Christmas Evenings Out at Drake Circus and The Barcode

Festive parties, food, drinks and more…

Planning an amazing Christmas night out with friends, family or your work mates? We’ve got the ultimate guide to where to find the best places to eat, drink, play and be merry and book now for Christmas 2024 at Drake Circus and The Barcode.

Delicious cocktails and mocktails with seasonal twists, inspired Christmas menus from across the world, nights out of karaoke, films and live music, twinkling fairy lights, fun crackers and party hats for selfies, festive tunes… Drake Circus and The Barcode are all you need to enjoy a seasonal celebration to remember.

Hohoho! Make your party the most fun it can be at Boom Battle Bar

Boom Battle Bar takes Christmas parties very seriously: we’re talking American pool, beer pong and karaoke topped off with festive glitter cocktails with candy canes, loaded truffle fries and glazed pigs in blankets, Santa shots and full venue hire. Mix in live DJs, tailored packages and personalised photo booth and you have just organised the best Christmas party ever.

Prices start from £33pp; find out more here

Tailor a cool Christmas with Brewdog

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Whether you want readymade beer bundles; a traditional sitdown dinner with all the trimmings; a buffet of Santa’s firecracker sliders and sage and onion stuffing balls; pizza feasts with charcuterie, mini pork pies and vegan hot dogs or Wonderland cocktails, Brewdog will help you plan the perfect festivity for your party personality. Catch up with much-missed friends, invite the whole office or plan in a festive sitdown with your family. Now did anyone say karaoke?

Pizza buffet from £20pp from 11 November to 31 December; find out more here

Play, eat and drink at Spinners

Be crowned the Champion of the Darts, King of the Pins or the Clayshot Conqueror with free Santa hats for all in one of the best destinations for parties this Christmas. With party food platters of delicious rustic pizza, loaded nachos, Napoli salami and cauliflower bites, two hours of games, festive shots, drinks tokens and welcome cocktails, start planning your big night out.

Prices start from £40pp; find out more here 

Instantly find your Christmas spirit at Zizzi

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Toast in the festivities and 2025 with a more-ish Blood Orange Aperol Fizz then discover a festive menu filled with Pig In Blanket Bombes (a garlic dough ball loaded with mozzarella, a pig-in-blanket and crumbled meatball with Roquito hot honey and riserva cheese); beef short rib Wellingtons; lobster mafaldine with king prawn spiedini and giant profiteroles. Warming, welcoming and uplifting, Zizzi is all about glowing fairy lights, joyous tunes and a very Merry Christmas.

Set menus start from three courses for £26.50 from 5 November and 2 January 2025; find out more here

Enjoy the magic of Cosy Club’s Christmas Chronicles

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An elegant soiree in a Christmas wonderland… Bring on the Bridgerton vibes with Cosy Club’s gorgeous welcome of twinkling chandeliers, flowing champagne and lavish menus – this is going to be a festive night out to remember forever. With everything from finger food served with cocktails to mains of Cosy Christmas Pie and steamed sea bass and desserts of orange and Cointreau crème brûlée, book in for the party of the season.

Finger food menu from £18.95pp and three-course menus from £75pp from 20 November to 24 December; find out more here

Fiesta festiva at Las Iguanas

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Want to do something utterly different this Christmas? Las Iguanas is bringing the Latin party spirit to the holidays. All bookings include a free welcome Christmas cocktail or mocktail (FYI: download the app and get free nachos) and with Bad Santa chimichanga and Seafood Diablo to Berry Merry Sundaes and bottomless brunches, this is the instant way to shake up the office party this year. Bring your own maracas though.

Set menus with welcome cocktail start from two courses for £25.95; find out more here

A properly fun Christmas at Franco Manca

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Turn up the Christmas tunes at Franco Manca and dive into delicious bites of olives, rosemary pizza breads and sharing platters of goat’s cheese, Mediterranean veg and sourdough pizzas featuring organic tomatoes, mozzarella and authentic smoked spicy salami accompanied by a nice cold glass of organic Prosecco or beer. Desserts feature New York cheesecake and tiramisu – ’tis the season to be very, very merry after all…

Set menus start from four courses for £25 from 20 November and 24 December; find out more here

Go for a cinema Christmas party

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’Tis the season for some brilliant new films at Cineworld: Gladiator 2 is out 15 November and Wicked is out 22 November (even the kids’ films are set to be huge with Mufasa out 20 December and Moana 2 out 27 November).

Seasonal fun at Paradise Island Adventure Golf

Navigate two 18-hole Paradise Island Adventure Golf courses spanning across 16,000 accessible sq/ft of tropical utopia with twists, turns, humps and bumps to pit your wits against each other. With welcome drinks, a glorious buffet selection and desserts and special offers for groups, students, emergency services and military personnel workers – this is the most fun to have at Christmas.

Find out more here

Get last-minute outfits and beauty at Mango, New Look and Boots and secret Santa presents at Flying Tiger Copenhagen and enjoy easy parking and access by public transport – Drake Circus and The Barcode is the place to come for your incredible Christmas evenings out.

Share your brilliant nights out and Santa selfies @drakecircus; sign up for the latest menus and offers here