Possibly one of the most familiar nights of the year is that of December 24. The reunited family, a great dinner and a handful of great and good resolutions to toast. A night that traditionally most families decide to celebrate without leaving home, but for which little by little tradition is changing.
Increasingly restaurants They are committed to opening their doors on Christmas Eve to delight their guests with special proposals for such a special night. A night full of magic and superstition that will kick off the celebrations. A night full of illusion and purposes that it deserves a special celebration, in which there is no shortage of toasts and our loved ones … And why not, a night in which we allow ourselves the privilege of not cooking and let ourselves be delighted by the proposals of some of the best kitchens in the country and the big parties organized by the best hotels in the city.
Un exclusive and appealing plan to celebrate a Christmas special. Take note of our favorites:
Gran Hotel English
¿Donde?
Gran Hotel English
Echegaray Street, 8
28014 — Madrid
913 60 00 01
With a classic Art Deco style decoration and adorned with the Christmas decorations typical of the time, the rooms of the Gran Hotel English, inaugurated in 1886 and recently reopened, they are the perfect setting for a celebration of height. These parties, the hotel has designed different menus for the most important days.
En Christmas Eve The proposal includes two appetizers (micuit bonbon with Iberian prey and royal crab), three main ones (carabinero with honeyed and glazed rice, Balfegó tuna belly in partridge and pheasant sauce with grapes, foie and truffle sauce), mignardises and Christmas sweets and pairing (with champagne, red wine and white wine) by 190 euros per person.
InterContinental Madrid
¿Donde?
InterContinental Madrid
Paseo de la Castellana, 49
28046 — Madrid
917 00 73 00
To mark the “Bicentennial of the Royal Theater” the hotel InterContinental Madrid wanted to pay tribute, creating a new concept that dresses the Christmas in a special way, full of Opera and elegance. There are many variables that unite these two great icons of the city: buildings steeped in history, great moments, hard teamwork behind the scenes, the combination of classic elements with a contemporary soul and the way to generate unforgettable memories for visitors. that cross its doors.
Companies that InterContinental Christmas galas They have become a benchmark of elegance with the most careful gastronomy to celebrate these dates with family or friends. The chefs Miguel de la Fuente y Juan Carlos de la Torre will be in charge of entering the suggestive world of Royal Theatre to find the essence of the most illustrious operas and recreate them in their kitchens. A high-end proposal based on respect for the raw material, being able to find dishes such as Sea Bream “Wild Covered with a Veil of Cigalas and Pil Pil Untuoso de Minestrone and Ginger”, passing through “Ostra Gillardeau with a Light Citrus Dressing and Caviar of Beluga 000 ”, to a“ Galician Blond Veal Tournedó Rossini, Roasted Foie Gras Medallion and Perigourdine Sauce ”.
Price: 205 euros per person.
Orfila Hotel
¿Donde?
Hotel Orfila Relais & Châteaux
Orfila Street, 6
28010 — Madrid
917 02 77 70
Located in the center of Madrid, in a palace from 1886, the hotel Orfila Relais & Châteaux offers a Christmas Eve gala menu that bears the signature of Mario Sandoval (two Michelin stars in Coque).
Night December 24 Dishes such as red prawn tartare with chili and shallot oil, pickled foie, baked sea bream or suckling pig in its skin will be the protagonists. To finish, the homemade chocolate cake will not be missing. The menu price is 190 euros per person.
Hotel VP Plaza de España Design
¿Donde?
VP Plaza España Design
Ginkgo Sky Bar
Plaza de España, 5
28008 — Madrid
915 95 55 10
VP Plaza España Design makes available various spaces in which to enjoy a multitude of options, be they large groups or reduced lunches and dinners in which it is his first christmas in the city.
On the 12th floor you will find Ginkgo Sky Bar, a gastronomic proposal with 360-degree views of the center of Madrid in which diners can enjoy an exceptional atmosphere with live music and a succulent gastronomic proposal.
An encounter between east and west is what awaits diners in the Christmas Eve by Ginkgo Sky Bar. original price where you can enjoy creations such as the Vietnamese salad with mango, cashew nuts and prawns; the confit duck cannelloni with hoisin sauce or the grilled red tuna taco with fake seaweed risotto. This lively evening will feature a DJ session to turn the arrival of Santa Claus into a whole party.
Price: 115 euros per person
Hotel Marqués de Riscal
¿Donde?
Hotel Marqués de Riscal
The Gastronomic
Calle Torrea Kalea, 1
01340 – Elciego (Álava)
945 18 08 80
For passionate winemakers or for anyone who wants to celebrate the night of Christmas Eve in an exceptional setting in full Rioja Alavesa, the Marqués de Riscal hotel located in the town of El Ciego, it perfectly combines the most deeply rooted winemaking tradition with avant-garde, luxury and the most advanced technology.
In its facilities whose structure of Frank O. Gehry makes it recognizable to the vast majority, we find the Gastronomic Restaurant of the hotel, awarded with a Michelin star, where you can taste signature cuisine advised by Francis Paniego.
Among the dishes that you can taste On the night of December 24 after a succulent cocktail, dishes such as tomato tartare with Norway lobster and white garlic are proposed, hake roasted on potato pil-pil with a slight touch of vanilla or venison sirloin with chestnut puree and sauce. berries. Paired with a selection of wines from the winery such as Marqués de Riscal Limousin DO Rueda, Marqués de Riscal Gran Reserva or Barón de Chirel. Finally, toast with Champagne Laurent Perrier BRUT.
Price: 160 euros per person.
Villa Magna Hotel
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As every year Villa Magna prepares to celebrate Christmas. The Five Star Grand Luxury -which is part of the hotel collection Mytha Hotel Anthology– features four elegant and sophisticated menus to celebrate Christmas Eve, Christmas, New Years Eve and New Years. All the gastronomic proposals, designed by the executive chef Amalio Prados, combine traditional flavors with avant-garde touches.
La Christmas Eve dinner, one of the most important and long-awaited nights of Christmas, marks the beginning of this period. Three starters, two main courses and two desserts make up this proposal with dishes such as the Cantabrian lobster and sea urchin salad, tubers with coral mayonnaise, and Riofrio ecological caviar, grilled wild turbot, olives, fennel cream, salicornia and fish demiglace or lacquered lamb shoulder, with honey and mustard, grelot onion glazed with roasted garlic toffee, among others. To accompany dinner a selection of wines and champagnes National and international.
Price: 335 euros per person
Hyatt Centric Gran Vía
¿Donde?
Hyatt Centric Gran Vía Madrid
Ice and Coal
Gran Vía Street, 31
28013 — Madrid
656 68 24 70
En Hyatt Centric Gran Vía Madrid You will find a unique space surrounded by all the Christmas atmosphere that is breathed in one of the main arteries of the capital.
In your restaurant Ice and Coal On December 24, a Christmas Eve plan is proposed in the center of the capital that will consist of an aperitif, a starter, baked sea bream with purple angel hair kimchi, lamb shoulder, white chocolate crème brûlée and a drink.
Price: 90 euros per person.
Hotel Urban
¿Donde?
Hotel Urban
Carrera de S. Jerónimo, 34
28014 — Madrid
917 87 77 70
El Hotel Urban proposes an experience in an environment where art, architecture and urban landscape they merge with gastronomy. A few meters from the Puerta del Sol and the Plaza Mayor, reference points in the New Year’s Eve celebrations and the epicenter of the Christmas markets, it is one of the reference spaces for tourists and locals to enjoy these dates in the capital.
For Christmas Eve dinner, Aurelio Morales has devised a menu that begins with appetizers such as: Parsnip foam with honey; Beetroot and Red Cabbage Cream with Carabinero; Mulled Wine and Spiced Grapes; Croquette of Grelos and Tetilla and Pure Acorn-fed Iberian Ham. Later, it will continue with: Galets soup and truffled pilota; Mackerel in Pickled Carrot and Aniseed and Capon with apple, Passion Fruit and Red Wine sauce. To finish: Marzipan Surprise, Dark Indian Coffee or Natural Infusions and Christmas Cascajos. As pairing will be offered: Albariño Sanamaro, DO Rías Baixas, Talla Bodega Tony Martin, DO Ribera del Duero and Perrier Jouët Grand Brut.
Price: 165 euros per person.
Majestic Hotel & Spa Barcelona
¿Donde?
Majestic Hotel & Spa Barcelona
SOLC Restaurant
Passeig de Gràcia, 68
08007 – Barcelona
934 88 17 17
Majestic Hotel & Spa Barcelona, from his new restaurant SOLC, proposes to live the night of December 24 tasting delicacies such as Gin Tonic Bombón, Foie Bikini, Monkfish Cannelloni, Barceloneta Shrimp and Sea Beef or Ecological Veal Rib confit with Café de Paris sauce, among many other proposals, in which the traditional one will not be lacking. Christmas log.
The dinner, which also has a children’s option, has a price of 95 euros per person, cellar included.
Monument Hotel
¿Donde?
Monument Hotel
Restaurant Oria
Passeig de Gràcia, 75
08008 – Barcelona
935 48 20 00
Monument Hotel y Martin Berasategui prepare to welcome the Christmas with an appetizing gastronomic proposal designed by the Basque chef for the restaurant Oria, located in the lobby of the brand new hotel in Barcelona.
For the night of December 24, Christmas Eve, the gastronomic festival will start with a menu of 120 euros per person with proposals such as the Salad of tender shoots with white shrimp, the farmhouse egg with roasted dewlap, the baked sea bass with fennel pearls and the yearling entrecote with its terrine.
Urso Hotel & SPA
¿Donde?
URSO Hotel & Spa
Half Portion Restaurant
Mejía Lequerica Street, 8
28004 — Madrid
914 44 44 58
URSO Hotel & SPA, the first five-star boutique hotel in Madrid, this year celebrates the Christmas with different alternatives to share the most important dates in an intimate and very special atmosphere.
To enjoy this very special night the kitchen of Half rations offers a delicious proposal that begins with artichoke hearts, octopus with hummus and tomato in red curry or acorn-fed Iberian ham; These starters are followed by pheasant cream with chestnut puree and grilled golden skewer sea bass with razor clams, chestnut in water and roasted chives. Next, Roast suckling pig with lemon thyme with pears and orange blossom honey. And to crown this dinnerSweet lovers can enjoy two desserts: lemon cake with meringue and chocolate ganache with red and black fruits.
This menu It is accompanied by the Rías Baixas Leirana white from Forjas do Salnés and the Rioja red wine from Sierra de Toloño. The dessert is paired with the generous Jerez, Moscatel Promesas Valdespino. The price is 120 euros per person.