Christmas evenings out at Meadowhall

Festive parties, food, drinks and more…

Planning an amazing Christmas night out with friends, family or your work mates? We’ve got the ultimate guide to where to find the best places to eat, drink, play and be merry and book now for Christmas 2024 at Meadowhall.

One place with endless possibilities: choose from delicious cocktails and mocktails with seasonal twists, inspired Christmas menus from across the world, nights out, twinkling fairy lights, climbing, bowling, fun crackers and party hats for selfies, late-night shopping, festive tunes… Meadowhall is all you need to enjoy a seasonal celebration to remember.

Celebrate in style at Clubhouse

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Meet Clubhouse’s brilliant Christmas bowling, food and drink festive packages featuring Jungle Bowls, Santa Strikes and Partridge in a Par’3. Whether you want the whole Clubhouse or private areas, a bar tab or a menu full of feasting, added mini golf, Shufl and darts, this is the instant way to bring joy and cheer to the Christmas season for everyone you know.

Prices start from £15pp; find out more here

Go luxe with festive fizz and cocktails

For an evening of Christmas delight filled with carefully sourced Italian prosecco or fine champagne, cocktails or mocktails, head to Caffe Rizzoli, Sienna Kitchen & Bar or Caffe Massarella where you’ll find plates of antipasti, sweet dolce and pan-fried Scottish scallops to share.

A New Yorker Christmas at Frankie & Benny’s

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Recreate Elf, When Harry Met Sally and those festive episodes of Friends with Frankie & Benny’s fairytale in New York menu. Full of American-Italian classics, dig into starters of delicious meatballs and mushroom bruschetta, mac ’n’ cheese with side servings of pigs in blankets and festive burgers served with cranberry relish.

With giant profiteroles; baked cherry and apple crumble and spiced apple pie cocktails, this is Christmas with the ultimate NY twist. Book ahead and enjoy free fizz too.

Set menus start from two courses for £19.95; find out more here

A warming and traditional Italian Christmas at Carluccio’s

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Duck arancini served with nduja mayonnaise; aubergine Milanese with linguine pasta in tomato, olives, garlic and chilli sauce; pork saltimbocca; steak with truffle butter and panettone with spiced syrup… For an elegant and delicious Italian feast full of authentic flavours with family, friends or team, Carluccio’s is like having the snowy alps right on your doorstep.

Set menus start from two courses for £24.95 from 13 November and 31 December; find out more here* book before 31 October for free welcome glass of prosecco for each guest

Fiesta festiva at Las Iguanas

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Las Iguanas is bringing the Latin party spirit to the holidays. All bookings include a free welcome Christmas cocktail or mocktail (FYI: download the app and get free nachos) and with Bad Santa chimichanga and Seafood Diablo to Berry Merry Sundaes and bottomless brunches, this is the instant way to shake up the office party this year. Bring your own maracas though.

Set menus with welcome cocktail start from two courses for £25.95; find out more here

Go for a cinema Christmas party at Vue

’Tis the season for some brilliant new films: Gladiator 2 is out 15 November and Wicked is out 22 November (even the kids’ films are set to be huge with Mufasa out 20 December and Moana 2 out 27 November). With special Christmas films at Vue including the Royal Ballet’s Nutcracker and Cinderella, transport yourself into the silver screen.

Find out more here

Fun feasting at Pizza Express

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The ultimate people-pleasing place to book (who doesn’t love a dough ball?), Pizza Express has everyone covered with cosy booths, huge tables and private spaces to match your party.

Enjoy welcome cocktails and mocktails of Pomegranate Mimosa and Elfspresso Martini and a festive menu featuring truffle dough balls; Christmas Feast pizzas with pulled turkey, sage, spinach, tomato with garlic, mozzarella, Gran Milano cheese and cranberry sauce; vegan Buddha bowls; classic lasagne and Snowflake Brownies.

Set menus start from two courses for £19.95 from 12 November; find out more here

Unforgettable Christmas parties at TGI Fridays

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For friends and family feasting, office parties and get-togethers, TGI Fridays takes Christmas very seriously indeed. They’ve got a menu full of special seasonal ideas including Classic Baby It’s Cold Outside marinated ribs served with corn on the cob and house slaw; a Very Merry Vegan Burger; cheesy ring donuts tossed in sweet and smoky seasoning and mozzarella dippers served with cranberry and chilli jam and desserts featuring Mrs Claus Pecan Pie while their mixologists are working on special cocktails for the Christmas season. Mariah is absolutely guaranteed to be on the playlist, too.

Set menus start from two courses for £21.95 from 1 November and 5 January 2025; find out more here*.

A big fat Greek night out at The Real Greek

Perfect for sharing and filled with fresh flavours of the Med to bring sunshine into Christmas, The Real Greek’s menu of four courses lets you choose hot and cold mezze such as spicy lamb meatballs served with chilli relish, chickpeas and roasted red peppers alongside dipping tzatziki and spicy feta dip. Yum…

From £25pp; find out more here

Instantly find your Christmas spirit at Zizzi

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Toast in the festivities and 2025 with a more-ish Blood Orange Aperol Fizz then discover a festive menu filled with Pig In Blanket Bombes (a garlic dough ball loaded with mozzarella, a pig-in-blanket and crumbled meatball with roquito hot honey and riserva cheese); beef short rib Wellingtons; lobster mafaldine with king prawn spiedini and giant profiteroles. Warming, welcoming and uplifting, Zizzi is all about twinkling lights, joyous tunes and a very Merry Christmas.

Set menus start from three courses for £26.50 from 5 November and 2 January 2025; find out more here

Do some relaxing late-night shopping

Open late until 10pm weekdays from 25 November with free parking and easy access via train, tram and bus, discover the best beauty, fashion tech, jewellery, food and unexpected Secret Santas at Meadowhall’s stores. Find out the times here.

With Mango, Frasers, Flannels, Marks & Spencer and Primark, this season’s bright accessories, luxe sequin looks and cosy knitwear are essential stops. You’ll discover gorgeous beauty finds from The Perfume Store, Rituals and Boots; covetable gifts from Breitling, Tag Heuer and Goldsmiths with gift ideas for him at Tommy Hilfiger, Zara and more, it’s Christmas covered. Find inspiration here.

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