Here’s to saying goodbye to 2025 and welcoming a new year. Here are ways to celebrate New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day in Boston including events and special offerings by restaurants and local businesses.
New Year’s Eve is Wednesday, December 31 and New Year’s Day is Thursday, January 1.
New Year’s Eve Boston 2025 and Day Brunch 2026
This list is not exhaustive and I update the information becomes available. I try to feature as much as I can but certainly this is not all that is out there. If your favorite restaurant is not on the list, I would recommend contacting them to see what they are offering.
Abe & Louie’s in Boston is offering New Year’s Eve à la carte specials alongside their full steakhouse menu, with reservations available from 11:30 AM to midnight. Seasonal additions include East Coast oysters with crème fraîche and Ossetra caviar, duck confit croquettes, braised osso buco with saffron risotto, lobster thermidor with roasted mushrooms and cognac, and sticky toffee pudding with vanilla bean ice cream.
Atlantic Fish Co. in Boston is offering New Year’s Eve dining from 11:30 AM to midnight, featuring their full seafood menu plus holiday à la carte specials. Offerings include crab-stuffed deviled eggs with Ossetra caviar, scallop crudo with yuzu and cilantro, a ribeye cap steak and lobster tail combination with potato pavé and truffle béarnaise, and raspberry chocolate mousse with fresh berries.
Coach Grill in Wayland is offering New Year’s Eve dinner service from 3 PM to 10 PM with à la carte holiday features. Specials include lobster bisque with crème fraîche, a Coach salad with goat cheese and port wine vinaigrette, a 24 oz prime porterhouse with roasted butternut squash, herb-crusted swordfish with Brussels sprouts, and peppermint pie with mascarpone Chantilly cream.
Joe’s on Newbury in Boston is offering New Year’s Eve à la carte specials during service from 11 AM to midnight. Seasonal dishes include kale and sausage soup with parmesan, herb-crusted cod with butternut squash risotto and braised kale, and a 14 oz grilled ribeye served with whipped potatoes, charred broccolini, and cowboy butter.
Joe’s Waterfront in Boston is offering New Year’s Eve dining from 11 AM to midnight with five holiday-focused specials. Highlights include oysters Rockefeller, a goat cheese tart with artichoke and fennel salad, lobster carbonara with pancetta and parmesan, herb-crusted rack of lamb with mashed potatoes and roasted carrots, and a champagne-and-strawberry trifle with Chantilly cream.
il Casale in Belmont and Lexington is offering a New Year’s Eve four-course prix-fixe dinner from 5 PM to 9:30 PM at both locations. Priced at $95 per person, the menu includes options such as hamachi crudo with bomba pugliese and crispy capers, gnocchi sardi with Calabrian chili cream, cotechino with lentils, grilled sirloin steak with black truffle potato gratinata, chicken piccata, sfogliatella, and panna cotta. Reservations are available via Resy.
The Wellington in Belmont is offering a New Year’s Eve four-course prix-fixe dinner from 5 PM to 10 PM, accompanied by live jazz from 7 PM to 10 PM. The menu features choices including hamachi carpaccio, rotolo pasta with roasted peppers and prosciutto, duck breast with flageolet bean stew, cauliflower steak with romanesco sauce, and baked Alaska for dessert. Reservations are available via Resy.
