New Year's Eve can be celebrated not only at home, with friends or relatives, but also in a cafe with a festive program. For the holiday to be a success, it is important to choose an institution that suits your taste and financial capabilities.
Cafe in the New Year: selection criteria
First, find out if your favorite cafe or restaurant is open on New Year's Eve. Sometimes even very popular establishments are not available for booking during the holiday. It is even more difficult if you plan to buy out the entire establishment or want to rent a hall for celebrating with a large company. In this case, it is advisable to start looking for premises in the fall, before restaurants start selling New Year's places.
It is much easier to reserve an entire restaurant not for New Year's Eve itself, but a few days before or after it.
Ask in advance about the New Year's menu. Often, even restaurants with specific ethnic cuisine on New Year's Eve change their concept and set a traditional table with Russian salads and fairly simple hot dishes.
Specify how much the holiday will cost you. Most cafes and restaurants charge a fixed ticket price, but this ticket can offer different options. Its cost is guaranteed to include a festive program, but the feast is not so simple. Some cafes will only provide you with a buffet table or snacks for the stated amount, while in other cases you can be served a full dinner of several courses and dessert. The same goes for alcohol. The ticket price may include 1 or 2 glasses of champagne or other wine, or in general, all alcohol will have to be paid separately. Check these parameters in advance in order to adequately compare prices for New Year's Eve in different cafes.
If you plan to bring alcohol with you, please check if this is allowed in a particular restaurant. Most often, such an opportunity is available to those who rents the entire hall, but sometimes it also applies to guests who just came in a large company.
If you are planning to come to the holiday with children, find out if there is a separate program for them. Some cafes even present animators for children at the time of the parents' New Year's feast. Check if there is a children's menu or a special order for the little ones.
The New Year's menu is often published on the cafe's website. If the information is not there, visit the restaurant in person.
Restaurant Reviews
Before ordering a place for New Year's Eve, it is advisable to visit the selected cafe. If you do not have such an opportunity, ask for reviews about the institution. The easiest way to find them is on the Internet. Please note that on the institution's website you will most likely find only positive reviews. To search for criticism, look for information on popular city forums, as well as on all-Russian portals dedicated to restaurants.
