Thanksgiving in Seattle 2026: Where to Eat Out and What to Order Ahead

Seattle’s vegetarian landmark has hosted Thanksgiving for more than three decades. This year’s four courses build to a choice of autumn vegetable puff pastry or harvest nut roast, with maple-glazed Brussels sprouts and cranberry-huckleberry chutney on the side, and there’s a separate kids’ menu.

Book

Tock

Two floors, two ways to do it. Downstairs, the Boathouse serves three courses with turkey, prime rib or Alaskan halibut; upstairs, the Café sets out a buffet with Dungeness crab, oysters, prime rib carving and mini pies, with Shilshole Bay out the window.

Seatings

Boathouse 11:30 a.m.–8 p.m.; Café 11 a.m.–8 p.m.

Price

Boathouse $85, kids’ turkey plate $25; Café buffet $110, ages 5–11 $45, under 5 free

Book

Resy, reservations required

The steakhouse runs a four-course Thanksgiving at Lake Union, Leschi and Bellevue, with roast turkey, prime rib, maple pork roast or king salmon, and Wagyu upgrades for anyone skipping the bird. The downtown location goes buffet-style instead.

Price

$100 for four courses, $85 for the downtown buffet; kids 6–10 $40, 5 and under $10

Book

OpenTable

A longtime fixture at Elliott Bay Marina, Palisade keeps the day classic: three courses with a traditional turkey dinner or a seafood trio, at one of the gentler prices on this list.

Price

$69, three courses

Book

online or (206) 285-1000

The restaurant in the State Hotel, a block from Pike Place Market, lays out a holiday buffet from early afternoon into the evening. It suits out-of-town family staying downtown, or anyone who’d rather graze than commit to courses.

Seatings

1–7 p.m.

Price

$95 adults, $55 kids 12 and under

Book

OpenTable; call for parties of 8 or more

For a Thanksgiving with more spice, La Loba at the 1 Hotel opens with a spread of tapas, then moves to mains that run from turkey roulade to mole-braised beef cheek.

Seatings

noon–8 p.m.

Price

$140 adults, $85 under 12, wine pairing $75

Book

SevenRooms

Minutes from the airport, Cedarbrook Lodge’s restaurant hosts a grand Thanksgiving buffet through the afternoon, a practical choice when half the table is flying in that morning.

Seatings

1–5 p.m.

Book

OpenTable

Here the turkey arrives whole and is shared family style as the second of four courses. After that, everyone picks a main, from prime rib and Maine lobster risotto to zucchini linguine or a Wagyu filet.

Seatings

noon–9 p.m.

Price

$95, with supplements on some dishes

Book

OpenTable or (425) 686-8231

Willows Lodge offers two Thanksgivings in wine country: a three-course dinner at Barking Frog, or a buffet in the lodge’s Sammamish Ballroom with set seating times, which works well for big families.

Seatings

dinner noon–9 p.m.; buffet at 1, 1:30, 4 or 4:30 p.m.

Price

dinner $95, kids $50; buffet $90, ages 6–12 $45, plus a 25% service charge

Book

OpenTable for dinner; buffet by email, prepaid

The Hyatt Regency Lake Washington runs two options side by side. The Lakesgiving buffet upstairs has a carving station, a seafood bar and a kids’ corner, while Water’s Table, the lakefront restaurant, adds Thanksgiving specials to its regular menu.

Seatings

buffet 2–7 p.m.; restaurant specials 2–8 p.m.

Price

buffet $110, ages 5–12 $55, under 5 free; restaurant à la carte

Book

online

The lodge above Snoqualmie Falls makes a day of it. Groups of up to nine get the coursed dinner in The Restaurant, and parties of 10 or more move to the ballroom for tableside turkey carving.

Book

by phone at 1-800-2-SALISH; credit card required, with a fee for late cancellations

The restored Elks Temple serves Thanksgiving specials from noon until close, all ages welcome, so it’s an easy call with kids. Its to-go dinner for four, from herb-roasted turkey breast to brandied pumpkin pie, covers anyone eating at home.

Seatings

noon to close

Price

to-go dinner for four $210, order by 11 a.m. Nov. 23

Book

OpenTable or (253) 300-8754

Up on the bluff above Commencement Bay, the Cliff House serves one Thanksgiving menu for the whole day, so the decision is just what time to book.

Seatings

noon–6 p.m.

Book

online

This Ballard pie shop is baking seven Thanksgiving pies, from Winter Luxury pumpkin and black-bottom pumpkin to marionberry and chocolate bourbon pecan. Three of them, the maple pecan, the Winter Luxury pumpkin and the apple pecan crumble, come in gluten-free versions.

Order by

11:59 p.m. Nov. 20

Pickup

Nov. 23–25, 10 a.m.–9 p.m.; Thanksgiving morning 8–10 a.m.

Price

$45, black-bottom pumpkin $50

The pie specialist, with a bakery in Ballard and a café in West Seattle, takes Thanksgiving orders online for the whole holiday week. The flavors change with the season, so check the order page for this year’s lineup and pickup spots.

Pickup

Monday, Nov. 23, through Thursday, Nov. 26

Macrina’s breads and rolls already turn up on plenty of local holiday tables (Metropolitan Market stocks its rolls). Order ahead and collect from whichever café is closest.

Order by

Monday, Nov. 23

Pickup

Wednesday, Nov. 25, at any Macrina café

The holiday preorder covers most of the table: pumpkin and bourbon pecan pies, a sweet potato tart, take-and-bake apple and marionberry pies, Como and buttermilk rolls, stuffing bread, and individual quiches for the day before.

Order by

Nov. 22 (preorders open Nov. 8)

Pickup

Nov. 23–25, quiche Nov. 25 only; cafés closed Thanksgiving Day

Cafe Flora’s bakery sibling makes chocolate pecan and pumpkin pies, including a vegan and gluten-free pumpkin, plus sage-potato and caramelized-onion buns for the bread basket.

Pickup

Wednesday, Nov. 25, at a time you choose when ordering

Jack’s smokes turkeys overnight and hands them over hot on Thanksgiving morning, or pre-smoked earlier in the week to finish in your oven. Add half pans of garlic mashed potatoes and apple-sage stuffing, a dozen yeast rolls, and the pecan pie Metropolitan Market also carries.

Price

$195 for a 14–16 lb turkey; sides from $20

Pickup

hot, Nov. 26, 8 a.m.–noon; take-and-bake, Nov. 24–25, 11 a.m.–6 p.m.

Ethan Stowell’s restaurant group, now One House Hospitality, delivers a full dinner for five or six: a 14-pound herb-crusted turkey with gravy, sage stuffing, whipped potatoes, brown sugar yams, Brussels sprouts with pancetta, cranberry sauce and rolls. A salumi board and pumpkin pie are optional extras.

Price

$295, plus $15 delivery

Order by

before Nov. 24

Delivery

Wednesday, Nov. 25, 11 a.m.–5:30 p.m.

Cutters packs a turkey dinner for three or four, with apple-sausage stuffing, Yukon Gold mashed potatoes, green beans, cranberry compote and a pumpkin pie, sent home cold with reheating instructions. Sister restaurants Palisade in Magnolia and Stanley & Seafort’s in Tacoma sell the same meal, plus a $165 prime rib version.

Price

$143

Order by

4 p.m. Nov. 20

Pickup

Nov. 24–25, 11 a.m.–6 p.m. (until 5 p.m. at Palisade and Stanley & Seafort’s)

The Leschi bistro’s dinner for six tucks a bottle of pinot noir in with the roasted turkey or bone-in prime rib, salad, garlic mashed potatoes, stuffing, cranberry sauce and pumpkin pie.

Price

turkey $220, prime rib $320, plus tax and a 10% service charge

Pickup

Wednesday, Nov. 25, 3–6 p.m., or Thanksgiving, 11 a.m.–1 p.m.

Deru’s Thanksgiving shop lets you build the meal piece by piece, from mains and sides to desserts and the little essentials, then collect it all from a drive-through pickup lane the day before.

Order by

9 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 18

Pickup

Wednesday, Nov. 25, at the time you choose

The restaurant at Carillon Point, on the Kirkland waterfront, cooks the whole Thanksgiving dinner for you to take home. Orders go through by phone.

Order

by phone at (425) 739-6363

Chef Lisa Dupar’s catering kitchen is running its Turkey A-Go-Go again this year. Packages, prices and pickup slots are on the order page.

Order

online or (425) 881-3250

The nonprofit farm in the Snoqualmie Valley sells whole unbrined turkeys with a dry-brine kit to season at home, plus a sides package to round out the meal.

Order by

Nov. 15

Price

$50 turkey deposit; sides package $275

For one-stop shopping, Met Market’s holiday reservations put the whole order in a single pickup, and the lineup leans local: rolls from Macrina, pecan pie from Jack’s BBQ and cheesecakes from Alki Bakery.

Order by

midnight Sunday, Nov. 22

Pickup

at the time you reserve, at Admiral, Crown Hill, Magnolia, Sand Point, Uptown–Queen Anne, Kirkland, Mercer Island, Sammamish, Proctor (Tacoma) or Gig Harbor