For a Christmas Eve dinner different from all the rest, check out Culver City's Sambar. You’ll celebrate with a modern Indian inspired menu themed "Chinese and a Bollywood Movie." Eat plenty of Tandoori duck, mushroom buns, cauliflower fritters and shrimp hakka noodles, while watching a Bollywood movie (with no sound) adding to the cultural holiday mood. Sambar will be open from 5:30 p.m. to 10:30 p.m.

For an elevated yet affordable dinner, Le Petit Paris will offer a special three course pre-fixe menu on Christmas Eve and on Christmas day. Highlights include duck foie gras, half lobster with bisque and baby veggies, filet mignon with jus corsé, stuffed truffle macaroni and poached pear with ginger mascarpone. The prix-fixe menu costs $65 per person.

For another take on “Feast of the Seven Fishes,” the Venetian-inspired hotel Mr. C Beverly Hills will be offering a four course prix-fixe Christmas Eve menu for $89 per person. A variety of seafood dishes include a trio of marinated halibut, shrimp, and tuna tartar and wild branzino. The menu will be available from 11 a.m. to 11 p.m.

For $34, Commissary offers an all-day prime rib roast from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. on Christmas Eve. Served with au jus and garlic mashed potatoes, it will surely suffice your holiday hunger. The regular menu will be available all day as well, so come hungry and enjoy some holiday cooking.

Come to BOA this Christmas Eve for traditional Holiday fare. Whether you’re craving steak or seafood, BOA has you covered without a prix-fixe menu. With access to its full menu, guests can choose from any one of its delicious cuts of meat; from a 40-day dry-aged New York strip to a marinated skirt steak Frites, or something fresh from the seafood chef, like a Chilean sea bass, live whole Maine lobster or roasted Alaskan king crab. Pair your entrée with one of the many vegetable and side dishes and don’t forget to leave room for dessert.

For great ambiance and a beautiful space, treat the family to Top Chef alum Brian Malarkey’s Herringbone in Santa Monica. Besides the regular menu, find surf & turf specials like the popular skate wing schnitzel, whole roasted lobster, and delicious rack of lamb.

Celebrate Christmas Eve by the beach at Playa Provisions, a great kid-friendly environment. A few holiday specials worth noting include foie gras with persimmon pudding and pomegranate and Thai-style bouillabaisse with lobster, shrimp, clams and squid. The full menu will also be available, and the last seating will be at 8:45 p.m.

For a Spanish Christmas Eve feast, check out Smoke.Oil.Salt. Look forward to a five course family-style prix fixe including a seared blue cheese-stuffed pork chop, chestnut puree, picaeta, and pickled leeks. For dessert, a mouth-watering rolled sponge cake, fruit compote, passionfruit curd, mint oil, spiced puffed rice should definitely satisfy all palates. It is $55 per person and $21 per child and hours are 5 p.m. to 10 p.m.

Impress your out-of-town guests with dinner at Redbird, with its gorgeous venue downtown. Redbird is doing a four-course menu for $85 and optional wine pairings for $60. Selections include Kabocha pumpkin soup with coconut milk, lemongrass and ginger,squid ink pasta, grilled bone-in tenderloin and more. Figgy pudding or Buche de Noel with praline buttercream, meringue and a brandy anglaise should definitely not be missed on the dessert side.