Thanksgiving 2024 falls on Thursday 28 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 meals and special menus in London
All available on 28 November only, unless otherwise stated. Most require advance booking — check with individual venues for details.
Thanksgiving at Drake & Morgan
Every venue in the Drake & Morgan restaurant chain is doing a Thanksgiving menu, including a four-course feast, and limited-edition dessert cocktails (think pumpkin pie & key lime pie flavoured tipples).
The main menu includes sweetcorn chowder paired with spicy jalapeño cornbread, roast turkey served with all the trimmings, toffee apple and marshmallow kebab, and pumpkin pie. The cocktails (available separately) include Pumpkin Pie, a blend of Absolut vanilla vodka and winter spice syrup; the Cherry Crumble with Jameson Irish whiskey and berry brandy; and the Key Lime Pie with limoncello and speculoos syrup.
Thanksgiving menu at Drake & Morgan restaurants, available 18 November-1 December. Four course menu £49.95 per person, cocktails £12.95 each.
Thanksgiving dinner at The Dorchester
The Promenade restaurant at The Dorchester hosts a special Thanksgiving-themed dinner, with a four-course set menu featuring classic and contemporary dishes alongside live entertainment.
Thanksgiving at The Dorchester. From £150 per adult/£75 per child.
Thanksgiving at RAILS Restaurant, Great Northern Hotel
At RAILS in King's Cross, tuck into a New England clam and mussel chowder, followed by the main
event: roasted turkey, accompanied by cornbread stuffing, maple roasted sweet potatoes, collard greens, and cranberry sauce. Finish the evening with a pecan pie served with salted caramel ice cream followed by a bourbon macaron.
Thanksgiving at RAILS Restaurant. £30 per person.
Thanksgiving at Oblix at The Shard
Celebrate Thanksgiving with impressive views over London at Oblix at The Shard. The west-facing side of the 32nd floor restaurant serves up a special evening meal consisting of shareable starters such as freshly baked sourdough bread with salted butter & leak ash, seared beef carpaccio, charred salmon caviar, burrata serrano ham & truffle honey and mixed leaf salad granola.
Roasted turkey breast with chestnut, brussels sprouts, and a decadent black truffle sauce forms the centrepiece, served with sides including charcoal-baked sweet potato, green beans with pancetta & ricotta, and roasted pumpkin with maple syrup and sage. Finish up with caramelised pecan pie with bourbon ice cream. An American-inspired wine pairing is available for an extra £68 per person.
Thanksgiving at Oblix at The Shard. £97 per person.
Thanksgiving Feast 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 menu, which is served family-style and includes dishes such as pigs in blankets and cheesy polenta croquetas followed by a whole roasted bronze turkey with all the traditional trimmings (sweet potatoes with marshmallows and candied peanuts; green bean casserole with crispy shallots and mushroom gravy; truffle mac and cheese; sprouts).
Round things off with bourbon pecan pie and ice cream.
Thanksgiving 2024 at Duck & Waffle. Lunch £55 per person/dinner £90 per person. Wine pairings £45 extra.
Thanksgiving 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, chocolate, key lime, banoffee), this is the finale to the four-course feast, which also includes butternut squash and beef short rib arancini with smoked Monterey Jack cheddar, Baltimore-style crab cakes with chicory & avocado salad, or honey roasted fig & goat cheese tart with rocket and spiced pecans.
The main course is — that's right — roast turkey plus trimmings galore: stuffing, green bean & mushroom cassoulet, sweet potato mash, creamed corn, roast potatoes and that all-important cranberry relish.
(Really though, it's all about the pie room.)
Thanksgiving at 108Brasserie, £65 per person.
Thanksgiving menu at One Aldwych, Covent Garden
Warm maple glazed rolls served with crispy bacon, pumpkin soup, succulent turkey, and key lime pie with whipped coconut cream are on the special Thanksgiving dinner menu at Indigo restaurant inside One Aldwych hotel.
Thanksgiving at One Aldwych, £95 per person.
Thanksgiving at Dovetale, Mayfair
Mayfair restaurant Dovetale serves a special Thanksgiving menu consisting of roast pumpkin soup, warm glazed cornbread and whipped maple butter,and roast bronze turkey and sweetcorn stuffing with all the trimmings.To finish, guests can share Tableside apple pie with pecan pie ice cream./p>
Tara Ozols, Wine Director and US native, has also curated an American wine pairings to perfectly compliment the Thanksgiving spread.
Thanksgiving at Dovetale. £110 per adult/£45 per child. American wine pairing is an additional £100 per person.
Thanksgiving at No Fifty Cheyne, Chelsea
Chelsea neighbourhood restaurant No Fifty Cheyne lets you choose between a two- or three-course Thanksgiving meal, both featuring bronze turkey with traditional sides like pigs in blankets, Brussels sprouts, maple bacon, and boulangère potatoes, all topped with homemade gravy. You can upgrade to a Thanksgiving + champagne option, thanks to the venue's newly opened Champagne Bar, letting you add Ruinart Brut for £68 per bottle or Blanc de Blancs for £88, to accompany your meal.
Thanksgiving at No Fifty Cheyne. From £48 per person.
Thanksgiving at The Colony Grill Room, Mayfair
The Beaumont Hotel in Mayfair celebrates with a Thanksgiving menu in its art deco restaurant, The Colony Grill Room, available for either lunch or dinner.
Spiced pumpkin velouté with clementine and ricotta is the starter, followed by a traditional turkey course. Leaving room for tea, coffee, and a pecan pie with bourbon ice cream.
Thanksgiving 2024 at The Beaumont. Lunch £70 per person/ dinner £90 per person (menu here).
Thanksgiving at Bluebird Chelsea
Inspired by traditional favourites, Bluebird Chelsea' Chef Owen has whipped up a one-day-only Thanksgiving menu featuring dishes including classic fried chicken served with biscuits and gravy, and roast turkey with all the trimmings. Even better, the venue serves a special Thanksgiving cocktail, Grateful, which combines Maker’s Mark Bourbon Whisky, cranberry, ginger emulsion, and pomegranate foam.
Thanksgiving at Bluebird Chelsea, £45 per person.
Thanksgiving at Firmdale Hotels
Brasserie Max, Ham Yard, Oscar and Refuel are restaurants within the Firmdale Hotels chain, and all are serving up their own take on Thanksgiving dinner this year. Think roast bronze turkey with stuffing, gravy and cranberry sauce, and pumpkin pie — as well as dishes celebrating states and regions, including Deep South gumbo and New Orleans style beignets.
Thanksgiving at Firmdale Hotels, from £65 per person.
Thanksgiving supper club at Honey & Co
Bridget Fojcik, resident American, and manager of Honey & Spice in Bloomsbury, hosts a Thanksgiving Supper Club. Tuck into Waldorf salad, buttermilk mash, traditional turkey, and Bridget's special stuffing. For dessert: pumpkin cheesecake.
Thanksgiving supper club at Honey & Co, £55 per person.
Thanksgiving at The Twenty Two
Mayfair townhouse hotel and restaurant The Twenty Two serves a curated Thanksgiving menu, beginning with roast butternut squash soup, followed by starters like cured salmon with caviar and crème fraîche. The autumnal-themed choice of mains includes roast bronze Goodmans Farm Turkey with sage and sausage stuffing, black truffle agnolotti with Jerusalem artichoke, or grilled sea bass with lobster sauce.
Thanksgiving at The Twenty Two, £125 per person.
Thanksgiving at Sam's Riverside and Sam's Waterside
Both Sam's Riverside in Hammersmith and Sam's Waterside in Brentford are celebrating Thanksgiving with three-course feasts. Head to Hammersmith for classic dishes like New England style clam chowder; roast Norfolk turkey with spring onion mash, roast carrots and cranberries; and steamed maple and pecan pudding, while over in Brentford they're serving crispy guinea fowl drumstick, Cornish hake, and a pumpkin and pecan pie.
Thanksgiving at Sam's Riverside (£65 per person) and Sam's Waterside (£50 per person).
Thanksgiving at Motcombs St John's Wood
After more than 40 years, Motcombs Belgravia has launched a second restaurant in St John’s Wood, and is celebrating with a Thanksgiving feast by Head Chef Rafal Novak. Available for lunch and dinner, the menu includes pumpkin cream and sage soup to start, followed by lobster mac ‘n’ cheese. For mains, it's roasted Norfolk turkey with bread stuffing, Brussel sprout casserole and sweet potato mash, finished with a pecan tart with gingerbread ice cream.
Thanksgiving at Motcombs St John's Wood. £65 per person.
Thanksgiving at Sette, Knightsbridge
Modern Italian restaurant Sette puts a New York twist on Thanksgiving food, offering both lunch and dinner on the day. The four-course menu features seasonal favourites including a celeriac, porcini and truffle soup, pumpkin ravioli, roasted bronze turkey and pecan pie. During the evening meal, live music is provided as you dine.
Sette has partnered with homelessness charity StreetSmart UK, to add an optional £1 donation to each bill, offering diners the chance to give back this Thanksgiving.
Thanksgiving at Sette. £110 per person.
Thanksgiving at Heliot Steak House
Heliot Steak House at the Hippodrome Casino in Leicester Square introduces a turkey dinner, available on Thanksgiving only. Enjoy traditional roast turkey served with sage stuffing, pigs in blankets and cranberry sauce. The NFL matches are shown throughout the day too.
Thanksgiving at Heliot Steak House. £18 per person.
Thanksgiving at NYnLON
New York-style bistro NYnLON in Blackfriars offers two options for your Thanksgiving main course: classic turkey crown, or gruyere and pumpkin pie, both served alongside a selection of side dishes to share (think truffle mac & cheese, confit garlic and sweet potato mash, root vegetables and brussels sprouts with sage-infused brown butter, and charred tenderstem broccoli with chilli and confit shallots).
Top it off with a slice of homemade apple pie, served with warm custard and ice cream.
Thanksgiving at NYnLON, 28-29 November, £99 for two people.
Thanksgiving at The Kensington
Celebrations last for three days at The Kensington, where you can choose between a two- or -three course special menu. Winter squash soup is among the starter options, followed by traditional roast turkey with stuffing, buttery mashed potatoes, tangy cranberry sauce, and rich gravy. Or opt for butternut squash risotto with sage. There's pumpkin pie, apple crumble or pecan pie for dessert.
The same venue also offers a Pappy Van Winkle bourbon masterclass just before Thanksgiving.
Thanksgiving menu at The Kensington, served 28-30 November. £50 for two courses/£65 for three.
Thanksgiving 2024 events in London
Not looking for a waistband-stretching meal, but still want to mark Thanksgiving? Try this:
Americans in the City: Bring Your Baby walk
The Bring Your Baby guide walks team offer a Thanksgiving special around the City, starting at Bank and finishing at Temple. Visit sites linked to Americans in London and learn how 18th century businessmen got news from America, what links King Kong's creator to Fleet Street, and what a Lord Mayor of London and a president's assassin have in common.
As with all Bring Your Baby walks, it's aimed at parents and carers with young babies, with plenty of stops for feeding and changing along the route.
Bring Your Baby Thanksgiving walk, £20 per adult (kids free). 28 November 2024
