Christmas Day in Covent Garden

The same menu and price run through the day, so a long lunch and a Christmas dinner order from the same card. A starter is followed by a choice of pasta or a main course, then dessert, with several dishes at each stage. It is £120 per person, and a discretionary 13.5% service charge is added to the bill.

It is cooked in the open kitchen on the Strand, where the pasta is made by hand. LuxLife's Leaders Magazine named Osteria Best Handmade Pasta & Contemporary Italian Restaurant 2026. Black truffle goes into two dishes on the day, the Homemade Mafaldine and the creamed potato served with the Slow-Cooked Beef Short Rib.

Dishes from four Italian regions

Sarde in Saor is the Venetian way with sardines, cooked sweet and sour with onions. Pappa al Pomodoro and Torta della Nonna are Tuscan, while the Genovese ragù, slow-cooked beef and onion, and the ruffled ribbons of mafaldine both belong to Naples. Torta di Visciole e Ricotta, a ricotta and sour cherry tart, comes from Rome.

Guests who prefer a main course to pasta choose from a Veggie Wellington with Roasted Baby Winter Vegetables & Gravy, Slow-Cooked Beef Short Rib with Creamed Truffle Potato, Rib Eye with Bordelaise Sauce & Dauphinoise Potatoes, and Seabass with Cauliflower Purée & Fried Capers.

Vegetarian and fish choices

Vegetarians have a choice in every course: Creamy Burrata with Pappa al Pomodoro or the Aubergine Parmigiana to start, then Homemade Mafaldine with Black Truffle or the Veggie Wellington, and the desserts. Guests who eat fish but not meat can start with Sarde in Saor or the Fried Calamari and follow with the Seafood Pasta or the seabass. Several dishes use cheese, so strict vegetarians should mention it when ordering, and allergies should be raised with a member of staff before ordering.

Booking Christmas Day

Christmas Day can be booked online or on 020 7499 4510. Groups of eight or more go through the events team.

For Christmas parties before the day, the Private Dining Room takes 26 seated or 30 standing, semi-private hire 40 seated or 50 standing, and exclusive hire of the whole restaurant 86 seated or 159 standing. Christmas at Osteria by Bocconcino and private dining in Covent Garden.

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