32 ways to celebrate Christmas 2024 🥂
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 32 city centre places 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 this year.
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📖 Article updated Friday 1 November 2024
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.
💡 How about an All Bar One cocktail making class this Christmas?
🎁 Christmas 2024 at All Bar One Sheffield | Menus & Bookings
Bella Italia
Elevate your Christmas celebration with Bella Italia's Italian-inspired dishes 🍝 Bella's Christmas two-course set menu starts at just £18.95.
You could also go 'Bottomless' 😲 For just £15 per person, enjoy unlimited house red, house white, prosecco and draught beer. Non-alcoholic options are available too.
🎁 Book Your Christmas Lunch or Christmas Party Today | Bella Italia
The Botanist
Get the party started at The Botanist in Leopold Square.
Their Christmas menu is available from Wednesday 20 November right through until Christmas Eve, featuring 'festive twists' on their already fabulous signature dishes. Better still it's available as either a two or three course menu.
After becoming famous for their head-turning hanging kebabs, (selling three every minute!), The Botanist has created the Turkey Hanging Kebab, the perfect alternative Christmas meal.
To view the full menu, pricing and to book your spot visit The Botanist's website.
💡 How about a few rounds of Botanist Bingo in the countdown to Christmas? Taking bookings now for Wednesday 4 December 2024.
💡 Or a Festive Bottomless Brunch? Available for £35 per person on selected dates from Friday 8 November 2024.
BrewDog Sheffield
Head to BrewDog on Devonshire Street for the 'Ultimate Christmas Buffet' featuring festive sliders, wings, pigs in blankets, brie, loaded fries and...cheesecake! If you're looking for the ultimate Christmas buffet, let's be honest, you've probably found it! 🤯
🎁 BrewDog Bars & Pubs | Book Your Christmas Party Now | BrewDog Christmas
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 our inimitable brasserie buzz.'
🎁 Christmas 2024 at Browns Sheffield (browns-restaurants.co.uk)
✅ 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 2024 I Bungalows & Bears (bungalowsandbears.com)
Cosy Club
Sheffield city centre newcomers Cosy Club on Holly Street has a Christmas dining menu featuring 'fresh and modern festive favourites with crackers, hats and lots of drinks options'. Choose a three course menu or pop in for a two course lunchtime treat.
All available from Wednesday 20 November.
🎁 Christmas Dining 2024 - Cosy Club
Cubana
Take Christmas 'Latino style' in 2024 courtesy of Cubana in Leopold Square.
They're serving up a special daytime set menu at £22.50 per person right through to a 'deluxe' evening tapas set menu for £37.50 per person.
🎁 Christmas 2024 at Cubana (cubanatapasbar.co.uk)
Ego Mediterranean Restaurant
Ego Mediterranean on Surrey Street will be serving a special festive dinner set menu, three courses for £34.95. Or how about a two course festive lunch menu for £30.95 (three courses is £34.95).
🎁 Festive Dinner Menu at Ego Mediterranean, Sheffield (egorestaurants.co.uk)
Forum Sheffield
Forum Sheffield on Division Street have got 'everything you need' for celebrating Christmas 2024 with a bang...ultimate christmas parties, wreath making, christmas quiz nights (every Wednesday in December) and much more!
Download Forum Sheffield's full Christmas brochure here.
🎁 Celebrate Christmas Events at The Forum | Festive Parties & More (forumsheffield.co.uk)
💡 How about booking your party in January 2025? You’ll receive 20% off all pre-paid food and drink, plus free venue hire. Details here 👀
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, Kommune (Angel Street) and Sheffield Plate (Orchard Square) all calling Sheffield city centre their home 👏
Cambridge Street Collective, recently named 'the UK's Best Food Hall' at the prestigious British Street Food Awards 2024, is gearing up for their first Christmas in Sheffield city centre and they're taking bookings for the Christmas period (minimum 20 people).
They're also hosting a series of Christmas-themed events in the run-up to the big day, including weekly Christmas Markets from Sunday 1 December. Full details of all Cambridge Street Collective's events programme can be found on their website.
If it's a big team meal or an intimate dinner, Kommune on Angel Street have something for everyone with a wide range of offers from their fantastic range of vendors 👏 Email ask@kommunesheffield.com for further details.
🎁 Kommune Sheffield | Food Hall and Events Space
Last, but by no means least, Sheffield Plate at 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.
🎁 Sheffield Plate (@sheffieldplate) • Instagram photos and videos
The Furnace
The team at The Furnace on Charter Row, in the Heart of the City development, have been looking forward to Christmas for ages! Don't believe us? They first started talking about it on their socials in July 🤯
Filled with seasonal delights and well-loved festive favourites, there's something for everyone on The Furnace's delicious Christmas dining menu (available from Wednesday 20 November).
🎁 Christmas 2024 | The Furnace Sheffield | The Furnace
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 (find 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
It's not 'just' about bowling over at Lane7 on Matilda Street although they're wanting you to spend Christmas 'in the gutter' this year 🎳
Christmas starts on Monday 25 November this year at Lane 7 and they've got a string of great offers lined up including 'Deck the Balls' and 'Glitter the Gutter'.
🎁 Christmas Parties and Packages | Lane7
Have a ballin’ Christmas at Roxy Ball Room on Charter Square this festive season with four festive packages to choose from!
It’s the perfect choice for a party of any size, so you can enjoy their games, food and booze all under one roof.
Their Christmas-themed packages include a 'huge buffet', with a 'variety of pizzas and a great range of sharing sides...plus drinks'.
🎁 Book your Christmas party with us at Roxy | Roxy Ball Room | Roxy Lanes (roxyleisure.co.uk)
Channel your inner Luke (Humphries or Littler), Beau or Fallon 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 🧓
At the National Videogame Museum on Angel Street, they're celebrating the festive season with evening openings on selected days in December 🎄
Tickets include a welcome drink and mince pie, plus exclusive late access to the Museum as well as team competitions. Late sessions are available for adult groups of 6 or more and run throughout the month.
Head to the National Videogame Museum website for details.
Tenpin, also 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?
💡 Enjoy two games of bowling and a meal this Christmas 🎳 £10 for kids and £12.50 for adults.
🎁 Tenpin Christmas Deal - 2 Bowling Games & Meal | Xmas Fun
And if you want even more crazy-golf themed fun (and a few cocktails to enjoy a round with), head to Gloryholes on High Street, guaranteed to be a great way to spend a couple of hours.
But remember...it's adults only 🧓
Genting Casino 🎲
Enjoy a night of festive fun, delicious food and spectacular live entertainment, followed by a flutter on Genting Casino's live gaming tables 🎲
Bookings available every Thursday, Friday and Saturday throughout December, with great live music available for you to enjoy:
🎤 On Saturday 12 December Mark Summers, the UKs Number one Elvis Tribute act, will be performing at Genting Casino.
Tickets are just £45 per person and include a festive three course meal, afterparty with DJ ‘til 1am, and a complimentary £5 Spin to Win voucher 🎁 Dining times are from 7pm with the live entertainment from Mark scheduled at approximately 9pm.
For details and to book contact Kathryn.Wolstenholme@gentingcasinos.co.uk
🎁 Christmas Parties at Genting Casino Sheffield
💡 See the full Genting Casino Christmas 2024 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 2024 | Sheffield City Centre | Manahatta
💡 Manahatta's sister-bar, BOX Sheffield, opens in Sheffield city centre on Saturday 23 November 🍾 Choose from a Festive Feast at £26.95 per person or a Boozy Feast (including two drinks per person) from £38.95 per person. Find out all about BOX Sheffield and their Christmas offering on their website.
Miller & Carter
A 'decadent' Christmas 2024 awaits you at Miller & Carter on Surrey Street.
The Festive Set Menu provides two courses from £35.95 or three courses from £39.95. The Young Guest Festive Menu is also available from just £13.95. 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.
🎁 Book Christmas 2024 at (millerandcarter.co.uk)
Mr Wilson's
Mr Wilson has gone all out this Christmas with a Bottomless Brunch like no other!
Their festive brunch will be running Friday to Sunday from Friday 22 November.
Expect crackers, mince pies and festive tunes every weekend.
And, since they're feeling 'extra naughty', you can claim a 10% discount on your brunch when using the code WILSONLOCAL10 🔥
🎁 To book or view the full menu visit the Mr Wilson's website.
MOJO Sheffield
Head to Holly Street for a very MOJO Christmas 🎅
How about a Festive Cocktail Masterclass or a Merry MOJO Brunch?
If you're looking for something for the whole gang, their beautiful roof terrace bar provides space for up to 100 guests 🤯
🎁 Christmas at MOJO Sheffield — MOJO Bar
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 Proove and Terrace Goods 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'. Choose from a fabulous three course festive menu at £25 per person or a three course festive bottomless for £45 per person.
Party bookings available from Friday 22 November through to Tuesday 31 December (excluding Christmas Day and Boxing Day).
🎁 Christmas 2024 - 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 🍎
The Old Shoe are particularly pleased with their hand-selected Christmas music collection 🎼
Pho 🍜
Leopold Square favourite, Pho, introduce their Christmas party menus for parties of five or more from Sunday 1 December and they're available up to and including 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 £39.95 per person.
🎁 Christmas 2024 at Piccolino - Festive Menus & Party Venues (piccolinorestaurants.com)
Pieminster
Have a very 'hap-pie Christmas' courtesy of Pieminster on Division Street.
Pieminister’s Christmas menu is back from November, and they’ve 'got something for everybody'. One course from £14.50, two courses from £19.50 or their signature Bottomless Festive Feast is back for 2024 for just £40 per person.
🎁 A Pieminister Christmas – Pieminister
Pizza Express
From irresistible Dough Balls in Blankets and their turkey & cranberry Christmas Feast pizza to Loaded Snowball Dough Balls. All at great value, with two courses (starter and main) from £19.95, or three courses from £25.95.
Enjoy classic tastes of Christmas with a little twist of pizzazz, on the Pizza Express
Launching on Tuesday 12 November 🍕
🎁 Christmas | PizzaExpress | PizzaExpress
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.
🎁 Sheffield | Head of Steam (theheadofsteam.co.uk)
💡 Book your Christmas party with The Head of Steam before Sunday 1 December and they'll add 10% to any bar tab worth over £500 and 15% to any bat tab over £1,000 🤯 Please note bar tab must be pre-paid.
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! Email bookings@rockinghamgroup.co.uk for further details.
🎁 The Foresters | Sheffield Pub Since 1828 | Food | Beer | Social (theforesterssheffield.co.uk)
Get yourself to one of the latest city centre arrivals, The Four Leaf Kitchen & Bar on West Street, for 'exclusive festive specials', including some 'foody Christmas classics as well as some more decadent choices'.
Full details over on the Four Leaf website including timings for their Light Switch On event on Friday 15 November 🌟
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.
🎁 Festive Menu 2024 | The Frog & Parrot, Sheffield (greeneking.co.uk
💡 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, 'full of delicious dishes and traditional favourites', is available from Monday 11 November.
🎁 Christmas 2024| Festive Dinner, Lunch & Dining at The Howard Sheffield
Revolution
Revolution on Fitzwilliam Street have something for everyone this Christmas, with two and three course dining options, a festive buffet as well as a special Xmas afternoon tea...'a mixed up take on a classic...with a Revs twist'.
🎁 Revolution Bars (revolution-bars.co.uk)
Sheffield Theatres
Make your Christmas visit to Sheffield Theatres extra special with their special packages at Crucible Kitchen.
🎁 Festive Afternoon Tea | Overlooking Tudor Square before matinee performances.
🎁 Santa’s Grotto | Meet Santa for a photo, drink and present. Available on selected days in December.
🎁 Pre-Show Dining | Tuck into a delicious three-course meal before Fri and Sat evening performances.
There is limited availability, so pre-booking is required.
🎁 What's On this Christmas at Sheffield Theatres | Sheffield Theatres
💡 Watch this year's trailer for the Sheffield Theatres panto, Snow White, here.
Showroom Workstation
Toast your teams' achievements with 'a party to remember' at one of Sheffield's most iconic venues.
From traditional Christmas dinners to delectable canapes, explore the mouth-watering festive menus put together by the Showroom's expert kitchen team.
See the 2024 Christmas menu options here.
🎁 Celebrate Christmas 2024 at Work Station - Showroom Workstation - Sheffield
Silversmiths
Expect a 'sumptuous array of seasonal delights that celebrate the joy of the holidays' when you visit Silversmiths on Arundel Street.
With a carefully crafted festive menu alongside one for private dining, 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 the choice of a two or three course festive feast as well as a special festive buffet for groups of 10 or more. And they've also got a special two or three course Christmas-themed menu for younger diners.
🎁 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 'an escape to the Bay' and experience 'the warmth of Caribbean hospitality, delicious flavours and the best vibes' 🍹
Enjoy two courses for £26 or three courses for £31 with a free cocktail for each guest when you choose their Caribbean Christmas menu (note: this is a sample menu for Christmas 2024).
🎁 Book Your Christmas Party Celebrations - Turtle Bay UK
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.
The Zizzi Festive Menu launches on Monday 18 November, but you can try the Zizzi Festive Special Guests from Tuesday 5 November 2024.
💡 Book your Christmas party for six people or more between Monday 18 and Friday 29 November, and you'll be treated to a free bottle of House Prosecco 🍾 Simply quote ZIZZIFIZZ24 when you arrive, to claim your free bubbles. One bottle per party. Booking must be made by Sunday 10 November and normal licensing laws apply.
🎁 Christmas Set Menu at Zizzi Restaurants 2024 | Christmas Set Menu
Season's eatings 😋