Christmas Day lunch from £61.99 to £125 at seven Barnet borough pubs, plus festive menus from £23.99: ten pubs with 2026 prices, deposits and dates.

For Christmas Day in Barnet borough, the menus most people will find are at the Orange Tree in Totteridge (four courses for £115), the Spaniards Inn (five courses for £125) and the Three Hammers in Mill Hill (£79.95). The lowest Christmas Day price is £61.99 at the Five Bells in Finchley, and festive menus earlier in December start at £23.99. Every entry was checked against the venue’s own site on 1 November 2026.

We have not eaten at any of these for this guide, and nothing here is a review. Each entry gives the price on the pub’s own 2026 Christmas menu, what that includes, when it is served and what the pub says about deposits and booking, plus its Food Standards Agency (FSA) hygiene rating. Prices exclude service charges unless we say otherwise. Every pub here is on the Barnet Council hygiene register.

Christmas Day from £61.99: Mill Hill and Finchley

1. The Three Hammers, Hammers Lane, Mill Hill

The Three Hammers is the Ember Inns pub where Hammers Lane meets the Ridgeway, with its own free car park. Its Christmas page gives the Christmas Day price as three courses for £79.95 for adults and £39.95 for children.

The pub names “the Ultimate Christmas Duo”, grilled salmon and hand-carved roast beef among the dishes and says there are vegetarian and vegan choices and a children’s Christmas Day menu. The pub’s festive set menu for the rest of December is two courses for £23.99 (children £9.99), and Boxing Day is three courses for £33.50 (children £11.99).

There is also a Breakfast with Santa at £12.99 a head.

Price Christmas Day 3 courses £79.95, children £39.95; festive set menu 2 courses £23.99, children £9.99; Boxing Day 3 courses £33.50, children £11.99; Breakfast with Santa £12.99
Booking Christmas Day £10 a head deposit, full payment and pre-order by 1 December; Boxing Day £5 a head deposit
Address Hammers Lane, NW7 4EA
Hygiene rating 5, Food Standards Agency, 24 January 2025
Website emberinns.co.uk/nationalsearch/london/the-three-hammers-hammers-lane/christmas
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Good for free car park, children's Christmas Day menu, vegetarian and vegan choices, Breakfast with Santa

2. The Five Bells, East End Road, Finchley

The Five Bells is a Greene King pub on East End Road, between Finchley Central and East Finchley, run under the Flaming Grill name. Its Christmas Day page gives four courses for £61.99.

The menu starts with smoked salmon and prawn cocktail, breaded brie bites, tomato soup or chicken liver pâté. The mains are turkey “with all the trimmings”, an 8oz sirloin steak, grilled salmon and king prawns, or a mushroom, Camembert and garlic bake.

Desserts include traditional Christmas pudding and a vegan chocolate orange torte. There is a children’s menu and a separate menu without gluten-containing ingredients.

The pub asks for a pre-order.

Price Christmas Day 4 courses £61.99
Booking Christmas Day deposit £10 an adult, £5 a child, with a pre-order
Address 165-167 East End Road, N2 0LZ
Hygiene rating 5, Food Standards Agency, 30 April 2026
Website greeneking-pubs.co.uk/pubs/greater-london/five-bells/christmas/christmas-day
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Good for steak on Christmas Day, children's menu, no-gluten menu, beer garden

Premium Country Pubs: Totteridge, Arkley and Cockfosters

The Orange Tree, the Arkley and the Cock Inn belong to Mitchells and Butlers’ Premium Country Pubs and share one Christmas Day menu, the only menu served that day. The price differs by pub: four courses for £115 at the Orange Tree, £110 at the Cock Inn and £105 at the Arkley. It opens with rustic breads and three butters, then starters of seafood thermidor, crispy pork belly, French onion soup or orange and fennel smoked salmon. Mains are hand-carved turkey, braised ox cheek, pan-roasted halibut, a 7oz fillet steak with a king prawn, venison haunch steak, or a sweet potato and chestnut roast, with a vegan version available. A children’s Christmas Day menu is published. The deposit rules are the same at all three: £10 a head for Christmas Day, non-refundable, with full payment and pre-orders by 8 December. The festive set menu runs from 18 November to 24 December, with children’s festive menus from £14.95, and an optional 10% service charge is added for all tables.

3. The Orange Tree, Totteridge Village

The Orange Tree is the pub by the pond in Totteridge village. Its Christmas page calls it “the most picturesque pub for Christmas”, and its Christmas Day menu is £115 a head.

Besides Christmas Day it has a Boxing Day menu, a festive grazing menu and bottomless bubbles on Friday evenings and Saturday afternoons from 20 November to 19 December. The festive menu for the rest of December is three courses from £40.95, the highest of the three pubs.

It has hand-carved turkey, a 10oz ribeye (a £7.50 supplement), pan-roasted salmon, a pork tomahawk and a vegan sweet potato and chestnut roast.

Price Christmas Day 4 courses £115, children £57.95; festive menu 3 courses from £40.95; optional 10% service charge
Booking Christmas Day £10 a head deposit, payment and pre-order by 8 December; Boxing Day £5 a head; festive menu £10 a head for tables of 10 or more, 18 November to 24 December
Call 020 8343 7031
Address 7 Totteridge Village, N20 8NX
Hygiene rating 5, Food Standards Agency, 22 October 2025
Website theorangetreetotteridge.co.uk/christmas-day-menu
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Good for village pond setting, children's Christmas Day menu, vegan main, Boxing Day menu

4. The Arkley, Barnet Road, Arkley

The Arkley is on Barnet Road, on the western edge of High Barnet, with a courtyard and garden. Its Christmas Day page uses the shared menu above at £105, the lowest of the three, and its holiday opening hours list Christmas Day as 11.30am to 6pm.

The festive menu for the rest of December is three courses from £39.95, the same dishes as the Orange Tree’s at a lower price. Festive sides are any three for £15, among them pigs in blankets and truffled cauliflower cheese.

Open Christmas Day 11.30am to 6pm
Price Christmas Day 4 courses £105, children £52.95; festive menu 3 courses from £39.95; optional 10% service charge
Booking Christmas Day £10 a head deposit, payment and pre-order by 8 December
Call 020 8449 0106
Address Barnet Road, Barnet EN5 3EP
Hygiene rating 5, Food Standards Agency, 27 May 2026
Website thearkley.co.uk/christmas-day-menu
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Good for children's Christmas Day menu, vegan main, garden, family-friendly

5. The Cock Inn, Chalk Lane, Cockfosters

The Cock Inn is on Chalk Lane in Cockfosters. Its own site describes “a premium pub, bar, and restaurant with its very own garden”.

It serves the shared Christmas Day menu at £110, and its holiday hours list Christmas Day as 11.30am to 6pm. The festive menu is three courses from £40.50, with the same dishes as the Arkley and the Orange Tree.

Open Christmas Day 11.30am to 6pm
Price Christmas Day 4 courses £110, children £54.95; festive menu 3 courses from £40.50; optional 10% service charge
Booking Christmas Day £10 a head deposit, payment and pre-order by 8 December
Call 020 8449 7160
Address Chalk Lane, Barnet EN4 9HU
Hygiene rating 5, Food Standards Agency, 14 January 2026
Website thecockinncockfosters.co.uk/christmas-day-menu
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Good for children's Christmas Day menu, vegan main, garden

Spaniards Inn and the Old White Lion

The Spaniards Inn and the Old White Lion are Mitchells and Butlers’ Castle pubs and share a five-course Christmas Day menu: hors d’oeuvres, then starters such as pan-seared scallops, a chicken, apricot and pancetta terrine or celeriac and truffle soup, mains of hand-carved turkey breast, Black Angus beef Wellington, lemon sole, a rack of lamb or a vegan root vegetable Wellington, a dessert such as Christmas pudding with Cointreau butter or a salted caramel yule log, and mini mince pies. A glass of prosecco is £6.50 extra and champagne £12. Both take a £25 a head deposit for Christmas Day, with the balance and a full pre-order due by 1 December. Their Christmas menu for other days runs from 11 November, and festive set menus need a £10 a head deposit and a pre-order seven days ahead.

6. The Spaniards Inn, Spaniards Road, Hampstead Heath

The Spaniards Inn stands on the edge of Hampstead Heath, where the road squeezes between the pub and the old toll house; the Food Standards Agency lists it under Barnet Council. Its own site says it was “built in 1585 by two Spanish brothers” and that it is Grade II listed.

Christmas Day is five courses for £125, the highest price in this guide. The Christmas menu for the rest of the season is three courses for £52, and there are buffet packages for Christmas parties.

The pub’s site points walkers to Kenwood House close by.

Price Christmas Day 5 courses £125; Christmas menu 3 courses £52; prosecco £6.50, champagne £12
Booking Christmas Day £25 a head deposit, balance and pre-order by 1 December; festive menu £10 a head deposit
Call 020 8731 8406
Address Spaniards Road, NW3 7JJ
Hygiene rating 5, Food Standards Agency, 22 June 2026
Website thespaniardshampstead.co.uk/christmas
Good for Grade II listed building, Hampstead Heath walks, vegan main, party buffets

7. The Old White Lion, Great North Road, East Finchley

The Old White Lion is the large pub just outside East Finchley station. Its Christmas page has the same five-course Christmas Day menu as the Spaniards Inn at £105, £20 less.

Its Christmas menu for other days is three courses for £49, also lower than at the Spaniards. Its Sunday roasts are in our Sunday roast guide.

Price Christmas Day 5 courses £105; Christmas menu 3 courses £49; prosecco £6.50, champagne £12
Booking Christmas Day £25 a head deposit, balance and pre-order by 1 December; festive menu £10 a head deposit
Call 020 8883 6459
Address 121 Great North Road, N2 0NW
Hygiene rating 5, Food Standards Agency, 30 March 2026
Website theoldwhitelionfinchley.co.uk/christmas
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Good for next to East Finchley station, vegan main, party buffets

Festive menus in December

8. The Bohemia, High Road, North Finchley

The Bohemia is North Finchley’s brewpub, home of the London Brewing Company. Its Christmas menu is served from 23 November to 24 December 2026: two courses for £34.25 or three for £39.75, with 10% off lunch bookings Monday to Friday.

The menu says “minimum 6 people sharing”. Mains are hand-carved Norfolk Bronze turkey breast with stuffing and pigs in blankets, a stuffed butternut squash (vegetarian, vegan on request), slow-cooked duck leg confit, or orange-glazed Scottish salmon.

For parties there are canapé packages from £26.75 a head. The pub keeps some space for walk-ins but advises booking.

Price Christmas menu 2 courses £34.25, 3 courses £39.75; 10% off lunch bookings Monday to Friday
Booking advised; the Christmas menu is for groups of six or more
Call 020 8446 0294
Address 762-764 High Road, N12 9QH
Hygiene rating 5, Food Standards Agency, 8 July 2025
Website thebohemia.co.uk/christmas
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Good for beer brewed on site, group bookings, vegan main, gluten-free starter

9. The Bald Faced Stag, High Road, East Finchley

The Bald Faced Stag, on the corner of the High Road and East End Road, is part of the Urban Pubs and Bars group. Its Christmas page has a festive menu at three courses from £42.

It has roast crown of Norfolk turkey, North Sea cod, confit Aylesbury duck leg, a vegan butternut squash and chestnut wellington, or 28-day aged sirloin for an £8 supplement. Three rooms can be booked for groups: the Lounge (30 seated), the Snug (25) and the Dining Room (54).

The pub is closed on Christmas Day; it opens 12pm to midnight on Christmas Eve and Boxing Day.

Open Christmas Eve 12pm to midnight; Christmas Day closed; Boxing Day 12pm to midnight
Price festive menu 3 courses from £42; 12.5% discretionary service charge
Booking online or by email through the pub's Christmas page
Call 020 8442 1201
Address 69 High Road, N2 8AB
Hygiene rating 4, Food Standards Agency, 28 November 2025
Website urbanpubsandbars.com/christmas/the-bald-faced-stag
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Good for private rooms, vegan main, large garden

10. The Elephant Inn, Ballards Lane, North Finchley

The Elephant Inn is the Fuller’s pub on Ballards Lane known for its Thai kitchen, and its Christmas page carries a festive menu that is Thai rather than traditional. It is two courses for £25.95 or three for £29.95, with a glass of prosecco for £7 more.

Mains are roast duck with Thai sauce, turkey pad Thai, a Christmas beef massaman curry, or prawn Thai green curry, and every dish can be made vegan with tofu or vegetables. It is the cheapest three-course festive menu in this guide.

Price festive menu 2 courses £25.95, 3 courses £29.95; prosecco £7; 10% discretionary service charge
Booking online or by phone; party enquiries to elephantinn@fullers.co.uk
Call 020 8343 6110
Address 283 Ballards Lane, N12 8NR
Hygiene rating 5, Food Standards Agency, 25 April 2024
Website elephantinnfinchley.co.uk/christmas
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Good for Thai food, vegan on request, office parties

How we chose

These are the pubs in the borough that publish a 2026 Christmas menu with a price you can check. They are not our favourites. We started from the pubs in our Barnet pubs and Sunday roast guides and the Food Standards Agency register for Barnet Council, left out anything rated below 3, and kept only places whose own website shows a 2026 Christmas menu and its price. Prices, dates and deposit rules come from each pub’s own site and menu on 1 November 2026; the Mitchells and Butlers pubs publish their Christmas prices in the menu panel on each pub’s site rather than on the printed menu. Several popular pubs did not make the list. Ye Olde Mitre lists no festive prices, and the Griffin in Whetstone’s Christmas page has not yet been updated for 2026. Check with the pub before booking, as festive menus can change.

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More in Barnet at Christmas: Barnet Christmas lights switch-on, the Barnet Christmas Fayre, Christmas travel and closures, things to do in Barnet, what’s on this month, Barnet restaurants and pubs in our business directory.

Frequently asked questions

Where can I have Christmas dinner in Barnet on Christmas Day 2026?

Seven pubs on this list publish a Christmas Day 2026 price: the Spaniards Inn (five courses £125), the Orange Tree in Totteridge (four courses £115), the Cock Inn (£110), the Arkley and the Old White Lion (£105 each), the Three Hammers in Mill Hill (three courses £79.95) and the Five Bells in Finchley (four courses £61.99). The Bald Faced Stag in East Finchley is closed on Christmas Day.

How much is a Christmas meal in Barnet in 2026?

On other December days a festive menu costs £23.99 for two courses at the Three Hammers, £29.95 for three Thai courses at the Elephant Inn, £39.75 at the Bohemia, £39.95 to £40.95 at the Arkley, the Cock Inn and the Orange Tree, from £42 at the Bald Faced Stag, £49 at the Old White Lion and £52 at the Spaniards Inn. Christmas Day runs from £61.99 to £125 a head.

Do I need to pay a deposit for Christmas Day?

Yes, at every pub here that opens on Christmas Day. The Spaniards Inn and the Old White Lion take £25 a head, with the balance and pre-order due by 1 December. The Orange Tree, the Arkley and the Cock Inn take a non-refundable £10 a head, with payment and pre-orders by 8 December. The Three Hammers takes £10 a head, paid in full by 1 December, and the Five Bells £10 an adult and £5 a child.