Autumn is here already, which means Christmas is just around the corner! But don't worry if you haven't booked your Christmas day lunch or festive celebrations for 2025 yet, we've got a great selection of venues for you to choose from.
Festive Feasts
Available for lunch or dinner from 1 to 22 December, and also catering for corporate and group bookings up to 40 people, Italian restaurant Al Molo in Dorchester is offering a 3 course menu for £44 per person. Celebrate in Italian style with choices such as chestnut filled ravioli or gnocchi sitting alongside traditional roast turkey.
In both Bournemouth and Dorchester, Côte Brasserie offer their Menu de Noël for lunch or dinner from 19 November until 24 December. Full of French flavours, this 3 course menu starts at £43.95.
Choose from festive lunches, dinners, disco nights and even a Christmas Eve Brunch at the Isle of Purbeck Golf Club. Lunches are available from 1 to 23 December with festive dinner and disco nights on Friday and Saturday evenings. Small and large groups catered for with panoramic views across Poole Harbour. Prices start at £31 per person.
Over in the picturesque village of Corfe Castle, the luxurious Mortons Manor Christmas Menu is available until 23 December for either lunch or dinner. The menus includes 2 or 3 courses starting at £35 per person, with the option of adding tea or coffee with a mince pie for an additional charge.
Christmas Day
Including delicious choices such as winter parsnip and leek terrine, ballotine of turkey and cider brandy Christmas pudding, the 3 course Christmas Day Menu at the stylish Grosvenor Arms in Shaftesbury costs £110 per person and £55 per child up to the age of 10.
The 3 course Christmas Day menu at The Kings Arms in Dorchester includes pan fried king scallops, roast free range turkey and Christmas pudding. Relax in contemporary surroundings within the county town of Dorset for £110 per person and £55 per child up to the age of 10.
Côte Brasserie will be taking care or everything this Christmas Day at both their Bournemouth and Dorchester restaurants. Starting with a glass of fizz, followed by a 3 course lunch, you can expect a traditional Christmas menu with a French twist. The price is £87.95 per person and £45.95 per child.
