Whether you're an ex-pat looking for a slice of home (and pumpkin pie) or just fancy getting in on the pre-festive season celebrations, here's our pick of the Thanksgiving events happening in London on Thursday 27 November.
Effortless entertaining this Thanksgiving at Whole Foods Market
Stores in Kensington, Piccadilly, King’s Road, Stoke Newington, Camden and Clapham Junction
If you love the idea of hosting Thanksgiving, but want to skip over all the hard work then Whole Foods Market has you covered. Their catering service has everything you need for the occasion, from celebration meals, organic turkeys through to a Thanksgiving Bakery Box with pecan and pumpkin pies, apple crumble and cornbread. For the main event, their meals come with all the trimmings including brussels sprouts with maple and festive raisins and butternut squash with cranberries. Order online today or visit any of their London stores for a wider range for the season.
Order online and pick up in store
Duck & Waffle
The City - 110 Bishopsgate, London EC2N 4AY
For Thanksgiving lunch or dinner with a view, head up to the 40th floor of 110 Bishopsgate where their Thanksgiving feast is being served family-style. There's mulled wine to start, a roasted bronze turkey or a mushroom and Camembert Wellington with sides including collard greens and truffle mac and cheese. Dessert is a bourbon pecan pie.
£60 for lunch (£30 for kids under 10). Dinner is £95 or £47.50 for kids.
108 Brasserie & Bar
Marylebone - 108 Marylebone Ln, London W1U 2QE
There's an open invite for both American visitors and London locals alike to gather and give thanks at this Marylebone restaurant's annual Thanksgiving feast. On the day they'll be serving a four-course meal kicking off with spiced Maine lobster rolls, Baltimore-style crab cakes and roasted pumpkin and charred corn salad with cornbread. The main event is a Bronze turkey with all the trimmings (or a sweet potato and mushroom Wellington with sage and cranberries). Best of all, they have an entire pie room when it comes to dessert
£75 per person
The Park
Bayswater - 2 Queensway, London W2 3RX
Jeremy King's US-inspired restaurant is serving a Thanksgiving menu alongside its usual a la carte. There'll be cranberry margaritas, creamed sweetcorn chowder and pumpkin pie along with the turkey. All options are priced per dish, so you can swap between the menus if you like, or just pop in for a chowder and margarita if you prefer.
The English Grill
Victoria - 39 Buckingham Palace Rd, London SW1W 0PS
Americans looking for somewhere just a stone's throw from Buckingham Palace to celebrate Thanksgiving this year should head to The English Grill. They're putting on a four course lunch and dinner menu that includes turkey carved at your table with all the trimmings or butternut squash risotto. The meal ends with pumpkin flan and petits fours.
£80 per person.
See also: Other Red Carnation hotels doing Thanksgiving dinners include The Milestone and The Montague on the Gardens
Chutney Mary
St James's - 73 St James's St, London SW1A 1PH
If you want to try a Thanksgiving dinner with a slightly different touch, then Indian restaurant Chutney Mary is worth a look. Their special menu features Goa crab cakes, a special duck jardaloo with salli curry for the main event and sticky ginger toffee pudding with candied pecans to finish.
£65 per person
Twenty8 NoMad
Covent Garden - 28 Bow St, London WC2E 7AW
This NYC import is having a traditional American thanksgiving. Enjoy Walsgrove Farm’s roasted turkey carved and served with classic trimmings. That's paired with seasonal sides and followed by a dessert table of classic American pies, including pumpkin, pecan, apple, and chocolate. Even better, if you go back the next day, they'll be serving leftover Thanksgiving sandwiches as part of the lunch menu.
£95 per person.
Sunday in Brooklyn
Marylebone and Notting Hill
Both branches of Sunday in Brooklyn are promising a full-blown banquet for this year's Thanksgiving. There's warm focaccia and Monterey Jack soufflé to start, turkey with cheddar cornbread, all the trimmings, and pecan cake with maple icing to finish.
£60 per person
Honey & Co
Bloomsbury & Fitzrovia
Both Honey & Co Daily in Bloomsbury and Honey & Smoke in Fitzrovia are holding a Thanksgiving Supper Club hosted by their resident American Bridget Fojcik. They're promising all the classics: Waldorf salad, buttermilk mash, traditional turkey, Bridget's special stuffing and pumpkin cheesecake for dessert.
£65 per person for three courses, two evening sittings on the day itself.
Charlie's at Brown's
Mayfair - 33 Albemarle St, London W1S 4BP
For a bit of tableside theatre this Thanksgiving, book yourself into lunch or dinner at Charlie's, the Adam Byatt restaurant at Brown's hotel in Mayfair. They're carving a sustainable, ethically-farmed turkey from Downlands Estate’s Maple Ranch at your table, along with seasonal starters like clam chowder and dessert that includes a pecan and gingerbread pie.
£125 per person.
Also see...
The Pem (Westminster) - They'll have a five-course set menu featuring sweetcorn and clam chowder with dressed white crab and Exmoor caviar, buttermilk and jalapeño cornbread, maple roast Cumbrian turkey and more (£110)
Claridge's Restaurant (Mayfair) - Their team-up with NYC bar Dante makes this a perfect place for Thanksgiving celebrations. Their Thanksgiving dinner features oven-Roasted Norfolk Turkey with apricot-stuffed leg and maple-glazed ham and finishes with a choice of pecan pie or pumpkin cheesecake (£95)
The Connaught Grill (Mayfair) - The dinner here starts with crispy pickled Brussels sprout with horseradish aioli, before dishes like foie gras terrine with cranberry granola and balsamic vinegar. The main event is a roasted Norfolk turkey crown served with confit leg, traditional stuffing and gravy. (£160)
Rondo (Holborn) - The Hoxton hotel's neighbourhood restaurant has a Thanksgiving dinner with a Maple and thyme roasted turkey as the main event (£60). However, we also love the idea of the team up with Dom's Subs and their Thanksgiving Leftover Hoagie that will be available from 27-30 November (£13)
Fowl (St James's) - The Fallow spin-off will be adding a one-day-only set menu where the main course is a smoked rotisserie chicken served alongside Nashville jackets, candied yams, cranberry sauce, corn bread and chicken & bacon gravy (£95)
Oscar (Fitzrovia) - The restaurant at the Charlotte Street Hotel has a Thanksgiving dinner with a choice of mains - roast bronze turkey with sage and apple stuffing and cranberry sauce or the Salmon steak with collard greens and sauce américaine. (£75)
The Cadogan Arms (Chelsea) The George (Fitzrovia) and The Hound (Chiswick) - The sibling pubs will all have a menu from Executive Chef John Sparks and Culinary Director James Knappett where the main course is a roast turkey crown and slow-cooked short ribs seasoned with ancho and coffee rub, served with all the traditional trimmings (£90-£95).
45 Park Lane (Mayfair) - Elliott Grover at CUT (owned by American chef Wolfgang Puck) will have a special feast where options include a Dorset Crab & Lobster ‘Louis’ Cocktail, USDA Prime Beef Steak Tartar and for the main course a Norfolk bronze turkey, cornbread stuffing, cranberry compote, natural gravy with pigs in blankets (£210). there will also be Thanksgiving snacks in the bar.
Wilton's (Mayfair) - It may be a British institution, but on the night, they'll be carving turkey tableside.
Julie's (Holland Park) - Chef Patron Owen Kenworthy is putting on a special four-course dinner where the main course is a dry brine roasted turkey crown with turkey leg stuffing, served with mashed potatoes, glazed Brussels sprouts and turkey gravy, with a classic pumpkin pie for dessert (£85)
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