For this year’s Christmas meal, we returned Turtle Bay in Winchester where we’ve been a couple of times, and which is always full of atmosphere and good food.
We booked a table in October 2022 and we’d pre-ordered our menu choices again and collected all the money upfront so we were free to have a fun-filled evening! 21 group members arrived early on the night to take advantage of the 2for1 cocktails and mocktails before 7pm and to get the party started!
We had the perfect area in the restaurant this year, with 3 smaller tables for our group so we could move around and chat to other members of the group without annoying the other diners. Our young waiter took our many alcoholic and non-alcoholic drinks orders and supported by the other bar staff, kitchen staff and other waiters and waitresses, we all had a really good evening.
The food was delicious – starters, mains and the scrummy puddings – which led to loads of empty plates and dishes and much sharing and sampling of each other’s food!
The evening flew by and we had to quickly select our “Secret Santa” presents from our Santa sack before taxis and lifts arrived for some. Others hung around for a little longer, sharing secret santa present opening and yet more photos, until we were down to the final 3, paying the bill and enjoying after-dinner coffees before walking back to the car park.
What a lovely evening – a good venue, good food, drinks and wonderful company. We missed lots of the ladies who couldn’t make it this year, but we hope you can join us next year.
We have some lovely photos to remember the evening.
