QT Melbourne Throws Open its Doors for a December Full of Feasts, Fireworks and Festive Shenanigans
Melbourne has two distinct personalities in December. One battles shopping bags and sunstroke. The other floats from gathering to gathering with a glass in hand, fully prepared to call anything a celebration. QT Melbourne clearly aligns with the latter.
Their festive calendar spans Christmas lunches, rooftop countdowns, delivered feasts and the kind of organised fun that spares you from the annual hosting meltdown. Here’s how QT plans to carry the city through the final stretch of 2025.
The Secret Christmas Shortcut: QT At Home
Hosting Christmas is one of life’s more dramatic undertakings. QT has decided to intervene with QT At Home
, a service that turns festive panic into something far more civilised.
Their chefs prepare your entire spread or selected courses, leaving you with nothing more taxing than plating. Starters, mains, dessert, or the full feast, it’s all sorted. You simply order by 20 December and pick up between the 23rd and 24th. It’s ideal for anyone who wants a polished Christmas without performing a kitchen miracle.
Christmas Day Lunch at Pascale: Let Someone Else Handle It
For those who prefer to hand over the reins entirely, Pascale Bar and Grill’s Christmas Day feast
offers an elegant long lunch that leans into tradition without going stodgy.
Expect a structured three-course spread, live entertainment and the type of service that lets you stay seated for once. Adults have a choice of two packages, one with bottomless alcoholic drinks at 295 dollars and another with soft drinks at 255 dollars. Children under twelve are welcomed at 60 dollars, which is generous considering most will nibble two roast potatoes before disappearing under the table.
This one is an excellent option for families who want Christmas with a bit of polish and none of the aftermath.
New Year’s Eve on the Rooftop: Melbourne’s Favourite View Returns
If you’ve ever attempted New Year’s Eve on ground level in the CBD, you know why people plan for rooftops like we plan for house deposits.
The Rooftop at QT New Year’s Eve party
promises bottomless drinks, live music, DJs, roaming bites, an oyster station and a full view of the fireworks. It always draws a lively crowd, although the space ensures you’re celebrating with style rather than wrestling strangers for elbow room.
VIP booths and balcony packages are up for grabs for groups who like structure and a home base when the clock hits twelve.
New Year’s Eve at Pascale: Start With Dinner, Finish With Fireworks
If your perfect New Year’s Eve begins with actual food rather than a packet of chips at 9.30pm, Pascale’s NYE dinner
is an ideal prelude to the rooftop party.
Guests settle in for a four-course dinner soundtracked by a live band, paired with bottomless drinks for good measure. Once dessert is cleared, everyone moves upstairs for the rooftop countdown. It’s a very civilised way to approach New Year’s Eve without sacrificing the rowdier part of the night.
All-inclusive tickets sit at 275 dollars per person, which is surprisingly reasonable considering it covers both dinner and the rooftop.
QT’s festive program isn’t trying to reinvent December. It simply offers the version of the season Melburnians actually enjoy: good food, good views and celebrations where the only thing you’re responsible for is showing up.
Melbourne has two distinct personalities in December. One battles shopping bags and sunstroke. The other floats from gathering to gathering with a glass in hand, fully prepared to call anything a celebration. QT Melbourne clearly aligns with the latter.
