Top 10 Christmas dinner & hotel deals - Dubai 2011
As the festive season approaches, Hotelier Middle East rounds up 10 of Dubai's best Christmas culinary experiences offered at the emirate's hotels.
If you're looking for some inspiration for this year's celebrations, click through to the following 10 pages...
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- Holiday fun at Dubai Marriott Harbour Hotel & Suites
This Christmas, families can enjoy a memorable experience at Dubai Marriott Harbour Hotel & Suites, premier hotel apartments in Dubai.
The Observatory offers a unique dining experience with a 360-degree view of the city from the 52nd floor.
For a more casual, family-friendly atmosphere, AZ.U.R’s colorful decor is sure to delight. With authentic Spanish, Moroccan, French and Italian dishes no one will leave hungry.
Christmas Themed Brunches, Friday December 23 and Sunday December 25, from 12:30pm-4pm
Indulge in copious amounts of treats, including dishes from the a la carte menu and a delicious buffet spread created by culinary masters at The Observatory, with its mesmerising views of the Marina.
Specials include:
AED 600 inclusive of bubbly and house beverages
AED 450 inclusive of soft beverages
AED 300 for children aged 6-12
Christmas Eve at The Observatory, Saturday December 24, 5pm – 11pm
With an appetising and gourmet menu to offer, The Observatory is a great venue to celebrate this Christmas Eve with friends or loved ones.
Watch the city lights flicker across the Marina as you indulge in the finest fare. Choose from a three-course meal with a choice of four items, a set menu for AED 275, or a drinks package from AED 70 per person.
Christmas Eve at AZ.U.R - Saturday December 24
Serving inviting dishes to tempt the taste buds, AZ.U.R offers a stylish, seasonal setting with authentic cosmopolitan views.
Whether you find yourself dining indoors in the vibrant blue hues of the restaurant or seated under the spectacular stars, one thing is certain: Christmas Eve dinner at AZ.U.R will fill your heart with festive joy.
Enjoy a relaxing evening with a three-course meal with a choice of four items for AED 275 (inclusive of soft beverages) or a drinks package from AED from AED 70 per person.
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- Takeaway Turkey and Christmas carols from Crowne Plaza Abu Dhabi Yas Island
Gingerbread-house making and Christmas-tree lighting
Bring all the family and sing along to your favourite carols with the hotel's choir, enjoy special Christmas treats and chat with Santa Claus, plus decorate your very own gingerbread house.
Date: December 10th 2011
Time: Gingerbread House Making - 2:00pm – 5:00pm (ballroom)
Christmas tree Lighting – 5:00pm (lobby)
Price: AED 90* per gingerbread house. Limited spaces available – advance booking required
*Subject to 10% service charge & 6% tourism fee
Christmas Delights Takeaway Menu
Sit back and relax! We’ll do the cooking for you this year.
Date: Order forms available at Views lobby lounge from late November
Christmas and New Years Eve at Stills
Christmas Eve Dinner
Enjoy a four-course festive menu, with a welcome drink on arrival and party all night with the hotel's resident DJ, Jeff Davies.
Date: December 24
Time: 7pm-midnight
Price: AED 150*
A la carte menu also available.
*Subject to 10% service charge & 6% tourism fee
Christmas Day Dinner
Celebrate Christmas Day with friends & family with a four-course festive menu including a glass of bubbly or traditional Christmas drink and party all night with the hotel's resident DJ, Jeff Davies.
Date: December 25
Time: 7pm-11pm
Price: AED 150*
A la carte menu also available.
*Subject to 10% service charge & 6% tourism fee
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- Mince pies and cheer at The Address Dubai Marina
Brunch at Mazina
Celebrate the big day with succulent treats from the hotel's international buffet. The family brunch offers a choice of cuisines from around the world.
Date: December 24
Time: 12:30pm-4pm
Price: Buffet AED 295 inclusive of soft beverages; separate beverage packages available on request
Dinner at Mazina
Enjoy a superb festive cuisine overlooking Dubai Marina, one of the city’s most chic districts. With an a la carte menu, salad buffet and mouthwatering desert buffet a treat is in store for all.
Date: December 24
Time: 6:30pm to 11:30pm
Price: AED 220 inclusive of soft beverages; separate beverage packages available on request
Festive Brunch at Mazina
Savour a festive brunch filled with luscious traditional favorites such as roast turkey, English roast, mince pies, classic pastries and special eggnog station.
Date: 25th December, 2011
Time: 12:30 pm to 4 pm
Price: AED 395 inclusive of buffet and soft beverages; separate beverage packages available on request
For reservations, call 04 4367777 or Email dine.dubaimarina@emaar.ae
Festive Dinner at Mazina
Experience the magic of an enjoyable evening with family and friends at Mazina.
Date: 25th December, 2011
Time: 6:30 pm to 11:30 pm
Price: AED 220 inclusive of soft beverages; separate beverage packages available on request
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- Santa Claus to visit Holiday Inn Al Barsha
Christmas Eve - December 24
Venue: The Royal Budha
Time: 7pm-10:30pm
Dress code: Smart casual
Set menu at 175AED/- net per person with a glass of bubbly
Venue: Al Sarab
Time: 7pm-3am
Dress code: Smart casual
Set menu at 175AED/- net per person
With live entertainment
Christmas Brunch – December 25
Venue: The Gem Garden
Time: 12pm-3:30pm
Dress code: Smart casual
International Brunch Buffet at 150AED/- net per person inclusive of unlimited selected house beverages.
Activities: Face painting, Santa Claus visit with gifts for the kids, carol singing at 1pm
Venue: Al Sarab
Time: 12pm-3:30pm
Dress code: Smart casual
Set menu at 175AED/- net per person inclusive of unlimited selected house beverages.
Activities: Live entertainment
Face painting, Santa Claus visit with gifts for the kids.
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- Gifts and feasts at Radisson Blu Hotel, Dubai Media City
Christmas Day Lunch at Chef’s House, Radisson Blu Hotel, Dubai Media City
On Christmas Day, Chef’s House puts the festive lights on a global spread including traditional favourites, oriental flavours and the best of international delicacies.
Meanwhile, Santa Claus has confirmed that Chef ’s House is on his schedule and that a sack load of gifts will be delivered amid the cotton candy, popcorn, face painting, balloons galore and more at the Kids' Corner.
Serving 12:30pm-4pm on December 25
Festive buffet including soft drinks at AED 169 per person
Festive buffet with selected beverages and free-flowing bubbly rosé at AED 249 per person
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- Christmas goodies at Crowne Plaza Dubai – Deira
Gingerbread house warming
December 6, from 4pm-8pm
Aquarium Lounge
Follow the sweet aroma from the lobby to the Gingerbread house at Aquarium Lounge. At the strike of 6pm, St. Nicholas will be at the hotel to give goodies to the children.
St. Nicholas Day offer includes a buffet of mince pie, ginger cookies, Christmas goodies, hot chocolate and hot punch for only AED 49.
Christmas Feast
December 6-31
Spice Island
Bring home Christmas goodies such as Christmas cakes, puddings, mince pies, gingerbread house, chocolate Santas, Christmas cookies, Christmas hampers and many others as gifts for your loved ones.
Complete your Christmas and New Year’s feasts with our delicious turkey served with all the delightful trimmings.
Christmas Eve dinner at Spice Island
December 24 from 6.30pm-11.30pm
A lavish Christmas Eve buffet awaits you featuring all your Christmas favourites plus the hotel's resident band, Sugar Free. Start the celebration with international salads and soups following a grand variety of main courses and desserts.
Santa arrives at 8pm.
Package start from AED 249/-net
Kids - AED 99/-net (6 – 12 years old)
Christmas Day brunch and Christmas Day dinner
December 25 from 12pm-4pm and dinner from 6.30-11.30pm
Enjoy the hotel's Christmas Day brunch or dinner at Spice Island featuring Christmas traditional foods plus the hotel's resident band, Sugar Free, who will be serenading guests with Christmas carols at brunch.
Menu highlights:
Cold buffet, Oriental salads, various international breads, soups and International buffet
Roast turkey with traditional stuffing and gravy, Beef Wellington with red-wine sauce, roasted potatoes, pork gammon with apple sauce and gravy and Yorkshire pudding
Live cooking stations: Italian, Mongolian, Tandoori, Japanese (Sushi and Sashimi), omelette and waffles and ice cream
Desserts: Christmas cake, mince Pies, apple Crumble, yule log, almond stollen and many more
Package start from AED 249/-net
Kids - AED 99/-net (6 – 12 years old)
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- Big celebrations at Grand Millennium Dubai
Feel the true spirit of Christmas at the Grand Millennium Dubai, offering a variety of options to make this year's celebrations special.
December 3, 2011
Saint Nicholas Day
Special Buffet at Belgian Beer Cafe
Price: AED 185, including one bottle of beer
Time: 12pm-3.30pm and 7pm-10.30pm
Tom Turkey
Served with herbs, roasted baby potatoes, buttered carrots, brussel sprouts, chestnut stuffing, giblet sauce, cranberry sauce, glazed chestnut and veal, chipolata sausages and pumpkin pie.
Price: AED 725 for 5-6 kgs min (7-8 kgs uncooked weight)
Orders can be placed at Atrium restaurant and are available for pick-up from 10am-7pm. Last date for receiving orders Dec 31.
Home delivery can be arranged in Greens and Tecom areas in Dubai from 10am-7pm
December 25, 2011
Christmas Day international brunch at Atrium restaurant
Price: AED 169 including a glass of wine or beer
AED 235 including free-flow of house spirits, house wines and house beers for three hours
Time: 12pm to 3.30pm
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- Festivities include home-made cake at Mövenpick Hotel and Apartments Bur Dubai
This year fabulous feasts are lined up with mouth-watering menus and special entertainment at the Mövenpick Hotel and Apartments in Bur Dubai.
Christmas temptations
December 11-31
The traditional Christmas cake: A traditional Christmas cake is the perfect gift during the festive season since the ingredients are marinated and soaked for three months in advance.
The cake is topped off with a layer of marzipan and royal icing and presented in a beautiful Japanese- style Furoshiki organza box at the SWEET shop for the entire festive season for AED 176 per 1 kg.
Takeaway Turkey: For those who prefer a traditional festive lunch or dinner at home, the Café also has some mouthwatering turkey presented with homemade stuffing available for take-away for only AED 450 per order (average size 6-7kg).
The hotel recommends placing orders 72 hours in advance.
Grill Night with a touch of Christmas
December 22-24
Fountain restaurant
Savour the flavour of tender cuts of roast turkey and our specialty “Duck liver parfait” served fresh from the kitchen in a warm and jovial atmosphere complemented with extensive dessert choices.
The animators from Action Care will entertain the kids throughout the evening in the Kids' Club area. The Grill night is from 7pm-10.30pm for AED 165 per person for food or AED 205 inclusive of house beverages.
50% discount for children between seven and 12 years old and free for six years old and under.
Friday family brunch
December 23
Fountain
The Family Friday Brunch at the Fountain restaurant is an ideal venue for friends and family to get together and enjoy a traditional brunch buffet with a sparkling welcome, roast turkey with all the trimmings complemented with an extensive à la carte selection of signature dishes and desserts.
Plus Kids' Club provides a supervised play area with fun and entertaining activities for children leaving you time to relax.
The brunch is from 12pm-4pm for only AED 285 for food only and AED 385 inclusive of house beverages.
50% discount for children between seven and 12 years old and free for six years old and below
Christmas Eve brunch
December 24
Visit the hotel for a spectacular Christmas Eve brunch served in the warm and festive atmosphere of its Fountain restaurant and enjoy a festive buffet featuring roast turkey prepared fresh from the kitchen and a wonderland of desserts.
Kids' Club provides a supervised play area with fun and entertaining activities for children leaving you time to relax
The brunch is from 12pm-4pm for AED 285 for food and AED 385 inclusive of house beverages
50% discount for children between seven and 12 years old and free for six years old and below
Christmas Eve Dinner
December 24
Chutneys
The North Indian restaurant is presenting a festive special set menu with live entertainment by Ghazal players
The set menu is from 7-11.30pm for only AED 195 for food only and AED 285 inclusive of house beverages
Christmas Lunch
December 25
Savour a sumptuous Christmas brunch buffet at the Fountain restaurant offering an array of traditional culinary Christmas delights from 12pm-4pm for oAED 125 including soft beverages or AED 165 inclusive of house beverages.
Entertainment and a host of activities are lined up for children in the Kids' Club.
Children between seven and 12 years get 50% discount and free for six years and below.
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- Ibn Battuta Gate Duba
Merriment, leisure and a celebratory atmosphere are all on the menu at Ibn Battuta Gate Hotel this holiday season
December 6 Christmas shop opening
Ibn Battuta Gate Hotel will launch the holiday calendar by getting decked out in magical displays of Christmas decorations. The festive shop located in Al Bahou, will open for business on December 6, offering patrons a chance to buy an array of international festive favourites such as delicious home-made cookies and sweet mince pies, as well as place orders for juicy roast turkeys, goose, salmon and duck with all the traditional trimmings.
Mistral’s Christmas Eve dinner on the
December 24
A sumptuous festive buffet served up for AED 220 with soft drinks or AED 395 per person with selected house beverages.
As an alternative option to enjoy a delicate Italian Christmas meal; Sicilia The rustic Italian eatery at the gate offers a themed three-course set menu for AED 180 per person.
Al Bahou Christmas Day jazz brunch
December 25
A wide range of culinary treats and free-flowing Laurent Perrier bubbles for AED 495. Five international restaurants in the hotel are participating giving you the chance to sample speciality dishes from China, Italy, India and Morocco, following in the footsteps of the property's namesake explorer.
For those happy to sparkle instead for AED 395 per person they can choose sparkling or branded house beverages.
Alternatively, guests can opt for the AED 295 dining option with soft drinks, where kids under six years old can dine for free and seven-12 year olds pay AED 95.
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- Twelve days of Christmas at Emaar Hospitality Group Leisure Clubs
Dubai Marina Yacht Club, Arabian Ranches Golf Club and The Dubai Polo & Equestrian Club all under The Emaar Hospitality Group umbrella have your entire festive season covered with a variety of events this year.
Dubai Marina Yacht Club
Festive takeaway
Order a takeaway turkey with garlic mash, brussels sprouts, roasted root vegetables, veal jus, cranberry sauce, Christmas pudding and vanilla sauce at Aquara
Date: December 1-31
Price: AED 750 per order (turkey and accompaniment)
Corporate offerings
Experience the festive season ambience at its finest as you indulge in a buffet of delectable dishes while enjoying serene views of Dubai Marina, through the floor-to-ceiling windows in the Chart Lounge or Al Dana private venues.
For groups, Dubai Marina Yacht Club offers corporate festive packages throughout December at its Al Dana & Chart Lounge
Date: December 1-31
Time: As per bookings
Price: AED 120 per person
Christmas Eve four-course set menu
Also at Aquara Restaurant savour a special four-course dinner includes canapés on arrival, mains, luscious desserts and petit fours
Date: December 24
Time: 7:30pm-10:30pm
Price: AED 320 including soft beverages and AED 450 including house beverages
Christmas Evedinner buffet
Christmas Eve will see a lavish Christmas Eve buffet dinner at 25 55 Café Bistro
Date: December 24
Time: 7:30pm-10:30pm
300 including house beverages and AED 350 including a glass of bubbly
For further details call 04 362 7900
Grand Christmas dinner buffet
Once the gifts have been unwrapped make your way to Aquara Restaurant for an evening of gastronomic indulgence featuring live action stations with local and international traditional delicacies.
Date: December 25
Time: 7:30pm-10:30pm
Price: AED 350 including soft beverages, AED 455 including selected beverages