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The best London restaurants for Thanksgiving 2023

Whether you have a penchant for pecan pie or just want another reason for some good ol’ fashioned feasting, here is our pick of the best events happening in London around Thanksgiving on Thursday 23 November. 

The Colony Grill Room

The Colony Grill Room

Mayfair - 22-28 Broadway, London SW1H 0BH

Just a few steps from Oxford Street, inside The Beaumont, The Colony's Thanksgiving dinner features dishes that include Parker House rolls with cultured butter and pumpkin risotto with smoked ricotta and toasted hazelnuts as well as the Thanksgiving turkey as the main course. They'll also have a Thanksgiving nut roast as the vegetarian version. And if you're going all-American, you can have an American wine flight with that. 

How much: £85 (plus wine flight for £65)

 

Cut at 45 Park Lane

Mayfair - 45 Park Ln, London W1K 1PN

Wolfgang Puck's restaurant at 45 Park Lane is the place to go if you're looking for a high-end Thanksgiving feast. Here, they'll have starters that include Yellowtail Sashimi with Black Truffle while the main event is a Norfolk Bronze turkey with cornbread stuffing, désirée potato puree with black truffles and roasted brussel sprouts. For desserts, you can pick either a key lime, pumpkin or pecan pie.

How much: £185, at lunch and dinner

 

Claridge's Restaurant

Claridge's Restaurant

Mayfair - Brook Street, London W1K 4HR

This is the first year for the new Claridge's Restaurant Thanksgiving celebrations. For starters, there will be a Cornish clam chowder or sweetcorn & truffle velouté and the main course option will be Norfolk Bronze leg turkey with sprouts, stuffing, cranberry sauce, squash, turkey gravy and roast potatoes (or a roasted squash pithivier as the vegetarian alternative). You can finish up with pumpkin pie and spiced butterscotch, brown butter ice cream. 

How much: Part of the a la carte menu on the night

 

Duck & Waffle

Duck & Waffle

City of London - 110 Bishopsgate, London EC2N 4AY

If you need a view to go with your Thanksgiving dinner, you won't find much better than Duck & Waffle. Their Thanksgiving feast starts with snacks like buttermilk cornbread served with whipped honey butter and crispy polenta with truffle mayonnaise. The roast turkey will come with sweet potatoes with marshmallows and candied peanuts, green bean casserole with crispy shallots and mushroom gravy, truffle mac & cheese with cheddar, Gruyere Alpage, cashew blue and scamorza, and brussel sprouts. And after all that, there's a pecan pie to finish. 

How much: Lunch £55, dinner £90

 

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The Pem

St James - 22-28 Broadway, London SW1H 0BH

Sally Abe's The Pem has just had a big kitchen overhaul and they're making good use of that with their Thanksgiving feast. On the menu, you'll find maple roast Cumbrian turkey with creamed green beans and wild mushrooms, roast delica pumpkin and pomegranate and duck fat with Hasselback potatoes with pumpkin pie ice cream, shortbread with hazelnut to finish.

How much: £95

 

Max's Sandwich Shop

Max's Sandwich Shop

Haringey - 19 Crouch Hill, Finsbury Park, London N4 4AU

This is actually on the day after Thanksgiving when Max will be creating the ultimate Thanksgiving Leftover Sandwich (available for one day only, 24 November, 5-11pm). It'll feature turkey schnitzel, sauerkraut, stuffing, sausage, Wild Turkey glazed bacon crumb, a fried egg, and Wild Turkey gravy mustard mayo. As it's a team-up with Wild Turkey, you'll also get a free Old Fashioned with every sandwich. 

How much: £12.95

 

Chet's

Chet's

Shepherd's Bush - 65 Shepherd's Bush Grn, London W12 8QE

Thai-Americana restaurant is doing something a little different for Thanksgiving. They're putting on a special - a crispy turkey cutlet with gravy, green bean, glass noodles and turkey yellow curry.⁠ 

How much: £9

 

 

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Ham Yard (Soho) - The restaurant at the Soho hotel will have a five-course feast and we rather like the sound of their parker house rolls and jalapeño cornbread with dips that include roast turkey gravy butter and blue cheese and chive fondue (£65).

The 411 (Islington) - The new bar in Angel will have a three-course Thanksgiving feast of honey roast pumpkin soup, roast turkey with sweet potato mash and all the trimmings and a pecan pie with Buffalo Trace infused custard (£40).

Sam's Riverside (Hammersmith) -  Down by the Thames in Hammersmith, Sam's is putting on a set menu with lots of choices including (alongside the turkey) maple glazed pumpkin, oysters Rockefeller, sweetcorn and ham chowder and more. (£65)

Dovetale (Mayfair) - Tom Sellers' new restaurant in the 1 Hotel in Mayfair kicks off with a whisky cocktail before Jerusalem artichoke soup with milk buns, turkey and trimmings and pecan apple and pumpkin pie to finish. (£95)

The Standard (King's Cross) - They'll have a Thanksgiving dinner at Double Standard, with the main event including turkey with cranberry & apricot stuffing, honey cornbread, yams and marshmallows, and mac and cheese. There's also going to be a UK vs US pop culture quiz night. (£45)

The Stafford (Mayfair) - A hotel that has an American Bar has to have a Thanksgiving feast, frankly, and here it'll be in both the bar and the restaurant. Alongside the turkey, they'll have a starter of butternut squash velouté, sour cream and chive rye bread crouton and chocolate pecan pie to finish. (£75)

Oblix (Bermondsey) - Thanksgiving in The Shard can be had at Oblix restaurant, where they'll kick things off with four sharing starters before the turkey and finish off with caramelised pecan pie served with bourbon ice cream. (£97)

The Connaught Grill (Mayfair) - Their menu features a combo of roast and confit turkey and finishes off with a "Thanksgiving selection of cakes" (£150)

Brix (Bankside) - As well as the turkey, Brix is putting on a special vegetarian option with a wild mushroom and corn pot pie, not to mention cajun prawns to start. (Two courses £34. three courses £40)

Sea Containers (South Bank) - There are devilled eggs to start before the turkey and pumpkin pie to finish at this riverside restaurant. (£53)

108 Brasserie (Marylebone) -  The menu here includes clam chowder, sweet potato fritters and a Mississippi mud pie for dessert (or a pecan pie if you're more traditional)  (£58)

Joe Allen (Covent Garden) - The New York-style brasserie has a special set menu that includes spiced pumpkin soup and pecan tart with butterscotch and popcorn ice cream alongside turkey with chestnut stuffing. (£65)

Honey & Co Daily (Fitzrovia) - The latest Honey & Co is hosting a "Bridget's Thanksgiving Supper Club" on 23-25 November, which is serving traditional turkey "Bridget’s special gravy" buttermilk mash and more, finishing with a pumpkin cheesecake. 

The Cadogan Arms (Chelsea) and The George (Fitzrovia) both have a special Thanksgiving dinner of prawn cocktails, bronze turkey and bourbon and pecan pie (£80).

 

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