Hands up if you don’t want to do any washing up this year on Christmas Day. Us too. Luckily, there’s plenty of bars and restaurants across the city that plan to open on December 25th. Choose from fancy five courses with Champagne or find a laid back turkey dinner at your local pub - whatever your preference, it’s still available on Christmas Day.
Miller & Carter
Outside The Light, The Headrow | £89.95 per person for five courses
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Where: The Light, 56-58 The Headrow, Leeds City Centre, LS1 8TL
The perfect alternative Christmas dinner for steak lovers, Miller & Carter offers a choice of 30-day-aged prime Fillet 8oz and 12oz Ribeye in addition to your usual festive turkey dinner.
Princes Avenue, Roundhay | Menu from £68.95 per adult
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Where: Princes Avenue, Roundhay, Leeds, LS8 2EP
There's three courses and a whopping eight different mains to choose from (and that's just one turkey dinner, seven different meat and veggie alternatives), this has got to be one of the cosiest spots in the city for Christmas Dinner.
With Moët & Chandon Impérial Champagne as your welcome drink, you know this is going to be a fancy dinner to remember. Choose from five different options for starter, main and dessert and polish the night off with a cheese board or truffles and mince pies.
Deer Park Leeds
Street Lane, Roundhay | £89.95 per person for five courses
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Where: 68 Street Lane, Roundhay, Leeds, LS8 2DQ
Hand-carved turkey, lemon sole, rack of lamb, fillet of beef wellington and roasted celeriac steak are all on offer at The Deer Park this Christmas.
Find out more here.
Malmaison
Swinegate, Leeds City Centre | £99 per person
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Where: 1 Swinegate, Leeds City Centre, LS1 4AG
Four courses and a glass of Champagne come alongside choices like dry-aged beef fillet, creamy gnocchi ricotta bake and the classic free range turkey dinner at Malmaison - and its city centre location makes it ideal for large groups meeting up for the big day.
The Lawnswood Arms
Otley Road, Adel | £10 deposit per adult required
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Where: Otley Road, Adel, North Leeds, LS16 7PH
Traditional Christmas dinners, Sizzling 10oz ribeye steak and free welcome drinks, The Lawnswood Arms will be open this Christmas Day and has a packed menu of festive favourites and tasty alternatives to choose from.
Christmas dinner using fresh, local produce never tasted so good. Over two sittings choose from a combination of new dishes, traditional favourites and festive classics.
Tesco has officially unveiled its Christmas Meal Deal menu for 2026, and has revealed when it’ll be arriving in stores.
Spooky season may not have even arrived yet, but it won’t be long before the most wonderful time of the year is here and most of the UK’s major supermarkets have already started stocking their shelves with Christmas food, drink, and gifts galore.
Tesco has now unveiled all the sandwiches and snacks forming part of its iconic lunchtime meal deal selection.
10 new seasonal mains and sides have been launched this year, as well as some classics and returning fan favourites too.
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The retailer says its food on-the-go experts have worked hard to bring a variety of festive flavours and great-quality ingredients together this year, with something on offer to cater to all tastes and preferences.
Available in stores and online from next week, with Tesco Clubcard members paying just £3.80 or £5.50 to upgrade to a Premium Meal Deal, some of the all-new main options you can choose from in 2026’s festive lineup include the Fully Loaded Chicken, Stuffing, Braised Red Cabbage & Cranberry Sauce Sandwich, the Christmas Triple Sandwich, and the Pork Meatball Wrap with smoky sage and onion mayonnaise.
Other returning favourites include the Brie and Cranberry Sandwich, the Currywurst Sausage Sub, and the absolute classic Turkey & Trimmings Sandwich.
For veggies and vegans, there’s a new Tesco Plant Chef Christmas Veg Fest Wrap, and for those who follow a gluten free diet, you can grab the Gluten Free Festive Chicken & Trimmings sandwich.
When it comes to snacks to accompany those mains, the festive Mini Pork Pies and Pig in Blanket Sausage Rolls are returning to the lineup this year, alongside some new additions like the Pretzels with Salted Caramel Soft Cheese Dip, and Mini Cheese Twists.
The 2026 Tesco Christmas Meal Deal range will be in stores across the UK from Monday 12 October, and there’s thousands of combinations to try.
Yorkshire-set Christmas film by Leeds director starring Richard E. Grant set to hit UK cinemas next month
Clementine Hall
A brand-new Christmas film is hitting cinemas nationwide next month - and it’s a proper Leeds success story.
Jack Spring directed his first feature film at just 19 years old and has spent the last decade carving out a career in independent film, as well as co-founding Leeds-based production company Shush Films.
His first movie, Destination: Dewsbury, was shot just down the road in - you guessed it - Dewsbury. And after moving to Leeds from Grimsby, Jack became determined to build his business from the city, putting down roots and growing his production company here.
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Now, after years of working on independent projects, Jack has taken his biggest leap yet with a brand-new Christmas film, Merry Christmas Aubrey Flint.
Set in Yorkshire, Merry Christmas Aubrey Flint follows Aubrey Flint, a reclusive model soldier painter with a lifelong hatred of Christmas, who is sentenced to community service at Willow Lodge - a retirement home on the brink of closure.
Roped into helping with a chaotic production of Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol, Aubrey clashes with its interesting set of residents...
And the cast is about as star-studded as it gets, featuring Richard E. Grant, John Bradley, Celia Imrie, Adjoa Andoh, Sophia Di Martino, Adrian Rawlins and Kiell Smith-Bynoe.
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The heartwarming festive comedy will hit cinemas nationwide on Friday 6 November - a huge milestone for a Leeds-based director and production company, taking a homegrown Yorkshire story to audiences across the country.
You just can't beat a proper wholesome British Christmas film, so you can best believe we'll be watching in the cinema, popcorn in hand.
Sophie Smith -
16th October 2023 
