Overview
Are you looking for an utterly decadent way to spend Christmas Day? The Watsons Bay Boutique Hotel is putting on a feast epic enough to have Santa ready to quit the North Pole.
Every guest will receive a glass of Moet on arrival, before sitting down to four gourmet courses, designed by celebrity chef Pete Evans, and matched with four different Cape Mentelle wines. Traditional Australian Christmas fare is at the heart of the menu, but it's to be delivered with a special twist, in the form of whiskey and honey glazed Kurobuta organic ham; slow-cooked lamb shoulder with quinoa, pumpkin and cranberries; and maple roasted sweet potato with candied pecans.
In addition to that, there'll be a nod to the hotel's waterfront location and panoramic harbour views, with chilled seafood platters and barbecue split Yamba prawns with garlic, chilli and lemon. The sweet finale is to be mango and passionfruit smashed pavlova with mascarpone cream.
The feast will set you back $250 per adult, including a four-hour beverage package, and $125 per child aged 10-17. Any child not needing a seat can attend free-of-charge. Seating is available from midday.
Other events on the hotel's festive season program include Aperol Sunset Sessions kicking off this Sunday and carrying on every Sunday throughout summer; a Hawaiian Christmas Eve, complete with complimentary leis and cocktails on arrival, $5 drinks all night long, a pig-on-a-spit, hula dancers, fire twirlers and DJ Andy Mathers.
The sold-out New Year's Eve see a beachside party, with uninterrupted views of the harbour fireworks and DJ sets from Chicks on Deck, Dolso, Hatch and Tokyo Denmark Sweden. This will be followed up on New Year's Day with Beach Clique, to be held on the hotel's Top Deck. There'll be complimentary drinks between midday and 3pm, as well as Pete Evans-designed canapes or a long four-course lunch, and music from Stephen Ferris, Saville, Dolso, Hatch and Leah. Tickets to New Year's Day have all nearly been snapped up, so get in quick.
Check out the full schedule of events on their website.
