Mountains of creamy mashed potatoes, loads of delicious stuffing and a perfectly cooked juicy turkey – it’s no wonder that Thanksgiving dinner is a favourite meal for many Americans. Thanksgiving at London restaurants can often be hit or miss, and with the abundance of American chains around it’s hard to tell the food that’s good from the food that’s to be avoided at all costs.

Take part in the festivities (but without the stress of cooking and visiting relatives) with these top choices for celebrating Thanksgiving at London restaurants. The holiday falls on 27th November this year, so book your table and save room for pumpkin pie.

Recommended American Restaurants in London

Tentanzioni
The Italian restaurant Tentazioniat the Royal Garden Hotel is featuring a special Thanksgiving set menu of 5 courses for £36.00. The menu has traditional American fare with an Italian feel making for an unusual Thanksgiving meal. Choices include pumpkin ravioli with butter and sage, roast turkey with cornbread stuffingm mashed sweet potatoes, glazed carrots and pumpkin bread, with pumpkin pie for pudding.

Tentazioni Restaurant

The Reading Room at Claridge's
The Reading Room at Claridge’s Hotel is also having an exclusive three course set menu. For £70.00 you get to choose from Cajun spiced scallops, pumpkin and goats cheese salad, roast Daylesford organic turkey with succotash, sweet potatoes and roast parsnips or fillet of Aberdeen Angus with scented celeriac, and organge marmelade pumpkin tart or blueberry creme brulee for dessert. Thanksgiving at London restaurants has never been more classy.

Claridges Reading Room

Texas Embassy Cantina
It’s Thanksgiving at the Texas Embassy Cantina too, where although the menu isn't changing you can enjoy a selection of delicious southern and Mexican flavours amidst a fantastic Thanksgiving atmosphere. Highlights include a blue ribbon barbeque platter, a Bigger than Dallas T-bone steak and pecan pie or good old sizzling apple pie for dessert. Head to the Cantina for a unique Thanksgiving at London restaurants menu that’s a little spicy, but not at all expensive.

Texan Embassy Cantina

Bodean's BBQ
Bodean’s has locations all across London and they are all serving a three course Thanksgiving set menu from £19.95. Expect a selection from clam chowder, smoked chicken gumbo, pumpkin pie and apple cobbler, plus turkey and ham smoked in a traditional southern BBQ style. If you really want to get into the American spirit, Bodean’s will be showing American football games starting at 5.30pm.

Bodeans Soho

Bodeans Clapham

Bodeans Fulham

Bodeans Westbourne Grove

Bodeans Tower Hill

Christophers American Bar and Grill
A classy American place with barely a burger in sight, Christophers American Bar and Grill is serving a three course set menu for £40.00. Some holiday highlights include roast corn and sweet potato chowder, slow cooked ballotine of turkey with roasted hazelnuts and pumpkin pie, a chocolate fudge brownie and blueberry and apple cobbler. There’s also roast salmon or roast lamb for those who aren’t turkey fans.

Christophers American Bar and Grill

Hard Rock Cafe
The most typically American place you can eat at in London, filled with all sorts of music paraphernalia, is serving traditional Thanksgiving all day long - turkey with all the trimmings, followed by pumpkin pie with two courses for £21.95 and three courses for £26.45.

Hard Rock Cafe

Smollensky’s
Smollensky’s on the Strand is celebrating Thanksgiving with a three course meal for £24.95 including roasted pumpkin and cilantro soup, New England turkey escalope and meatloaf with Jack Daniels gravy and chocolate mud pie and Smollenskys famous peanut butter cheesecake for dessert.

Smollenskys on the Strand

The Brunel
Celebrate American style with celebratory cocktails and a slice of good old pumpkin pie at The Brunel for Thanksgiving in London. Ranging from the Spiced Cider Punch to the Cranberry Tart, the cocktails are £7.50 each and are sure to bring back the flavour of the USA to ex-pats in the city.

The Brunel

The Albemarle
A delicious three course menu celebrates the day with pumpkin soup, roast turkey with creamed sweetcorn and caramelised sweet potato, and pecan and bourbon pie at The Albermarle at Brown's Hotel. Available from 5.30pm - 11pm, the Thanksgiving Day menu costs £45.00 per person.

The Albemarle

Fifth Floor
Boston Brisket, sweet pickle with sour dough and pecan ice cream with maple syrup are all on the three course menu at Fifth Floor at Harvey Nichols. Available for £24.95 per person, you can also treat yourself to American cocktails and jazz from 7pm onwards.

Fifth Floor Restaurant

Chicago Rib Shack
A true family Thanksgiving experience is available at Chicago Rib Shack, with sweetcorn chowder, turkey with stuffing and pumpkin pie on the menu for £25.00 per person.

Chicago Rib Shack

The Thanksgiving events take place on Thursday 27th November 2008 at the above venues, barring Smollensky's which takes place on Sunday 30th November.

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