Peninsula Beverly Hills Thanksgiving 2023
Photograph: Courtesy Kelly PuleioThe Peninsula Beverly Hills
Photograph: Courtesy Kelly Puleio

Where to have Thanksgiving dinner in Los Angeles

Head to one of these restaurants for a Thanksgiving dinner with all the trimmings, and none of the hassle in the kitchen.

Patricia Kelly Yeo
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Thanksgiving is just around the corner, and plenty of L.A. restaurants (especially those in hotels) have risen to the task of helping Angelenos and visitors celebrate Turkey Day. If you'd rather not stay at home this year, enjoy a gourmet holiday feast at one of these cozy restaurants—no dishes or kitchen clean up required. (For those who’d rather snuggle up at home, plenty of restaurants have continued their takeout Thanksgiving offerings from last year). 

Editor's note: We will continue to update this page as more hotels and restaurants announce their Thanksgiving plans. For more budget-friendly picks, check back here throughout the first half of November.

RECOMMENDED: See our full guide to Thanksgiving in Los Angeles

Here’s where to dine out for Thanksgiving in L.A.

  • Contemporary American
  • Burbank

Menu: This special occasion go-to in the Valley will offer a four-course Thanksgiving brunch this year—think lobster eggs Benedict, chicken and waffles and $30 bottomless mimosas. Castaway will also be open for dinner, when the restaurant's usual à la carte menu will be offered. 

Hours: 10:30am–3pm brunch seatings, 5:15pm–8:30pm dinner seatings

Price: Brunch for $96 per adult, $35 per child and à la carte dinner pricing

Reservations: Book online via OpenTable.

  • Californian
  • West Hollywood
  • price 4 of 4
  • 5 out of 5 stars
  • Recommended

Menu: Michelin-recognized chef John Fraser's restaurant inside the West Hollywood EDITION is offering a vegetarian-friendly three-course tasting menu that blends Ardor signatures with Thanksgiving specialties. Choose between roasted parsnip bisque, raw cauliflower cacio e pepe or hamachi ceviche to start. For mains, there will be Ardor's signature sweet potato curry or roasted turkey with crispy Brussels sprouts, pommes puree and sauce poulette. Choose between a brown butter pie with sweet potato ice cream, pecan pie or a chocolate mousse with pear sorbet. Supplemental items, including butternut squash agnolotti and prime filet mignon, will also be available to add on, as well as Ardor's regular dinner menu.

Hours: 3–8:30pm seatings

Price: $85 per person

Reservations: Book online via OpenTable.

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  • American
  • Hollywood
  • price 3 of 4

Menu: Curtis Stone’s Hollywood steakhouse is offering a four-course dine-in feast this Thanksgiving, starting with a smoked chestnut veloute and roasted kabocha squash. For mains, there will be slow roasted turkey and housemade honey glazed ham. Each table will also receive family-style sides of josper-roasted roasted carrots, brasied collard greens and a root vegetable medley as well as a selection of pies for dessert.

Hours: 1–6pm seatings

Price: $120 per person

Reservations: Book via Resy.

  • Californian
  • South Park
  • price 3 of 4

Menu: Suzanne Goin and Caroline Styne's Downtown hotel restaurant will offer a Portuguese-inspired Thanksgiving feast this year of traditional entrées, sides, appetizers and desserts.

Hours: 1–7:30pm seatings

Price: $120 per person, $55 per child 12 and under

Reservations: Book via OpenTable.

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  • Santa Monica
  • price 3 of 4

Menu: This Santa Monica all-day eatery will serve a three-course prix fixe Thanksgiving meal this year on its two garden patios and newly renovated dining room. Choose from diver sea scallops, potato sweet garlic and marcona almond soup, organic salad or a crab cake as a starter, with a maple herb turkey plate served with cheesy potato gratin, rum pineapple candied yams, cranberries, gravy and stuffing. For those not in the mood for turkey, Lunetta will also be offering slow cooked osso bucco or a pan roasted black bass. Dessert choices include pumpkin pie, apple pie or a dark chocolate tart. 

Hours: 2–7:30pm

Price: $110 per person

Reservations: Book online via OpenTable.

Chefsgiving at the Pendry West Hollywood

Menu: This three-course Thanksgiving dinner series from Pendry Hotels will raise $30 per ticket for children's nonprofit Ronald McDonald House. Here in L.A., the three-course meal will consist of fall-inspired dishes created by a team of chefs across the Wolfgang Punk restaurant universe. Menu highlights include honey nut squash bisque, ravioli with pine nut, celery root, basil and shaved pecorino; prime strip loin boasting bordelaise, goat butter basted sunchoke and roasted cabbage; along with delectable desserts such as Basque cheesecake verrine and a s’mores waffle cone. Note that the location for this event is inside the Britely, the Pendry's on-site members-only club.

Hours: 6pm seating

Price: $95 per person

Reservations: Book via Sevenrooms.

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  • Scottish
  • Atwater Village
  • price 3 of 4

Menu: This beloved Scottish pub in Atwater Village just rung in its 100th anniversary, and it's celebrating Thanksgiving with one of the best à la carte holiday dinner menus in town. $34 will get you a traditional turkey dinner plate, or you can upgrade for a bit more for their standard cuts of tender prime rib. Plenty of "odds and sods" (sides) will also be available.

Hours: 10:30am–9pm

Price: à la carte

Reservations: Book via OpenTable.

  • Italian
  • Beverly Hills
  • price 3 of 4

Menu: This glitzy new Beverly Hills rooftop restaurant (and award-winnning NYC cocktail bar) is throwing an all-day Thanksgiving bash, complete with holiday-themed cocktails. Enjoy a table spread of chicory salad, scallop crudo and heirloom beet salad before digging into your choice of turkey breast with stuffing, agave-glazed ham with apple mostarda or a vegetarian-friendly lasagna verde. Family-style sides include roasted acorn squash, green beans, Brussels sprouts, mashed potatoes and buttermilk biscuits with honey butter. For dessert, guests can choose from roasted apple galette, pecan pie or a gingerbread pumpkin cheesecake. Each guest will also receive a cranberry spritz to start and Dante's tiramisu eggnog to finish.

Hours: 11am–9pm

Price: $195 per person

Reservations: Book via Resy.

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  • Seafood
  • West Hollywood
  • price 3 of 4

Menu: Both Catch and its sister steakhouse, Catch Steak, will be open on Thanksgiving and serving a handful of holiday-specific specials, including a turkey dinner plate with turkey breast with jus, truffle mashed potatoes, roasted root vegetables and Brussels sprouts, cranberry sauce and traditional Stuffing. Catch will serve a chocolate date cake, while Catch Steak is serving pumpkin pie.

Hours: 4:30–9pm seatings

Price: à la carte.

Reservations: Book via OpenTable.

  • Californian
  • Malibu
  • price 3 of 4

Menu: Spend this Turkey Day taking in breathtaking views of the Pacific at Geoffrey's, one of the best outdoor restaurants in Los Angeles. For lunch, the Malibu eatery will offer a three-course prix-fixe meal with your choice of appetizer, entrée and dessert. Highlights include lump crab cakes and sweet potato gratin to start, as well mains like pan seared scallops and grilled filet mignon. Choose from pumpkin cheesecake, chocolate crunch bars or cassava cake to finish.

Hours: 11am–8:30pm seatings

Price: $92 per adult, $68 per child

Reservations: Book online via OpenTable.

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  • Seafood
  • Beverly Hills
  • price 3 of 4

Menu: The Peninsula’s ultra-posh ground floor restaurant will offer a luxurious four-course Thanksgiving meal. Start with housemade cornbread before digging into the likes of saffron risotto and organic roast turkey. Each guest will also receive a special chocolate gift to take home.

Hours: 11am–7pm

Price: $180 per adult and $80 per child 12 and under 

Reservations: Send an email to pbhbelvedere@peninsula.com.

  • Hotels
  • Spa hotels
  • Beverly Hills
  • price 4 of 4

Menu: Go big this Thanksgiving at the Four Seasons Beverly Wilshire, where the hotel’s ground floor restaurant and lounge THEBlvd will be serving a three-course dinner accompanied by live music (from 2 to 10pm). Choose from tuna tartare, squash velouté or a Girl & Dug tomato salad to start, then move onto48-hour braised beef short rib, roasted turkey en brioche, pan-seared Alaskan halibu or barbecued red beets. Apple pie or a pumpkin cheesecake end this decadent 90210 Thanksgiving feast, which can be supplemented with caviar, chilled seafood and champagne.

Hours: 11am–9:30pm

Price: $145 per adult and $65 per child 11 and under

Reservations: Book via Tock.

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  • Italian
  • Beverly Hills
  • price 3 of 4

Menu: If you’ve ever wanted a real buffet-style Thanksgiving, the Four Seasons Beverly Hills' lobby restaurant is here to fulfill your most gluttonous, turkey-filled dreams. From morning to 3pm, Culina’s team will be making classic breakfast and brunch dishes to order, with additional stations of seafood, sushi, seasonal and classic sides and, of course, a ham and turkey carving station. Picky small eaters can also choose from a bevy of traditional American comfort foods at the kid’s station and everyone at the table can pick from over 15 different pies, cakes and sweets for dessert.

Hours: 11am–6pm seatings

Price: $250 per adult

Reservations: Book online via OpenTable.

  • Steakhouse
  • Beverly Hills
  • price 3 of 4

Menu: This Beverly Hills prime rib legend will be open on Thanksgiving and is serving a $49 all-inclusive turkey dinner—yes, that includes Lawry's original spinning bowl salad, mashed potatoes and gravy, stuffing and cranberry sauce. Upgrade with two slices of prime rib for $10 extra. There will also be roasted butternut squash soup, chilean sea bass with pumpkin ravioli, a vegan-friendly king oyster mushroom with farro entrée and apple pie for dessert. The regular menu will also be available.

Hours: Noon–9:30pm

Price: à la carte.

Reservations: Book via OpenTable.

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  • British
  • Hollywood

Menu: For a more casual Thanksgiving meal, this beloved British pub in Hollywood will offer a reasonably priced three-course dinner. Choose from butternut squash soup or a vegan-friendly baby green and roast pumpkin salad to start, then move onto turkey or a vegan nut roast Wellington as a main. For dessert, there’s pumpkin walnut pie, brownies or seasonal fruit.

Hours: Noon–9:30pm

Price: $45 per adult and $22 per child 

Reservations: Book via Resy.

  • Soul and southern American
  • Beverly

Menu: This Southern-inspired eatery on the ground floor of the Beverly Center will offer Thanksgiving specials alongside a limited regular menu. This includes a $42 turkey dinner plate with all the trimmings, $16 slices of brown butter bourbon pumpkin pie and plenty of sides.

Price: À la carte.

Reservations: Book online via OpenTable.

 

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  • Contemporary American
  • Santa Monica Mountains
  • price 4 of 4

Menu: This upscale lodge was once a celeb favorite in the 1920s, and it’s still got that Old Hollywood magic today. Saddle Peak’s rustic setting and array of game is the perfect backdrop for a hearty four-course Thanksgiving meal, which the historic venue will offer from noon through the evening. Choose from highlights like a grilled pheasant Caesar salad, bison tartare and seared New Zealand elk—though the restaurant also offers vegan and vegetarian options. (Note: There’s a 20% service charge included with each check.)

Hours: 12–8:30pm

Price: $120 per adult and $65 per child 

Reservations: Call 818-222-3888 or book via their website.

  • Californian
  • Playa del Rey
  • price 3 of 4

Menu: Head to Brooke Williamson's Playa del Rey restaurant for a beachside Thanksgiving dinner. The Top Chef alum's Turkey Day spread this year includes a beer brined turkey with all the fixings, maple-roasted yams with earl grey marshmellow fluff and a slice of pumpkin pie. A few lucky guests will even get to sit by the firepit for a cozy plein air holiday meal.

 

Hours: 1–6pm

Price: $75 per adult and $40 per child

Reservations: Book online via Resy.

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  • Californian
  • Santa Monica
  • price 3 of 4

Menu: Take a postprandial stroll on Santa Monica Beach this year after feasting at FIG, the Fairmont Miramar’s lobby restaurant specializing in seasonal Californian cuisine. This year, new head chef Damon Gordon is offering a traditional four-course Thanksgiving menu. Start with roasted chestnut and apple soup, before moving onto a second course of king salmon with white bean purée, sunchokes and olives. If you'd rather go traditional, there's slow-roasted free range turkey.

Hours: 11am–10pm

Price: $89 per person 

Reservations: Book via Resy.

  • Hotels
  • Boutique hotels
  • Santa Monica
  • price 4 of 4

Menu: If you’ve ever wanted to eat Thanksgiving dinner overlooking the Pacific Ocean, now is your chance. This luxury beachside hotel is offering Thanksgiving meals at both lunch and dinner hours, with each three-course meal including a choice of appetizer, entreé and dessert. Each main dish comes with its own sides; in addition to a turkey plate with all the trimmings, Casa del Mar is also offering prime beef tenderloin, white sea bass, truffle potato gnocchi and a linguini with clams. For dessert, enjoy a buffet-style spread that includes pumpkin and apple pies, plus chocolate eclairs and other goodies.

Hours: 11am–2pm, 2–9pm

Price: $115 at lunch, $125 at dinner per person

Reservations: Book via OpenTable.

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  • Steakhouse
  • Venice
  • price 3 of 4

Menu: Dine on smoked turkey or slow-roasted prime rib this Thanksgiving at both the Venice and West Hollywood locations of Josiah Citrin’s modern steakhouse. This year, Charcoal will be serving a five-course dinner that skews gourmet but doesn’t skimp on wild mushroom stuffing, candied yams and cranberry sauce. Lemony yogurt and sumac-topped baked cabbage and sunchoke rosemary soup start off this smoky Turkey Day feast, which features roasted beets, plus more traditional sides and dessert.

Hours: 3pm–7:45pm 

Price: $125 per person

Reservations: Book via Resy.

  • Steakhouse
  • Westwood
  • price 3 of 4

Menu: From November 23 to 26 (in other words, throughout Thanksgiving weekend), this upscale Westwood hotel restaurant will offer a moderately priced traditional holiday dinner with all the trimmings. Think cornbread and sage stuffing, shallot and thyme confit turkey thighs and sautéed green beans with crispy shallots—though you'll have to pony up $12 more for a slice of spiced pumpkin pie.

Hours: 11am–10pm seatings

Price: $64 per person, $29 for children 12 and under

Reservations: Book via OpenTable.

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  • Californian
  • Santa Monica
  • price 3 of 4

Menu: Another year, another oceanfront Thanksgiving at Shutters on the Beach's 1 Pico, where $125 will get you a three-course prix fixe with your choice of appetizer, entrée and dessert. Highlights include a Wagyu filet mignon, seared Maine scallops and a mouthwatering Valrhona chocolate cake for anyone sick of apple- and pumpkin-flavored sweets.

Hours: 11am–9:30pm seatings

Price: $125 per person

Reservations: Book via OpenTable.

Looking to stay at home instead? Try these great Thanksgiving takeout options.

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