If you’re looking for an exciting way to ring in the New Year, there is no shortage of fun things planned for the big night in Chelsea. In fact, we have hand-picked so many tempting options that you may have trouble deciding where to be for the countdown to 2024.
Whatever your preference, there is something for everyone happening in the neighbourhood, from world-class dining and traditional British pubs to glamorous, up-late dancefloor revelry. Here are the best New Year’s Eve events in Chelsea 2023…
Cocktails at Azzurra
AZZURRA
Indulge in a sensational five-course, seafood-focused Italian feast at Sloane Street’s newest world-class restaurant. Start things off with canapés such as a Sicilian red prawn tartlet served with Italian caviar before sitting down to antipasti, pasta, a main course and pudding. Menu highlights include a scallop tartare served with Jerusalem artichoke, black garlic and candied almonds; the black truffle tagliolini with grated egg yolk and aged Parmesan; the monkfish tail with confit potato, crispy red prawns and cauliflower purée. Wrap things up with a selection of irresistible dolci. There will be an Italian three-piece band adding to the atmosphere during dinner, and a DJ will keep the energy up until 1am.
Address: Azzurra, 127-128 Sloane Street, SW1X 9AS
Price: £195 per person
THE LALEE
To ring in the New Year in timeless style, book a table at The LaLee within The Cadogan, A Belmond Hotel, to indulge in a five-course menu designed to reflect the refined taste and inimitable glamour of the restaurant’s namesake, Lillie Langtry, all set to a programme of live entertainment.
Beginning with a starter of either crab, grapefruit and avocado or goose liver terrine with Sauternes jelly and poached grapes, the menu also features a “middle course” of langoustine, followed by the choice of venison or turbot, followed by a “pre-dessert” of blackcurrant and Champagne trifle, and then the option of either a citrus pavlova or a vanilla and caramel mille-feuille for actual dessert. Indulgent, no? And what a great idea. An even greater idea would be to book a room at the hotel so that when it comes time to toddle off to bed, it’s just a few steps away.
Address: The LaLee at The Cadogan, A Belmond Hotel, 75 Sloane Street, SW1X 9SG
Price: £195 per person
...At Sloane
…AT SLOANE
Wrap up your year with an indulgent six-course dinner of French flavours at the stunning top-floor restaurant at Chelsea’s most seductive new hotel, …At Sloane. Once seated at your candle-lit table in the intimate space inspired by Whistler’s Peacock Room, you will start things off with a chestnut cappuccino, followed by a choice of truffle risotto or lobster in tom yam sauce, then roasted sea bass or beef fillet with foie gras. Take a look at the menu here. There will be two sittings for dinner: 6-9pm and 9:30pm-1am.
After dinner, why not retire to the bar for cocktails? The atmospheric basement bar (London’s sexiest new hot spot), will be open until 3am to ensure you welcome 2024 in properly sybaritic style.
Address: …At Sloane, 1 Sloane Gardens, SW1W 8EA
Price: 6-9pm sitting, £250 per person; 9:30pm-1am sitting, £300 per person.
AL MARE AT THE CARLTON TOWER
Start your evening with a glass of Ruinart Blanc de Blancs at Al Mare before indulging in a lavish six-course menu carefully designed by executive chef Giuseppe Parisi. Among the many tempting dishes are a oyster and caviar amuse bouche, an artichoke risotto with cuttlefish and blank ink, and seared tuna belly.
For one night only, from 10:30pm, The Peak, the hotel’s world-class health club, will be host to The Carlton Coundown, with a bottomless flow of house beverages, canapes and a glass of champagne to welcome 2024.
Address: Al Mare at The Carlton Tower, Jumeirah, 1 Cadogan Place, SW1X 9PY
Price: Dinner only, £190 per person; Party only, £350 per person; Dinner & Party, £490 per person.
Dining at The Lalee
THE CADOGAN ARMS
Join the revellers at one of Chelsea’s most-loved pubs, The Cadogan Arms, on the King’s Road. There will be cocktails and DJs until late, and a three-course New Year’s Eve dinner with bubbles on arrival. There will be two dinner sittings on the night (6pm and 8:30pm), and you can join the crowd in the bar when you’re done with dinner.
For those of you looking to simply dance the night away, bar entry is £15 per person including a glass of fizz at midnight to see in the New Year. Expect a special guest DJ from 9:30pm onwards.
Address: The Cadogan Arms, 298 King’s Road, SW3 5UG; book online or alternatively call on 0203 1482 630
Price: Dinner: £100 per person; £15 per person for bar entry
THE AUBREY AT THE MANDARIN ORIENTAL
New Year’s Eve at The Aubrey involves a glamorous journey commencing with cocktails at the Mandarin Bar (don’t miss the magical carousel bar in the lounge until January 7 2024), before dinner at The Aubrey, the hotel’s late-night izakaya. Within the decidedly seductive surroundings of the bar and restaurant, guests can expect innovative cocktails, and an exciting culinary adventure of Japanese flavours, Asian ingredients, and live DJs and drumming. The result? A pretty unforgettable night to welcome 2024.
Address: The Aubrey at the Mandarin Oriental Hyde Park, London, 66 Knightsbridge, SW1X 7LA
Price: From £140 per person
Mandarin Oriental Hyde Park
THE SURPRISE
Get the night started with a glass of Taittinger Brut at The Surprise before sitting down to a special “Best of British” menu featuring soft-shell crab tempura or twice-baked goats cheese soufflé for starters, beef Wellington or halibut main courses, and a chocolate mousse made with Bowmore Islay whisky. The bar will be open until 1am for both diners and drinkers.
Address: The Surprise, 6 Christchurch Terrace, SW3 4AJ
Price: £95 per person for dinner
TONTERIA
On Sloane Square, infamously fun nightclub Tonteria will be paying homage to the 2000s with its Noughties party. Break out your “Burn Book” and go back to the days of Mean Girls to the sounds of some of the biggest stars from the 2000s mixed in with modern tunes. There will be a complimentary glass of prosecco on arrival, endless entertainment and plenty of shots leading up to midnight and beyond.
Address: Tonteria, 7-12 Sloane Square, SW1W 8EG
Price: Table prices start at £500 for a table that hosts seven people
Barts New Year’s Speakeasy Party
BLUEBIRD
Bluebird New Year’s Eve parties have become the stuff of legend in Chelsea. And this year promises to be no different. The evening will kick off with a decadent multi-course Champagne dinner, curated by head chef Owen Sullivan. There will be a glass of NV Lanson Père et Fils on arrival, followed by a menu that combines the best of European flavours and techniques. The afterparty will be a glamorous affair, with live entertainment and that particular variety of Chelsea mischief that has made these annual affairs so memorable.
Address: Bluebird Chelsea, 350 King’s Road, SW3 5UU
Price: £150 per person for dinner. £50 for afterparty tickets
