Head to one of these restaurants for a Thanksgiving dinner with all the trimmings, and none of the hassle in the kitchen.
Thanksgiving might fall rather late this year, but plenty of L.A. restaurants (especially those in hotels) are already preparing to help Angelenos and visitors celebrate Turkey Day. If you’d rather head out of the house this year, enjoy a gourmet holiday feast at one of these cozy restaurants—no dishes or kitchen clean up required. (For those who’d rather snuggle up at home, plenty of restaurants have continued their takeout Thanksgiving offerings from last year).
Editor’s note, November 27: If you’re looking for a last minute place to enjoy Thanksgiving tomorrow, you‘re in luck! I've gone through and found eight places with reservations as of 11am on Wednesday, November 27. These have been moved to the top of the guide; all others listed here are now sold out. Gladstones will also be first come, first served.
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Menu: This special occasion go-to in the Valley will offer a four-course Thanksgiving brunch this year—think lobster eggs Benedict, chicken and waffles and $30 bottomless mimosas. Castaway will also be open for dinner, when the restaurant's usual à la carte menu will be offered.
Hours: 9:30am–4pm brunch seatings, 5–9pm dinner seatings
Price: Brunch for $98 per adult, $35 per child and à la carte dinner pricing
Reservations: Book online via OpenTable.
Menu: There’s plenty of seafood to be found inside this dark, regal restaurant chain, but Water Grill Santa Monica is also serving a traditional full spread for Thanksgiving alongside its regular menu. This year’s three-course menu features your choice of starter (clam chowder or mixed organic greens), entrée (roasted Diestel Family Ranch turkey served with Yukon gold mashed potatoes, traditional cranberry sauce, house-made sourdough apple-celery stuffing and turkey gravy) and dessert (pumpkin cheesecake or caramel bread pudding).
Hours: 11am–8pm seatings
Price: $72 per adult and $26 per child under 12
Reservations: Book via OpenTable for Santa Monica.
Menu: Go big this Thanksgiving at the Four Seasons Beverly Wilshire, where the hotel’s ground floor restaurant and lounge THEBlvd will be serving a three-course dinner accompanied by live music (from 2 to 10pm). Choose from red curry squash soup, fig and persimmon salad or apple cider spiced gnocchi to start, then move onto maple spiced turkey, roasted beef rib, eggplant “short rib” or pecan-crusted Alaskan halibut. Pumpkin pie or a sticky toffee pudding end this decadent 90210 Thanksgiving feast, which also comes with a surprise hors d’oeuvre.
Hours: 11am–9:30pm
Price: $150 per adult and $65 per child 11 and under
Reservations: Book via Tock.
Menu: Chef Tal Ronnen’s high-end vegan restaurant has long delighted omnivores with its flavorful, imaginative dishes, but even those who balk at plant-based cuisine will enjoy the four-course Thanksgiving menu at Crossroads. Available at both the Melrose and Calabasas locations (though Melrose is currently completely booked), each menu comes with celery root soup, Waldorf salad and either breaded scallopini or
roasted lion’s mane mushrooms with herb gravy. Either entrée comes with classic sides. For dessert, choose between pumpkin pie or cranberry sorbet.
Hours: Noon–6pm seatings
Price: $80 per person.
Reservations: Book Calabasas via OpenTable.
Menu: In a world where landmarks are few and far between, there’s Gladstones. Situated where Sunset Boulevard meets the Pacific Coast Highway, Gladstones has become an L.A. legend thanks to its beachfront location and straightforward American seafood menu—and this year, they’re open on Thanksgiving with a prix fixe holiday menu with all the usual trimmings. A la carte regular menu items will also be available.
Hours: 11am–8:30pm seatings
Price: $50 per adult, $20 per child under 12
Reservations: First come, first served.
Menu: For Thanksgiving this year, this Brazilian churrascaria with locations in Downtown L.A. and the Beverly Center will offer an all-you-can-eat spread with over a dozen types of meat, as well as roasted turkey, stuffing, sweet potato casserole and other traditional fixings. The mini-chain's normal dinner sides will also be available.
Hours: Noon–10pm
Price: $70 per adult and $37 for kids ages 7–12, kids 6 and under free
Reservations: Book via their website.
Menu: Just steps from the beach, Manhattan Beach Post (more affectionately known as MB Post) has become a South Bay brunchtime right of passage. Now, chef-owner David LeFevre is dipping his toes into cooking for the holidays with a to-be-announced Thanksgiving menu—though you’ll be sure to find the restaurant’s signature bacon cheddar buttermilk biscuits around on Turkey Day.
Hours: Noon–4:15pm seatings
Price: $75 per person.
Reservations: Book via OpenTable.
Menu: Another year, another oceanfront Thanksgiving at Shutters on the Beach's 1 Pico, where $125 will get you a three-course prix fixe with your choice of appetizer, entrée and dessert. Highlights include a prime New York strip, salmon carpaccio and a maple pecan tart for dessert.
Hours: 11am–4pm, 5–9pm
Price: $125 per person
Reservations: Book via Resy.
Menu: Founded by Michelin-recognized chef John Fraser, Ardor at the West Hollywood EDITION is offering a vegetarian-friendly three-course tasting menu that blends Ardor signatures with Thanksgiving specialties. Choose between roasted parsnip bisque, scallop semi-crudo or green goddess salad to start. For mains, there will be Ardor's signature sweet potato curry or roasted turkey, prime ribeye or branzino. For dessert, there’s a buffet that includes a modern twists on pumpkin, apple and pecan pies.
Hours: 5:30–8pm seatings
Price: $135 per person
Reservations: Book online via OpenTable.
Menu: Dine on smoked turkey or slow-roasted prime rib this Thanksgiving at Josiah Citrin’s modern Venice steakhouse. This year, Charcoal will be serving a five-course dinner that skews gourmet but doesn’t skimp on wild mushroom stuffing, pecan praline yams and cranberry sauce. Lemony yogurt and sumac-topped baked cabbage and roasted beets start off this smoky Turkey Day feast, which features a roasted pear and persimmon salad, plus more traditional sides and dessert.
Hours: 3pm–7:45pm
Price: $125 per person
Reservations: Book via OpenTable.
Menu: For a more casual Thanksgiving meal, this beloved British pub in Hollywood will offer a reasonably priced three-course dinner. Choose from butternut squash soup or a vegan-friendly baby green and roast pumpkin salad to start, then move onto turkey or a vegan nut roast Wellington as a main. For dessert, there’s pumpkin walnut pie, brownies or seasonal fruit.
Hours: Noon–9:30pm
Price: $45 per adult and $22 per child
Reservations: Book via Resy.
Menu: Curtis Stone’s Hollywood steakhouse is offering a four-course dine-in feast this Thanksgiving, starting with a smoked carrot soup and roasted acorn squash. For mains, there will be slow roasted turkey breast, confit turkey thigh and housemade maple-mustard glazed ham. Each table will also receive family-style sides of dinner rolls with blood orange jam, braised shallots, charred red cabbage and a root vegetable medley as well as a selection of pies for dessert.
Hours: 1–6pm seatings
Price: $120 per person
Reservations: Book via OpenTable.
Menu: This beloved Scottish pub in Atwater Village is celebrating Thanksgiving with one of the best à la carte holiday dinner menus in town. Odds are, they’ll also be offering traditional turkey dinner plate, or you can upgrade for a bit more for their standard cuts of tender prime rib. Plenty of "odds and sods" (sides) will also be available.
Hours: 7:30pm seating
Price: à la carte
Reservations: Book via OpenTable.
Menu: Wolfgang Puck’s pan-Asian crown jewel in West Hollywood is offering an à la carte menu that includes a turkey plate, braised short rib pie and a pumpkin spice Basque cheesecake. Other Merois staples like Peking duck and pineapple glazed whole fried fish will also be available.
Hours: 2–9:30pm seatings
Price: à la carte.
Reservations: Book via Sevenrooms.
Menu: The holidays are the perfect time to indulge, so why not spend Thanksgiving at one of L.A.'s most lauded fine-dining institutions? Wolfgang Puck’s flagship Beverly Hills restaurant is celebrating Turkey Day with a family-style four-course meal. Think slow-roasted organic turkey with sourdough and chanterelle stuffing and sage gravy, plus mac and cheese made with aged cheddar and fontina. For sweets and drinks, Spago will offer a pie station with six unique desserts, plus a la carte seasonal cocktails.
Hours: 3–8pm
Price: $210 per person
Reservations: Book via Sevenrooms.
Menu: Spend this Turkey Day taking in breathtaking views of the Pacific at Geoffrey's, one of the best outdoor dining spots in Los Angeles. For lunch, the Malibu eatery will offer a three-course prix-fixe meal with your choice of appetizer, entrée and dessert. Highlights from past years include lump crab cakes and sweet potato gratin to start, as well mains like pan seared scallops and grilled filet mignon. Choose from pumpkin cheesecake, chocolate crunch bars or cassava cake to finish.
Hours: 11am–8:30pm seatings
Price: $94 per adult, $68 per child under 12
Reservations: Book online via OpenTable.
Menu: For Thanksgiving dinner with a stunning coastal backdrop, Terranea’s on-site fine dining concept has you covered. Executive chef Fabio Ugoletti and his team are offering a $195 three-course meal with your choice of side. Highlights include pan-fried scallops with beluga lentils, fennel confit, orange segments and mustard frills; baised short ribs with polenta, broccolini, and spiced jus; and a chocolate ganache tart with pomegranate and pistachio gelato. The South Bay resort is also offering a buffet-style meal in the Palos Verdes Grand Ballroom for $140 per adult that includes a chilled seafood display, cheese and charcuterie platters, prime rib and a cider station.
Hours: mar’sel: 1:30–7:30pm seatings; Palos Verdes Grand Ballroom: 11:30am–5pm seatings
Price: $140/$195 per adult, $65 per child 5–12, complimentary for children under 4
Reservations: Book via Terranea’s website or call 877-717-0541.
Menu: This Southern-inspired eatery on the ground floor of the Beverly Center will offer Thanksgiving specials alongside a limited regular menu. This includes a $42 turkey dinner plate with all the trimmings, $16 slices of brown butter bourbon pumpkin pie and plenty of sides.
Price: À la carte.
Reservations: Book online via OpenTable.
Menu: This upscale lodge was once a celeb favorite in the 1920s, and it’s still got that Old Hollywood magic today. Saddle Peak’s rustic setting and array of game is the perfect backdrop for a hearty four-course Thanksgiving meal, which the historic venue will offer from noon through the evening. Past highlights included a grilled pheasant Caesar salad, bison tartare and seared New Zealand elk—though the restaurant also offers vegan and vegetarian options. (Note: There’s a 20% service charge included with each check.)
Hours: 12–8:30pm
Price: $120 per adult and $65 per child
Reservations: Call 818-222-3888 or book via Resy.
Menu: Take a postprandial stroll on Santa Monica Beach this year after feasting at FIG, the Fairmont Miramar’s lobby restaurant specializing in seasonal Californian cuisine. This year, head chef Damon Gordon is offering a traditional four-course Thanksgiving menu. Start with leek and potato soup, before moving onto a second course of king salmon or warm duck confit. If you'd rather go traditional, there's slow-roasted free range turkey. For dessert, crack the top of a pumpkin crème brûlèe flavored with Tahitian vanilla, crème fraiche and spiced shortbread.
Hours: 1–9pm seatings
Price: $90 per person
Reservations: Book via Resy.
Menu: Situated high atop the US Bank Tower, Downtown's 71Above offers a stunning city views and modern American fare. The restaurant’s Thanksgiving menu ups the ante with an upscale dress code (“business casual dress code requested”), supplemental caviar and a wine pairing. Highlights include a milk tea granita, giaduja fig mousse and black truffle mac and cheese.
Hours: 2:15–3:30pm seatings
Price: $105 per adult, $50 per child under 12
Reservations: Book via OpenTable.
Menu: If you’ve ever wanted to eat Thanksgiving dinner overlooking the Pacific Ocean, now is your chance. This luxury beachside hotel is offering Thanksgiving meals at both lunch and dinner hours, with each three-course meal including a choice of appetizer, entreé and dessert. Each main dish comes with its own sides; in addition to a turkey plate with all the trimmings, Casa del Mar is also offering New York strip roast, harissa roasted salmon, cauliflower steak or short rib pappardelle. For dessert, enjoy a buffet-style spread that includes pumpkin and apple pies, plus chocolate eclairs and other goodies.
Hours: 11am–3:30pm, 5–9:30pm seatings
Price: $125 per person
Reservations: Book via Resy.
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