A year ago, Côte Brasserie opened on Christmas Day for the first time. It is doing so again this year, and the decision says a lot about how people now want to spend 25 December: some at a restaurant table, some at home with the cooking done for them. Côte’s Christmas 2026 plans cater for both.
Christmas at Ours
From 24 November, seasonal specials join the usual à la carte, so diners can add a festive touch to a familiar meal or go all in. Highlights include roast turkey ballotine with beechwood-smoked bacon, sage and onion stuffing and a cranberry harissa pig in blanket, golden curried hake, and a squash, sage and onion tourtière. Desserts include a clementine and pistachio crêpe and Christmas pudding ice cream.
The Festive Set Menu costs £34.95 for two courses or £39.95 for three, aimed at Christmas parties and long lunches. Breakfast and weekend brunch get the festive treatment too, with a pigs in blanket sandwich and a French toast stack with spiced clementines.
There are two festive cocktails at £10.50 each: a Mulled Berry Spritz with Courvoisier and Grand Marnier, and an alcohol-free Ginger Berry Spritz made with Pentire Coastal blood orange apéritif. Guests who dine over the festive period will also receive a treat to enjoy on a return visit in January.
Christmas Day
On 25 December, almost all Côte brasseries will open for a five-course celebration with a glass of fizz at £99.95 per person. The exceptions are Bluewater, Lewes, Reading and Royal Festival Hall.
Christmas at Yours
For those hosting, Côte at Home returns with five chef-prepared festive meal boxes, from the classic turkey with all the trimmings and Chateaubriand to a vegetarian Wellington, plus starters, sides, desserts, entertaining boxes and a festive hamper. The Festive Turkey Feast costs £119.95 and the Festive Chateaubriand Feast £149.95, each serving four to six, while the Festive Turkey Box for two is £54.95. Delivery runs from 16 to 31 December, and everything is designed to be finished at home with straightforward instructions.
The menus are by Côte executive chef Steve Allen, formerly executive chef for Gordon Ramsay. “Christmas is all about bringing people together over great food,” he said. “Whether guests are joining us in a brasserie, celebrating Christmas Day with us or hosting at home, we want to make the occasion feel special, relaxed and full of festive flavour. Joyeux Noël!”
What it means for diners
The choice used to be cook or book. Côte is betting that many people want something in between. If you are cooking yourself, it is worth getting your Christmas delivery slot booked early and checking the common mistakes that stop roast potatoes crisping.
Bookings are at cote.co.uk and the home collection is at coteathome.co.uk. Details and image via Côte.
