Ho, ho, hungry? Get out of the kitchen and on the phone to make a reservation for one of these fabulous Valley Christmas dinners. Check restaurants Web sites for full menus and pricing.
Enjoy a delectable selection of festive eats on Christmas at Prado at Omni Scottsdale Resort & Spa at Montelucia. Savor eats like goose confit, roasted lamb chops, steelhead trout and prime rib before moving onto desserts like raspberry mousse, smores brulee and giant eclair.
This Christmas and Christmas Eve, leave the cooking to T. Cook’s at Royal Palms Resort and Spa, A Destination Hotel, and enjoy a Christmas Day Holiday Buffet or a prix-fixe menu on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day from Chef Todd Allison. On Christmas Eve and Christmas, T. Cook’s will offer a three-course prix-fixe holiday menu which will offer roasted loin of venison, pan-roasted John Dory and other holiday favorites. An additional holiday buffet will be offered on Christmas Day and will include carved free-range turkey, crispy duck confit and more.
Christmas Day at the acclaimed elements restaurant at Sanctuary on Camelback will feature a four-course dinner by executive chef and Food Network star Beau MacMillan. Served Dec. 25 from 12 to 9 p.m., menu highlights include fragrant lobster miso soup, escargot pot pie, Moroccan spice lamb shank and more.
Allow the culinary team at Ko’sin restaurant to offer you a lavish holiday meal at the Sheraton Wild Horse Pass Resort & Spa. Ko’sin is offering a prix-fixe, four-course meal on Friday, Dec. 25 from 4 to 8 p.m. Highlights from this menu include; duck goose gnocchi with duck confit, goose sausage and foie gras butter.
Enjoy a holiday feast at the historic Crowne Plaza San Marcos Golf Resort in Chandler from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Make holiday memories with family and friends over a decadent holiday buffet, featuring dishes like maple and ginger ale-glazed ham, herb-crusted prime rib and a chef-prepared omelet station with all of the traditional holiday accompaniments, along with a crepe station, maple bread pudding and assorted cakes for dessert.
Celebrate Christmas with a prix-fixe menu prepared by the LON’s at the Hermosa’s culinary team and toast to the new holiday memories that will be created with family and friends. From noon to 7 p.m., enjoy crispy pork belly, roasted sea bass, smoked prime rib, pecan-apple pie and much more.
On Christmas Day, family feasting can begin as early as 11:30 a.m. with a decadent three-course meal and wine pairing served until 8:30 p.m. at District American Kitchen and Bar at Sheraton Grand Phoenix. Eats include spiced tenderbelly ham, grilled beef tenderloin and much more.
Arizona Biltmore features two ways to savor the holiday. Wright’s at the Biltmore will offer an elegant four-course Christmas Eve and Christmas Day dining experience available 5 to 10 p.m. Christmas Eve and 1 to 9 p.m. Christmas Day. Frank & Albert’s will offer a Christmas Eve three-course specialty menu with selections that include lobster-butternut bisque, grilled filet and much more.
Head to ZuZu at Hotel Valley Ho for some Christmas cheer. Savor favorites off the seasonal brunch menu from 6 a.m. to 3 p.m., or order the holiday special, green corn tamales topped with red chili sauce and a poached egg. Build a custom drink at the Bloody Mary + Mimosa Bar from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. ZuZu’s seasonal dinner menu is offered from 3 p.m. to 11 p.m., with festive specials including lobster bisque, slow-roasted prime rib and more.
Celebrate the holiday with the Valley Pointe Hilton resort restaurants. At Different Pointe of View, Christmas dinner will be served buffet-style from noon to 7 p.m. featuring slow-roasted prime rib, roasted breast of young tom turkey and smoked Berkshire pork loin on the carving and grill stations and much more. Enjoy a Christmas feast in the cozy Mahogany wood dining room with roaring wood-burning fireplaces at Pointe In Tyme where Christmas dinner will be served buffet-style from noon to 6 p.m. Savor a menu of traditional and regional favorites served buffet-style at Rico’s American Grill. Or gather up the family for a festive, Western Christmas dinner served family-style at the historic barbecue restaurant, Hole-in-the-Wall.
The Christmas Day menu at Taggia, at Scottsdale’s Firesky Resort, features seafood risotto, osso bucco, seafood chowder and much more.
The Boulders’ Grill Kitchen & Bar will be featuring a three course menu on Christmas Day beginning at 4 p.m. Enjoy mussels, prawns, smoked pork shank, seared lemon sole and more.
Diners at The Phoenician have four ways to enjoy the Christmas holiday. Reserve your spot for Christmas brunch buffet or a three-course dinner at Il Terrazo, a casual smoked prime rib dinner complete with horseradish potatoes and a rosemary sea salt popover at Relish Burger Bistro or a decadent feast at J&G Steakhouse.
The Hash Kitchen in Scottsdale will be open on from 7 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day for brunch with offerings like egg nog doughtnuts, gingerbread pancakes and more.
Tomaso’s Italian Restaurant in the Biltmore neighborhood will host a traditional four-course Italian Christmas Eve lunch and dinner on Dec. 24 from 11 a.m. to 11 p.m.
Tomaso Maggiore will host a “Feast of the Seven Fishes” Christmas Eve lunch and dinner at his latest concept, Vivo! Ristorante, on Dec. 24 from 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. Courses include sea scallops, lemon prawns and much more.
Christmas Eve specials at Phoenix City Grille include a delectable roasted prime rib with a guajillo chile jus, smoked onion rings and roasted garlic whipped potatoes; seared diver scallops served with sweet corn polenta, chile-cured bacon, crispy brussel sprouts and a cranberry-Champagne gastrique; and much more.
Eat well this holiday season with Christmas dinner at Province Urban Kitchen and Bar at Westin Phoenix Downtown. The restaurant’s decedent three-course dinner will available 4 to 10 p.m. on Dec. 25.
Remington’s at The Scottsdale Plaza Resort is hosting the traditional Christmas Eve dinner with a delectable twist. Remington’s will be serving between 5 and 10 p.m. with entertainment by Brien Flynn in the lounge from 5 to 8 p.m. Christmas Day at Remington’s brings you a special three-course menu. The fine dining experience will be accompanied by entertainment by the Rags Allen Trio in the lounge from 3 to 7 p.m. The meal includes a choice of a starter, entrée and dessert, which will be available between 12 and 8 p.m.
Christmas 2015 Dining in Phoenix
