Thanksgiving 2026 falls on Thursday 26 November. While it's an American holiday, there are plenty of opportunities for American expats, former US residents and general food/party lovers to celebrate Thanksgiving here in London.
Thanksgiving 2026 events in London
ROTHERHITHE AND THE USA: Ahead of the big day, gen up your UK-USA history with a Footprints of London walking tour around Rotherhithe. Guide Trevor points out the area's links with the Pilgrims voyage to modern day USA more than 400 years ago, as well as touching on other pieces of local history including Brunel's Thames Tunnel. 20 November 2026
FRIENDSGIVING WINE TASTING: Board the Golden Hinde on Thanksgiving evening for a Friendsgiving wine tasting, with experts from nearby Lant Street Wine talking you through four carefully selected wines from around the world. Grazing food is included, as is a chance to hear about, and explore, the dry-docked ship. 26 November 2026
Thanksgiving 2026 meals and special menus in London
All available on 26 November only, unless otherwise stated. Most require advance booking — check with individual venues for details.
Thanksgiving dinner 2026 at Benjamin Franklin House
For the first time in its lengthy history, Benjamin Franklin House — the only surviving former home of the Founding Father — serves up a Thanksgiving feast. In the rooms where Franklin himself once lived and worked, dine on a multi-course traditional Thanksgiving dinner with all the classic trimmings.
Thanksgiving dinner 2026 at Benjamin Franklin House.
Thanksgiving 2026 at JW Steakhouse
Inspired by the steakhouses of New York and Chicago, JW Steakhouse on Park Lane embraces the American celebrations with a three-course Thanksgiving set menu.
Begin with a selection of seasonal starters, including a butternut squash & sage velouté, or a burrata with cranberry & orange. The centrepiece of the feast is a traditional turkey , served with spiced brioche and apricot stuffing, crispy duck-fat potatoes, maple-glazed heritage carrots, cauliflower gratin, creamed spinach and charred brussels sprouts — or instead opt for a dry-aged sirloin steak (10z) with black garlic butter and thyme jus, or an autumn truffle and mushroom risotto.
Desserts offer a final taste of autumn indulgence, from spiced pumpkin meringue tart topped with roasted pecans and cinnamon mascarpone to apple and pear toffee crumble served with Calvados anglaise and vanilla ice cream. For chocolate lovers, a dark chocolate and hazelnut bar with Frangelico ganache and salted caramel ice cream provides a rich and decadent finale.
Thanksgiving 2026 at JW Steakhouse, £95 per person.
Thanksgiving 2026 at Riding House Cafes
For the 15th year, Riding House Cafe serves a family-style Thanksgiving feast at its three London venues: available for both lunch and dinner at all three restaurants on Thanksgiving itself, and additionally for dinner at the Fitzrovia branch the following day.
It's comfort food all the way: think cornbread dinner rolls served with whipped pumpkin butter, followed by roast turkey with all the classic Thanksgiving trimmings (cornbread and sausage Stuffing, maple-buttered sweet potatoes, truffled mac and cheese, creamed corn, glazed sprouts...). Pumpkin pie brings the feast to a suitably comforting close.
Thanksgiving 2026 at Riding House Cafes in Fitzrovia, Bloomsbury and Victoria. £65 per person.
Thanksgiving 2026 at 108Brasserie, Marylebone
Anywhere with its own dedicated pie room has got to be near the top of the list for an all-American Thanksgiving feast. Filled with all manner of sweet pies (pecan, pumpkin, Mississippi mud, key lime, banoffee), this is the finale to the three-course feast, which also includes spiced Maine lobster rolls, Baltimore-style crab cakes with chicory & avocado salad, or roasted pumpkin and charred corn salad with homemade cornbread.
The main course is — that's right — roast turkey plus trimmings galore: stuffing, sweet potato mash, creamed corn, roast potatoes, green bean & mushroom cassoulet, and that all-important cranberry relish,
(Really though, it's all about the pie room.)
Thanksgiving at 108Brasserie, £85 per person.
Thanksgiving 2026 at Booking Office 1869, St Pancras
Spend Thanksgiving in the elegant surroundings of Booking Office 1869, located within the restored original ticket hall at St Pancras station. The special Thanksgiving menu spans four courses, as well as an 1869 Punch cocktail on arrival. Dishes including butter-roasted bronze turkey with all the trimmings alongside seasonal vegetarian and seafood options.
Thanksgiving 2026 at Booking Office 1869, £75 per person.
Thanksgiving 2026 at Outside Tart, Hammersmith
Meringue-baked pecans, beanie wafers, pickled sprouts, and pickled peaches are among the unusual items on the Thanksgiving menu at Outsider Tart in Hammersmith — and that's just for starters. Continue onto roast turkey (or a gourd stuffed with pumpkin and blackbean for veggies), with sides including cherry cornbread stuffing and pimento cheese mashed potatoes.
Dessert is a PIE PIE PIE extravaganza, with slices including apple, pumpkin, pecan, buttermilk, sweet potato, coconut custard, hillbilly pie, and pumpkin cheesecake available to finish your meal on a sweet high.
Thanksgiving 2026 at Outside Tart, from £75 per person.
Thanksgiving 2026 at the Hound, the Cadogan Arms and the George
Pub trio the Hound (Chiswick), the Cadogan Arms (Chelsea) and the George (Fitzrovia) all serve the same special Thanksgiving menu, kicking things off with a whiskey cocktail on arrival. Then tuck into snacks including smoked ham scotch egg — plus roast turkey crown or slow-cooked short ribs accompanied by green bean casserole, sweet potato with marshmallows, mac and cheese, and corn pudding. Dessert takes the form of pecan pie, and Oreo cheesecake
Thanksgiving 2026 at the Hound, the George, and the Cadogan Arms. £100 per person.
Thanksgiving 2026 supper club at Honey & Co
Bridget Fojcik, resident American, and manager of Honey & Spice in Bloomsbury, hosts a Thanksgiving Supper Club. Tuck into buttermilk mash, traditional turkey, and Bridget's special stuffing. For dessert: pumpkin pie.
Thanksgiving supper club 2026 at Honey & Co, £75 per person.
Thanksgiving Feast 2026 at Duck & Waffle
Duck may be its signature dish, but it's turkey all the way at sky-high City restaurant Duck & Waffle for Thanksgiving.
Choose between the lunch and dinner sittings for the special Thanksgiving feast, which is served family-style and includes dishes such as bacon-wrapped dates and cheesy polenta croquetas followed by roasted bronze turkey with all the traditional trimmings (sweet potatoes with marshmallows and candied peanuts; collard greens; truffle mac and cheese).
Round things off with bourbon pecan pie and ice cream.
Thanksgiving 2026 at Duck & Waffle. Lunch (12pm-3pm) £65 per person/dinner (5pm-10pm) £95 per person. Wine pairings £45 extra.
Thanksgiving 2026 menu at One Aldwych, Covent Garden
Swing by One Aldwych for either lunch or dinner on Thanksgiving this year. Whichever sitting you choose, tuck into maple sourdough, pumpkin veloutte, turkey with all the trimmings, and pecan pie with cinnamon ice cream.
Thanksgiving 2026 at One Aldwych, lunch £90 per person/dinner £125 per person.
