The Oswego Xmas Ad - Boulevard Mag Ad Size: 4.0” (w) x 4.625” (h) • Final REV • Sept 16/10
Experience the joy of the festive season and leave the planning and details to us! The O Bistro & Lounge, and The Oswego Hotel offer the ideal setting for your office party or holiday gathering this season. Book your festive lunch, dinner, or cocktail reception for up to 90 people, and then take the elevator home to your luxurious Suite, from $89 per night. Includes one night stay and late check-out so you can shop or snooze. The Oswego Hotel 500 Oswego Street, Victoria, BC V8V 5C1 250-294-7500 • reservations@oswegovictoria.com
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The Empress Room is more formal, with a five-course, sit-down dinner starting at 4:15 pm. The cost is $160 per person and there is also a children’s menu. Both rooms feature strolling carolers, pianists and harpists and their elaborate menus are available online; reservations are a must for both. The Bengal Lounge is open from 11:30 am to midnight on Christmas, offering its usual menu. Lure Restaurant and Lounge at the Delta Ocean Pointe Resort and Spa offers lunch and dinner on Christmas Day. The lunch seatings are 12 pm and 2 pm, and the evening seatings are 5 pm and 7:30-8 pm. For $55 (kids half-price) award-winning chef Mike Weaver serves an imaginative take on traditional Christmas dinner that includes hazelnut Everyone is goat cheese fritter, poached pear and frizee salad, Pacific halibut welcome to the and dark chocolate pumpkin pie. The restaurant is perched over the harbour and offers 20th Annual spectacular views. Family-run Samuel’s Restaurant Christmas Spirit has been open for Christmas dinner for 30 years, says manager Community Dinner Jessica Chan. The restaurant used to offer live music and dancing at Glad Tidings along with Christmas dinner but the demand for the dinner got Church, which so high they couldn’t afford the space. There is only one thing includes music, toys on the menu on Christmas night, a traditional, sit-down turkey and Secret Santas. dinner (but call ahead if you want a vegetarian option). Reservations are needed; they tend to be booked up by the end of November. The cost is under $50 and they ask that people call closer to Christmas for seating times. The Victoria Harbour House Restaurant offers formal dining, with wait staff who wear tuxedos. “We dress up so you don’t have to,” says owner Chris Rounis. There are three Christmas dinner seatings — 4 pm, 6 pm and 8 pm — and reservations are a must. The $54 fixed price includes soup, house salad, a choice of salmon, New York steak or turkey with all the trimmings, and a traditional dessert. The decorations at Butchart Gardens are a Christmaslover’s dream. In addition to the Twelve Days of Christmasinspired lighting scheme woven throughout the gardens, there’s an ice skating rink and a carousel. The Dining Room restaurant, located in the original Butchart family residence, starts seating at 3 pm on Christmas Day and serves a set five-course Christmas dinner at $75 per person