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Christmas 1 $39.50. Sydney Harbour Waterfront Restaurants & Function Venues. The exciting Star Casino and the National Maritime Museum, the South. If you like your Christmas spread with a side of harbour views then book your seats at the Hyatt Regency Christmas Day lunch. It's $195 per adult and will include beverages, fresh seafood, a. Take your seat and revel in spectacular Sydney views from soaring high windows. Nowhere else in Sydney will you find such an award-winning establishment hovering high above Sydney’s glittering icons. The glass jewel box of a private dining room literally ‘floats’ 36 levels above the harbour, accommodating up to 18 guests. 3-hour cruise on Sydney Harbour Three course seated Seafood & carvery set menu Dessert, coffee & tea Fully licensed bar - packages available Xmas treats & bon bons Festive decor to set the mood Carols & background music Allocated indoor seated dining Large observation decks for the best views of Sydney Harbour Tickets for this cruise are already selling, so be sure to book in advance. CHRISTMAS DAY - FRIDAY 25 DECEMBER 2020. Join our family for Christmas Day, Christmas Lunch, Summer in Sydney and a spectacular cruise onboard Sydney 2000. Take in the sights from the expansive open observation deck and enjoy the feast on one of three restaurant decks. Great range of options for families, singles and travellers.

December 25…you’re sweatily rushing around the kitchen, tripping over the kids’ toys and struggling with trays while your family pick from half-finished plates to provide “feedback” on your dry, overcooked turkey. If you’ve ever found yourself up to your elbows in stuffing wondering why you indulge in the self-inflicted torture of cooking Christmas lunch, it’s time to start a new festive tradition. Celebrate with your loved ones at a beautiful restaurant – it means no menu planning, no grocery shopping and the best bit – no washing up!

Here are our top 10 picks for Christmas Day dining…

1. Glass brasserie at Hilton Sydney, Sydney CBD

Christmas is a time to indulge, so go all out and book a table at Hilton Sydney’s glass brasserie. Celebrity chef Luke Mangan has created a special Christmas-inspired three course menu. We’re pretty sure your family will be satisfied enough here to keep their cooking tips to themselves.

2. 360 Bar and Dining, Sydney CBD
Christmas Day lunch with revolving views of our glorious city sound good? Watch Sydney sparkle while you toast to great food and great company. Adult: $140 / Child: $50. Reservations are for 11.30am or 1.30pm.

360 Bar and Dining

3. Biota Dining, Bowral
Take a well-deserved mini break in the beautiful Southern Highlands to enjoy a special Christmas Day lunch at critically acclaimed Biota Dining for $165 per person. Cost includes a glass of champagne on arrival. Children aged under 13 only $65. For reservations, please call +61 2 4862 2005.

4. Altitude at Shangri-La Sydney, The Rocks

Take your Christmas celebrations to new heights, 36 levels above the harbour at Altitude Restaurant. Christmas Eve Dinner includes four courses and a glass of Champagne: $150 per adult and $75 per child. Christmas Day Lunch includes five courses and matching wines: $295 per adult and $150 per child. Christmas Day Dinner includes four courses and a glass of Champagne: $195 per adult and $130 per child. For bookings please email mansi.kant@shangri-la.com or call (02) 9250 6427

5. Botanic Gardens Restaurant,Sydney CBD
Enjoy a festive three course lunch at Botanic, featuring a range of traditional and seafood options. Adult guests will be welcomed with a glass of celebratory bubbles. Adults: $150 and children: $50. Lunch will be served at midday, with a second sitting at 2.30pm. Bookings are essential.

6. Bistro Fax Restaurant & Bar, Sydney CBD
Christmas for under $30!? You read it right! Bistro Fax is bringing the festive cheer with freshly baked bread to start, followed by a healthy summer salad and a mouth-watering main course served with crispy beer battered chips. Best of all, it comes with a complimentary glass of wine and free WIFI internet access. Available leading in the weeks leading up to Christmas.

7. Centennial Parklands Dining
Enjoy a BBQ in the surrounds of the beautiful Parklands, when Centennial serves up a banquet lunch for the whole family. With traditional and seafood BBQ cuisine on the grill, this relaxed atmosphere offers the quintessential Aussie Christmas experience. Adult: $130 / 5-11 years: $60 / 2-4 years: $30. Lunch is served from midday until 4pm.

Centennial Parklands Dining

8. Ho.Mei, Surry Hills
For an Asian-inspired Christmas Day, head to ho.mei. This new restaurant is offering a special Christmas banquet for either lunch or dinner, starting at $35 pp for six courses, plus dessert. Please call Romi on +61 2 8021 4806 or email info@homei.com.au for more details.

9. Ormeggio at The Spit, Mosman
In Australia, Christmas just isn’t Christmas without the water in sight, and with absolute waterfront tables at Ormeggio, plus an incredible four course menu on offer, this is a day that absolutely MUST be booked in advance! Enjoy Italian hospitality with a unique and memorable menu and location. Buon Natale!

10. The Bathers’ Pavilion, Balmoral

If your idea of a perfect Christmas involves sun, sand and sea, Bathers should be in your sights. Enjoy brunch for $125 per adult, 9am start – 10.30am finish. The Restaurant, Cafe and Room are open for Christmas lunch: *RESTAURANT – 4 courses, $275 per adult. 12 noon to 2.30pm. *CAFE – 3 courses, $195 per adult. 11.30am to 2pm OR 2.30pm to 5pm. *Buffet lunch in the ROOM. $210 including drinks, 12 noon to 3pm

It’s that time of year again, a time where we can finally let our hair down and prepare for Mariah marathons and Love Actually reruns. After a whirlwind 2020, we can all agree that a chance to let loose, shake off some of that stress, and spend time with loved ones is sorely needed.

No matter how you celebrate December 25th—whether you’re after a full-blown, coma-inducing feast, or you want to keep it low-key with a few wines, a good view and some delicious seafood—we’ve got a lineup of venues staying open on Christmas Day that’ll take care of the planning, organising, and feasting stress for you.

Here’s what's open on Christmas Day in Sydney this year so you don't have to cook.

Fratelli Fresh

Manly, Crows Nest, Darling Harbour, and the Entertainment Quarter

The kings of friendly Italian fare have your back this Christmas Day. Four Fratelli venues will be plating up a special shared menu for Christmas lunch between 12 and 3pm for a super-reasonable $89 per person and $29 for kids. As well as a limoncello on arrival (because, how else do you start Christmas lunch?), you'll be treated to antipasti and fresh prawns, a 12-hour slow-cooked lamb shoulder, honey glazed ham, a fresh fruit platter for dessert, and more. Thirsty? Throw in bottomless Aperol Spritz, Espresso Martini, Fratelli Fresh wine, prosecco, or craft beer for just $39pp. Bookings are available here.

Summertime spritz fiends will also love Fratelli's crazy new ' 25 Flavours of Spritzmas' spritz menu. Try mandarin and thyme, peach and rosemary, green apple, and refreshingly tropical lychee for $14 a glass or $29 for a jug.

Feast At Sheraton Grand Sydney Hyde Park

CBD

If you’re looking to splurge and ring-in the end of this weird and wild year with a well-deserved bang, look no further than the Sheraton Grand’s five-star celebrations. Expect all your classic seafood offerings at Feast (the hotel's famous buffet), with fresh Sydney rock oysters and blue swimmer crabs galore, as well as a selection of antipasti, charcuterie, Australian cheeses, and everyone’s favourite honey glazed ham and roast turkey being carved at live cooking stations throughout the hotel’s first floor. Mince pies, yule logs, and the ever-present pavlova all make an appearance, and we hear Santa might just pop his jelly-belly ‘round the corner, too, bearing gifts for kids under 12.

A Christmas Eve lunch starts at $129 for adults with dinner at $169, while a Christmas Day indulgence will set you back $289 per adult for lunch (including a three-hour beverage package of sparkling, white, and red wine, beer, soft drinks, and juice) or $229 per adult for dinner. For more info including children’s, Boxing Day, and New Years’ prices, head over here.

El Camino Cantina

Manly

Sipping fresh fruit slushie margaritas in sunny Manly sounds like a picture perfect Chrissie day to us. Good thing El Camino in Manly will be open for Christmas Day so this dream can be your reality. They're taking bookings from 12pm to 5pm, and you can dine a la carte or get a Deluxe Tex-Mex fiesta package ($89 per person). On the menu is spicy buffalo wings with blue-cheese mayo, adobo chicken fajitas, and crisp churros served deliciously warm with chocolate and caramel sauce for dipping. And yes, you can lock in two hours of slushie margaritas in a rainbow of seven fruity flavours. Book here.

The Winery

Surry Hills

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Everyone's favourite leafy wine garden will be keeping their doors wide open this Christmas—and if the sun is out and your nearest and dearest are all around, we couldn't think of a nicer spot to be. The Winery's Christmas lunch is available to book from 12 - 4pm, and involves a delicious, festive three-course lunch for $110 per person. Start with fresh oysters, tiger prawns, or chicken parfait, and move on to roast chicken or pink snapper with truffle butter.

For dessert, it's the most iconic of all Aussie Christmas desserts—pavlova with Frangelico ice cream and fresh fruit. Step things up a notch with bottomless drinks for $49 per person, or get the fancier drinks for $89 per person. More info and bookings are available here.

Ormeggio At The Spit

Mosman

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If sparkly water views and some of Sydney's very best Italian-inspired fare sounds like the Chrissie prezzie you totally deserve—treat yourself to a luxurious lunch at Ormeggio. You'll be treated to an Aperol Spritz on arrival, as well as three freshly shucked oysters. Then, you'll move into an incredible four-course lunch, including a cheese course. The restaurant is taking bookings between 11.45am and 3pm, and prices start at $285 per adult or $99 for kids. Jump over here for more info and to book your table.

Continental Deli

Newtown

Meanwhile, over in the Inner West, one of our favourite spots for a martini and a little charcuterie (and some of Sydney's best sandwiches) is planning a special Christmas roast for Christmas Day this year. They'll be open from 12pm through to 5pm with just a 10% surcharge in play. Book here.

Pilu

Freshwater

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Pilu is one of Sydney's most unique restaurants—set in a charming beach cottage on Freshwater Beach. It also happens to be one of our best restaurants, with head chef Giovanni Pilu's Sardinian flair and love of beautiful, seasonal ingredients earning him two chef's hats. If that sounds like the sort of Christmas Day you'd like to have, book yourself a table at their extra-special set menu Christmas lunch. For $290 per person or $90 for kids, the menu features a particularly amazing saffron maccheroncini with lobster and confit tomato. More details and bookings are available here.

Glass Brasserie

CBD

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Luke Mangan's mainstay Glass Brasserie does not skimp on the Christmas Day feasting. Housed within the shiny Hilton Hotel, you can totally escape the summer heat and indulge in a super-special Christmas brunch ($95 per person), at either 9.30am or 10am. If it's lunch you're looking for, Glass Brasserie has a four-course set menu lunch available from 1pm finishing at 4pm ($195), but if the evening is you're preferred feasting time, book a table from 6pm with either two-course ($110) or three-course ($120) options available. More info and bookings are here.

Manta

Woolloomooloo

Sydney really is the spot for great restaurants with water views. Manta is also staying open this Christmas Day with a luxurious four-course, seafood-filled lunch complete with a complimentary flute of champagne on arrival. For $325 per person and $125 for children, you'll be treated to things like Port Stephens king prawns, a lobster cocktail slider, freshly shucked Sydney Rock oysters served with oscietra caviar, salt-baked Queensland jumbo prawns with bottarga butter—and that's just the appetisers and entrees. More details and bookings are available here.

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Image credit: Glass Brasserie, Fratelli Fresh, Feast