As a homage to our friends across the pond, celebrate Thanksgiving on 25 November. If you don't fancy cooking, choose from a fine and diverse selection of London restaurants that are offering Thanksgiving menus.
The Albemarle
Brown's Hotel, Albemarle Street, Mayfair
This time-honoured hotel and restaurant is known for its authentic British classics, but an all-American, three-course Thanksgiving menu will be served on 25 November for £49.50. It's packed with holiday favourites including Holy Farm turkey with baked sweet potato, and pumpkin pie with cinnamon ice cream. The Albemarle.
Automat
33 Dover Street, Mayfair
This stylish American brasserie is the epitome of cool. A Thanksgiving menu will be served during lunch and dinner from 22-26 November and for dinner only on 27 November. Dishes include roast pumpkin soup, pot roast turkey, and chocolate mousse. Automat.
Bodean's
Restaurants in Soho, Clapham, Fulham, Westbourne Grove and Tower Hill
With a family Thanksgiving set menu for a credit-crunch-friendly £19.95 per person, there's no excuse not to celebrate Thanksgiving. Ex-pats and Londoners alike can get into the festive spirit. Choose from clam chowder or salad, thick-sliced smoked turkey breast or ham with all the trimmings, and cobbler or pumpkin pie. It's the perfect place to celebrate with friends and family. Bodean's website.
Butlers
Chesterfield Hotel, Mayfair
Feel the love at this romantic and discreet restaurant. Some of the mouthwatering Thanksgiving options include spicy crab cakes, traditional roast turkey, and blueberry cheesecake. The set menu is priced at £32. Butlers.
Chicago Rib Shack
145 Knightsbridge
Take the entire family here for a traditional home-style Thanksgiving feast, where parties of 8-30 can order a whole turkey with all the trimmings – including chowder to start and pumpkin pie to finish – for a huge Thanksgiving Day meal. Chicago Rib Shack.
Christophers American Bar and Grill
18 Wellington Street, Covent Garden
The £38 three-course menu at this elegant bar and restaurant includes Missouri roast rump of lamb, roast salmon with lobster mash, and slow-cooked ballottine of Norfolk turkey with corn bread and cranberry relish. To finish, opt for pumpkin pie, cobbler or chocolate fudge brownie. Christophers Grill.
Fifth Floor, Harvey Nichols
109-125 Knightsbridge
Enjoy Thanskgiving dinner at The Fifth Floor restaurant in swish Harvey Nicks, the place to indulge after a spot of shopping. The £29.95 three-course dinner menu is beautifully executed: game paté with cranberry compote and toasted brioche, ballotine of turkey with brussels sprouts and chestnuts, and spiced pumpkin tart with crème fraîche is on offer. Harvey Nichols.
Hard Rock Cafe
150 Old Park Lane, Mayfair
The Hard Rock Cafe offers a truly electric atmosphere to get into the holiday spirit. It's one of the most popular American eateries in London and offers a Thanksgiving menu all day with your choice of a two or three course fixed menu (£21.95 or £26.45 respectively). It's unashamedly traditional – turkey with all the trimmings, followed by pumpkin pie. After dinner, take time to check out the rock & roll memorabilia that adorns the walls. Hard Rock.
Missouri Angel
America Square, 14 Crosswall, the City
Expect the expected – roast turkey with cranberry jam and pumpkin pie – alongside other, more contemporary, American-inspired dishes such as rib-eye steak and pecan maple tart, at this classy, well-regarded American restaurant. Missouri Angel.
The Reading Room at Claridge
Claridges Hotel, Brooke Street, Mayfair
The Reading Room offers a refined and sophisticated setting in which to enjoy your Thanksgiving dinner. The set menu offers traditional ingredients wrapped in a fine dining bow for £85. Enjoy clam chowder, organic turkey with succotash, and apple pie with cinnamon ice cream. Claridges website.
Tentanzioni
Mill Street, Tower Bridge, SE1
If you fancy a Thanksgiving meal with a difference, then head to this Italian restaurant, located at the Royal Garden Hotel. The special Thanksgiving menu has traditional American fare served with Italian flair. On 25 November, for £39, you can tuck into pumpkin ravioli and roast turkey with cornbread stuffing. Tentazioni website.
Texas Embassy Cantina
1 Cockspur Street, Victoria
Although the Texas Embassy Cantina is not offering traditional holiday cuisine you can savour some Tex-Mex flavours and Southern comfort food in a casual, relaxed atmosphere. Choices include spicy turkey and corn soup, tortilla soup, or green salad with guacamole dressing, and for mains turkey and fresh cranberry sauce served with sweet potatoes. There's pumpkin cheesecake or pecan pie for dessert. Texas Embassy
Villandry
170 Great Portland Street, Noho
The delicious Thanksgiving menu celebrates the day with the likes of barbequed sticky short back ribs, Thanksgiving roast turkey, and the famous Villandry brownie with vanilla ice cream and chocolate sauce. The set menu costs £30. Villandry.