31 ways to celebrate Christmas 2025 🥂
Whether it's a special occasion for two, meeting up with friends or planning the perfect Christmas work party 🥂
We've picked out a mix of 31 city centre venues - and ideas - that are ready to serve up your perfect Christmas celebration.
In this special festive-themed 'A-Z' guide, you'll find everything from 'the traditional' right through to a few things that are just a 'little bit different'.
Simply scroll through for some suitably festive inspiration or click a number below and let us choose your destination of choice to celebrate Christmas in Sheffield city centre in 2025.
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📖 Article updated Tuesday 16 September 2025. All information correct at time of publication.
For further information simply click the link next to the 🎁 under each venue listing.
All Bar One
Whether you’re looking for an indulgent three‐course celebration meal, a casual work buffet, or stylish drinks, All Bar One on Leopold Street can add a touch of sparkle to your Christmas Party celebrations.
🍽️ Take a look at this year's festive menu here.
🎁 Christmas 2025 at All Bar One | Parties, Menus & Cocktails
💡 How about getting stuck into an All Bar One cocktail making class this Christmas?
Bella Italia
Elevate your Christmas celebration with Bella Italia's Italian-inspired dishes 🍝
Bella's Christmas two-course set menu starts at £23.45.
You could also 'go Bottomless' 😲
For £17* per person, enjoy unlimited house red, house white, prosecco and draught beer. Non-alcoholic options are available too.
🎁 Book Your Christmas Lunch or Party Today | Bella Italia | Bella Italia
* When booked before 1 November 2025.
The Botanist
Get the party started at The Botanist on Charter Square.
Their Christmas menu is available from Wednesday 19 November right through until Christmas Eve.
It features a two- or three-course Christmas Dining Menu alongside their Festive Finger Food Menu 'designed for mingling and perfect for drinks parties.'
After becoming famous for their 'head-turning' hanging kebabs, (selling three every minute!), The Botanist brings back the Turkey Hanging Kebab this year...a perfect alternative Christmas meal.
To view full menus, for pricing and for details on how to book your spot, visit The Botanist's website.
💡 How about a few rounds of Botanist Bingo in the countdown to Christmas? Events held on the first Thursday of the month from 7pm.
BOX
Savour seasonal flavours with BOX's festive food and cocktails all whilst enjoying all the top sports action on their HD screens.
💡 Did you know BOX is home to THREE private karaoke party rooms?
🎁 Christmas 2025 in Sheffield | BOX Sheffield | Sports Bar & Kitchen
Browns Brasserie & Bar
No one does Christmas quite like Browns Sheffield.
Join Browns throughout December for 'delicious menus created especially for the season, fabulously festive cocktails, indulgent afternoon teas' and their 'inimitable brasserie buzz'.
🎁 Christmas 2025 at Browns Sheffield
✅ Browns also proudly offer standalone gluten free Festive and Christmas Day menus, accredited by Coeliac UK.
💡 Browns Sheffield serve up special menus on Christmas Day, Boxing Day and New Year’s Eve.
Bungalows & Bears
Head for Bungalows & Bears on Division Street for a three course festive set menu for £17.50, perfect for a 'feast with colleagues and besties', or check out the buffet menus at £15.50 per person 'for office parties and bigger shindigs'.
🎁 Christmas 2025 | Bungalows & Bears
Cosy Club
At the Cosy Club on Holly Street, their Christmas set menu brings 'bold flavours, seasonal favourites and a touch of Cosy charm', served as starter and main or three indulgent courses, starting from £28.95.
💡 View this year's menu here.
🎁 Cosy Club | Christmas 2025 | Festive Set Menus
Cubana
Take Christmas 'Latino style' in 2025 courtesy of city centre favourite Cubana in Leopold Square.
Christmas parties run from Thursday 27 November to Tuesday 30 December 2025.
Ego Mediterranean Restaurant
Ego Mediterranean on Surrey Street will be serving a special festive dinner set menu, three courses for £35.95.
Enjoy flavour-packed starters, vibrant mains, and decadent desserts.
Festive menus available from Wednesday 26 November until Tuesday 30 December with festive lunch (two courses) available 12pm to 5pm (excluding Christmas Day or Boxing Day).
Forum Sheffield
Forum Sheffield on Division Street have got 'everything you need' for celebrating Christmas 2025 with a bang!
Details coming soon 🤩
🎁 All day dining, coffee and cocktails - Forum Kitchen + Bar
Visit a Food Hall
Sheffield's standing on the UK's food hall scene is right up there with the very best on offer with Cambridge Street Collective and Sheffield Plate (in Orchard Square) calling Sheffield city centre their home 👏
Cambridge Street Collective, named 'the UK's Best Food Hall' at the prestigious British Street Food Awards 2024, is gearing up for their second Christmas in Sheffield city centre and they're taking bookings for the Christmas period (15 people and above).
They're also hosting a series of Christmas-themed events in the run-up to the big day including:
🎄 Festive wreath making classes on 30 November, 1 December and 3 December
🎄 Bauble painting workshops on 1 December and 9 December
🎄 Reindeer Meet & Great on 23 December
💡 Full details of all Cambridge Street Collective's events programme can be found on their website.
Sheffield Plate, inside Orchard Square, is home to six exciting food vendors, serving everything from Sri Lankan to Thai 😋
They've also got a lovely space downstairs in Sheffield Plate, perfect for private hire. Email events@sheffieldplate.co.uk for further details.
Get competitive
If you're after a spot of 'healthy competition' this festive season then Sheffield city centre has you covered 😊
Whether it's a few frames of bowling, mastering an escape room or becoming a game show contestant for the day, there's plenty of fun to be had this Christmas courtesy of the city centre's gaming venues.
How about one or all of these? 🤔
Gameshow All-Stars (first locate the entrance on Leopold Street) offer a variety of challenges involving skill, brains and - for some games - random luck. Anyone could be a winner this Christmas at Gameshow All-Stars ⭐ And they have space for up to 90 guests 🤯
🎁 Christmas (gameshowallstars.co.uk)
At The Great Escape on Vicar Lane, the name of the game is...escape rooms 🔓
With one hour on the clock, will you and your team escape in time? Combine the escape room experience with a drink (or two) as part of their special Christmas deals.
🎁 Christmas Parties | The Great Escape Game
Opening in late October Escape Hunt Sheffield on Moor Walk is Sheffield's latest escape room gaming experience.
Take your Christmas party 'to the next level' with 'utterly immersive, adrenaline-fuelled 5* escape rooms'.
Step into new worlds, solve puzzles and complete challenges in a thrilling race against the clock - a Christmas party activity like no other!
🎁 Escape Room Christmas Parties at Sheffield | Escape Hunt
💡 Download the Christmas Party Package brochure here.
It's not 'just' about bowling over at Lane7 on Matilda Street 🎳
Christmas starts on Monday 24 November this year at Lane7 and they've got a string of great offers lined up - across gaming, eating and drinking - including 'Tinsel Taster', 'Santa's Sack' and 'All The Trimmings'.
🎁 Christmas Parties and Packages | Lane7
Have a ballin’ Christmas at Roxy Ball Room on Charter Square this festive season.
With fun-packed games, festive vibes, and everything taken care of, Roxy Ball Room is the perfect spot to make this Christmas one to remember.
After all 🎶 ‘Tis the season for booze and ball games 🎶
Christmas packages - including 'Yule Duel', 'Festive Face Off' and 'Full Sleigh' - available from Monday 17 November.
🎁 Christmas 2025 | Roxy Ball Room | Roxy Lanes
Channel your inner Luke (Humphries or Littler), Beau Greaves or Fallon Sherrock and head to Bungalows & Bears on Division Street for 'darts with a difference' 🎯 This is interactive darts, the Arrowsmiths way.
Pick a game and let their electronic boards do all the sums for you 👌 Games begin from just £9 per person for 90 minutes. This experience is for over 18's only 🧓
See the full Christmas line-up on the Bungalows & Bears website.
Tenpin, on Angel Street, offer an enhanced bowling experience with fully immersive sound and lighting as well as laser tag, private karaoke rooms and escape rooms.
And if that isn’t enough, why not attempt the 10-hole prison-themed golf course?
Genting Casino 🎲
Get ready to make this festive season one to remember at Genting Casino 🎲
They're ready to bring 'the sparkle, the sounds, and the celebration' with unmissable Christmas Party Nights, live entertainment, delicious festive dining, and all the excitement of the casino floor.
Join them every Thursday to Saturday from Friday 5 to Sunday 21 December for a Christmas party experience like no other.
- Friday 5 and Saturday 6 December
Joshua Feeley: singer performing a selection of songs, bringing acoustic charm and heartfelt lyrics to the holiday season 🎶
- Thursday 11, Friday 12 and Saturday 13 December
Bethany Pashley: popular covers and Christmas classics 🎶
- Thursday 18, Friday 19 and Saturday 20 December
Alfie Ryan: Swing and Rat Pack hits 🎶
🎁 Visit Christmas Parties at Genting Casino Sheffield for further information and see the full Genting Casino Christmas 2025 brochure here 👀
Manahatta
Head to Manahatta on Balm Green, opposite the legendary Sheffield City Hall, for festive food and dining, Christmas cocktail specials and the return of their 'iconic' two-hour Festive Bottomless Brunch and Bottomless Party 🍾
The ever-popular 'Festive Feast' is perfect for eight (or more) people at £26.95 per person, plus there's a vegan and non-gluten alternative available. And the three course 'Festive Menu' is a real 'bobby dazzler' at £38.95 per person.
🎁 Christmas Parties 2025 | Sheffield City Centre | Manahatta
Miller & Carter
A 'decadent' Christmas 2025 awaits you at Miller & Carter on Surrey Street.
The Festive Set Menu provides two courses from £38.50 or three courses from £42.50. The Young Guest Festive Menu is also available from £11.95. There's also the option of a Gluten Free Festive Menu.
💡 There's also the Christmas Day Menu, Boxing Day Menu and New Year's Eve Menu.
🎁 Christmas Menu 2025 in | Miller & Carter Sheffield City
Mr Wilson's
Mr Wilson has gone all out this Christmas with events and bookings available of all sizes.
From Bottomless Christmas Brunch to full venue hire, there's something for everyone.
Or, are you looking for something a little more exclusive?
His private bar is 'yours for the taking', with the option to also book the entire venue for those with larger groups.
Enjoy 90-minutes of festive food and unlimited drinks with your nearest and dearest. Bottomless Christmas Brunch is priced at £44.50 per person, including a Christmas cracker and mince pies for all. Available every Friday, Saturday and Sunday between Friday 21 November and Saturday 27 December.
🎁 To book or view the full menu visit Mr Wilson's website.
MOJO Sheffield
Head to Holly Street for a very MOJO Christmas 🎅
They're turning up the volume this Christmas with 'wild nights, killer cocktails and unapologetic fun'.
Whether you're planning a work do, a mates’ night out or a full-blown festive blowout - MOJO have everything you need to make this one legendary.
🎁 Christmas at MOJO Sheffield — MOJO Bar
💡 How about a Festive Cocktail Masterclass?
Head to Orchard Square 🍎
Alongside Sheffield Plate, the Food Hall with six fantastic food options to choose from...and a dedicated bar, there's also a whole hots of other venues that are gearing up to serve 'a Christmas feast' this year!
At Proove you can look forward to 'delicious Neapolitan pizza, handcrafted cocktails, a warm welcome and impeccable service'.
🎁 Orchard Square – Proove Pizza
Meanwhile, upstairs at Terrace Goods, you'll find the perfect spot to keep the party going whilst enjoying the views over the square below.
💡 To keep the good times flowing, make sure you pay a visit to popular city centre drinking establishments Cheap Dates and The Old Shoe. You'll find both venues tucked away inside Orchard Square 🍎
Or, for the more adventurous, see if you can find the secret entrance to Not Open; Don't Come, for a 'speakeasy-style fine wine loft party'.
Pho 🍜
Leopold Square favourite, Pho, introduce their Christmas party menus will be available to book for parties of four or more between Monday 1 December and Christmas Eve.
The two course option is £22.95 and three courses is £26.95.
See the full Christmas set menu - including a fantastic vegan menu - here.
It's Pho ho ho with Pho 🎅
🎁 Christmas at Pho (phocafe.co.uk)
Piccolino
Indulgent Italian dishes, festive cocktails and an unforgettable atmosphere await at Piccolino in Millennium Square.
Get ready to 'paint the town silver', and make this season one to remember with Christmas party menus from £42 per person.
🎁 Christmas at Piccolino - Large Party Venue
Pieminster
Have a very 'hap-pie Christmas' courtesy of Pieminster on Division Street.
The legendary Pieminister Christmas menu is back from Wednesday 12 November, and this year it’s better than ever.
Two courses from £22, or their signature Bottomless Festive Feast for £42 per person. Think two hours of 'free-flowing fizz, pints and Christmassy cocktails, plus a pie feast stacked high and choice of festive pudding'.
Pizza Express
Enjoy two courses from £23 or 3 courses from £28 – the perfect way to add a little sparkle to your seasonal get-together.
The Pizza Express Festive menu will be unwrapped soon.
🎁 Christmas | PizzaExpress | PizzaExpress
💡 Enjoy a complimentary bottle when you book for a group of seven or more before Friday 31 October 2025. T&Cs apply.
A visit to the pub
Nothing beats a trip to the local at Christmas time 🍻
Sheffield city centre is home to some fantastic pubs all ready to welcome you this Christmas.
Here are just a few suggestions for helping you to get in to the festive spirit this year.
Celebrate Christmas at The Head of Steam on Norfolk Street. Check out their Christmas buffet menu, Christmas drink packages and Christmas specials.
💡 Book your Christmas party with The Head of Steam before Tuesday 30 September and they'll treat you to a free round of welcome drinks on arrival. Email sheffield@theheadofsteam.co.uk
At The Foresters on Division Street, there's capacity for 45 people, seating for 25, providing 'delicious buffet options and drinks packages' and a private room with its own restrooms. You can even bring your own DJ and decorations!
🎁 The Foresters | Sheffield Pub Since 1828 | Food | Beer | Social (theforesterssheffield.co.uk)
Get yourself to The Four Leaf Kitchen & Bar on West Street, for 'exclusive festive specials', including some 'foody Christmas classics as well as some more decadent choices'. Two courses for £22.95 and three courses for £25.95.
🎁 Full details over on the Four Leaf website.
At Sheffield city centre favourite, the Frog & Parrot on Division Street, their special festive menu serves up a variety of pub classics, small plates and sharers.
Menus available from Tuesday 28 October 2025 until Sunday 4 January 2026.
🎁 The Frog & Parrot Pub Restaurant in Sheffield
💡 Head to The Museum (at Orchard Square), an alternative Greene King pub in the city centre, for their special festive menu.
At The Howard on Howard Street their festive set menu is 'full of delicious dishes and traditional favourites'.
🎁 Christmas 2025 | Festive Dinner, Lunch & Dining at The Howard Sheffield
Book for Christmas today or by Friday 31 October, and they will give you £10 worth of vouchers for you to enjoy on a future visit. T&Cs apply.
Revolution
Revolution on Fitzwilliam Street have something for everyone this Christmas.
They’re serving up 'sparkling receptions, festive buffets, indulgent dining, and late-night parties that don’t know how to end'.
With two and three course dining options, a festive buffet as well as a special late night menu.
🎁 Revolution Bars (revolution-bars.co.uk)
Sheffield Theatres
Make your Christmas visit to Sheffield Theatres extra special with your own private hospitality space, the theatre café, bar and restaurant Crucible Kitchen.
This year, the Crucible will sparkle with redemption, heart, and holiday spirit in a magical new production of Charles Dickens’ timeless classic play, A Christmas Carol.
Over in the Lyceum, all your wishes will come true in the spectacular and hilarious family pantomime, Aladdin!
In the Montgomery, there'll be a brand new musical version of The Elves and the Shoemaker - bring your favourite Christmas teddy to join in with the story.
And for the youngest members of the family, enjoy the dazzling Christmas Lights in the Playhouse, then stay and play after the show.
🎁 What's On this Christmas at Sheffield Theatres | Sheffield Theatres
Showroom Workstation
With flexible event spaces, tailored food and drink packages, and a lively, welcoming atmosphere, the team at the Showroom Workstation will help you create a celebration to remember...from laid-back drinks receptions to full-venue takeovers!
🎁 Christmas Parties at Work Station | Work Station
Silversmiths
Step into the enchanting world of Christmas at Silversmiths on Arundel Street, where every moment is infused with festive magic.
With a carefully crafted festive menu alongside another dedicated to brunch, Silversmiths invite you to join them 'on a culinary journey that promises to make this holiday season truly special'.
🎁 Christmas at Silversmiths – Silversmiths Restaurant
Slug & Lettuce
At the Slug & Lettuce on Holly Street, they're serving up a choice of festive menus including festive botttomless brunch, festive afternoon tea and the option for a two or three course menu (available for groups of six or more).
🎁 Christmas at Slug And Lettuce Sheffield | Book Now
SMOKE BBQ 🔥
Celebrate a 'smokin' Christmas' at Smoke BBQ 🔥
Slow-smoked brisket, fall-off-the-bone ribs and juicy pulled pork and a special Christmas Menu that you can mix and match with their regular menu.
🎁 Call 0114 331 0331 or reserve your table here.
Turtle Bay
Celebrate Christmas with 'a festive feast with island soul' and experience 'the warmth of Caribbean hospitality, delicious flavours and the best vibes' 🍹
Take a look at Turtle Bay's Christmas brochure here (PDF opens in a new window).
🎁 Book Your Christmas Party Celebrations - Turtle Bay UK
💡 Book a Christmas party for 5+ people by Friday 31 October and they'll send you a £30 App gift on Monday 5 January 2026. All you need to do is use the Turtle Bay App when you visit, linked to the same mobile number as the booking. T&Cs apply.
Zizzi
Filled with seasonal flavours and holiday cheer 🥂
From twinkling decorations to a three course festive set menu, Zizzi in Leopold Square have got everything you need for a magical Christmas celebration.
Opt for their three course Christmas Set Menu at £29.95, available from Tuesday 18 November.
And, if you book by Friday 31 October, they'll add free Prosecco for tables of 10+. T&Cs apply.
🎁 Christmas Set Menu at Zizzi Restaurants 2025 | Christmas Set Menu
Season's eatings 😋