Christmas Day 2025 at the Crown

Hot Smoked Salmon & Prawn Cocktail †
With flaked hot smoked salmon and black tiger prawns and baby gem lettuce. Served with a Marie Rose sauce

Celeriac & Truffle Oil Soup (ve)
Topped with roasted cauliflower, served with white bloomer bread
(v) option available with whipped herb butter

Croxton Manor Brie & Fig Tarte Tatin (n) (v)
Topped with candied walnuts and mixed seeds

Duo of Pâté & Terrine
Turkey, cranberry & clementine terrine and chicken liver & marmalade pâté. Served with toasted sourdough, whipped cranberry butter, spiced pear & fig chutney and clementine

With seasonal vegetables served family style

Hand-Carved Roast Turkey
Duck fat & rosemary roasties, braised red cabbage, Yorkshire pudding, apricot & sausage meat stuffing, pig-in-blanket and gravy

Barber's Cauliflower Cheese & Truffle Tart (v)
Topped with sprout pesto and mixed seeds. Served with lemon & thyme hasselback potatoes, charred hispi cabbage and balsamic gravy

Fillet Steak
Topped with wild garlic butter, mushrooms and peppercorn sauce. Served with duck fat & rosemary roasties, braised red cabbage and yorkshire pudding

Squash, Spinach and Leek Parcel (ve)
Lemon & thyme hasselback potatoes, roasted root vegetables, sprouts and balsamic gravy

Trio of Seafood †
Grilled salmon, halibut fillet and pan-fried black tiger prawns. Served with a white wine & chive sauce, lemon & thyme hasselback potatoes, samphire and roasted sprouts

British Cheese Selection (v)
Barber's of Somerset Vintage Cheddar, Long Clawson Shropshire Blue and Croxton Manor Brie. Served with Peter's Yard crackers, whipped herb butter, spiced pear & fig chutney and grapes

Christmas Pudding (v)
With a jug of warm brandy mince pie sauce and fresh raspberries

Trio of Festive Puds (v)
Mini panettone bread & butter pudding, mulled fruit Eton mess and festive spiced trifle. Served with brandy mince pie sauce and fresh strawberries

Winter Spiced Custard Tart
Topped with a brown sugar glaze. Served with fresh strawberries and whipped double cream

Salted Caramel Chocolate Torte (v)
With a white chocolate mousse filled dark chocolate dome. Served with whipped double cream

Mixed Fruit Frozen Mousse (n) (ve)
With a festive spiced poached pear and candied walnuts

Starters - 

Crispy Chicken Strips
cranberry mayonnaise dip

Cheesy Garlic Bread
tomato sauce

County Vegetable Soup (ve)
sliced white bloomer

 

Mains - 

Hand Carved Roast Turkey
with roast potatoes, a Yorkshire pudding, seasonal vegetables, pig-in-blanket, stuffing and gravy

Roasted Cod Loin †
tomato sauce, mash, broccoli and shredded greens

Mini Beef Wellington
roast potatoes, seasonal vegetables and gravy

Mushroom Wellington
lemon & thyme hasselback potatoes, seasonal vegetables

Puddings -

Snow Much Mess (v)
Meringue nests with frozen strawberry yoghurt, raspberries, whipped cream and waffle cone

Chocolate Fudge Brownie
with chocolate sauce & scoop of vanilla ice cream

Ice Cream Scoops
Your choice of two flavour scoops served with a chocolate pencil and your choice of strawberry, or chocolate flavour sauce

Choose from:
Vanilla
Chocolate
Lemon sorbet
Strawberry frozen yoghurt
Vegan vanilla
(ve) option available

 

 

(v) suitable for vegetarians. (ve) suitable for vegans. (n) dish contains nuts. †Fish, poultry and shellfish dishes may contain bones and/or shell. Some dishes may contain alcohol which may not be listed on the menu. Please be aware the allergen information for our dishes may change between the date of booking and the date of your visit. We would advise all of our guests contact a member of the team on the date of their visit to confirm the allergen information of their selected meals. Our dishes are prepared in kitchens where nuts and gluten are present as well as other allergens; we cannot guarantee that any food item is completely free from traces of allergens, due to the risk of unexpected cross-contamination. We do not include ‘may contain’ information. Our menu descriptors do not list all ingredients. Please advise the team of any dietary requirements before ordering. Please note that we do not operate a dedicated vegetarian/vegan kitchen area.

Full payment and menu choices are required by 11th December 2025. If booking after this date, full payment and menu choices are required within 48 hours of booking. No bookings will be taken after 18th December 2025 if dining from the Christmas Day menu. No booking is confirmed until a deposit is received: £10 per adult, £5 per child if you are ordering from the Christmas Day menu. If you need to cancel your booking, please contact us ASAP as any meals not taken on the day may be charged unless 7 days’ notice is given. All items are subject to availability. Please refer to the website for details on refunds & cancellations. Bookings are subject to change – please see our website for up-to-date guidance and policies at the time of your booking. All service charges and tips are paid in full to our team members and all tips can be processed via credit/ debit card. Chef & Brewer, Sunrise House, Ninth Avenue, Burton upon Trent, Staffordshire, DE14 3JZ.

Refunds & Cancellations:
If for any reason we are unable to host your booking, we will give you as much notice as possible and if we can’t guarantee a new date, and you are not happy to re-book in the future, we will give you a full refund of your deposit.

If you would like to cancel your Christmas Day booking, please give us 7 days’ notice, so we have a chance to re-book your table, then you will get 100% refund, whether that is for the whole party or a just a drop in numbers.

If you increase numbers, and we can accommodate, please ensure you pay the extra deposit when booking the additional customer(s) and if it’s a late change (after 11 December), your menu choices will be required within 48 hours of booking and no later than 18 December. If any drop in numbers or cancellations happen within 7 days’ notice, no refund is available.

To obtain your refund please just call the pub you placed your booking with.

To be eligible for your £15 voucher, you must make an online booking for one of our Festive menus, for a minimum party of four guests, by 31st October 2025. This includes paying a deposit, when making a booking for 7 or more guests. £15 gift vouchers are valid from 2nd January to 31st March 2026 – excluding Valentine’s Day 14th February 2026, Mother's Day weekend 14th and 15th March 2026. Only one gift voucher will be accepted per transaction. No cash alternative. The voucher may only be used in a single transaction and no change will be given. At least £5 of the total voucher value must be spent on food, including at least one main meal, which can include breakfast and sharers. Voucher cannot be used against the balance of the Festive booking. Voucher cannot be used against the purchase of gift cards. The voucher cannot be used in conjunction with other discount vouchers or Greene King employee vouchers including friend & family vouchers – but can be used against promotion (e.g. daily deals or set menus). Gift vouchers are not available to Greene King employees or those under 18 years old. Vouchers will be delivered electronically by email by 5th January 2026 (if you have provided a valid email address as part of your online booking and have opted-in to receive our email marketing communications). Gift vouchers are redeemable at participating Chef & Brewer Collection pubs. To redeem, please present your unique voucher code within the email you receive at the till. Enjoy responsibly. Proof of identity may be requested. Age restrictions apply to certain products, serving times and locations. If you are under 18, please check with your pub in advance. Voucher has no cash value and is not transferable. Online booking subject to availability. Offer subject to availability. We reserve the right to cancel, amend or withdraw this offer at any time. Promoter: Greene King Brewing and Retailing Limited, Sunrise House, Ninth Avenue, Burton-Upon-Trent, Staffordshire.