NYC Restaurants That Serve The Best Thanksgiving Dinners
While Thanksgiving is a beautiful holiday to spend in gratitude with friends and family, it can also be overwhelming and stressful to host. And well….who wants to mesh gratitude with those low vibe emotions. The menu planning, the seating arranging, cleaning your home, making sure you look great, while also being a prisoner in the kitchen for hours….just too much.
There are plenty of incredible restaurants that can allow you to truly enjoy the holiday, by serving Thanksgiving dinners like you’ve never seen them before. You’ll have all the trimmings, and then some. No dirty dishes, no clean up, just you and your special people, taking in the true meaning of the holiday, while enjoying a Thanksgiving menu you didn’t need to plan or cook! Below are our top picks for NYC restaurants offering the most decadent Thanksgiving dinners, with menu options, and pricing. Browse, reserve, and enjoy!
This Michelin-starred Korean steakhouse will offer a meaty feast for $125 per person, including four select cuts of USDA Prime and American Wagyu beef with Korean accompaniments such assavory egg souffle, spicy kimchi stew and sticky rice stuffing.
Peak
If you want Thanksgiving with a view, go to Peak on Thanksgiving for a three-course holiday menu featuring items like Roasted Turkey with Rainbow Chard and Cranberry and Salt Baked Sweet Potato with Lacinato Kale and Goat Cheese, Stuffing with Fennel Sausage, Chicory Salad with Citrus and Parmesan, and Carrot Cake with Cream Cheese, plus selections from their signature menu. Pricing varies by view, at $175 for a non-window seat, $195 for a window seat, and $225 for a corner window seat ($85 for kids 10 and under.)
Vestry
This Michelin-starred Soho spot will be offering a three-course menu for $98 per person on Thanksgiving with options including potato gnocchi, butternut squash soup, Binchotan Atlantic Salmon, crispy-skinned branzino, shrimp risotto, and a variety of pies and their Instagram-famous wedge-shaped cheesecake.
La Goulue
Thanksgiving, but make it French and fancy…. La Goulue is your go-to….to your Thanksgiving with this Upper East Side favorite's three-course Thanksgiving dinner ($92 per person, $46 for children under the age of 12). The menu includes options like butternut squash soup, lobster ravioli, roasted organic turkey, steak au poivre, pecan mascarpone napoleon, and pumpkin tart.
Aquavit
This Thanksgiving, two Michelin-starred Aquavit is offering a takeout package for four for $575, including Fennel and Caraway Spiced Turkey Breast and Smoked Turkey Leg Sausage as the mains, with sides such as Herb Roasted Root Vegetables, Rye and Brioche Stuffing, and Truffled Mushroom Spaetzle, with Pumpkin Pie, and Chocolate Trifle Cake for dessert.
Dante and Dante West Village
At both the original Dante and its West Village outpost, expect a prix fixe look for Thanksgiving classics with modern twists ($120 per person.) Think: chicory salad, roasted heirloom delicata squash, oven roasted turkey breast, agave glazed ham, and a selection of pies. And don’t forget to try their signature pumpkin eggnog!
Tavern On The Green
For a classic NYC Thanksgiving, head to Tavern on the Green which will be serving their 5-course prix fixe Thanksgiving menu ($125 per person, $75 for children under 12) from 11am to 11pm on Thanksgiving day.
Zaytinya
Zaytinya will offer a three-course Thanksgiving meal for $125 per person. Filled with fall favorites like butternut squash gnocchi with roasted garlic, bacon and cheddar cornbread, turkey breast with couscous, raisins and herbs stuffing, olive oil mashed potatoes, and sweet potato pie, bourbon, or caramelized popcorn.