From dinner cruises and gourmet restaurants to cabarets and classic brasseries, there's a huge choice when it comes to treating yourself to a wonderful Christmas 2024 dinner!
Paris is packed with exceptional, original, gastronomic, luxurious, traditional and downright audacious addresses… to celebrate Christmas.
For a typically Parisian and festive Christmas Eve celebration, head to the capital’s mythical cabarets!
The famous Crazy Horse Paris promises a glamorous Christmas Eve night, with the show Totally Crazy. This sophisticated and audacious 90-minute show brings together 65 years of creation in a totally magical setting, with champagne, appetizers and dishes for a Crazy Christmas.
Just a few steps from the Panthéon, at the Paradis Latin cabaret, the Christmas Eve dinner is the ideal opportunity to enjoy – while tucking into an excellent meal concocted by Guy Savoy and Pierre Hermé – a revue directed and choreographed by Kamel Ouali.
At Montmartre, the Moulin Rouge, another famous cabaret, is offering a special festive dinner show from 19 December 2024 to 3 January 2025. Revellers will be delighted by an exceptional champagne dinner and all the magic of the Féérie revue, starring the famous Doriss Girls.
For an original Christmas Eve dinner, head to Bel Canto. As diners enjoy a special Christmas gourmet menu, they will have the surprise and pleasure of watching opera singers stroll around the dining room performing operatic arias!
Celebrate Christmas on the River Seine – considered one of Paris' finest avenues – for an unforgettable Christmas Eve. Take in a breathtaking panoramic view of the City of Light, iconic monuments and magnificent illuminations as you cruise along the famous river, enjoying a festive menu!
The Bateaux-Parisiens have designed a special evening to celebrate Christmas Eve. Included is a refined dinner prepared on board by the chef, and the best views of Paris’s finest monuments by night on this all-round glass-windowed boat. A dinner cruise that will leave you with lasting memories.
Below the Musée d’Orsay, Paris Seine - La Marina also has a special festive dinner cruise. A vegetarian menu is available on request. The company is also offering a Christmas lunch cruise lasting 1hr30, on 24 and 25 December.
On the Ile aux Cygnes with its famous Statue of Liberty, in the 15th arrondissement, revellers embark on the Capitaine Fracasse. This chic and elegant boat, made from solid wood - sets off at 8.45 pm on Christmas Eve for a cruise of around two hours, with a special menu accompanied by champagne and wine.
Moored by the quayside opposite the Eiffel Tower, at the discrete Port Debilly, the Ducasse-sur-Seine is one of the trendiest boats in the capital. On this 100% electric barge, you can experience the magic of Christmas with a food and wine pairing menu inspired by exceptional seasonal produce and devised by the famous chef ** Alain Ducasse**.
As for the Bateaux Mouches although they are not organizing any Christmas Eve dinners, they will be offering revellers an unforgettable lunch on 25 December with champagne, foie gras, poultry and chocolate Yule log, together with breathtaking views of the city!
Experience an unforgettable Christmas Eve 2024 from lunch to dinner cruise on 24 December, including brunch on the Seine on 25 December 2024. Unique, elegant atmospheres, refined menus, rediscover Paris from the Seine.
This Christmas, the restaurants of the Parisian palaces are offering festive dinners in the spirit of luxury, haute cuisine and elegance.
The famous palace on Place de la Concorde, the Crillon, a Rosewood Hotel welcomes you to its restaurant l'Ecrin for the festive season. This gastronomic restaurant, with its intimate, timeless atmosphere, has been awarded a Michelin star.
At the Meurice, the capital's oldest luxury hotel, gourmets can look forward to a two-star experience with the exceptional festive menu concocted by the world's most starred French chef: Alain Ducasse: Alain Ducasse. The palace's other restaurant, the Dalí - with its Philippe Starck decor - stands out for its resolutely creative culinary spirit.
Just a stone's throw from the Arc de Triomphe, the largest of the Parisian palaces, The Peninsula, Paris, renowned for its culinary scores of unique flavours, is planning festive menus for the evening. At Le Lili, the chefs brilliantly combine French and Chinese dishes. At L'Oiseau Blanc, you can indulge in a unique and unforgettable gastronomy on one of the most beautiful terraces in the capital. At the Lobby, the chefs invite guests to taste dishes of their own creation for Christmas Eve in the exceptional setting of the restaurant, a listed historic monument.
The Westin Paris-Vendôme - ideally located between the Tuileries Gardens and Place Vendôme - and its restaurant Le First await gourmets for a special Christmas Eve gourmet dinner.
The Mandarin Oriental, also very close to Place Vendôme, welcomes guests to its Camélia restaurant for a discovery of flavours orchestrated by the renowned chef Thierry Marx. A six-course dinner will be prepared for Christmas Eve, and a festive Brunch awaits you on 25 December 2024.
Last but not least, La Bauhinia, the magnificent restaurant at the Shangri-La and Le Cinq, the highly reputed three-Michelin-starred restaurant at the Four Seasons Hôtel George V, are also offering exceptional Christmas Eve menus with their signature Yule logs for dessert. There are also plenty of surprises in store at the Ritz and the Réserve.
With their reputation for non-stop service and low prices, the great Parisian brasseries are part of the capital's history, and give Christmas Eve a special, magical atmosphere …
On the Champs-Élysées, Fouquet’s is undoubtedly the most upscale Parisian brasserie. A six-course Christmas Eve menu has been designed by chef Pierre Gagnaire.
In the Saint-Germain-des-Prés district, Brasserie Lipp, recognizable by its varnished mahogany facade, serves traditional French cuisine. The food is always of a high standard; you can for example enjoy Osciètre Petrossian caviar or Perles de l’Impératrice oysters from Cap-Ferret. Paris has two Bouillon Chartier, one an historic address on the grands boulevards and another, more recent, in Montparnasse. The traditional menu at moderate prices also remains attractive for a Christmas Eve celebration with family or friends.
On the lively Place de Clichy, the brasserie Le Wepler is the top oyster house in the capital. And next to the Palais Garnier opera house, the Grand Café des Capucines offers a huge choice of seafood platters, as do the Café de la Paix, La Coupole and La Closerie des Lilas, in the Montparnasse district.
Disneyland Park® Paris is celebrating the festive season with its Enchanted Christmas and the Park’s restaurants La Cantina, the Yacht club, Cape Cod, Annette’s diner, Manhattan Restaurant…), as is the theme park Parc Asterix.
For a Christmas celebration at a historic venue, go for some of the city's legendary brasseries, such as Le Procope, Au Pied de Cochon orLes Éditeurs, all of which will delight you.
More bucolic, on the edge of the Bois de Vincennes, the Chalet du Lac is offering a Christmas menu for Christmas Eve, on 24 December 2024, including access to the club to continue partying after dinner. The Christmas brunch - on 24 and 25 December 2024 from 11am - is another option, at an affordable price.
Paris is full of outstanding restaurants with wonderful and refined menus and decor.
Renowned for French gastronomic cuisine, the Tour d’Argent and the Rôtisserie de la Tour d’Argent, will also ensure that you enjoy an exceptional Christmas Eve meal.
Near the Palais Garnier, the restaurant Drouant - the emblematic venue for the ** Goncourt and Renaudot literary awards** - offers a five-course Christmas menu including a glass of Drouant champagne, foie gras and to finish a delicious Yule log.
A few steps from the Palace of Versailles, chef Gordon Ramsay oversees the restaurant of the Hotel Waldorf Astoria Versailles - Trianon Palace. A six-course Christmas Eve dinner menu to come.
Before your Christmas Eve dinner, there is plenty to do in Paris. Here are our top 3 activities to do before celebrating Christmas Eve:
