Burns Night is coming up on 25 January 2025. From whisky tastings to bagpipes serenading the haggis, we round up the best Burns Night suppers to cheer up a dreary January in London. All of the below takes place on 25 January, unless specified otherwise.
The impressive Scottish Room at Mount St Restaurant
Mount St Restaurant (Mayfair, 20-25 January) - The restauirant has put on a special Scottish set menu for the week which includes Highland venison with a haggis "sausage" and a raspberry & almond tipsy laird. They also have The Scottish room PDR which is the perfect space for Burns, while The Audley pub downstairs will have a haggis scotch egg.
Boisdale (Belgravia/Canary Wharf) - Boisdale always goes big for Burns and this year is no different. Both restaurants will have a special Scottish four course menu and a show all week long and on the night itself, they'll have a piper and the tradtitonal address to the haggis. Canary Whaf will also be holding a special Burns lunch on the 25th. They'll also have haggis specials on throughout the month including a triple cheese haggis toastie.
Xi Home (Spitalfields, until 28 February) - All month and into February, this dumpling restaurant are putting on special haggis dumpling to celebrate Burns. And to go with those, they're also introducing five new whisky cocktails.
Rotunda (King's Cross, 24 January) - They're putting on a special menu that comes with a whisky pairing from Glengoyne 10 year old. There will be cullen skink, haggis and trifle as well as live bagpipes and the address to the haggis.
Lasdun (South Bank, 25 January) - The South Bank restaurant from the people behind The Marksman has a menu that includes Isle of Mull puffs, Haggis, neeps and tatties with Lagavulin mustard and more (£60, including a cocktail).
The cranachan pavlova at Pivot
Pivot (Covent Garden. 25 January) - The bistro beside the piazza has a menu which includes a cock-a-leekie with chicken, bacon, prunes and leeks, a haggis, neeps and tatties pie and to finish, a cranachan pavlova (a la carte pricing)
Bentley's (Mayfair, 25 January) - Once again, Richard Corrigan's restaurant will be celebrating Burns, where their "resident piper", Maggie McNaulty will be playing alongside a special three-course menu which includes a Highland venison loin with haggis, neaps & tatties and for dessert cinnamon beignets with Scottish rhubarb.
Sam's Kitchen (Chiswick, 25 January) - Head Chef Abbie Hendren is putting on a special three-course menu which includes Partan Bree (Scottish crab soup) and saddle of venison or haggis bridie with rumbledethumps for the main course. They;ll also have bagpipes and the traditional haggis address. (£75)
The Ox (Clapham, 25 January) - This Clapham pub has special Burns Night dishes where the main courses are either a Highland venison haunch steak with a haggis, neeps & tatties croquette, bone marrow mash & beetroot puree or a chicken, bacon & haggis pie in a cream, peppercorn & single malt sauce. (All available a la carte)
Haggis at Ham Yard
Ham Yard Hotel (Soho, 24 January) - Kicking off with a cocktail from The Macallan, there's a five-course feast here, including Loch Fyne smoked salmon, Haggis, neeps, and tatties and a main course of Venison Wellington. There will be whisky pairings by The Macallan too. (£120)
Jamie Oliver Catherine Street (Covent Garden, 24-26 January) - The chef's sole London restaurant will be putting on special dishes that celebrates the best of Scottish suppliers and ingredients. Dishes include an 8oz aged Highland beef fillet with neeps & tatties, haggis faggot and bone marrow gravy and a whisky & walnut tart to finish, which you can have for free if you're wearing tartan. (All a la carte prices)
Sussex (Soho) - The Gladwin Brothers are celebrating Burns at their Soho restaurant, with extras including cocktails by Woven whisky bagpipes and a two-step highland fling, led by Richard Gladwin's wife. As for food, that includes haggis served with swede and carrots and a whisky jus or a lamb and sweetbread Wellington. (£72)
The Sun Tavern (Bethnal Green) - Another returning Burns Night event, the Sun Tavern's celebrations are mainly around drink as they'll a special cocktail menu with Aberfeldy Single Malt, with drinks including the Bobby Burns (Aberfeldy 12yr Single Malt, Sweet Vermouth, Benedictine). Thre will be haggis canapes doing the rounds, thanks to Deeney's from Broadway Market and they'll have a Scottish DJ set into the night.
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