Merchant City venue’s 2026 Christmas drinks debut alongside festive dining offers
El Santo’s festive cocktail menu 2026 makes its debut this weekend in Glasgow’s Merchant City, combining traditional Christmas flavours with Latin American spirit and spice. The new festive cocktails launch this Friday 13 November, with the venue’s usual Cocktail Classics, including Margaritas, Pina Colada Milk Punch, Tamarind Caipirinha and Pampelle Palomas, remaining available on the menu.
The festive range includes the S’Mores Martini, described as silky and milky and topped with a roasted mallow and Bailey’s foam, and the Elf’s Delight, a gingerbread Martini. Santa’s Margarita is a mulled wine served cold, combining tequila, spices and red wine, while Mrs Claus is a traditional hot Mulled Wine.
“Our talented mixologists have drawn upon Christmas memories, scents and tastes, as inspiration to create this year’s festive cocktail collection,” said El Santo Marketing Manager, Ester Moraes. “It will be impossible to have just one! Everyone knows the cold months set the perfect mood for warm, cosy drinks, but we figured that we should make them boozy, so that our customers can really indulge. The smell of cinnamon, clove, citrus and warm spices, that we associate with Christmas, really stirs the senses.”
“It also a time for fusing a drink with a dessert, so rich foams and creamy toppings are also called for,” she said.
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Lunch deals over the festive season at El Santo start at £19.95 per person for small plates. The offering extends to fine dining, including a flame-grilled picanha brasileira on the four-course Festive Menu, priced at £45 per person. Brazilian head chef Juliana Kipper leads the kitchen.
Ester Moraes also said that El Santito, El Santo’s sister venue located behind the main restaurant, is available for private bookings this Christmas. “This is the amazing space where we hold our El Santo Fiesta Nights,” she said. “With a modern ambience, together with its own bar and staff, El Santito is the ideal location for office parties, birthdays and gatherings of family or friends. We can also offer you special catering and bar packages.”
Further details are available at www.elsanto.co.uk. The festive entertainment schedule can be found via El Santo | Offers.
