Top reasons to celebrate New Year in the coastal city of Southampton

With a cool cocktail bar scene, some pumping clubs and spectacular waterfront fireworks, Southampton is a great place to see in 2023. Visit Southampton’s top picks for a New Year getaway include: harbour hotel and spa – fireworks, fine dining and DJ fun.

For a New Year party with a view – and the perfect vantage point to watch the fireworks come midnight - Southampton’s Harbour Hotel and Spa is where it’s at. Rooftop revellers can join The NYE Dinner Party at HarBAR on 6th, including prosecco on arrival, an exceptional five-course sharing menu with DJs and dancing throughout the evening (5pm-1am, tickets £110 pp). Drinks on arrival are followed by a decadent seven-course tasting menu with live music and DJ sets from 7pm until 1am (7pm-1am, tickets £125pp).

For those keen to focus more on the food than the dancing, NYE at The Jetty is the ideal choice. As well as five-course mini gastro special lunchtime dining option, in the evening, alongside the à la carte menu, this fine dining restaurant is offering an exceptional New Year's Eve six-course tasting menu, accompanied by the subtle sounds of a saxophonist and DJ, (lunch 12-2.30pm with mini-gastro menu £35; dinner 6-9pm with tasting menu £95 pp). Stay overnight from £257 based on two sharing a double room. Visit https://www.harbourhotels.co.uk/southampton website.

Industrial chic meets nautical is the theme at Southampton’s Moxy. Close to the Westquay Shopping Centre for grabbing that last minute part