We might not have snow, but it’s the festive season in Jeddah. We can still embrace the winter vibes in the Red Sea city with dinners and activities happening at different hotels, restaurants and cafés. Be sure to keep the merriment going to New Year’s Eve and 2024. So, who’s with us?
Keep checking back as we will be updating the list with the best things to do this holiday season.
December 25 dinners
Habsburg Restaurant
An upgraded dinner buffet? Sign us up. Habsburg Restaurant is bringing you once of its signature buffet dinners on Monday December 25, but with a festive theme. The elegant dinner has all the trimmings. Fill your plates with roast turkey and roast beef. You can then indulge in an array of sweet desserts.
Mon Dec 25. 7pm-midnight. Rosewood Hotel Jeddah, Ash Shati, rosewoodhotels.com (12 260 7139).
Festive season events in Jeddah
Soleil Café
It’s time for that ginger biscuit festive aroma in the air. Order a gingerbread house, gingerbread man and biscuits from Vienna-inspired Soleil Café in Rosewood Hotel Jeddah. These winter festive baked goodies are available for pickup d from Sunday December 17 to Sunday December 31.
Sun Dec 17-Sun Dec 31. Rosewood Hotel Jeddah, Ash Shati, \rosewoodhotels.com (053 974 0879).
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Textured Bakehouse
Spruce up your table with Textured Bakehouse’s limited-edition bûches de Noël. The Bûche 2023 is a caramel sponge cake with caramelia chocolate mousse, a salted caramel insert and it’s topped with crunchy hazelnut praline and chocolate. The saint honoré bûche 2023 is a white vanilla roll cake with praline hazelnut, vanilla whipped cream, chouquettes, and salted caramel. Crazy about chocolate? Howa bout the biscuit moelleux chocolat with layers of crunchy chocolate, crémeux milk chocolate filling, and a chocolate glaze.
Open 7am-11pm daily. Al Hamraa, @texturedbakehouse (50 858 1010).
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