Where to snag a last-minute Christmas Day restaurant booking

If you haven’t locked in your Christmas plans yet, here’s a guide to where you can still steal a table to celebrate on December 25.

Left your Christmas Day dining plans to the last minute?

Don’t worry, we have you covered with a guide to which restaurants are serving up festive feasts on December 25, complete with everything from roasts meats to fresh seafood.

W BRISBANE HIGH TEA

W Brisbane, 81 North Quay, Brisbane City

From 11am-1.30pm

W Brisbane Holiday high tea experience.

Forget your traditional Christmas lunch and go for a Christmas high tea. The towered affairs are a specialty of the hotel’s Living Room bar and this one includes a selection of five sweet and five savoury treats, plus a build-your-own gingerbread house, alongside bottomless “Spritzmas” festive cocktails, mocktails, tea and barista-made coffees for two hours. A DJ will also be spinning festive tracks.

Cost: $189 per person, $65 children's option also available

Bookings: [e-mail]

PERSONE’S CHRISTMAS LUNCH

Persone, 81 North Quay, Brisbane City

From 11.30am

Celebrate Italian-style at this riverfront restaurant in the CBD with a four-course feast including antipasto and focaccia to start, half a lobster for entree, a main of roast porchetta and sides, and summer berries with mascarpone for dessert. There will also be a three-hour beverage package including beer, wine and soft drinks, plus sparkling on arrival, a visit from Santa and Christmas carollers.

Cost: $220 per person⁠

Bookings: opentable.com

MODA CHRISTMAS LUNCH

Moda, The Barracks, 61 Petrie Tce, Brisbane

From 11.30am

This beloved Spanish restaurant will be serving its annual Christmas lunch including a seafood platter, a choice of mains of either T-bone steak or Catalan zarzuela, plus sides and desserts to share. Guests will also receive a glass of sparkling cava on arrival. Dietary requirements are able to be catered for and there’s a children’s menu for two-12-year-olds.

Cost: $199 per person

Bookings: modarestaurant.com.au

LA BELLE VIE LUNCH OR DINNER

La Belle Vie, 60 MacGregor Tce, Bardon

Lunch 11am, 11.30am, 2.15pm and 2.30pm sittings; dinner 5pm, 5.30pm, 8.15pm, 8.30pm sittings

Enjoy Christmas like they do in France with these French-themed multi-course menus. At lunch there’s salmon gravlax, lobster and prawn ravioli, grilled lamb with vegetables and Christmas creme brulee; while at dinner guests will dine on salmon rillettes, your choice of foie gras or a seafood platter, either stuffed quail or grilled swordfish, and the option of creme brulee or a Christmas log for dessert.

Cost: $198 per person

Bookings: labellevie.com.au

THE INCHCOLM LUNCH

The Inchcolm, 73 Wickham Tce, Spring Hill

Lunch from midday

Christmas at The Inchcolm, Spring Hill.

Be served a premium plated three-course menu including the likes of cured kingfish, roasted lamb rump, seared Ora King salmon, vanilla and date brulee, and ginger and passionfruit trifle. The package also includes canapes and a martini on arrival, followed by three hours of beverages such as NV Taittinger Champagne, premium house vodka, gin, rum, bourbon, whisky, and a selection of wine, beer and soft drink.

Cost: $299 per person

Bookings: opentable.com.au

DARLING & CO SEAFOOD BUFFET

Darling & Co, 157 Given Tce, Paddington

Noon-2.30pm

Sit down to a seafood buffet with everything from Mooloolaba prawns and South Australian oysters to scallop ceviche and cured Atlantic salmon. There will also be a carving station turning out proteins of every kind like rum and maple-glazed ham, chargrilled chicken, poached snapper and mustard-crusted beef eye fillet; plus a selection of cold meats, cheeses, breads, condiments, seasonal fruit and a petit dessert platter for the table to share. Diners will also receive a house wine, tap beer, soft drink or juice on arrival.

Cost: Adults $159 per person; 11-15-year-olds $79; 6-10-year-olds $49; Under 5s eat free

Bookings: darlingpaddington.com.au

OLIVE AND ANGELO LUNCH

Olive and Angelo, 12 Edward St, Brisbane City

11am and 11.30am sittings

A five-course, 2.5-hour Italian spread will be rolled out on December 25 with the likes of a seafood platter, risotto, meatballs, porchetta and dessert.

Cost: $225 per person

Bookings: opentable.com.au

MARRIOTT BREAKFAST OR DINNER

Marriott Brisbane, Motion Dining, 515 Queen St, Brisbane City

9am-11am

Celebrate Christmas morning with a full festive-themed buffet breakfast at the five-star hotel, or come in for dinner with a seven-course degustation menu matched with a four-hour premium beverage package featuring suggested wine pairings.

Cost: Adults $95 per person, children 2-12 years $55 per person

Bookings: opentable.com.au

BISOU BISOU LUNCH

Bisou Bisou, Hotel X, Brunswick St, Fortitude Valley

3pm

Bisou Bisou will serve a French-themed Christmas.

Offering a French-inspired take on Christmas lunch, Bisou Bisou will serve four share-style courses including king prawns and bay lobster, natural oysters, confit duck and liver parfait, orange and five spice-glazed rotisserie chicken, roasted barramundi, sides and dessert.

Cost: Adults $169 per person, Children 12 and under $89 per person

Bookings: bisou-bisou.com.au

VINTAGED BAR AND GRILL DINNER

Vintaged Bar and Grill, Hilton Hotel, Level 6, 190 Elizabeth St, Brisbane City

6.15pm-8.30pm

This three-course dinner includes a glass of sparkling on arrival, followed by a seafood and charcuterie tower, plus your choice of main and a festive-themed dessert buffet.

Cost: $299 per person, two-course children’s menu available for $99 for 5-12-year-olds

Bookings: opentable.com.au

THE GREEN CATERING

The Green, G1/27 James St, Fortitude Valley

Orders in before noon, Dec 23

The Green is selling Christmas catering packs.

If you’d prefer to stay home but don’t want to cook, The Green is offering catering packages with a Middle Eastern theme. Diners can put together packs with the likes of dips, salads, seafood, meat and desserts such as baked ham with pineapple and clove glaze, whole roast chicken stuffed with apple, sage and caramelised onion, cooked king prawns, tabouli and more.

Cost: Prices per item

Orders: thegreen.com.au/catering