Your perfect Christmas catch-up location, based on your holiday season personality
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Southsiders, lend us your ears. Because Christmas is coming – and fast.
The time has come to dig out those diaries and wrangle your friends, colleagues and family and actually book your pre-Christmas catch-ups. Why? Because 25 December is a mere 12 days away. Gulp.
To help your already-decision-fatigued brains decipher where to hold what with who, we’ve got a cheat sheet ready and waiting, with some suggestions based on what sort of personality you’re bringing to the festive season thanks to our friends at Westfield Woden and their delicious Bradley Street Dining Precinct.
Mood: Festive? More like feast-ive!
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If you like your Christmas catch ups with all the trimmings (think: all your best mates and their plus ones or if your extended family is in town) then Fenway Public House has the long tables and long menus ready for your kind of celebration.
Better yet, Fenway allows you to book entire parts of the pub, from their Finer Things private dining room to their cute courtyards and even the sports bar, ensuring your celebration will go on uninterrupted.
Mood: Keep it casual (with room for kick ons)
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It’s likely we all have a casual Christmas catch-up on our radar – you know, the ones where it’s ideal if everyone pays for their own meal, the atmosphere is relaxed and there’s room to kick on for some more drinks if you’re in the mood?
Maybe it’s your final work drinks of the year. Maybe you just like burgers. Either way, Grease Monkey Woden is your answer.
Not only can everyone choose from Greasy’s delish menu of burgers, pizza, fries, shakes and cocktails, but the atmosphere is fun, casual and there’s room for everyone.
Mood: Intimate and fun with food, food food
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In charge of planning Friendsmas this year? Take the girls to Dumpling Social and instantly become the darling of the festive season.
With a menu that screams ‘Tell me all the gossip over a plate of bao and a wine’, Dumpling Social’s intimate interiors are a dream if you’re looking to download to your closest pals over a never-ending stream of food.
Also perfect for those whose festive personality is all about limiting seasonal overwhelm, Dumpling Social is perfect for a festive catch up for two. Just be sure to book!
Mood: Social, but with an ice breaker
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There’s always one Christmas catch up that’s tricky to plan because frankly, you’re worried you’ll run out of things to talk about.
Whether it’s breaking the ice with your best friend’s new beau or taking the in-laws out for a meal, sometimes it’s great to have an activity to do while eating. Well, let us introduce you to the perfect solution: lunch or dinner at Hanok Korean BBQ.
Not only will you have a ball deciding what BBQ ingredients you’re going to order, but once it arrives you can take turns being the grillmaster. Awkward silences? We don’t know them.
