Dallas Restaurants Open on Christmas

It’s the most indulgent time of year, and a lot of our favorite Dallas restaurants are open for Christmas Eve and Christmas dinner across North Texas. 

You made it through Thanksgiving. Why not kick your feet up at any of these restaurants eager to host you this holiday season? Watch the tablecloths, though.

Gemma – Feast of Seven Fishes on Christmas Eve
2323 N. Henderson Ave., Knox-Henderson
Have you seen the movie Feast of Seven Fishes? It’s one of our food editor’s holiday favorites. Go watch it, then you’ll understand how awesome this dinner is going to be. Gemma is hosting a feast of seven fishes on Christmas Eve (they’re closed on Christmas Day). The whole table must participate (the regular menu is not available). It’s $95 per person and there’s an optional wine pairing. Make reservations online.

Sachet – Feast of Seven Fishes
4720 Oak Lawn Ave.
Sister concept of Gemma, Sachet, is also doing a feast of seven fishes. This one is available Dec. 22, 23 and 24 (closed Dec. 25). The regular menu is available here. The five-course feast is $95 per person, with optional wine pairing. Snag a seat soon.

Georgie
4514 Travis St., Knox-Henderson
Chef Bruno Davaillon is inviting guests to celebrate his three-course prix fixe menu on Christmas Eve or Christmas Day this year at Georgie. It’s priced at $135 per person, before taxes and gratuity, and includes starters like bluefin tuna tartare or lobster ravioli, and entrees like wild striped bass, dry-aged duck or a 10-ounce dry-aged New York strip. Complete the evening with a bright citrus baba (yeast-risen pastries drizzled with syrup) or a chocolate bûche de Noël.

Maison Chinoise
4152 Cole Ave., Oak Lawn
The contemporary Chinese restaurant from the Lombardi family is open on Christmas Day for lunch and dinner (1 to 9 p.m.) with the regular menu, chef specials and holiday cocktails. Try the crispy rock shrimp, xio long bao (pork soup dumplings), or pan-fried wagyu beef potstickers. Get ’em all since you’ve been so good this year. Make reservations well ahead of time.

Del Frisco’s Double Eagle
Multiple Locations
All three of the Del Frisco’s locations will be open for Christmas Eve and Christmas Day dining in Dallas. Dine in on Christmas Eve from 3-9 p.m. or Christmas Day from 2-8 p.m. The dinner is dine-in only and is a featured family meal for four that costs $395 before taxes and gratuity. Included is a holiday salad, veal and wagyu meatballs with tomato fondue, a 40-ounce gold Wagyu king cut bone-in ribeye, sweet potato casserole, roasted Brussels sprouts and finishes with a gingerbread butter cake and chocolate mousse cake with a peppermint crumble.

Monarch
1401 Elm St., Downtown
Monarch, per usual, wants to host your holiday in the sky this year. They’re doing a Christmas Eve and Christmas Day dinner. Christmas Eve service will be from 4 – 9:30 p.m., and Christmas Day will be from 4 – 9 p.m. Either day you dine will cost $175 per person, before taxes and gratuity, and will include multiple courses for the table. Start things off with an amuse-bouche of prosciutto, “baked robiola” and panettone crostinis. First course: focaccia with dip in the pot, winter squash caponata, radicchio salad and tuna crudo for the table. Second course: hearth-roasted tenderloin or branzino. Table sides include garlic whipped potatoes, chestnut agnolotti and Brussels sprouts. Dessert is a chocolate cake with orange chocolate ganache and a gingerbread cookie. Oysters, Osetra caviar, 45-day dry-aged tomahawk, Périgord black truffles and Alba white truffles will all be available to add to the spread.

III Forks
Addison and Frisco
Christmas time might be one of the best times to get out and dine at III Forks. Not because it’s anything more special than its usual high caliber, but because all the out-of-towners are just that, out of town, and therefore the traffic is a smooth ride all the way up 75 (or the tollway). On Christmas Eve, from 5 to 10 p.m., III Forks is serving a special surf and turf dinner with an 8-ounce filet and a 6-ounce lobster tail. Pair it with any of their signature sides and do be tempted by their full-size takeaway desserts.

Knox Bistro
3230 Knox St., Knox-Henderson
Knox Bistro is serving a Christmas Eve menu that highlights French classics and seasonal flavors for $95 per person, not including taxes or gratuity. Foie gras torchon with prune, gin-cured salmon gravlax with smoked roe and lobster bisque are featured starters. Beef Wellington, roasted Texas quail, wild mushroom risotto and day boat scallops in Champagne sauce highlight the entrees, and a raspberry and white chocolate bûche de Noël or profiterole Mont Blanc (choux pastry buns) are available for a festive finish.

Winsome Prime
331 Singleton Blvd., Trinity Groves
Winsome Prime will be open for Christmas dinner from 4 to 10 p.m. It’s a newer restaurant in Trinity Groves that’s packed with globally-inspired flavors, and all of them are on the menu for the holiday. The chef is serving his usual menu of classics, which has a Hawaiian ribeye, crab beignets, jerk-seasoned lamb chops, prime steaks and more. There’s plenty of seafood for pescatarians, and they’re even serving a vegan “shroom steak”. Compliment your main course with traditional sides like collard greens, three cheese mac n’ cheese, bacon jam Brussels sprouts and garlic mashed potatoes. Mom’s carrot cake, rum butter cake and French toast pudding will round the dinner off for dessert.

Al Biernat’s
4217 Oak Lawn Ave., Uptown
Al Biernat’s is where we find our own home away from home when we want to dine out in Dallas. The staff feels like family, and it’s no wonder it’s one of the most popular places to dine in for the holiday. Both locations will be open on Christmas Eve and closed on Christmas, and will be serving their main menu with all the favorites. On Friday, Dec. 26, both locations will be closed for lunch.

Knife Italian Steak
4150 N. MacArthur Blvd., Irving
Knife Italian Steak is hosting two holiday dine-in experiences on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day from 5-10 p.m. The full menu will be available both nights alongside chef-curated à la carte holiday specials. Highlights include a skull island prawn cocktail, cream of mushroom soup with black truffle, a 240-day dry-aged ribeye with Madeira jus, white truffle risotto and Wagyu short rib with vanilla mashed potatoes. 

Avra Estiatorio
300 Crescent Court, Uptown
Newly opened Avra is joining the holiday festivities this year and will feature a special a la carte menu for Christmas Eve from 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. Highlights include prime rib, lobster mac n’ cheese, truffled mashed potatoes and grilled artichokes. They have also created some holiday cocktails that will be available in addition to the regular drink menu.

Sanjh
5250 N O’Connor Blvd., Irving
The Christmas Day brunch buffet at Sanjh is guaranteed to be a highlight of anyone’s holiday this year. It will feature the modern, but traditional Indian cuisine the restaurant is known for and will be served from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. On the line are tandoori lamb chops, herb-roasted turkey, maple-glazed ham, curries, dals and vegetarian specialties. Live chaat and dosa stations will be sprinkled throughout and desserts like gulab jamun, berry cheesecake and pecan pie will be up for grabs. The buffet costs $65 for adults and $32.50 for kids, plus taxes and gratuity.

Nuri Steakhouse
2401 Cedar Springs Road, Uptown
Nuri will be open for Christmas Eve dinner from 5-8 p.m. The regular menu, in addition to holiday chef specials, will be available for the table. Items like the gumbo done two ways, caviar service, seafood tower and variety of Texas Wagyu will be up for grabs, including a filet, 36-ounce tomahawk and 40-ounce porterhouse. Note that the last reservations are available at 8 p.m.