Festive Dining at The May Fair Hotel

Afternoon tea at May Fair Kitchen in Mayfair, London, is considered down to the smallest detail. Charbonnel et Walker chocolates and Newby Teas await the table, accompanied by finger sandwiches of smoked salmon with Amalfi lemon cream cheese, and organic lemon-roasted corn-fed chicken with truffle mayonnaise. Warm buttermilk scones with Cornish clotted cream follow, before patisserie takes centre stage: chocolate hazelnut mousse with dulce de leche and Madagascan vanilla, finished with dangerously luxurious Charbonnel et Walker chocolate truffles.

6+ guests

A table at May Fair Kitchen awaits this festive season, perfect for the office party finding its feet after a long year, the wider family reunited, the old friends who make the effort every season. The festive group sharing menu comes with a chilled glass of Moët & Chandon Brut Impérial NV, or a Panettone Negroni for those who'd rather start the evening with something bolder. The table shares thinly sliced octopus with Amalfi lemon and green chilli dressing, moves on to bucatini with 'nduja, San Marzano tomatoes and pecorino, and ends, as it should, with a classic Christmas pudding and brandy sauce. Mayfair sets the scene for it all, dressed for the season. 

Christmas Day only comes round once a year, and May Fair Kitchen marks it with the occasion it deserves. A five-course Christmas Day menu opens with Champagne-cured Scottish salmon, hamachi and passion fruit dressing, followed by a Moët Brut jelly to clear the palate, aged beef Wellington with charred greens and red wine reduction at the very centre of the meal, and a Madagascan vanilla yule log with chestnut caramel to close. A three-course children's menu runs alongside, the whole table looked after this season, down to the smallest guest.