Boxing Day BBQ at Seagrill Bistro, Fairmont The Palm

The Seagrill Bistro Boxing Day BBQ keeps the celebrations going at Fairmont The Palm in Dubai on Saturday 26 December 2026, between 12.30pm and 4pm. The hotel invites guests to “keep the holiday spirit alive this Boxing Day at Seagrill Bistro with a laid-back seaside BBQ feast”, built around a three-course set menu, free-flowing drinks and live entertainment, with a live singer listed on the hotel’s 2026 festive page.

Seagrill Bistro: Fairmont The Palm by the Sea

Seagrill Bistro is the beachfront restaurant at Fairmont The Palm. Formerly known as Seagrill On 25, it was one of three restaurants renovated at the hotel, and listings describe an elegant beachfront bistro that pairs views over the Arabian Gulf with a refined but relaxed atmosphere. Its everyday menu runs from fresh seafood and pastas to prime meats and burgers, and its sharing seafood platter is one of its best-known dishes, with one guide listing shrimps, king crab legs, sea snails, clams, Fine de Claire oysters and lobster, topped with caviar.

Barbecue is part of the restaurant’s identity. Seagrill Bistro has a wood-fired grill, and the hotel runs a regular Swing BBQ at the restaurant, with food cooked on an outdoor wood-fire swing grill. That makes a Boxing Day barbecue here a natural extension of what the kitchen already does well, rather than a one-off festive gimmick.

The Seagrill Bistro Boxing Day BBQ Menu

Instead of a buffet, the Boxing Day BBQ is served as a three-course set menu, which is a practical choice for the day after Christmas. There are no buffet queues and no long decisions, just three courses arriving at the table while the live entertainment plays and the drinks keep flowing. For anyone who spent Christmas Day hosting at home, it is a relaxing way to let someone else do the cooking.

The hotel has not published the full 2026 menu, so ask the reservations team about the courses, any dietary requirements and which drinks packages apply when you book. The starting price is shown in the details box on this page.

Seagrill Bistro’s Festive Season

Seagrill Bistro is having a busy festive season, and Boxing Day sits neatly in the middle of it. On Christmas Day the restaurant serves a festive brunch of seasonal favourites, fresh seafood and decadent desserts, between 12.30pm and 4pm, so you can make a two-day celebration of it at the same beachfront table. On New Year’s Eve it hosts a dinner between 7pm and 1am. Boxing Day is the most laid-back of the three, a lower-key, more casual celebration.

Elsewhere in the hotel, Flow Kitchen hosts the family-focused Christmas Day brunch at Flow Kitchen, with Santa, a magician and live music, if you would rather have a bigger buffet on the 25th. Flow Kitchen also serves a Christmas Eve Dinner on 24 December and a New Year’s Eve Dinner on 31 December, so the resort can cover the whole week. The Mashrabiya Lounge also serves a Festive Afternoon Tea daily between 12pm and 8pm until 7 January 2027, a sweet way to round off the afternoon if you want to stay on after lunch.

If you are comparing barbecue options for 26 December, Hilton Dubai Palm Jumeirah has a livelier American-style Boxing Day brunch at CLAW BBQ on the same day.

Who It Suits

This is a good choice for anyone who wants to stretch the festive weekend a little further without committing to another big buffet. It suits groups of friends, couples and families looking for an easy afternoon by the sea, as well as visitors in Dubai over the holidays who want a relaxed beach lunch with a view. Seafood lovers have a strong reason to choose it too, given the restaurant’s reputation for fish and shellfish, and the set menu format keeps things simple after a busy Christmas. If you plan to enjoy the free-flowing drinks, take a taxi or ride-hailing app home, since the UAE has a zero-tolerance policy on drinking and driving.

For more festive ideas, browse our brunch and dinner guide, check our list of things to do in December, or explore more things to do in Dubai.

How to Book

Boxing Day at Seagrill Bistro is listed on the Fairmont The Palm festive offers page, which is the official booking link on this page. Reservations can be made through the hotel’s dining team on +971 4 457 3388 or by email at Palm.Dining@fairmont.com. Boxing Day falls on a Saturday this year, so weekend demand is likely to be high, and it is worth booking the Christmas Day brunch at the same time if you plan to come both days.

Unhurried, sunny and sociable, the Boxing Day BBQ at Seagrill Bistro is a relaxed way to round off Christmas on Palm Jumeirah, with the grill fired up and the Gulf as the backdrop.