The best places for Thanksgiving dinner in Los Angeles

Menu: The Miramar Hotel’s restaurant named for a famous Santa Monica landmark—the Moreton Bay Fig tree—offers, maybe unsurprisingly, a large tree-dotted patio. It’s here you’ll find both an omnivore’s Thanksgiving feast as well as a vegan one, giving you plenty of options. The family-style meat-included option involves organic Mary’s turkey that’s been brined in molasses, sage and rosemary; Flannery dry-aged prime rib with horseradish butter; caramelized-onion, gruyere and chive biscuits; crème fraîche and chive whipped potatoes; charred Brussels sprouts with ’nduja crumbs and onion cream; and pumpkin pie and a pear-and-ginger cobbler with thyme ice cream. Going vegan? Expect charred cauliflower with gremolata and sunchoke chips; Brussels sprouts with hazelnuts and saba; roasted mushrooms with gravy and pickled cranberries; and coconut panna cotta for dessert, along with passion fruit and crystalized mint.

Hours: 3–9pm

Price: $85 per adult for omnivore menu; $65 per adult for vegan menu; $25 per child; free for kids 5 and under

Reservations: 310-319-3111

Menu: This year, why limit yourself to turkey? Prime rib and spice institution Lawry’s is giving you the best of both worlds with an à la carte spread that offers a little something for all—including a meal of both turkey and prime rib. Each turkey entrée includes mashed potatoes, the famous spinning bowl, cranberry sauce, stuffing and gravy, while the all-beef dishes arrive as more traditional Lawry’s fare: with Yorkshire pudding, mashed potatoes and the spinning bowl salad. There are à la carte lobster tails, too, not to mention plenty of dessert. Find the full menu here.

Price: $9–$75

Reservations: 310-652-2827

Menu: What happens when a Michelin-starred chef opens a boutique-hotel restaurant? You get Josiah Cirtrin helming the LINE LA’s Openaire, a greenhouse and poolside restaurant with innovative plates prepped with a keen attention to detail. This Thanksgiving you can bask in that alfresco setting during a full-on autumnal prix-fixe feast. The menu is still forthcoming but promises all the traditional fixins.

Hours: noon–8:30pm

Price: $85 per person

Reservations: 213-368-3065

Menu: This iconic restaurant is already beloved for its glamorous patio, and now you can spend Thanksgiving there. On November 26 the Polo Lounge is hosting a three-course Thanksgiving brunch complete with dishes such as smoked-salmon tartine; the Polo Lounge crab cake; roast heritage-breed turkey with all the fixins; black truffle scrambled eggs; grilled prime rib; mushroom ravioli; and of course desserts. Find the full menu here.

Hours: 11am–8pm

Price: $175 per adult; $60 per child 12 and under

Reservations: 310-887-2777

Menu: Want to escape without leaving town? Head to this picture-perfect mountain lodge for its rustic four-course meal that lets you choose from hearty dishes like wagyu short ribs under a truffle glaze; grilled-pheasant caesar salad; bison tartare with crispy capers; elk tenderloin with a bacon-and-pumpkin ragout; and roast turkey breast with leg confit and sausage-and-apple stuffing. Pro tip: Don’t leave before your choice of pumpkin pie, fudge brownies with berries and ice cream, or Saddle Peak Lodge’s signature banana-and-huckleberry bread pudding.

Hours: noon–8pm

Price: $105 per adult, $65 per child 12 and under

Reservations: 818-222-3888

Menu: Take in the view with your turkey this year at Spire 73’s sky-high Thanksgiving dinner, where you’ll be dining atop Downtown’s InterContinental hotel. The three-course prix fixe begins with butternut squash soup with roasted-pepper purée and pepita dust, then progresses to a main course of thyme-and-sage–roast turkey breast with orange-and-cinnamon sweet potatoes, fresh corn, and sausage-and-walnut stuffing. It ends on a sweet note with pumpkin pecan pie topped with spiced whipped cream, of course just about nothing could be sweeter than Spire 73’s views of the city. 

Price: $50 per person

Reservations: 213-688-7777 or book online