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Article Last updated on December 12, 2019

New Year’s Eve Dinners at Philadelphia Restaurants for 2019/2020

Toast to the new decade with a celebratory meal at one of these top spots...

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Philadelphia’s restaurants welcome 2020 in style with a wide range of decadent meals and lots of bubbly.

Whether it’s a dinner on the river with a fireworks view, a cozy meal at a BYOB, or a champagne toast with a spin on the dance floor, there are fantastic options in store for the last night of the year.

Aim to plan early and make a reservation because tables fill up quickly.

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Read on for our list of surefire bets for delicious New Year’s Eve dinner in Philadelphia.

Note: This list is arranged geographically and alphabetically.

Delaware River Waterfront & the River Wards

Four-plus courses are on the menu at this small South Kensington spot, where the 93ドル prix-fixe meal also includes special bite-sized delights throughout the evening and a complimentary sparkling cider toast at midnight. Seatings are available between 5 and 10 p.m., and 3ドル from each guest check goes toward healthcare costs of Cadence staff.

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A 48-ounce beef porterhouse steak is the special of the night at this Northern Liberties live music hub. Guests who make reservations in advance can request one of these limited cuts, which serves four people at 220ドル. The juicy offering comes with marrow bones, truffle mashed potatoes, grilled asparagus, dressed arugula and sauce au poivre — all topped with fresh-shaved winter truffles.

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New Year’s Eve dinner for two at the Rivers Casino Philadelphia restaurant features a three-course dinner for two with a surf-and-turf focus and two decadent dessert options, priced at 175ドル per couple.

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Moshulu at night Moshulu at night
— Photo courtesy Moshulu

Get a front-row seat for the waterfront fireworks aboard the Moshulu, which offers a four-course prix-fixe feast with a pianist and jazz trio, plus a deck party with a DJ. Tickets go for 150ドル per person from 3:30-10:00 p.m. Kids ages 2-14 can partake in a three-course kids’ menu for 35ドル.

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Hop aboard a fireworks cruise on the Spirit of Philadelphia with a dinner buffet that includes options like prime rib, honey-sesame chicken, baked ziti and caramel apple bread pudding. An early excursion at 4 p.m. features a DJ (from 114ドル.90 per person; all ages welcome), while the later cruise includes an open bar, a champagne toast, dancing and a DJ (ages 21 and up; from 189ドル.90 per person).

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Old City

People dining at Amada People dining at Amada
— Photo by C. Smyth for Visit Philadelphia

Two prix-fixe tasting menus (65ドル or 90ドル per person) at Jose Garces’ legendary Spanish eatery set the year off right with dishes like croquetas de jamón, Ibérico pork tomahawk chop and Spanish cheesecake.

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— Photo courtesy Cuba Libre Restaurant and Rum Bar

Cuba Libre creates a "night in Havana" for its New Year’s Eve celebration, featuring a five-course, prix-fixe dinner for 110ドル per person. Dancing unfolds all night long, as well as a champagne toast once the clock strikes midnight. Prefer to dine early? The regular, a-la-carte menu is available from 3-8 p.m.

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Two prix-fixe menus are on offer at Fork this year, one for omnivores and one for vegetarians. The 120ドル omnivore dinner includes dishes like English sole, duck confit and foie gras, and Maine lobster. Vegetables showcased in the 90ドル vegetarian menu include celery root, Blue Hubbard squash and cauliflower. There’s an optional wine pairing for 55ドル.

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A 100ドル prix-fixe dinner with a 50ドル optional French wine pairing is on offer at chef Christopher Kearse’s new Old City spot. Menu highlights include Ora king salmon crudo with rose crème, winter radish and grapefruit, broiled monkfish with cauliflower, lemon, Kaluga caviar and smoked beurre blanc, and dry-aged prime New York Strip au poivre with black truffle, cheddar and spinach soubise.

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Guests enjoying wine at High Street on Market Guests enjoying wine at High Street on Market
— Photo courtesy High Street on Market

It’s a “Land and Sea Fest” to close out the decade at High Street on Market. The family-style, four-course feast has two options for 65ドル per person. The Land Feast highlights Happy Valley Meats, and the Sea Feast showcases New Jersey fish purveyors Anthony and Local 130 Seafood. Large groups may consider share both feasts, and there’s an optional beverage pairing.

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The fun begins at 4 p.m. at this Old City wine bar, which has a view of the two fireworks shows at 6 p.m. and midnight. The restaurant offers three seatings this year: a three-course menu at 4 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. for 65ドル (30ドル for kids 12 and younger) and a four-course menu with a champagne toast starting at 9 p.m. for 95ドル.

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Red Owl Tavern Red Owl Tavern
— Photo by J. Fusco for Visit Philadelphia

New executive chef Jonathan Dearden offers a three-course New Year’s Eve dinner for 75ドル at this Old City tavern. Entrées include lobster tagliatelle with spinach, bottarga and lobster bisque, and fairytale pumpkin ravioli with rainbow chard, brown butter emulsion and Parmesan sage frico.

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Chef Nicholas Elmi’s French brasserie offers open seating for its regular menu, including an extensive raw bar, plus celebratory additions like a champagne toast at midnight.

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Shishito peppers and miso soup kick off the seven-course shared meal at Tuna Bar. With several options for each course, parties of all sizes can find just the right amount of food for 95ドル. Highlights include the tuna tartare, creamy rock shrimp, Wentz roll and a sushi and sashimi omakase. Course seven is a dessert sampler with a champagne toast.

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Rittenhouse Square and Center City West

From 5-11 p.m., chef Eli Collins offers an elegant four-course prix-fixe dinner featuring dishes like choucroute and whole fish for 85ドル. And a.kitchen’s sommelier selected champagne pairings for each course.

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A couple enjoys the music at Chris' Jazz Cafe A couple enjoys the music at Chris' Jazz Cafe
— Photo by Visit Philadelphia

This New Year’s Eve, Chris’ Jazz Cafe transports patrons back to the Roaring ’20s with live jazz music from Chelsea Reed & The Fair Weather Nine and Prohibition-era cocktails. Admission to the show costs 30ドル per person, and food and drinks are available a la carte.

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Seatings start at 5 p.m. for the four-course 95ドル special New Year’s Eve menu at Davio’s, where highlights include filet mignon tartare, shucked fresh oysters, Main lobster tail and cheesecake. Guests can also request the regular menu.

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Octopus dish from Estia Octopus dish from Estia
— Photo courtesy of Estia

Go Greek at Estia with four courses of traditional fare like charcoal-grilled octopus, zucchini chips and lamb chops. In addition to a stellar meal, guests can enjoy complimentary champagne, party favors, a DJ and dancing for 125ドル per person. Early eaters can opt to dine a la carte until 7 p.m.

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If your plan is to really splash out this New Year’s Eve, consider the Gala dinner at Jean-Georges Philadelphia atop the Comcast Technology Center. The Four Seasons Philadelphia Hotel restaurant offers a 398ドル per-person, six-course dinner, plus dancing and a champagne toast at midnight. Highlights include Maine lobster and Wagyu beef tenderloin. The regular menu is available until 5:30 p.m.

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Luxuriate at Lacroix at The Rittenhouse on New Year’s Eve, where the kitchen dishes out several mouthwatering courses (think Meyer lemon gnocchi, venison and foie gras, and chocolate yuzu mousse) for 135ドル per person.

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The New Year’s Eve menu sat this Center City seafood-and-steak house features a 58ドル broiled sea bass over lobster risotto. For one night only, guests can sip on a glass of Dom Perignon for 50ドル.

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Parties of all sizes can book a table at Oyster House to ring in 2020. Seafood lovers can start with the buck-a-shuck happy hour from 5 to 7 p.m. and enjoy an a-la-carte menu at the raw bar, or reserve a table for the 70ドル four-course prix-fixe menu. Special orders of six oysters topped with caviar are available for 24ドル.

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Interior of R2L with a view of Philadelphia Interior of R2L with a view of Philadelphia
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Take in the glamour of R2L’s skyline dining with two different three-course seating options. Between 4:30 and 8 p.m., diners can savor a leisurely two-hour meal for 75ドル per person. Later, from 8:30-10 p.m., groups can enjoy delicious eats along with champagne and party favors for 125ドル per guest.

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The New Year’s Eve surf-and-turf special at this Rittenhouse spot features a 10-ounce Angus ribeye with a half-grilled Maine lobster, crushed fingerling potatoes, charred lime, roasted garlic, and chimichurri sauce, plus a side of cornbread. The 35ドル meal comes with a glass of Prosecco for toasting.

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At Jose Garces’s Rittenhouse tapas restaurant, the special 70ドル New Year’s Eve menu is three courses and features Ibérico ham, jumbo lump crab, scallops and New York strip steak.

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Celebrate the new year at this chic steakhouse with a deluxe a-la-carte menu from 5-10 p.m. (the bar is open until midnight). The kitchen turns out elegant dishes like foie gras torchon, langoustine thermidor, pepper-crusted venison loin and yuzu torte with gold leaf champagne gelée.

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— Photo courtesy Vernick Fish

The New Year’s Eve menu at the Four Seasons Hotel Philadelphia restaurant shines a light on the modern spot’s a-la-carte menu. Diners can also treat themselves to some luxury menu additions and enjoy a complimentary champagne toast at midnight.

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Chef José Garces’s stylish Kimmel Center spot serves a 60ドル pre-theater menu from 5-7 p.m., and a 125ドル tasting menu all night, with a complimentary glass of champagne. Menu highlights include yellowtail crudo, onion soup Lyonnaise and duck agnolotti.

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The 85ドル prix-fixe menu (optional wine pairing for 65ドル) at The Bellevue Hotel starts at 8:30 p.m. and features pan-seared U/8 scallops, roasted venison and champagne mousse. Holiday favors are provided, plus there’s a balloon drop at midnight. Children 12 and under are 40ドル.

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Society Hill and Queen Village

Ring in 2020 like the Parisians do at The Good King Tavern, where a “fancie, Frenchie” menu includes dishes like hamachi crudo with winter citrus, wild mushroom raviolo and beef Wellington. The St. Sylvestre prix-fixe menu costs 85ドル per person, with an option to add on caviar service. There’s a classic Manhattan cocktail service, too. The the prix-fixe menu is also available a la carte at the bar.

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It’s a burlesque and blues new year at The Twisted Tail. For 75ドル per person, guests can enjoy a four-course, prix-fixe dinner with dishes like peekytoe crab toast, fluke carpaccio, and porcini-dusted NY strip. The evening also includes live music, burlesque performances and a champagne toast.

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Center City East and Midtown Village

Interior of Aqimero Interior of Aqimero
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Celebrate the new year in style at Aqimero at The Ritz-Carlton Philadelphia. In addition to reveling with a midnight balloon drop and top-tier entertainment, guests can enjoy champagne, food stations, hors d’oeuvres, a three-hour premium open bar and party favors. Prices start at 250ドル per person, with options to upgrade to VIP experiences for 475ドル and 700ドル.

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Bank & Bourbon Bank & Bourbon
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The three-course celebration at the Loews Philadelphia Hotel’s Bank & Bourbon welcomes 2020 with a champagne toast and dishes like crab bisque, filet mignon and crème brûlée cheesecake, all for 75ドル per person. An optional beverage pairing costs 35ドル per person.

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One of Center City’s newest dining destinations offers two New Year’s Eve seatings for a four-course dinner. City Winery at the Fashion District Philadelphia hosts guests at 6 and 10 p.m. for the 100ドル meal, which includes a coursed wine pairing. Diners can enjoy an arugula/mesclun salad, an Asian beef dish, Mediterranean sea bass and raspberry baked Alaska. The 10 p.m. seating also includes a midnight champagne toast.

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Dinner at Mercato Dinner at Mercato
— Photo by G. Widman for Visit Philadelphia

Visit this Italian BYOB early (from 5-6 p.m.) on New Year’s Eve to partake in a three-course dinner for 60ドル. From 7-8 p.m., the menu includes a fourth course for 75,ドル and from 9-10 p.m., it’s five courses for 85ドル.

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Time combines dinner and a party for New Year’s Eve revelers looking to extend the fun. The 75ドル tasting menu includes a complimentary champagne toast and live music. Tom’s Moon Love Room plays from 6-9 p.m. and Ernest Stuart & Friends entertain crowds from 10 p.m. until 2 a.m. Upstairs, DJ Mohammad & Luke invite post-dinner guests to dance the night away right into 2020.

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— Photo by C. Smyth for Visit Philadelphia

Vintage invites folks to skip the loud parties and enjoy an intimate dinner on New Year’s Eve. The a la-carte dinner menu is available until 11 p.m. with a complimentary midnight champagne toast.

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South Philly

People dining at Bing Bing Dim Sum in Philadelphia People dining at Bing Bing Dim Sum in Philadelphia
— Photo by A. Ricketts for Visit Philadelphia

East Passyunk’s Bing Bing Dim Sum serves up a four-course New Year’s Eve dinner with delicious options like foie gras soup dumplings, peking duck tacos and Sichuan-style surf and turf. The family-style, prix-fixe menu costs 50ドル per person.

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The French-inspired restaurant on East Passyunk says farewell to 2019 with a five-course pre-fixe menu for 95ドル per person, with optional wine pairings for an additional 35ドル. The menu features butternut squash soup, hamachi crudo, rigatoni duck ragout, pork belly with spaetzle and a caramel chocolate tart.

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Philadelphia Countryside

New Year's Eve dinner at Terrain Cafe Devon outside Philadelphia New Year's Eve dinner at Terrain Cafe Devon outside Philadelphia
— Photo courtesy Terrain Cafe

Diners in Devon and Glen Mills can head to either Terrain Cafe location for a 65,ドル four-course menu full of seasonal and local ingredients. At Glen Mills, the meal is BYOB and includes Main lobster bisque, a prime New York strip steak and hazelnut rocher. The Devon location serves red beet sashimi, Parisienne gnocchi and a poached Bartlett pear tart with an optional 30ドル wine pairing.

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