Pearly Cow’s three grill restaurants have unveiled their Christmas plans, from a five-course Christmas Day lunch to private dining, party menus and festive cocktails with sea views or historic surroundings.
There is something deeply appealing about handing your Christmas lunch over to someone else, and Pearly Cow is offering exactly that. The independent grill restaurants in Brighton, Margate and York are all serving a five-course Christmas Day feast, alongside party menus, private dining and a cocktail list that leans festive.
Christmas Day, five courses deep
The meal opens with a choice of tacos, then moves on to starters such as poached lobster or salmon terrine. For the main event, choose between roast breast of honey glazed turkey or pan fried halibut. Next comes a cheese selection with stilton or baked truffled Barron, served with walnut and sultana bread. Pudding is a choice of sticky toffee soufflé or a winter berry and pistachio roulade, topped with vanilla ice cream.
In York and Brighton, Christmas Day is £130 per adult and £65 per child aged 3 to 12. In Margate it is £125 per adult and £55 per child aged 3 to 12.
Festive parties and feasting menus
If you would rather gather the office or a big family table before the 25th, each restaurant has space for it. In Brighton, there is the Private Drawing Room (up to 12 guests), the Courtyard (up to 26), or exclusive hire of the whole restaurant, which seats up to 64 with room for 100 to party afterwards.
York offers a private dining room for 16, the Marmalade Lounge for up to 30, or a full restaurant takeover for up to 64. In Margate, Morelli’s Ice Cream Parlour is a retro hideaway for up to 10, while the whole of Pearly Cow can be booked for between 20 and 45 guests.
From Monday 23 November, a four-course festive feasting menu is available at all three sites. Starters include beetroot cured salmon with radish salad, or charcoal-roasted scallop with roast cauliflower purée. Mains range from traditional roast turkey breast to a 280g sirloin with peppercorn sauce, glazed onion and herb crumbed bone marrow. Puddings include Christmas pudding crumble with apple, pear and brandy custard, or a raspberry and white chocolate trifle. Tea, coffee, brandy truffles and mince pies finish things off. Christmas party menus are £60 per head in Margate and £60 or £50 per head in Brighton and York.
Oysters and seasonal cocktails
You can add Pearly Cow’s classic fresh oysters to any of the set menus, plus a drinks list featuring house serve Chapel Down Brut Reserve. The seasonal cocktails are worth a look too. An Apple a Day blends Havana Especial, Avallen Calvados, house-made all spice dram, apple and bitters, while the Seaside Martini mixes Brighton gin, house-infused nori dolin, pear eau de vie and pineapple.
Where to find them
Pearly Cow Margate is at 42 High Street, Margate, Kent CT9 1DS. Pearly Cow Brighton is at 123 Kings Road, Brighton, BN1 2FA. Pearly Cow York is at 1 Clifton, York YO30 6AA. You can follow each site on Instagram at @pearlycowmargate, @pearlycowbrighton and @pearlycowyork.
Fancy steak, oysters and a cocktail or two this December? Head to pearlycow.co.uk to book your Christmas Day table or plan a party, or email brighton@pearlycow.co.uk, margate@pearlycow.co.uk or york@pearlycow.co.uk to ask about private hire.
