Menus to celebrate Christmas in Valencia

La Perfumería – €145 

La Perfumería is also getting in on the festive spirit with two carefully selected options to celebrate both Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. 

The menu for dinner on the 24th starts with three appetisers and continues with two very special starters: cold citrus salting with a sea and marsh duo and a capon, foie gras and chestnut parfait accompanied by a purple mosaic with bergamot. 

The main courses include original options such as black grouper sirloin with citrus sabayon or lamb stuffed with blue crab mousseline and traditional vegetables. 

Before the dessert, you will enjoy a refreshing pre-dessert: lemon verbena, grapefruit and mint sorbet. 

The finale of the feast features orange, nougat and saffron layers, topped off with classic Christmas sweets. 

For Christmas Day they also have a menu, as well as options for the youngest members of the family. 

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Kuzina – €54

Kuzina is serving up a full Greek menu for Christmas Eve.

The feast begins with halloumi, a typical Cypriot cheese, served with honey and pistachios, followed by a lamb croquette and bougiourdi, baked feta cheese with vegetables and a hint of spice. All typical Greek dishes!

Then come the Saganaki mussels and octopus carpaccio.

The main course is a choice between beef stew, sea bass en papillote or lamb stew with Kritharaki pasta. And for dessert, there is Kataifi Ekmek, a sweet with a thin dough base, syrup, custard and fresh cream.

Kuzina also has an equally delicious selection for the menu on the 25th.

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Grand Hotel Centenari – €130

The Centenari invites you to enjoy live music from a grand piano and a dinner that needs no introduction.

A Bloody Mary oyster and tuna tartare with crispy nori seaweed kick things off.

Starters follow the same theme: a fennel and leek royale with smoked eel and a pumpkin and boletus Mont Blanc.

The centrepiece of the menu is sole in suquet with saffron gnocchi and capon stuffed with foie gras and glazed vegetables, the ultimate Christmas dish.

And for dessert? Citrus salad with sorbet, Yule log and artisan nougat with a glass of Tantum Ergo Chardonnay cava.

Also, if you are looking for plans for Christmas Day itself, they also offer a special menu for the 25th.

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Palacio Santa Clara – €120

The Santa Clara menu begins with three appetisers, followed by Vele al Tartufo ravioli with burrata, prawn tartare and bisque.

The main course offers a choice between salmon Wellington with spinach and brie cheese sauce or oxtail roulade with sweet potato parmentier and cassava chips.

For the ultimate treat on Christmas Eve, add a chocolate and hazelnut ingot with savoiardi crumbs and nuts, followed by classic Christmas sweets.

And yes, they also have a special menu for the 25th if you're looking for something to do on Christmas Day.

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A tu gusto – €65

A tu gusto have prepared a simple but very well-priced Christmas menu, the kind that works every time.

It starts with prawn and pickle salad and oxtail croquettes, followed by leeks confit with mussels and pickled vegetables, a very typical dish for this time of the year.

Then it's time to choose between red tuna tataky with noodles and oyster sauce, duck breast with truffled potato parmentier and caramelised onions, or a rice soup dish if you're more of a spoon person.

Dessert consists of a baked cheesecake with sauce and crunchy Lotus biscuits, followed by classic Christmas sweets to finish off.

And yes, this restaurant also has a special menu for the 25th.

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Hotel Olympia – €70

Hotel Olympia invites you to celebrate Christmas dinner with a hearty tasting menu.

Kick things off with a bunch of starters, eight in total!

For the main course, you can choose between orange-stuffed salmon with prawn skewers or beef cheek with sweet potato and pepper purée.

To round off the meal, there is a Christmas assortment, coffee and liqueur.

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La Sastrería – €68

At La Sastrería, you'll find a menu designed to celebrate in style on the 25th, New Year's Day and Epiphany.

Five elaborate starters to share, followed by a main course of monkfish with a veil of Iberian pork jowl cooked in a Josper oven, 45-day matured entrecôte or creamy lobster rice.

All accompanied by artisan buckwheat bread and Mirall de la Terra olive oil.

The sweet touch is provided by a nougat cream éclair with mascarpone, Baileys ice cream and caramelised peanuts.

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La Mar by Portolito – €50

If you fancy celebrating Christmas overlooking the sea this year, Portolito has a menu that goes down a treat.

You'll start the feast with four shared starters.

For starters, a smooth lobster bisque accompanied by brioche croutons and baby artichoke chips. For the main course, you can choose from four options:

• Rice soup with blue crab, red prawns and artichokes
• Lamb confit terrine with pistachio crumble and purple potato parmentier
• Roasted sea bass with black trumpet mushrooms and Chardonnay beurre blanc sauce
• Spinach and ricotta panzottis with caramelised pine nut and sage béchamel sauce

Dessert brings a dark chocolate semifreddo with hazelnut crumble and salted toffee foam.

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Casa Quiquet – €69

At Casa Quiquet, it's easy, because on Christmas Day you can choose from three different menus, all starting with specialities: Iberian ham, cured pork loin and salchichón sausage, mature cheese, foie gras millefeuille, cuttlefish salad, ‘esgarraet’ with mojama and cooked striped prawns.

You can then choose from delicious main courses such as sea bass with prawns, Iberian pork cheeks in port wine sauce, Valencian paella, senyoret rice, cod with prawns or beef entrecôte with confit potatoes and piquillo peppers.

All menus include lemon sorbet and a special Christmas sweet.

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La Marítima en Veles e Vents – €85

If you fancy celebrating this special day overlooking the Mediterranean, La Marítima is the place to be.

Here you start with a trio of classic and well-made starters: assortment of Iberian cured meats, foie micuit with apple compote and a roasted aubergine tatin that arrives warm and very tasty.

The centrepiece of the menu is a rice dish with lobster, the kind of dish you can't go wrong with at a special meal. And to top it all off, a hazelnut coulant with chocolate ice cream.

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Vuelve Carolina – €86

If you want a Christmas with a more creative touch, Vuelve Carolina is your place.

This gastronomic offering includes a welcome appetiser and three bites that perfectly sum up the restaurant: seasoned oysters, tuna pepito and a steak tartare brioche with smoked butter that goes down a treat.

The starter arrives in Asian style: a prawn dumpling with prawn cream, intense and soft at the same time.

And for the mains you have two stops: first, the Cenizas rice, one of Quique Dacosta's historic dishes, and then an Iberian prey with seasonal mushrooms and chard emulsion with butter.

To close, a cloud of almond cake and Quique Dacosta nougat, the perfect finishing touch to the menu.

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Llisa Negra – €120

Llisa Negra's menu is no less impressive.

Dinner begins with a welcome aperitif and five starters served in the centre of the table, such as crab bechamel in its shell and crispy coca flatbread with candied mushrooms and smoked bacon sauce.

For the main course, you have two very different options: a rice soup with smoked eel and free-range chicken or Iberian pork with its own juices, parmentier and wood-fired piquillo peppers in their pilpil sauce.

Desserts are also available to share and are just as delightful, including egg yolk flan, warm chocolate, hazelnut and speculoos tart, and Quique Dacosta's nougat.

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El Poblet – €195

If you want a Christmas with a taste of haute cuisine without losing that intimate feel, El Poblet has it covered. Come here to enjoy every dish.

You start with a tasting of the chef's appetisers, followed by a pickled herb soup with prawns and crispy shiso leaves, followed by a red prawn from Dénia accompanied by a tea made from Swiss chard.

The menu continues with a saffron fish Wellington and then a Christmas rice stew. And before the after-dinner snack, a lamb bonbon appears.

To close, a carob caprice and the house petit fours.

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