Whether you’re a bonafide yank who celebrates Thanksgiving every single year or an Americana fanatic who just loves a roast turkey, there are plenty of Thanksgiving feasts to get stuck into right here in London. Here are the places to go for turkey, stuffing, mashed potatoes, green bean casserole and pumpkin pie.
Riding House Cafe & Rail House Cafe
Sister sites Riding House Cafe and Rail House Cafe will be hosting a Thanksgiving feast of ginormous proportions. They say everything is bigger in America and that’s the attitude here, with the restaurants serving up a gargantuan portion of slow-roasted Norfolk Bronze turkey cooked in herb butter with cornbread & sausage stuffing, maple-buttered sweet potatoes, truffled mac & cheese, creamed corn casserole, glazed sprouts & bacon, green beans & praline with Calvados gravy and a cranberry & confit orange relish on the side. Corr, these lot are putting Aunt Bessie to shame.
Thurs 24th & Fri 25th November 2022
Rail House Café | 8 Sir Simon Milton Square, London, SW1E 5DJ | railhouse.cafe
Riding House Café | 43-51 Great Titchfield St, London, W1W 7PQ | ridinghouse.cafe
Joe Allen
Joe Allen is invoking the spirit of the Big Apple for Thanksgiving this year with a menu that includes carrot & cumin chowder, celery, corn, black beans; grilled pork belly, pickled red cabbage, XO shrimp crumb; butter roasted hake, charred leek, peppercorn sauce; roast turkey or honey roast smoked ham with roast potatoes, collard greens, carrots and cranberry sauce; and a New York strip steak with Béarnaise and watercress. For dessert, of course, there’s a baked coffee cheesecake with coffee anglaise and espresso syrup; a salted caramel & chocolate tart with hazelnuts and crème fraiche; and the mandatory pumpkin pie with vanilla ice cream.
Thurs 24th November 2022
2 Burleigh St, London, WC2E 7PX
joeallen.co.uk
Sussex
If you know the Gladwin Brothers, you’ll know they own a collection restaurants around London, including The Shed in Notting Hill, Rabbit in Chelsea, Nutbourne in Battersea, The Black Lamb in Wimbledon and Sussex in Soho, each of them bringing a bit of the British countryside to the smog-laden streets of London. This time, they’ll be bringing an XL helping of America to Sussex, with a Thanksgiving menu featuring crab and corn chowder served with homemade cornbread and a Yorkshire turkey parmo accompanied by black autumn truffle mac’n’cheese, a selection of garden vegetables and a generous serving of gravy. Dessert will be a seasonal twist on the classic creme brulee, a caramelised pumpkin Cambridge cream. Bosh.
Thurs 24th November 2022
63-64 Frith St, London W1D 3JW
sussex-restaurant.com
Duck & Waffle
Enjoy a Thanksgiving feast with some epic views over London by heading to Duck & Waffle. The sky-high restaurant is doing a festive dinner this year featuring bacon-wrapped dates, maple glazed cornbread, roasted bronze turkey with stuffing, roasted carrots, green bean casserole, roasted sprouts, sweet potato casserole with marshmallows, and pecan pie. It’s served family-style, just like a traditional Thanksgiving dinner would be, so roll up your sleeves and get stuck in.
Thurs 24th November 2022
110 Bishopsgate, London EC2N 4AY
duckandwaffle.com
Sette
Sette is the London sister to NYC’s Scarpetta and as Thanksgiving is big for them across the pond, they’re hoping to recreate some of that magic here in the capital. Sette’s menu puts an Italian twist on Thanksgiving with dishes like chestnut & porcini soup, pumpkin ravioli, beetroot risotto with goats cheese, traditional roasted turkey with seasonal trimmings and a classic pecan pie with rum raisin gelato.
Thurs 24th November 2022
4 Knightsbridge Green, London, SW1X 7QA
settelondon.co.uk
Plaquemine Lock
It’s Thanksgiving Bayou-style at Jacob Kenedy’s Plaquemine Lock in Islington. The menu features the likes of blackened turkey with sausage, red beans and rice; tender scallops served on sweet pumpkin and ginger bread; roast turkey po’boy stuffed with slices of turkey and homemade cranberry sauce; and their signature pumpkin pie with whipped cream for dinner. There’ll also be some Louisiana-inspired cocktails and live music from blues duo Dirty Blues completing the experience.
Thurs 24th November 2022
139 Graham St, London N1 8LB
plaqlock.com
Galvin Bar & Grill
Galvin Bar & Grill, the restaurant inside the Kimpton Fitzroy, is putting out an exclusive menu for the big day which showcases the best of British ingredients with an American twist. The four-course menu kicks off with Dorset crab & pumpkin cake with spring onion, Oscietra caviar and crème fraîche before moving on to the middle course of wild mushrooms, green beans, quail eggs and truffle. The main course will be a southern-style fried blonde breed turkey cooked with apricot and served with popovers, sweet potato mash and creole spiced sprouts. Then, for dessert, there’ll be pecan pie with bourbon cream.
Thurs 24th November 2022
1-8 Russell Square Corner of Guilford Street and, Russel Square, London WC1B 5BE
galvinrestaurants.com
The Colony Grill Room
The Beaumont’s resident American, The Colony Grill Room, will be cooking up a celebratory Thanksgiving menu of transatlantic-inspired dishes. There’ll be roast scallop & sweetcorn chowder with coriander to start, followed by seasonal pumpkin risotto with smoked ricotta & toasted hazelnuts. Then there’ll be a classic turkey with all the trimmings for the main event and a pecan pie & spiced chocolate sorbet for dessert that can be enjoyed with some tea or coffee.
Thurs 24th November 2022
8 Balderton Street, Mayfair, London W1K 6TF
colonygrillroom.com
Wild Turkey Pop-Up at Straker’s
The freshly opened Straker’s, brought to you by TikTok chef Thomas Straker, is hosting the Wild Turkey whiskey crew for a one-night-only pop-up. On Thanksgiving, Straker’s will turn into The Wild Turkey Diner which will be serving up dishes inspired by Kentucky classics. Expect the likes of fried turkey schnitzel, grilled langoustine with a whiskey bisque and chocolate mousse with a Wild Turkey caramel sauce. Of course, there’ll be Wild Turkey drinks too; choose between an old fashioned, a buck and a gold rush – or just drink it straight.
Thurs 24th November 2022
Straker’s, 91 Golborne Rd, London W10 5NL
designmynight.com
The Pem
Chef Sally Abé is putting together a special Thanksgiving menu at The Pem, the fine-dining joint that sits inside bougie Westminster hotel the Conrad London St James. The menu is a mash-up of American and British grub with a maple roast Bronze turkey served with all the trimmings – creamed green beans & wild mushrooms, roast acorn squash & pomegranate, Brussels sprouts & smoked chestnuts, duck fat hasselback potatoes and herb stuffing. And, if you think you’ve got room, there’s pumpkin pie ice cream served with hazelnuts and shortbread for dessert.
Thurs 24th November 2022
22-28 Broadway, London, SW1H 0BH
thepemrestaurant.com
The Stafford
The Stafford London has a strong American connection – the hotel’s American Bar is one of the longest surviving ones of its kind in the capital and is filled with memorabilia often donated by American guests – so they always put on a big Thanksgiving spread. This year their menu, available at both The Game Bird and the American Bar, includes butternut squash veloute with crispy garlic mushroom & cornbread; maple-glazed roast Norfolk turkey with roasted yams, sage & onion stuffing, green bean casserole, and sour cream mash; and pecan pie with maple syrup ice cream.
Thurs 24th November 2022
16-18 St James’s Pl, London SW1A 1NJ
thestaffordlondon.com
Where The Pancakes Are
If you want the Thanksgiving feast to last more than one day, Where The Pancakes Are has you covered with a special running from November 24th throughout the festive season. This year, the pancake specialists are giving their Dutch babies a seasonal twist, topping the oven-baked pancakes with turkey, Brussels sprouts, pumpkin and fried sage leaves and serving them alongside poached cranberries and sage butter. Plus, you can pair yours with a glass of mulled wine to get that much more into the holiday spirit.
From Thurs 24th November 2022
All WTPA locations
wherethepancakesare.com
