Restaurants serving Thanksgiving meals in the Richmond area
Nov 12, 2024
RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) -- Looking to arrange Thanksgiving dinner with friends or family without all the cleanup? Here are restaurants serving a Thanksgiving meal in the Richmond area on Thanksgiving Day.
Read on for a list of restaurants in the Richmond area that will be open on Thanksgiving -- Thursday, Nov. 28 -- for guests to dine-in and/or offer orders to be placed in advance for pickup.
Bookbinder's Seafood and Steakhouse
2306 E. Cary Street in Richmond
For $85 per adult guest, Bookbinder's will offer a special Thanksgiving meal. First course options include beet salad, roasted butternut squash soup or she crab soup.
For the main course, you can opt for a traditional turkey dinner, grilled black angus filet mignon, pan-seared Chesapeake rockfish or pan-seared salmon. For dessert, you can pick either pumpkin pie, a warm apple tart, dark chocolate pate or New York cheesecake.
A children's menu will also be available for $30 per guest. To check out the full menu and reserve your table, visit Bookbinder's website.
Fleming's Prime Steakhouse and Wine Bar
9200 Stony Point Parkway, Suite 131 in Richmond
Starting at $65 per adult guest, Fleming's will offer a three-course menu featuring herb-roasted turkey, filet mignon or prime bone-in ribeye. The meal will include a starter, mashed potatoes, stuffing, green beans with apricots and onions, cinnamon orange cranberry sauce and dessert.
The restaurant will be open from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. A full dinner menu will also be available all day, and a children's three-course menu will be available for $31. To view the menu and make a reservation, visit Fleming's website.
The Lobby Bar at the Quick Hotel
201 West Broad Street in Richmond
For $65 per adult guest and $40 per child, the Lobby Bar will offer a bunch buffet at 1 p.m.
The full menu has not yet been released, but includes Thanksgiving classics like stuffing, mac and cheese, cranberry sauce, a dessert bar and more.
Those looking to reserve their table can do so by visiting the Lobby Bar's page on Resy.
In addition to the option of a brunch buffet, you can instead opt to pre-order your Thanksgiving meal for pick-up between 1 and 2 p.m. on Thanksgiving Day. Each ticket will serve enough food for two guests, so two tickets will feed four and a third should feed six.
To pre-order your meal for pick-up, visit the Lobby Bar's page on Resy.
Hanover Tavern
13181 Hanover Courthouse Road in Hanover County
For $60 per adult guest, patrons can choose between starters of a maple cinnamon Waldorf salad, cheesy potato soup or corn pudding with maple bacon cheddar biscuit croutons. Main course options, from which you choose two, include roast turkey, apple glazed ham and beef tips.
Three sides are included, and you can opt for skin-on mashed potatoes, green bean casserole, mac and cheese, thyme-roasted autumn vegetables, age stuffing, spiced sweet potatoes or braised collards.
You can choose to have a full-sized dessert or a sampler trio of pecan pie, pumpkin pie, apple pear crumble or buttered rum chocolate chess pie. Children's meals are $30 and include one meat option and two sides.
Reservations are required, and Hanover Tavern will be open from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. To view the menu and make your reservation, visit the restaurant's website.
The Boathouse
Four locations in the Richmond area
For $52 per adult guest, The Boathouse will offer a Thanksgiving buffet, including protein options of whole roasted turkey, Atlantic salmon and shrimp and grits.
Sides include apple and sage stuffing, cider-braised collard greens, whipped potatoes, sweet potato casserole, green bean casserole, brussels sprouts, farmer's market salad, baby spinach and beet salad and assorted bakery rolls.
Desserts include pumpkin pie, bourbon pecan tarts, chocolate mousse and apple crisp. Meals for children between 6 and 12 cost $19 and kids under 6 eat for free. To check out the menu and reserve your table, visit The Boathouse's website.
Small Batch Local Kitchen at The Westin Richmond
6631 West Broad Street in Richmond
For $45 per adult guest, Small Batch will offer a three-course meal. Starter options include a creamy butternut squash soup or a traditional Caesar salad.
Entrées include roasted turkey breast, sliced honey ham, stuffing, sauteed green beans, mac and cheese, sweet potato casserole, dinner rolls, cranberry relish and gravy.
Dessert options include pecan pie, pumpkin pie or apple strudel.
Reservations are required. To view the menu and reserve your spot, visit Small Batch's page on Open Table's website.
The Tobacco Company Restaurant
1201 East Cary Street in Richmond
The Tobacco Company Restaurant will be open from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m., offering a special menu that includes appetizer options of shrimp cocktail, ahi tuna, fried green tomatoes and meatballs.
Soup and salad options include a pear and goat cheese salad, she crab soup, Caesar salad, and pumpkin and butternut squash soup.
The Tobacco Company Harvest Dinner, at $45 for adults, includes roasted turkey breast, smoked ham, sweet potato casserole with pecans, whipped potatoes, green bean almondine, cornbread stuffing, cranberry relish and turkey gravy. The Harvest Dinner for children 12 and under is $21.
Those ordering an entrée can pick from choices including prime rib, duroc pork chop, jumbo lump crab cakes, steak Oscar, filet mignon, company chicken, Scottish salmon and vegetable lasagna.
Homemade desserts include pecan pie, Florida key lime pie and butter cake for two.
To make a reservation, visit the restaurant's website or call 804-782-9555.
Cracker Barrel
Multiple locations
Cracker Barrel offers a variety of meal options for different sized parties, including a Heat n' Serve Fest for between eight and ten guests or a Family Dinner serving between four and six people.
For a full overview of your options, visit Cracker Barrel's website.
Denny's
Multiple locations
Denny's offers a to-go turkey bundle that serves four which starts at $54.99. The meal includes carved turkey breast, stuffing, red-skinned mashed potatoes, a choice of a second side, turkey gravy and cranberry sauce.
The meal is available from 9 a.m. on Friday, Nov. 22 through 6 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 27, according to Denny's website.
To view the menu and place your order, visit Denny's website.
Whole Foods
Multiple locations
Those looking to cater a fall or partial Thanksgiving meal from Whole Foods have plenty of options to choose from.
You can pick a a classic roast whole turkey meal for four or 12, a prime rib meal for 8, a whole turkey alone for 8, and more.
Orders can be made through Nov. 26 and pick-up is between Nov. 22 and Nov. 28. To view your options and place an order, visit Whole Foods' website.
Wegmans
Multiple locations in Richmond area
Those looking to cater their Thanksgiving meal from Wegmans can choose between a turkey dinner or ham dinner with multiple party options, even an individual holiday meal.
Pies and desserts can also be ordered. To select a location and view Wegmans' full Thanksgiving menu, visit its website.
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