Gonville Hotel offers the perfect setting for a memorable Christmas and New Year. Whether you’re looking to celebrate in style with colleagues or relax and unwind with your family, we’ve created a programme with something for everyone.
Join us to enjoy;
Christmas Packages
Christmas Group Bookings
Festive Afternoon Tea
Luxurious Christmas Day Lunch
Boxing Day Family Feast
New Years Eve Jazz
Our team are here to look after every single detail this festive period, so all you need to do is book your table.
Enjoy a festive gathering with colleagues, friends or family for an outstanding Christmas celebration in our Atrium Restaurant or in our beautiful Après Ski themed marquee.
Enjoy a delicious three course meal from our Christmas Group menu
Chicken and duck liver terrine with house chutney, salad, and brioche bread
Confit salmon with compressed cucumber, a cucumber and tomato consommé topped with a dill oil
Wild mushroom, Jerusalem artichoke and truffle soup with artichoke crisps
Bresaola with a rocket pesto, balsamic glaze, parmesan foam and a lemon and olive oil dressing
Roasted turkey crown with sage and onion stuffing, honey roasted parsnip purée and a turkey gravy
Roasted beef sirloin, spouting broccoli, broccoli purée and a red wine jus
Onion squash, tarragon and parmesan wellington, squash puree and roasted hispi cabbage
Pan roasted cod loin, potato puree and a champagne, chive and trout roe sauce
All mains served with a side of roast potatoes, vegetables, pigs in blankets and Yorkshire puddings on the side.
Traditional Christmas pudding with brandy sauce seasonal fruits and sorbet
A selection of cheeses with crackers, chutney, celery and apple
Chocolate panettone bread and butter pudding with a boozy crème anglaise
Finished with teas & coffee
£55 per person
Join us for a festive twist on a traditional afternoon tea. Served in our Terrace restaurant from Wednesday to Sunday beginning Wednesday 29th November (excludes Christmas Day and Boxing Day).
Roast turkey, cranberry and sage and onion stuffing on white bread
Slice of chicken terrine on grilled sourdough with chutney
Roasted Norfolk sirloin with horseradish on brown bread
Smoked salmon and crème fraîche tartlet
Vegan BLT
Sage and onion stuffing with cranberry on white bread
Egg and watercress on brioche
Hummus and grilled vegetables on grilled sourdough
Wild mushroom, truffle and Parmesan arancini
Paris-Brest with praline cream
Spiced chocolate mouse
Macaroon snowman filled with a chestnut ganache Christmas chocolate Bon Bon
Scones accompanied by jam and Devonshire clotted cream
Afternoon tea £32 | with Prosecco £40 | with Champagne £44
Take the stress out of this Christmas and let us do the cooking. Join us between 12:30pm – 3pm to indulge and enjoy the full Christmas Day experience. A sumptuous meal with all the trimmings created by our Head Chef Jamie De Cruz.
Marinated Nocellara olives
Rockefeller Mersey oysters
Wild mushroom parfait bruschetta
Oak Smoked salmon and cream cheese blinis with Exmoor Caviar
Local wholemeal sourdough with a cultured Jersey butter
Smoked Norfolk chicken and duck liver terrine, wild mushroom ketchup, winter truffle brioche
Pan seared Atlantic cod with steamed Palourde clams, Jerusalem artichokes and salsify
Norfolk Beef wellington served with a Pommes Anna, Brussel sprouts and a bordelaise sauce
70% dark chocolate and pistachio tart with a white chocolate and spruce ice cream
Christmas pudding bonbons
Tea & Coffee with shortbread biscuit
Why not escape the city with a drive out to the Fens or a visit to the picturesque village of Grantchester located just a few miles outside of Cambridge then head to Gonville Hotel for our Boxing Day 4 Course sit down meal from 12pm (Vegetarian option available).
Turkey and stuffing scotch egg with a cranberry chutney
Festive soup of the day with local sourdough bread
Confit Salmon with compressed cucumber, cucumber and tomato consommé and a dill oil
Bresaola with a rocket pesto, balsamic glaze, parmesan foam and a lemon and olive oil dressing
Roast Norfolk sirloin of beef
Roasted belly of pork from Haddenham
Onion squash, tarragon and parmesan wellington, squash puree,
Roasted hispi cabbage
Fish of the day
All mains served with roast potatoes, vegetables, pigs in blankets and Yorkshire puddings on the side
Seasonal fruits and sorbet
Cheese selection with crackers, chutney, celery and apple
Chocolate Panettone bread and butter pudding with a boozy crème anglaise
70% dark chocolate and pistachio tart with a white chocolate and spruce ice cream
Why not make your New Year’s Eve a memorable one at the home of Jazz in Cambridge with Music starting at 6.30pm and will finish 9.30pm.
Enjoy a cocktail and the smooth sounds of our piano, bass and sax between our lounge and restaurant. Our Terrace Restaurant will be open as normal from 6pm until 9.15pm.
Get in touch with us to book a Christmas party, enquire about Christmas day or for any other festive enquiry.
To make an overnight reservation, please call reception on 01223 366611 or book online.
For restaurant reservations, group bookings and parties over the festive period, please use the form above, call 01223 366611 or email sales@gonvillehotel.co.uk.
We look forward to seeing you this season!