KFC Japan to open special Christmas-themed restaurant for 2025’s holiday season
A new, limited-time pop-up restaurant experience is being launched by KFC Japan to celebrate the holiday season.
The “KFC Christmas Restaurant” is the brand’s first-ever restaurant of its kind.
It is scheduled to open at “Hills Café/Space” in Roppongi Hills, Tokyo, running from Tuesday, December 2, until Sunday, December 7, 2025.
KFC is synonymous with Christmas in Japan, and this new venture aims to provide a special, memorable dining experience for families and friends.
The restaurant features a unique menu that transforms standard KFC items and limited-edition holiday dishes into “restaurant-quality” meals.
This includes salads, pasta, and desserts, all created using KFC ingredients.
The venue will also offer a special wine pairing menu in collaboration with the wine specialist Enoteca, featuring selections chosen by sommeliers to complement the dishes.
Here is the full lineup of original arranged menu items:
- Smoked Salmon and Coleslaw Glass Salad
- Price: 500 yen (approx. $3.28 USD / £2.57 GBP)
A 4-layered salad using KFC’s Coleslaw, smoked salmon, cream cheese, and purple cabbage rappe.
- Aromatic Smoked Chicken Caesar Salad
- Price: 1,500 yen (approx. $9.85 USD / £7.72 GBP)
Uses the Christmas-limited “Smoked Chicken Half Standard,” smoked with cherry blossom chips.
- KFC French Fries with Melty Truffle Sauce
- Price: 900 yen (approx. $5.91 USD / £4.63 GBP)
Fries topped with a rich, truffle-scented cheese sauce.
- Crispy Chicken Tenders with Lime Mint Tartar Sauce
- Price: 1,500 yen (approx. $9.85 USD / £7.72 GBP)
Limited-edition Chicken Tenders served with a refreshing tartar sauce.
- Christmas BBQ Chicken Plate with Grilled Vegetables
- Price: 1,900 yen (approx. $12.47 USD / £9.78 GBP)
Juicy bone-in thigh meat (Christmas limited) with a savory BBQ sauce.
- Roasted Five-Grain Chicken Breast Holiday Plate with Rich Cheese Cream
- Price: 1,900 yen (approx. $12.47 USD / £9.78 GBP)
Features shrimp and mushroom cream sauce.
- Aromatic Smoked Chicken and Mushroom Peperoncino
- Price: 1,400 yen (approx. $9.19 USD / £7.21 GBP)
Pasta featuring smoked chicken and black pepper.
- Tomato Cream Pasta Topped with Roasted Five-Grain Chicken Breast
- Price: 1,400 yen (approx. $9.19 USD / £7.21 GBP)
A rich tomato sauce pasta with plenty of meat.
- Biscuit Vanilla Ice Cream Sandwich ~with Honey Maple~
- Price: 600 yen (approx. $3.94 USD / £3.09 GBP)
Freshly baked biscuits sandwiched with cold vanilla ice cream.
Visitors to the restaurant will receive a free, limited-edition original Christmas card.
For those who cannot visit, KFC will publish recipes for these arranged dishes on a special website starting December 2, allowing fans to recreate the “KFC-style Christmas” at home.
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