Let's Tock Turkey

These Local Restaurants Will Serve Thanksgiving Dinner

Where to go if you'd rather leave the turkey (or prime rib, or morel pot pie) to the professionals.

By Seattle Met Staff October 25, 2023

The Thanksgiving spread at Goldfinch Tavern. 

From Seattle's waterfront to bucolic Woodinville retreats—these restaurants are open to handle your holiday meals. Many of them are hotel-adjacent, handy for grand holiday atmosphere. (Most spots doing prix fixe offer a separate menu option for kids.) If you're looking to host without the hassle, takeout is an option again this year. We will keep this list updated as more options surface.


Willows Lodge / Barking Frog

Woodinville

Chef Dylan Herrick will oversee a three-course, $95 menu at Barking Frog from noon–8pm. The meal includes various choices for each course, from classic turkey to vegan veggie pot pie. Reserve online, or call the restaurant at 425-424-2999 for parties of five or more. The lodge will also serve a holiday buffet in the Sammamish Ballroom; seatings are at 1, 1:30, 4, and 4:30 (call for reservations).

Plum Bistro

Capitol Hill

Makini Howell is a vegan Thanksgiving hero. Her restaurant will serve an a la carte menu of plant-based classics, like a maple-glazed holiday roast with corn bread dressing, or pecan and portobello Wellington. You can also order the entire menu for takeout.

The George / Fairmont Hotel

Downtown

The restaurant at the Fairmont (recently remodeled and updated) will serve a four-course, $80 dinner. The menu kicks off with the house nori sourdough and offers turkey, fried brussels sprouts, or beef tenderloin as the main course. Reserve online. The hotel's other dining outlets also offer festive menus, like a seafood-forward prix fixe at Shuckers and fall cocktail menu at Olympic Bar.

Chef Brian Doherty at Four Seasons Hotel Seattle.

Goldfinch Tavern / Four Seasons Hotel 

Downtown/waterfront

Three courses at $150 including a host of options, like crispy duck hash cakes, a seafood tower, buttered lobster, and mushroom pot pie (even the kids menu is on point). The Ethan Stowell restaurant inside the Four Seasons will serve Thanksgiving meals from 11–7 with reservations going fast, but the hotel will also serve its $160 ballroom buffet for the first time in three years. Reserve online for Golfinch or the buffet.

Bourbon Steak

Downtown

Ellensburg boy turned national restaurateur Michael Mina balances his steak house signatures with traditional Thanksgiving dishes. The $105 three-course menu has options like prime rib with blue cheese–stuffed Yorkshire pudding, the house lobster pot pie, and pumpkin basque cheesecake. You can level up with an add-on shellfish tower or caviar course.

Sparrow

Kirkland

A charming independent spot in the Juanita neighborhood will serve three courses for $75. Options like veal osso buco, zucchini risotto, and lobster come with a backdrop of live guitar music. Wine pairings are $30.

Charlotte Restaurant

Downtown

Lotte Hotel Seattle's 16th floor restaurant goes full fall for its three-course Thanksgiving meal for $120: pumpkin soup, enoki mushrooms in the roulade, and cinnamon apple bread pudding for dessert. There's a choice of fish, turkey, or porchetta as the main at two seatings, 1pm and 5pm; groups have the option of adding on a Seahawks–49ers watch party in the private dining room.

Water's Table

Renton

Down south, the restaurant at Hyatt Regency Lake Washington will serve an a la carte Thanksgiving meal from 5–10pm with special mains including elk tenderloin and turducken. The Grand Ballroom in the same hotel has a buffet for $110 per person. Reservations for both can be made online.

Water Grill

Bellevue

Since it opened last December, Bellevue's seafood joint celebrates its first Thanksgiving with $68 three course meal. It starts with either salad or clam chowder, and it ends with pumpkin cheesecake, though the middle spread is a more traditional turkey, stuffing, and cranberry sauce menu. Reservations here.

All Water / Hotel 1000

Downtown

The Hotel 1000 restaurant prioritizes the Seahawks with a four course meal with plenty of TVs trained to the game with the 49ers. For $115 per person, the selection includes jumbo shrimp, steamed clams, and king salmon. Book it here

Takeout

W Seattle

Downtown

Not interested in changing out of pajamas for dinner? The culinary team at W Seattle will prepare a full meal for two to go for $85. The menu is classic: turkey, stuffing, gravy, and a cranberry compote, plus sweet potato soup and a choice of desserts. Orders must be placed by phone at 206-264-6000 and picked up Thanksgiving day.

Kitchen and Market

Downtown

Doesn't matter if the whole family is showing up; the Pike Place Market meal company has a traditional feast for six to eight adults for $265, complete with a 10–12 pound turkey (and the option to upgrade to a 14–16 pounder). Pumpkin pie comes as a DIY kit. Orders can be placed through November 16, with the option of delivery or pick up. To sidestep the usual main, a chicken meal for four has many of the same sides.

Ethan Stowell Restaurants

Sodo/Fremont

Though best known for sitdown dining, Ethan Stowell's Stone Way Tavolata serves as a pickup point for $250 feasts for five to six people. The 14-pound turkey has an herb and citrus crust, and sides include seasonal produce like brussels sprouts and delicata squash. The Sodo ESR Commissary is also available for box retrieval, with preorders required at both spots. 

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