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Christmas lunch at Van der Valk Hotel Arnhem

Christmas lunch

25, 26 & 27 December

✨ Celebrate Christmas with family and friends at Van der Valk Hotel Arnhem! ✨

On December 25, 26, and 27, we warmly invite you for a fully catered Christmas lunch. Enjoy a cozy afternoon filled with conviviality and culinary indulgence with your company. The Christmas lunch consists of a 4-course choice menu. You are welcome at 12:00 or 12:30 PM.

Prices:

• 4-course choice menu: € 67.50

• 3-course children's menu (4 to 11 years): € 24.50

• Child 0 to 4 years (free)

Reservations: You can easily book and manage your table through our online reservation system. Please note: we cannot accept reservations by phone or email, and there is no waiting list available. We thank you for your understanding.

Reserve your Christmas lunch for:

• December 25 | 1st Christmas Day

• December 26 | 2nd Christmas Day

• December 27 | extra lunch | special à la carte menu

View the Christmas menu here

4-course Christmas lunch, subject to change*

STARTERS

Classic beef carpaccio
Truffle cream, Parmesan cheese, arugula, pine nuts and herb crostini

Tuna tataki
With wakame salad, mango, wasabi sesame and honey-hoisin glaze

Mackerel rillette
On cucumber with radicchio, horseradish foam, yuzu gel and crispy rye bread.

Toasted nut bread with Cabrales Cream
Poached fig, radicchio, apple, honey and toasted almonds

Smoked duck breast
With chicory, grapefruit, caramelized stewed pear, orange gel and pistachio crunch


SOUPS

Creamy mushroom soup
With pepper cress and a sesame breadstick

Double boiled game consommé
With herb garnish

Classic tomato soup
With meatballs and pesto cream

MAIN COURSES

Dover sole à la meunière (300-350 gr.)
Pan-fried on the bone, with brown butter, lemon, parsley and salad with citrus dressing

Cod Rouleau with prawn farce and lobster meat
With saffron sauce, spaghetti aglio e olio and lemon zest

Venison steak
With celeriac puree, stuffed stewed pear, mushrooms and port jus

Wild boar collar
Filled with cranberries, with potato-carrot mousseline, apple brunoise, watercress, hazelnut crunch and rich game jus

Guinea fowl
With confit sauerkraut, potato pie, gingerbread brunoise, tarragon jus, mustard cress and pomegranate seeds

Tournedos Rossini
Beef tenderloin with fried duck liver, turmeric puree, caramelized red onion, fried mushrooms and truffle jus

 

VEGETARIAN MAIN COURSES

Ravioli with artichoke and Pecorino
Filled with artichoke and Pecorino, served with sage butter, garlic croutons, Pecorino and watercress

Eggplant steak
With chestnut cream, confit cherry tomatoes, caramelized carrot, zucchini pearls, piccalilli cream and pea puree


DESSERTS

Grand Dessert
A festive selection of various homemade treats

Fresh fruit salad
Served with creamy hangop, marbled with vanilla crémeux

Classic Dame Blanche
Vanilla ice cream with warm chocolate sauce, luscious brownie and roasted hazelnut

Coffee with petits fours
A cup of coffee served with a selection of small sweet petits fours

View the children's menu for Christmas here

STARTERS

Fruit face
Cheerful face made of fresh fruit.

Children’s tomato soup*
Tomato soup with alphabet pasta and meatballs.

Children’s carpaccio
Beef carpaccio with Parmesan cheese, pesto and croutons.

MAIN COURSES

Children’s steak
Small steak with fries and applesauce.

Chicken skewer
Chicken skewer with fries and applesauce.

Spaghetti Bolognese*
Spaghetti with Bolognese sauce and mozzarella.


DESSERTS
American pancake
American pancake with vanilla ice cream, whipped cream and chocolate sauce.

Ice cream sundae
Vanilla and strawberry ice cream with whipped cream.

Little apple pie
Warm little apple pie with cinnamon ice cream and vanilla sauce.

* Also available vegetarian.

Important information

  • On 24 and 26 December we serve Christmas lunch in our restaurant 'De Veluwe'

    On 25 December we serve Christmas lunch both upstairs in the restaurant and downstairs in the basement Bar-Brasserie ‘West-End’. Reservations will be divided between both areas. Unfortunately, it is not possible to indicate a preference.

  • Reservations for up to and including 15 people can easily be made via our online reservation system.

    Would you like to make a reservation for a group larger than 15 people? Then you can send your request by e-mail to arnhem@valk.com.

  • Due to the overwhelming number of Christmas reservations, the available times for the Christmas lunch are limited.

  • Online reservations can only be made via the website. Groups up to 7 people can book online free of charge. Groups of 8 people or more must pay for the culinary activity in advance; a payment request will be sent at the beginning of December. Drinks will be charged on site.

  • The availability on our website is always up to date. If no availability is shown online, unfortunately there is no more availability.