The Classroom Bistro

An entertainment line-up packed as full as Santa’s sack is what people can enjoy at The Classroom Bistro over the next few weeks.

Owned by multi award-winning Cru Hospitality, The Classroom Bistro which employs 22 members of staff has non-stop festive fun to keep you entertained throughout the holiday season.

The countdown to Christmas kicks off this weekend with the Nairn Christmas Light Switch on, when the team at The Classroom Bistro will be spilling out onto the street and serving delicious pigs in blankets and mulled wine!

Ricky Scobbie, general manager of the bistro said: “We are really excited about this time of year. The planning for it starts way back and we have everything finalised before we even hit our busy summer season, but it’s worth it as it’s as special time of year. Whilst the hours for our staff can be anti-social, we all get a real kick out of what we offer and seeing family and friends coming together to enjoy it.”

As well as getting involved in the light switch on, The Classroom is offering: Festive afternoon teas, breakfast with Santa, a special two and three course festive menu, live music evenings, a quiz,  and new this year, a variety of boozy brunches.

“Sometimes it is trial and error, it’s a competitive time, but we had some real success last year with our Breakfast with Santa events and the quiz and live music sessions, we are just building on it this year,” explained Ricky who joined The Classroom in January 2024, “we expect that the boozy brunches will be popular. We have three lined up and the Christmas Drag Boozy Brunch is almost sold out.”

The Classroom Bistro Christmas Line-Up

From December 1 – Festive Afternoon Tea Available throughout December from £22.50 per person!

6 Dec – 80s/90s/00s BOOZY BRUNCH £35PP

12 Dec – DALEY OK LIVE AT THE CLASSROOM

13 Dec – COUNTRY BOOZY BRUNCH £35PP

14 Dec – BREAKFAST WITH SANTA £10 – also on December 21

19 Dec – KENNY FROM SCHIEHALLION

20 Dec – CHRISTMAS DRAG BOOZY BRUNCH ALMOST SOLD OUT – £35pp

28 Dec, 2025 – MEGA QUIZ-MAS – Teams of up to 6 players,  £3 entry per person, £100 cash prize for the winning team and spot prizes throughout the afternoon – including Best Christmas Jumper!

31 Dec – HOGMANAY celebration. Three course meal, live music, piper, free glass of bubbly £50pp

You can find out more about all the events here.

AWARDS

As well as putting on an array of festive events, Cru Hospitality which also owns Murray Travel, The Sun Dancer, and Inverness-based businesses, Scotch & Rye, Prime, The Wee Bar, and The White House is multi-award winning. It also recently took over the management of the food court in the Eastgate Shopping Centre.

Most recently, CRU Hospitality was named Independent Multiple Operator of the Year at the SLTN Awards and in May won Best Hospitality Employer of the Year at the Scottish Entertainment Awards.

“Cru is a company that really invests and looks after its people,” said Ricky who earlier this year won Employee of the Year in the in-house company awards, “there are great perks such as discounted gym membership, access to health and wellbeing services, the Cru Awards themselves. They really do celebrate their staff.”

He added: “We have 22 members of staff here and that is mixture of full time and part time and it’s a strong team. No too days are the same. You get to meet so many different people. I would say that each of us is passionate about making sure that our customers are looked after and enjoy their experience.”