The holidays are officially here! If you’ve decided that cooking and cleaning aren’t on your to-do list this year, we’ve compiled a list of restaurants where you can celebrate on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. Wherever you celebrate, we hope you have a merry, healthy and delicious holiday season.
PALM BEACH COUNTY
Avalon Steak & Seafood
On Christmas Day, celebrate with a three-course prix fixe menu at this Atlantic Avenue steakhouse. Look forward to a creamy lobster bisque, tender duck or savory wild boar pappardelle.
110 E. Atlantic Ave., Delray Beach; 561/593-2500; avalondelray.com
Batch Gastropub: Delray
This isn’t just a Christmas menu, but more of a holiday menu that is available daily from Dec. 23 – Jan. 2. Items include tuna tataki and lobster risotto.
14813 Lyons Rd Delray Beach; 561/877-0000; batchgastropub.com
Corvina Seafood Grill
Downtown Boca’s newest seafood haven will be serving up a three-course Christmas Eve menu.
110 Plaza Real S., Boca Raton; 561/206-0066; corvinabocaraton.com
Ember Grill
The Ray Hotel’s street side restaurant is hosting a Christmas Eve four-course dinner as well as a Christmas Day brunch with an a la carte menu.
233 NE 2nd Ave., Delray Beach; 561/739-1705; embergrildelray.com
Lemongrass Asian Bistro, Ganzo Sushi and The Sea
These Urban Belly Restaurant Group concepts are letting you take home the fun with holiday sushi-making kits that include salmon, spicy tuna, shrimp tempura, asparagus, cucumber, avocado and several trimmings.
Pre-order your sushi kit for $99.99 by visiting each specific restaurant’s website:
lemongrassasianbistro.com; ganzodelray.com; theseaasianbistro.com
BROWARD COUNTY
B Ocean Resort’s Naked Crab
B Ocean Resort’s Naked Crab Seafood Kitchen & Bar will be serving up three-course meals on both Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. Adult dinner is $75, children under 12 is $30. On Christmas Eve, the property’s Wrek Bar will also be hosting a holiday-themed Aqua Mermaid Burlesque show. Reserve tickets here.
1140 Seabreeze Blvd., Fort Lauderdale; 954/564-1000; bhotelsandresorts.com
Botanic at the Kimpton Goodland Hotel Fort Lauderdale
One of the newest hotels in Fort Lauderdale is hosting a special Christmas Eve dinner with rack of lamb and pork loin with a brown sugar Dijon glaze or celebrate Christmas Day with a seared duck breast or spiral ham.
2900 Riomar St., Fort Lauderdale; 954/908-7301; botanicfl.com
Burlock Coast at the Ritz-Carlton Fort Lauderdale
Celebrate Christmas Eve with a prime rib dinner or Christmas Day with an a la carte seaside brunch.
1 N. Fort Lauderdale Beach Blvd., Fort Lauderdale; 954/302-6460; ritzcarlton.com
Lona Cocina & Tequileria
Celebrate Christmas Eve with a Mexican twist. Indulge in dishes like tamal de guayava or taco de lechon. The full dinner menu will also be available alongside holiday cocktails like the Dreaming of a White Horchata.
Westin Fort Lauderdale; 321 North Fort Lauderdale Beach Boulevard, Fort Lauderdale; 954/245-3069; lonarestaurant.com
Oceans 234
The holiday menu that will be available from Dec. 23 – Jan. 5 and features items like wagyu nigiri, truffle gnocci and short rib osso bucco.
234 North Ocean Boulevard, Deerfield Beach; 954/428-2539; oceans234.com
Union Kitchen & Bar
The husband and wife team behind this Broward staple is cooking up a selection of holiday treats for its a la carte menu like pork tamales and pumpkin ravioli. The Wilton Manors restaurant will be open on the 24th and 25th.
2309 N Dixie Hwy, Wilton Manors; 754/216-0143; unionkb.com
