The best Thanksgiving dinners to go in Los Angeles

Menu: For Thanksgiving, this East Hollywood fast-casual joint will offer prepaid family-style pamilya trays (serves 5–8) of lucenchon (slow-roasted rolled pork belly), litson manok (almond wood-grilled whole chicken) or wood-grilled branzino with pancit chami, java rice, chopsuey-style vegetables and a whole calamansi pie. There will also be limited supplies of bone-in short rib kare kare and a la carte portions of branzino, pancit chami and pancit sotanghon (which feature thin rice-based instead of thick wheat-based noodles).

Price: Email or Instagram DM for details

Reservations: Email hello@kuyalord.com or DM via Instagram or Facebook.

Order By: Midnight on Thu Nov 14 (or until supplies run out)

Pickup: 11am–2pm Thanksgiving Day

Menu: If you're looking to forgo the usual turkey-and-potato meal entirely, Holy Basil is offering plenty of à la carte Thanksgiving specials from its Atwater Village location. This year’s selections include garlic noodles, dry-aged fried duck (which serves 3 to 4 people), crab curry, moo dang (pork) ribs, spicy cornbread, pad kee mao lasagna and spicy cabbage salad. Preorders will start sometime in early November.

Price: $14–100

How to order: Details TBA.

Order By: No set deadline, but quantities are limited

Pickup: Wed Nov 27 

Menu: Dave Beran’s Santa Monica bistro is offering fully cooked, family-style dinners with a bit of French flair for both pickup and local delivery. Each meal will include turkey with black truffle gravy and stuffing made with herbs de Provençe. Classic sides include cranberry relish, mashed potatoes, green bean casserole and cornbread with honey butter. For dessert, the restaurant is offering whole pumpkin Basque cheesecakes.

Price: $125 per person

Reservations: Order online via Table22.

Order By: No set deadline, but quantities are limited.

Pickup/local delivery on: Wed, Nov 27

Menu: Los Feliz neighborhood red sauce joint Little Dom’s is back with its popular deep-fried turkey this Thanksgiving, as well as six different traditional sides—all but one of them gluten-free. Chef Brandon Boudet gives the usual suspects a gourmet treatment, including Brussels sprouts paired with applewood bacon and a brown butter pumpkin pie. Note that pre-orders open at 10am on November 1.

Price: $138 for a 12-pound deep-fried turkey with gravy; $55.20 family-style sides for 6–8 people; $43.70-$55.20 whole pies and tarts; $246.10 bundle package (turkey plus 2 sides or pies)

Reservations: Call 323-661-0055 or order online via Little Dom's website.

Order By: No set deadline, though orders often sell out

Pickup: Thanksgiving Day 

Menu: Steve and Dina Samson’s Westside restaurant is offering a family-style Thanksgiving dinner designed to feed four to six people. Each package includes a whole Mary’s organic turkey, stuffing, cranberry blood orange sauce, candied yams, cheesy mashed potatoes, marsala gravy and roasted Brussels sprouts with ginger and persimmon. For dessert, chef Steve Samson is baking pumpkin bread pudding with dulce de leche sauce.

Price: $304

How to order: Online via Tock.

Order By: No set deadline, but quantities are limited

Pickup: 3–5pm Wed Nov 27

Menu: This Culver City BBQ spot will be offering wood-smoked, all-natural, free-range, antibiotic-free turkey in four sizes, including boneless turkey breast, so you’re covered no matter your party size. And hey, if you order the largest—an 18-to-20 pound bird—you’ll probably have some for Thanksgiving leftover sandwiches the next day. Don’t neglect the bevy of sides, including cornbread-sausage stuffing, buttermilk biscuits, mac and cheese and braised greens. There are also trays of chocolate bread pudding and chocolate chip cookies for dessert.

Price: Whole turkey pricing is à la carte at $335 for 18-20 pounds; $285 for 15–17 pounds; $235 for 12–14 pounds; or $250 for seven pounds of unsliced turkey breast. Sides range $9.95–$55, or you can opt for a $240 all-sides package serving 10-12 guests. Dessert options range from $36 to $45.

Reservations: Order via Maple Block’s online form.

Order By: Fri, Nov 22

Pickup: Thu, Nov 28 10:30am-3pm

Menu: The Fairmont Miramar's hotel eatery is preparing a traditional take-home Thanksgiving dinner designed to serve eight guests. FIG's family-style package includes a whole roasted turkey with thyme butter, sage and apple stuffing, giblet gravy, cranberry compote, Brussels sprouts and green beans. There's also a red endive and arugula salad with blue cheese and sherry mustard dressing to start and pumpkin pie with maple chantilly cream for dessert.

Price: $475 (serves eight)

Reservations: Order via FIG's website.

Order By: No set deadline

Pickup: Thanksgiving Day 9am–12:30pm

Menu: This Southern-inspired eatery on the ground floor of the Beverly Center will offer two different family-style Thanksgiving packages with option to supplement with the restaurant's signature fried chicken ($150 for 24 pieces) and brown butter bourbon pumpkin pie ($40). Each package includes roasted turkey, mashed potatoes, biscuit stuffing, spiced honey glazed Brussel sprouts, glazed yams and more. 

Price: $310 for package serving 2–4, $590 for package serving 6–8

How to order: Online via Toast.

Order by: No set deadline

Pickup: Thanksgiving Day 9–11am

Menu: Eagle Rock's Max City is offering a full Thanksgiving meal including a 14-pound smoked turkey, gravy, mashed potatoes, Brussels sprouts, cornbread and homemade cranberry sauce. For those just looking for a succulent, perfectly roasted bird or a few dishes taken off their plate (pun intended), the neighborhood barbecue joint is also selling whole and half portions of smoked turkey, plus small and large sizes of à la carte sauces and sides—think mac and cheese, creamy mashed potatoes and garlic Parmesan green beans. Note: While the preorder deadline is November 22, Max City usually sells out of smoked turkeys much earlier.

Price: $269 for package serving 10–12, $11.99 per pound for smoked turkey

How to order: Call 323-425-4227 or order via Max City’s website.

Order by: Fri, Nov 22

Pickup: Tue, Nov 26 and Wed, Nov 27

Menu: Part hearth-fired dinner spot, part market, part cheese shop, this Pasadena neighborhood joint from husband-and-wife team Vanessa and Thomas Tilaka Kalb, serves homey, comforting fare with an elegant edge. For Thanksgiving this year, the Midwestern-inspired restaurant is cooking everything but the turkey for you. Sides include biscuits, pimento party potatoes, green brean casserole, stuffing, gravy and whole pies—though we’d rather direct you to Fat + Flour or the Pie Room by Curtis Stone if you’re in the market for the latter.

Price: A la carte.

How to order: Via Tock.

Order by: ASAP

Pickup: 10am–5pm, Wed Nov 27