I overlooked the fact that most restaurants will be closed on Christmas day in London, which is a bit surprising, as I'd have expected a few restaurants serving non-European cuisines to be open. We've called a few, and so far, it's been crickets.
The ideal situation would be finding a place serving traditional British Christmas fare (geese/ pheasants/ or beef Wellington), but I have no idea where to begin to look.
Pertinent info: hotel in a central-ish location (near St. Paul's Cathedral). Neither the rooms nor the hotel "kitchen" has an oven, but our room has a stovetop. We can bring frying pans and such, but probably wouldn't be able to bake anything. There's a good-sized fridge in the room, and we could have meal kits and items delivered on the 24th.
Solution sought: meal kit delivery that may be able to deliver something we could heat up ourselves. Alternatively, restaurants serving Christmas fare to ill-prepared tourists such as myself, with preference for something close to St. Paul's (b/c I have the sense it'd be difficult to even get a taxi that day) and a price of not too much more than ~80£ per person.
Many thanks in advance
Suggestions sought for Christmas day meal ideas in London
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Suggestions sought for Christmas day meal ideas in London
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Re: Need suggestions for Christmas day meal ideas in London
When you called the hotel, what did they suggest?
Re: Need suggestions for Christmas day meal ideas in London
An internet search turns up lots of places that you can volunteer to feed the homeless Christmas dinner. But it also turns up this: https://www.theinfatuation.com/london/g ... estaurants
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Re: Need suggestions for Christmas day meal ideas in London
Thanks for the lead, I'll get started on calling up places.livesoft wrote: ↑Sun Oct 02, 2022 4:14 pm An internet search turns up lots of places that you can volunteer to feed the homeless Christmas dinner. But it also turns up this: https://www.theinfatuation.com/london/g ... estaurants
As for the hotel, it wasn't too much more than a shoulder shrug when I called. I also expected better because when we were in Berlin (where most places shut down for Christmas Eve, although even then public transit still runs), the concierge was more than helpful in suggesting places we could go. Perhaps the concierge I spoke to at the London hotel was just particularly cranky that day?
Re: Need suggestions for Christmas day meal ideas in London
A quick search provides these possibilities for 2022.
https://www.designmynight.com/london/be ... -in-london
https://www.squaremeal.co.uk/restaurant ... ondon_9488
https://www.savoychristmas.com/festive-dining
https://www.timeout.com/london/food-dri ... istmas-day
https://www.designmynight.com/london/be ... -in-london
https://www.squaremeal.co.uk/restaurant ... ondon_9488
https://www.savoychristmas.com/festive-dining
https://www.timeout.com/london/food-dri ... istmas-day
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Re: Need suggestions for Christmas day meal ideas in London
I'd imagine you'd at least be able to find a fancy hotel serving a Christmas dinner meal that day. There has to be at least one, in London.
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