The best Thanksgiving dinners in London to celebrate

Pop to Five Points Brewery in Hackney for a three day Thanksgiving spectacular courtesy of From The Ashes BBQ maestros. Taking place from November 28-30, settle into the winter courtyard for a smoke, fire and grill cooked menu of smoked turkey crown with savoury sausage, sage and onion stuffing, three-cheese mac and cheese with crispy pork crackling, and smoked pumpkin with honey butter and pan-fried collard greens. Fancy a drink? Grab a whiskey cocktails made with booze from Tennessee-based distillery Uncle Nearest. 

Max Halley of Max's Sandwich Shop will simply not stop until every season has a sandwich. The north London sando champ has made a Thanksgiving and Christmas fusion sarnie, which will be on offer at his Crouch Hill shop from November 28-30. Stuffed with brined turkey schnitzel, shredded sprouts, green bean salad, and toasted pecans. It's £12.95, and you get a free Wild Turkey 101 Old Fashioned cocktail with every order.

Chef Sally Abé is getting stuck into the Thanksgiving action with a £105 per person dinner at her swanky Westminster restaurant. Sweetcorn and clam chowder (featuring decadent dressed crab and Exmoor caviar) is followed by maple-glazed turkey with duck-fat hasselback potatoes, green beans with wild mushrooms, and smoked chestnut sprouts. The big finale is pumpkin pie ice cream on hazelnut shortbread and a classic pecan tartlet. 

Taking place on November 28, this Thanksgiving supper club comes from Bridget Fojcik, manager of Honey & Spice, and former Ottolenghi bod. With family style sharing platters, this £55 a head menu starts with honey rosemary nuts, cheese straws and blue cheese & cranberry crostini before a mega turkey with Bridget’s special gravy, stuffing, buttermilk mash, kale with almonds & caramelised onions, a waldorf salad and cranberry relish before a mighty pumpkin cheesecake.

This swanky steakhouse at the five-star 45 Park Lane hotel is going full Yankie this Thanksgiving. Executive chef Elliott Grover's £195 a head feast is available for both lunch and dinner on the day, and spans bigeye tuna tartare, dorset crab & lobster ‘Louis’ cocktail and prime beef steak tartare for starters, before an epic turkey with tornbread stuffing, cranberry compote and pigs in blankets. Sides include sweet potatoes with torched marshmallows, roasted brussels sprouts with bacon and chestnuts and a green bean casserole topped with breadcrumbs. There's also a plethora of pies available for pud, including key lime, pumpkin and pecan.

At the in-house restaurant at Shoreditch's Hoxton hotel, Thanksgiving dinner on November 28 comes from Mississippi-born exec chef Slade Rushing. The set £50 menu includes chicken liver pate crostini with onion jam and crispy shallots, as well as roasted pumpkin arancini, herb-brined turkey with sage gravy, honey and clove glazed ham, and cornbread pecan stuffing, as well as roasted acorn squash salad with blue cheese and cranberry vinaigrette. If you still have space, squeeze in some spiced pumpkin pie with ginger whipped cream.

Just around the corner from sister restaurant Fallow, is Fowl - aka London’s fanciest chicken shop. This Thanksgiving they’re offering a £95 a head bird-centric one day menu that features corn ribs, a malted waffle with fried chicken and lashings of maple syrup, and turkey ballotine with cranberry and bacon. You want loads of sides? Of course you do, this is dining American-style. Stuff yourself with candied yams, sprouts, mashed potato, cornbread, chestnut and bacon stuffing, and turkey gravy, with pumpkin pie for pud. 

Head to the in-house restaurant at lowkey queen of London luxury hotels for a £90 a head four course Thanksgiving spread. Expect a pumpkin and ginger soup amuse-bouche, smoked salmon royal with cauliflower salad, maple-glazed ham hock with creamed leek, parsley sauce and a big, brassy Norfolk bronze turkey. All the trimmings include apricot and chestnut stuffing, pigs in blankets, and turkey jus. Veggies can go fo a celeriac, mushroom, and truffle wellington instead. Everyone gets roast potatoes, sautéed brussels sprouts, honey-glazed parsnips and carrots, and cranberry red cabbage, then pumpkin pie or blueberry tart. Very chic.

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Set in the lavish surroundings of The Beaumont Hotel in Mayfair, The Colony Grill Room is a New York-style restaurant with big ‘Great Gatsby’ energy. Its £70 a head Thanksgiving lunch this year is equally fancy, with a massive sharing turkey with all the trimmings, pecan pie, with brown butter bourbon ice cream and an elegant starter of spiced pumpkin velouté with clementine and smoked ricotta.

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Thanksgiving at the Sussex is a three night affair (Nov 27-29). The £55 is as seasonal as this spot usually is, but with a Brit twist on proceedings. Think; mushroom marmite eclair, then hot artichoke & pecorino dip with corn bread, sweetcorn & brown crab chowder, and a main event of Yorkshire turkey parmo with hispi cabbage slaw. Dessert is pumpkin tart with a gothic-sounding accessory of a witch’s marshmallow hat.

Enjoy a sky high Thanksgiving at this 40th floor restaurant, which is serving up a lavish lunch and dinner on November 28, alongside impressive views. The menu starts with pigs in blankets and cheesey polenta croquetas and brioche rolls, before the turkey, which comes with trad trimmings. Think sweet potatoes with marshmallows and candied peanuts, green bean casserole and truffle mac & cheese, as well as bourbon pecan pie to finish. It's £55 per person if you opt for a lunch sitting, £90 at dinner and £45 extra for wine pairings. 

If you can score a ticket to this authentic Texan BBQ joint’s annual Very Texan All Y'all Can Eat Thanksgiving, then you might never need to eat again. There are two sittings – at 6pm and 8pm – and tickets go on sale Monday Nov 4 at 10am. Expect the finest fixins from the Lone Star State and plenty of yee-ing and ha-ing.

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