavours for £65.95 per person.

The Godfather promises a memorable Christmas which begins with a glass of prosecco, followed by a choice of soup, smoked salmon crostini, poplette al forno or breaded brie to start.

Mains include traditional roast turkey, grilled salmon, seafood linguine and grilled lamb.

To finish off your indulgent meal you have a choice of limoncello bomb, Christmas pudding, Baileys tiramisu, a cheese board or creme brulee.

The Godfather restaurant in St Andrews.

Rufflets Hotel – St Andrews

Rufflets Hotel in St Andrews is going above and beyond with this year’s Christmas Day lunch priced at £130 per person.

The mouth-watering four-course feast starts with canapes and a glass of champagne before celeriac & truffle veloute.

Then a starter of East Neuk smoked salmon, beetroot, caviar & buttermilk.

The main course is roast bronze turkey with chestnut stuffing, chipolata and the traditional vegetables.

Dessert is dark chocolate & ginger parfait with orange and Drambuie, before tea, coffee, mine pie and petit fours to end the meal.

A separate vegan and vegetarian menu of beetroot, melon, sesame, goats curd for starter and cauliflower, blue cheese & walnut pie, with all the trimmings for main is also available.

Address: B939, Strathkinness Low Road, St Andrews, KY16 9TX

Scottish venison dish at Rufflets St Andrews
Rufflets St Andrews’ Scottish venison with pickled red cabbage, pear and neeps. Image: Steve Brown/DC Thomson

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