FESTIVE PERIOD
3 DECEMBER 2025 TO 4 JANUARY 2026
Our Christmas and New Year festive period this year covers Wednesday 3rd December to Sunday 4th January inclusive. Scroll through the information below to see our plans including opening times and service hours, as well as our menus and booking arrangements.
PUB OPENING TIMES AND SERVICE HOURS
We will be open everyday in December except for all Mondays, Tuesdays 2nd & 30th and Boxing Day.
TUESDAYS 9th, 16th & 23rd
Bar 12.00 – 3.00 & 5.00 – 10.00
Food 12.00 – 1.45 & 5.00 – 7.30
(PRE BOOKED TABLES HIGHLY RECOMMENDED FOR DINING)
CHRISTMAS DAY
Bar 12.00 – 4.30
Food 12.00 – 1.30
(NOW FULLY BOOKED FOR DINING)
BOXING DAY
Closed
NEW YEARS EVE
Bar 12.00 -00.30
Food 12.00 – 1.45 & 5.00 – 8.30
NEW YEARS DAY
Bar 11.00 – 3.00
Food 11.00 – 2.00
Evening – Closed
MENU CHOICES
During the festive period (excl Christmas Day and New Years Day) we will be offering a festive menu with a choice of starters, festive mains and desserts which, of course, will include a traditional Christmas Roast and Christmas Pudding option. Our festive menu comes with a 2 or 3 course special offer.
In addition we will be offering a standard main menu (this will be a reduced version of our normal menu). Starters and desserts from the festive menu can be chosen with mains from this menu but just won’t be included in any special offer.
As well as a Traditional Christmas Roast and Nut Roast which can be found on our Festive menu we will also be offering Roast Lamb and Roast Beef every day on our main menu too!
On Christmas Day we will be offering a 6 course Special menu only for £95pp. This is available on a ‘booking only’ basis and will require a £25pp non refundable deposit to be paid within 24hrs of your booking being accepted by us.
** PLEASE NOTE THAT SUBJECT TO CANCELLATIONS WE ARE NOW FULLY BOOKED FOR CHRISTMAS DAY – A WAITING LIST IS IN OPERATION**
BOOKING ARRANGEMENTS
CHRISTMAS EVE
On Christmas Eve we will require a £10pp non refundable deposit on ALL bookings. We will also require a pre order by the end of 21st December for all groups of 6 or more people.
We will accept ‘walk ins’ on Christmas Eve however availability cannot be guaranteed. There will be no food service in our Tap Room other than from our bar snack menu. Bookings are highly recommended.
CHRISTMAS DAY
** SUBJECT TO CANCELLATIONS WE ARE NOW FULLY BOOKED FOR CHRISTMAS DAY – A WAITING LIST IS IN OPERATION**
Christmas Day is advance bookings only and we will only be offering our Christmas Day menu. There will be no food service in our Tap Room just drinks service. Bookings will be taken from 9.00am on Monday 22nd September by email only and will be subject to availability (see Christmas Day information above).
please email bookings@thehalfmoonelloughton.co.uk
NEW YEARS EVE
We will have live music on the evening to see in the New Year with the fantastic male vocalist, Neil Baker. Our lounges are bookings only and are now being taken with a £10pp none refundable deposit required at the time of booking.
We also have our separate Tap room available for drinks and music (not live).
Bar opens at 12pm til 12.30am (last orders 11.45pm to allow staff to see in the New Year). Food service 12pm til 1.45pm and 5pm til 8.30pm. Live music in the lounges will be from 8.30pm.
Lounges – bookings required (Please note in our side lounge you will be able to hear the live music but will have a limited view or no view of the artist).
Tap Room – we will not be taking bookings for our Tap room and will operate on a first come first served basis.
NEW YEARS DAY
On New Years Day we will be opening on the lunchtime only, but slightly earlier at 11am. Last food orders will be 2pm and last drinks orders at 2.30pm with the pub closing at 3pm. Pre booked and walk ins will be accepted.
All other days will be normal arrangements