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Where to Eat on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day in Austin

These restaurants are open on December 24 and 25 for brunch and/or dinner

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Give yourself and the family a break from the kitchen by heading out to eat at some of Austin’s best and most festive. To give you some ideas, Eater rounded up a list of Austin restaurants open on Christmas Eve (Saturday, December 24) and Christmas Day (Sunday, December 25).

Find special prix fixe dinners, expansive brunch buffets, and unfussy regular menus. Make reservations soon because most of these restaurants will book up very quickly.

Similarly, here are your best bets for Feast of the Seven Fishes meals in Austin. Plus there are holiday pop-up bars and food-and-drink holiday experiences. And if you’re cooking at home and looking for a few delicious shortcuts? Eater has a separate guide for takeout meals and desserts, and don’t forget holiday tamales.

Health experts consider dining out to be a high-risk activity for the unvaccinated; it may pose a risk for the vaccinated, especially in areas with substantial COVID transmission. The latest CDC guidance is here; find a COVID-19 vaccination site here.

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Garbo's

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The seafood restaurant’s Christmas Day dinner will include whole lobsters, steaks, and caviar. It’ll be open from 5 to 9 p.m. Book reservations online.

Westlake Wine Bar

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The French restaurant is serving a five-course Christmas Eve dinner for $99 alongside its usual menu. The holiday meal includes optional wine pairings. Email or call for reservations.

ATX Grill RH

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The new restaurant from now-closed Russian House is open on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. For the former, there will be free hot chocolates, mulled wines, cookies, and other food specials, from 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. Book reservations online. There are indoor and outdoor dine-in services.

L'Oca d'Oro

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Italian restaurant L’Oca d’Oro will be serving up a traditional Italian Feast of the Seven Fishes this Christmas Eve (and also the day before), Friday and Saturday, December 23 and 24. The meal will be served family-style, with seafood dishes like shellfish crudo and spaghetti con vongole. The meal is priced at $100. Book reservations online.

Lin Asian Bar + Dim Sum

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Craving dumplings? The Clarksville Chinese restaurant will be open during daytime and evening hours for Christmas, as will its sister restaurant, the more upscale Qi. Book reservations online (and for Qi).

Old Thousand

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For a Jewish-Chinese Christmas Eve dinner, the Chinese-American restaurant Old Thousand is teaming up with El Pasoan-Jewish restaurant JewBoy Burgers for a special dinner full of cultural dishes. Reservations are available by calling, it’s open from noon to 8 p.m. There are indoor and outdoor dine-in areas.

Wu Chow

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Downtown Chinese restaurant Wu Chow will be open on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day, serving specialties like soup dumplings for the evening for dine-in and takeout services. Book reservations online.

Diner Bar Austin

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The Thompson Hotel restaurant’s Christmas Eve and Christmas Day meals are a la carte ones from noon to 5 p.m. Dishes include spicy crab dips, seared scallops, chestnut tortellini, and porchetta roasts. Reservations can be booked online.

The Peacock Mediterranean Grill

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The downtown hotel Mediterranean restaurant is offering holiday meals for Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. There is a $69 prix fixe dinner with dishes like oak-grilled octopus, roasted prime rib paired with Yorkshire pudding, and baklava, available from 4 to 10:30 p.m. each day. Then there’s Christmas brunch with a la carte and a prix fixe menu with dishes like honey-glazed ham and eggs, egg white frittatas, and pastries. Book reservations online. There are indoor and outdoor dine-in services.

The downtown hotel restaurant within the W will be serving a Christmas Day prix fixe menu, with dishes like cauliflower/parmesan soup, herb-crusted prime rib, vegan mushroom bourguignon, and eggnog cheesecake. It’s $80 per person, and reservations can be booked now. There are indoor and outdoor dine-in services.

The new South Austin hotel restaurant will be open for Christmas Eve and Christmas Day, offering a limited menu along with holiday cocktails (though the bar closes at 10 p.m.) and wine pairings. Reservations are recommended, and the patio and lounge are still only open for walk-in services.

Carpenters Hall

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The restaurant at Carpenter Hotel will be serving holiday prix fixe meals for Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. Dishes will include oysters Rockefeller, butter-roasted salmon loin, and bûches de noel. Then there are holiday drinks like hot chocolate and punch. It’s $60 per person with an additional $13 for the cocktail. Seatings are available starting in the morning through 7 p.m. Book reservations online.

The Four Seasons restaurant will be offering two locations of its Christmas Day buffet meals, in the restaurant proper from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., and the hotel’s ballroom from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Items include freshly made omelets, little pancakes, snow crab claws, salads, carving stations, hot sides like potatoes au gratin and garlic-cheddar drop biscuits, and loads of desserts. The meal’s $140 for adults and $50 for children 11 years old and younger. Reservations will be available soon.

Carve American Grille

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Steakhouse chain Perry’s Austin-based grill restaurant is serving Christmas Eve meals for lunch and dinner. The three-course prix fixe meal includes entrees like steaks and redfish, soups, salads, and desserts, plus additional a la carte starters and other sides. It’s $65 per person from 11 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. and then $75 per person 5:45 to close. Reservations can be booked online. There are indoor dine-in services.

Summer House on Music Lane

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The restaurant at the hip off-South Congress hotel will offer prix fixe menus for Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. The brunch menu includes items like pastries, pozole verde, and herb-roasted potatoes; dinner includes spaghetti alla chitarra, chicken, and hazelnut cake. Brunch is from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. each day at $55 per person; dinner is from 5 to 10 p.m. at $75 per person. Book reservations online.

It's Italian Cucina

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It’s Italian Cucina is serving its own Feast of the Seven Fishes on Christmas Eve. The prix fixe menu has seven courses, from blue crab ravioli to squid ink risotto. The price is $95 per person and $125 with wine pairings. Reservations are available online.

Barlata

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Former Eberly chef Laila Bazahm is popping up at the tapas restaurant for a Nochebuena meal, the Spanish Christmas Eve dinner. The six-course meal is $90 with a glass of cava, and it runs from 5 to 8:30 p.m. Reservations can be booked online.

1417 French Bistro

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The New American restaurant on South First will be open on Christmas Eve with a $120 five-course prix fixe menu with dishes like bacon-wrapped escargot, crab bisque, roasted chicken breast with potatoes and tomatoes, and chocolate mousse. Book reservations online. There are indoor and outdoor dine-in services.

Garbo's

The seafood restaurant’s Christmas Day dinner will include whole lobsters, steaks, and caviar. It’ll be open from 5 to 9 p.m. Book reservations online.

Westlake Wine Bar

The French restaurant is serving a five-course Christmas Eve dinner for $99 alongside its usual menu. The holiday meal includes optional wine pairings. Email or call for reservations.

ATX Grill RH

The new restaurant from now-closed Russian House is open on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. For the former, there will be free hot chocolates, mulled wines, cookies, and other food specials, from 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. Book reservations online. There are indoor and outdoor dine-in services.

L'Oca d'Oro

Italian restaurant L’Oca d’Oro will be serving up a traditional Italian Feast of the Seven Fishes this Christmas Eve (and also the day before), Friday and Saturday, December 23 and 24. The meal will be served family-style, with seafood dishes like shellfish crudo and spaghetti con vongole. The meal is priced at $100. Book reservations online.

Lin Asian Bar + Dim Sum

Craving dumplings? The Clarksville Chinese restaurant will be open during daytime and evening hours for Christmas, as will its sister restaurant, the more upscale Qi. Book reservations online (and for Qi).

Old Thousand

For a Jewish-Chinese Christmas Eve dinner, the Chinese-American restaurant Old Thousand is teaming up with El Pasoan-Jewish restaurant JewBoy Burgers for a special dinner full of cultural dishes. Reservations are available by calling, it’s open from noon to 8 p.m. There are indoor and outdoor dine-in areas.

Wu Chow

Downtown Chinese restaurant Wu Chow will be open on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day, serving specialties like soup dumplings for the evening for dine-in and takeout services. Book reservations online.

Diner Bar Austin

The Thompson Hotel restaurant’s Christmas Eve and Christmas Day meals are a la carte ones from noon to 5 p.m. Dishes include spicy crab dips, seared scallops, chestnut tortellini, and porchetta roasts. Reservations can be booked online.

The Peacock Mediterranean Grill

The downtown hotel Mediterranean restaurant is offering holiday meals for Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. There is a $69 prix fixe dinner with dishes like oak-grilled octopus, roasted prime rib paired with Yorkshire pudding, and baklava, available from 4 to 10:30 p.m. each day. Then there’s Christmas brunch with a la carte and a prix fixe menu with dishes like honey-glazed ham and eggs, egg white frittatas, and pastries. Book reservations online. There are indoor and outdoor dine-in services.

Trace

The downtown hotel restaurant within the W will be serving a Christmas Day prix fixe menu, with dishes like cauliflower/parmesan soup, herb-crusted prime rib, vegan mushroom bourguignon, and eggnog cheesecake. It’s $80 per person, and reservations can be booked now. There are indoor and outdoor dine-in services.

Nido

The new South Austin hotel restaurant will be open for Christmas Eve and Christmas Day, offering a limited menu along with holiday cocktails (though the bar closes at 10 p.m.) and wine pairings. Reservations are recommended, and the patio and lounge are still only open for walk-in services.

Carpenters Hall

The restaurant at Carpenter Hotel will be serving holiday prix fixe meals for Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. Dishes will include oysters Rockefeller, butter-roasted salmon loin, and bûches de noel. Then there are holiday drinks like hot chocolate and punch. It’s $60 per person with an additional $13 for the cocktail. Seatings are available starting in the morning through 7 p.m. Book reservations online.

Ciclo

The Four Seasons restaurant will be offering two locations of its Christmas Day buffet meals, in the restaurant proper from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., and the hotel’s ballroom from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Items include freshly made omelets, little pancakes, snow crab claws, salads, carving stations, hot sides like potatoes au gratin and garlic-cheddar drop biscuits, and loads of desserts. The meal’s $140 for adults and $50 for children 11 years old and younger. Reservations will be available soon.

Carve American Grille

Steakhouse chain Perry’s Austin-based grill restaurant is serving Christmas Eve meals for lunch and dinner. The three-course prix fixe meal includes entrees like steaks and redfish, soups, salads, and desserts, plus additional a la carte starters and other sides. It’s $65 per person from 11 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. and then $75 per person 5:45 to close. Reservations can be booked online. There are indoor dine-in services.

Summer House on Music Lane

The restaurant at the hip off-South Congress hotel will offer prix fixe menus for Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. The brunch menu includes items like pastries, pozole verde, and herb-roasted potatoes; dinner includes spaghetti alla chitarra, chicken, and hazelnut cake. Brunch is from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. each day at $55 per person; dinner is from 5 to 10 p.m. at $75 per person. Book reservations online.

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It's Italian Cucina

It’s Italian Cucina is serving its own Feast of the Seven Fishes on Christmas Eve. The prix fixe menu has seven courses, from blue crab ravioli to squid ink risotto. The price is $95 per person and $125 with wine pairings. Reservations are available online.

Barlata

Former Eberly chef Laila Bazahm is popping up at the tapas restaurant for a Nochebuena meal, the Spanish Christmas Eve dinner. The six-course meal is $90 with a glass of cava, and it runs from 5 to 8:30 p.m. Reservations can be booked online.

1417 French Bistro

The New American restaurant on South First will be open on Christmas Eve with a $120 five-course prix fixe menu with dishes like bacon-wrapped escargot, crab bisque, roasted chicken breast with potatoes and tomatoes, and chocolate mousse. Book reservations online. There are indoor and outdoor dine-in services.

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