Turkey Time

Restaurants That Will Be Open for Dine-in This Thanksgiving

Let these Houston-area spots take away the hassle of the holiday with their Thanksgiving menus.

By Sofia Gonzalez November 15, 2024

Dine at Etoile and skip the cooking and cleaning this Thanksgiving.

Thanksgiving travel can be a hassle, so if you’re staying put this year, we don’t blame you. Don’t want to deal with hosting or cooking either? Dine out with your loved ones (or order to-go) instead, and save the headache for Christmas.

If all you want this year is a mess-free holiday, we got you covered. Plenty of Houston restaurants are open on Thanksgiving Day and will be offering dine-in services, so sit back and relax, because now your only responsibility is choosing a place that will best fit how you want to spend it.


Amrina's five-course feast will be sure to leave you stuffed this Thanksgiving.

Amrina 

The Woodlands

Amrina’s five-course Thanksgiving feast is $95 per person and will be available 11am until 8pm. For the first course, options include spiced pumpkin butter baked oysters and roasted pumpkin soup. The second course features sweet potato tikki and chicken khurchan tamales. The third course includes dishes such as cauliflower 65 and turkey shami kebab. For your fourth course, expect roasted green circle turkey breast, filet mignon, and Hasselback paneer, with mashed potatoes, spinach, and corn casserole as sides. Be sure to stay for the desserts: mascarpone pumpkin gingersnap tart, pumpkin halwa cake, or cardamom chocolate mousse.

Enjoy a pumpkin spice espresso martini with your Thanksgiving dish at Annabelle Brasserie.

Annabelle Brasserie

montrose 

Annabelle Brasserie is offering a French take on Thanksgiving with a three-course menu priced at $85 per person. Choose between a French onion soup, Caesar drip salad, butternut squash soup, salad frisee, or asparagus salad for the first course. Options for the main entrée include roasted turkey breast, steak frites, pan-seared scallops, short rib bourguignon, grilled beef tenderloin, pan-seared red snapper, pithivier, and rigatoni. For dessert, choose from crème fraiche parfait, eggnog crème brûlée, red wine poached pear, or sweet potato Paris-Brest. And if that isn’t enough food, you can also order additional appetizers such as baked oysters, escargot, foie gras torchon, and deviled eggs.

Artisans

uptown

From 11am to 5pm, this Galleria-area restaurant will cater to all your Thanksgiving needs with a multicourse menu priced at $99 a person (a credit card is required for a reservation). Artisans will start your visit off with jalapeño corn bread chorizo stuffed with oyster, and an acorns potage, with jumbo lump crab and corn cakes. For the appetizer, options include either a shrimp scampi with gnocchi à la romaine or Port-braised short ribs goat cheese ravioli with creamy Port wine sauce and carrot ribbons. For the main dish, Artisans is offering three options: a 6-ounce Canadian lobster tail, Chairman’s reserve pork tenderloin wrapped with prosciutto with spinach, or a roasted turkey breast with cream of mushroom. For dessert, finish the visit off with pumpkin opera cake and a bourbon ice cream pecan log.

Bar Bludorn

memorial villages

Bar Bludorn’s $75 three-course menu will include a selection of traditional holiday items such as turkey, cranberry sauce, gravy, stuffing, pomme puree, hot honey sweet potatoes, and an option for some specialties such as beignets, teak tarte, and steak frites. Children under the age of 10 can have a two-course menu for $55.

BB Italia is moving away from its Italian roots with a traditional holiday meal this year.

B.B. Italia

sugar land

This classic Italian American spot is offering a three-course Thanksgiving menu for $65 a person, including fried calamari, baby kale salad, ravioli, chicken parmesan, and veal chop. To end your visit, choose from BB Italia’s dessert options such as pumpkin-spiced tiramisu, cranberry panna cotta, pecan cannoli, and sweet potato gelato.

B&B Butchers

washington avenue

Berg Hospitality’s flagship restaurant is cooking up a Thanksgiving dine-in meal for $65 for three courses. Options for the first course include a mixed green salad or butternut squash soup. The second course is a roasted turkey with corn bread and sausage stuffing, cranberry sauce, giblet gravy, brussels sprouts, and mashed potatoes. End your meal with a slice of either pumpkin or apple pie.

Bludorn

fourth ward

Chef Aaron Bludorn’s well-curated Thanksgiving dinner is $105 per person for a full spread composed of French-inspired, New American dishes. The menu includes roast turkey and pumpkin pie, as well as a selection of some Bludorn favorites such as smoked maitake mushroom and gnocchi. For an additional cost, order raw, fried, or roasted oysters. A two-course kids menu for children under 10 will be available for $55. The special Thanksgiving menu will be served from 11:30am to 7pm, and reservations are required.

Brenner's on the Bayou

rice military

Brenner’s Thanksgiving dinner is $65 per person, and will be served from 5 to 9pm. The meal features turkey breast, mashed potatoes, green beans, giblet gravy, and foie gras corn-bread dressing.

Eunice

Upper kirby

On Thanksgiving, Eunice will be open for dine-in from 11am to 9pm with Southern comfort dishes such as Cajun stuffed turkey served with sweet potatoes and cranberry marmalade, the urban harvest vegetable ragout, and a pumpkin pie tart. Reservations can be made through Open Table.

Give thanks this year for Etoile's three-course Thanksgiving menu.

Etoile

uptown

Etoile will be serving a three-course Thanksgiving menu from 11am to 8pm. The price for adults is $78 and $28 per child. Starters include leek and mushroom soup; pork and duck terrine; cocktail de crevettes (which is chilled shrimp, avocado, cherry tomatoes, tarragon, and French cocktail sauce); and a salad with baby gem lettuce, cranberries, walnuts, pears, Fourme d’Ambert blue cheese, and crostini. Mains are more traditional, including a free-range organic roasted turkey, mashed potatoes, stuffing, seasonal vegetables, cranberry sauce, and Cognac gravy. But you can also order a slowly braised beef short ribs, roasted salmon, and a fall vegetable risotto. For dessert, spring for Etoile’s vanilla bourbon pecan pie or butternut squash roll cake.

Grotto Ristorante

afton oaks

Grotto Ristorante’s three-course dinner is $59 per person and begins at 11am. It includes options such as roasted butternut squash soup or garlic romaine for the first course, followed by a roasted turkey with lemon parsley and a choice of two sides from butternut squash risotto, green beans, mashed potato, penne amatriciana, and more. Finish the visit with key lime pie, coconut cream pie, or pumpkin cheesecake.

Skip the hassle and dig into Juliet's Thanksgiving buffet this year.

Juliet

the galleria

Enjoy a Thanksgiving buffet with Juliet from 1 to 9pm. The price for adults is $59, kids under 12 can eat for $28, and children 5 and under eat for free. Starters include Caesar salad and lobster bisque, and carving stations include turkey, salmon, and filet mignon. Sauces and add-ons include cranberry sauce, red wine demi, beurre black, gravy, and whipped butter. For sides, Juliet will offer classics such as mashed potatoes, green bean casserole, and corn bread. And don’t forget to grab dessert: pecan pie, peach cobbler, and pumpkin pie with white chocolate mousse.

Spend your Thanksgiving with an upscale dining experience at Le Jardinier.

Le Jardinier

museum district

Feeling fancy? Then enjoy your Thanksgiving meal at Le Jardinier, located in the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston’s Kinder Building. We must warn you, at $185 per person, it’s on the pricier side. The restaurant’s four-course menu includes starters such as poached Gulf shrimp, burrata with squash puree, and a chicory salad. As for entrees, choose from a Carolina gold rice risotto, heritage turducken, Ora king salmon, or Wagyu beef bavette. And in the spirit of family, Le Jardinier will have sharable sides available, including fried brussels sprouts with bacon, mushroom stuffing, and mashed sweet potatoes. For dessert, enjoy a mille-feuille (a French dessert of puff pastry layers with pastry cream), the Valrhona Guanaja dark chocolate cremeux, or a pumpkin patch dessert. Reservations can be made via Resy or Open Table. The restaurant’s hours will be noon to 7pm.

Navy Blue

rice village

If you’ve ever wanted a seafood Thanksgiving meal, now is your chance thanks to Navy Blue. The restaurant’s three-course menu will be $85 per person and includes an option for wine pairings. Expect crab cakes, seafood gumbo, roasted turkey roulade, and hanger steak. If you have any kids in the party, there’s a two-course menu option available for $55 for children under the age of 10.

Give thanks over a bowl of smoked clam chowder at Prime 131.

Prime 131

lazybrook/timbergrove

This steak and sushi spot by Berg Hospitality Group is offering a pre-set three-course Thanksgiving menu for $95 per person. For the first course, choose from the chopped house salad, smoked clam chowder, or ginger scallion short rib tart. The second course features miso-marinated cod, Wagyu skirt steak, ginger yuzu–brined turkey breast, or an eight-ounce prime filet. All are served with a choice of side: herb stuffing, brown butter sweet potato butternut puree, or a short rib with mashed potato truffle jus. End your night with a sweet potato basque cheesecake, pumpkin-spiced skillet fudge, or a gingerbread s’mores sandwich. Reservations should be made on Open Table.

Rainbow Lodge

heights

Spend your Thanksgiving in a historic 116-year-old log cabin. Rainbow Lodge is offering a $79 three-course meal and a kids menu for $50 from 11am to 7:30pm; reservations can be made online or by phone. Appetizer choices include smoked duck gumbo, a sunchoke bisque with persimmon red-eye gravy, the autumn chopped salad, and the little gem Caesar salad. For entrees, there’s a grilled 1855 beef tenderloin filet with melted spinach, mashed potatoes, and a classic Bearnaise sauce (for an additional charge of $25, you can add a lobster tail). Or opt for a Southern-style roasted turkey with corn-bread dressing, mashed potatoes, French beans with shallots, gluten-free giblet gravy, and cranberry relish. For dessert, Rainbow Lodge is offering four choices: a Kentucky bourbon chocolate pecan pie, a croissant bread pudding, pumpkin praline cheesecake, or rum raisin ice cream with gluten-free cookies.

Sol 7 at Thompson Hotel

fourth ward

From 11am to 8pm on Thanksgiving Day, Sol 7 is offering a three-course menu for adults and a two-course menu for kids. The adult menu includes options such as pumpkin bisque, Prince Edward Island oysters on the half shell, herb-roasted turkey breast, apple cider–brined pork chop, wild mushroom tagliatelle, and desserts like pecan tart, apple cider doughnuts, and pumpkin cheesecake. Reservations can be made on Open Table.

Steak 48

river oaks

This steakhouse is straying from its typical red meat feast to give Houstonians a traditional Thanksgiving meal. Though usually not open until 4pm, Steak 48 will begin serving guests at noon and close at 9pm. Dinner is $74 and includes a roasted turkey, black truffle cabernet gravy stuffing, cranberry sauce, and maple-glazed seared carrots. If you’re still hungry, add on a pumpkin pie for $16.

SwitcHouse Plates & Pours

spring

Skip the stress and take your family to the on-site restaurant at Houston City Place Marriott instead. SwitcHouse will be hosting a family-style feast from 11am to 8pm. For $55, choose from a traditional roasted turkey with giblet sage gravy, a blackened salmon with beurre blanc, or a herb-roasted hanger steak with mushroom gravy sauce. Other items on offer include a broccoli cheddar soup, Caesar salad, corn-bread stuffing, and French bean casserole. For reservations, call 832-823-2529.

Tavola's Italian-style meal has so much to offer.

Tavola

uptown

If you’re not in the mood for some good ol’ American Thanksgiving, make your way over to Tavola for an Italian-style meal for $75 a person. The prix fixe menu includes dishes such as pumpkin burrata soup, cavatelli cacio e pepe, and turkey parmigiana, along with sides like mashed potatoes and green bean casserole. To end your visit, indulge in an apple pie or pumpkin tiramisu. The restaurant will be open from 10am to 8pm. Reservations can be made on Open Table.

The Annie Cafe & Bar in Post Oak is offering up a $90 three-course Thanksgiving menu.

The Annie Café & Bar

uptown

Houston’s reigning haunt for the sip-and-be-seen crowd will present a special three-course prix fixe menu this Thanksgiving. Priced at $90 for adults and $35 for children, the menu includes options like roasted turkey, Chilean sea bass, prime rib roast, kabocha squash soup, and sides like scallion garlic potato puree, sweet potato puree, and green bean casserole. For dessert, treat yourself to apple tarte tatin, pecan or pumpkin pie, sorbet, or flourless chocolate cake.

The Audrey Restaurant & Bar

the woodlands

Dine like a star with this Audrey Hepburn–inspired restaurant, which is offering a three-course prix fixe menu. Those who choose the herb-crusted turkey as a main dish will pay $55 for their meal, while those who prefer a Chateaubriand will pay $65. The first course will be a roasted parsnip bisque, and to end the visit, you’ll be treated to a pumpkin pie.

Toro Toro

downtown 

If you don’t want to wait until lunch or dinner to get your day started this Thanksgiving, head to Toro Toro for its special brunch, which will be available from 10am to 3pm. It will include items like roast turkey, applewood-smoked prime rib, Dijon-roasted lamb, corn-bread stuffing, and a seafood tower. The price of adults is $145 and $65 for children 12 and under. Reservations are required.

Trattoria Sofia's pumpkin spiced tiramisu is hard to pass up.

Trattoria Sofia

heights

Trattoria Sofia’s $75 prix fixe menu will start with your choice of roasted kabocha and butternut squash; wood-roasted beets; a Caesar salad; a Tuscan kale salad; or artichoke hearts with mushrooms, baby carrots, zucchini, bell peppers, Kennebec potatoes and rapini with salsa verde. The second course includes options like ravioli di zucca—a dish with delicata squash, brown butter, sage, toasted walnuts, and ricotta salata—bucatini alla pesto Siciliano; and a veal Milanese with arugula salad, salsa verde, and lemon. Sides for the table include roasted brussels sprouts and sweet potato puree. For dessert, choose from a pumpkin-spiced tiramisu, pecan crostata, cranberry panna cotta, chocolate zuccotto, or gelato. Wines and cocktails are available at an additional cost.

Turner's Thanksgiving feast is $250 per person.

Turner's

uptown

If you’re looking for one of the fanciest Thanksgiving spreads in town (and you have easy access to an AmEx Black), look no further than Turner’s. The restaurant will be throwing its lavish Thanksgiving dinner again this year, priced at $250 a person. It includes Rockefeller oysters, prosciutto, burrata, and cherry tomato crostini, all followed by bread service. First and second course options include kabocha velouté pumpkin seeds and crème fraiche, the classic Turner wedge salad, brined and roasted turkey breast, roasted Wagyu filet, and seared Chilean sea bass. The meal also includes four sides, cheese service, and a dessert course with items like pumpkin cake, pecan pie, and apple tartlet.

Turner's Cut

montrose

This other Berg Hospitality Group restaurant is also offering a three-course menu for $250 a person. To start your visit, choose from root vegetable soup, gnocchi batonnets, foie gras terrine, iceberg salad, or Caesar salad. For the second course, the restaurant is offering turkey, truffle and wild mushroom risotto, seasonal fish, American wagyu, or Colorado lamb chops. Options for sides include roasted baby rainbow carrots, potato puree, and brussels sprouts. And for dessert: pumpkin-spiced medovik, pecan crunch petit gateau, or cran-apple tarte tartin.

Vic and Anthony's Steakhouse

downtown

Another upscale dining experience, Vic & Anthony’s Steakhouse Houston is offering a Thanksgiving meal for $79 featuring a 12-ounce center cut tenderloin with morel mushroom cream, Yukon Gold mashed potatoes, and haricot verts. The restaurant will open at 4pm, and reservations are encouraged.

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