Thanksgiving Dinner in Boston 2026: Where to Eat, What It Costs & How to Get a Reservation
Restaurants open in Boston on Thanksgiving Day, from traditional turkey dinners and live music to Beacon Hill elegance and a $235 waterfront brunch
Thanksgiving Dinner in Boston 2026: Where to Eat, What It Costs & How to Get a Reservation
Thanksgiving dinner is wonderful.
Cooking Thanksgiving dinner is another matter entirely.
If you are spending Thanksgiving in Boston this year, visiting family, staying in a hotel, bringing the kids into the city or simply deciding that somebody else can roast the turkey for once, Boston has some very good options.
Thanksgiving falls on Thursday, November 26, 2026, and restaurants are already opening reservations.
That last part matters.
Thanksgiving is not a normal Thursday in Boston. Many restaurants close completely. Others offer one special menu with limited seatings. That means the places you really want can fill long before Thanksgiving week arrives.
Here are some of the best Thanksgiving dinners already announced in Boston for 2026.
Boston Harbor Hotel Thanksgiving Brunch — Waterfront
If Thanksgiving is going to be an occasion, you might as well make it one.
The Boston Harbor Hotel is holding its grand Thanksgiving brunch overlooking Boston Harbor, with holiday favorites, desserts and interactive culinary stations.
There are three seatings scheduled for 11 a.m., 1 p.m. and 3 p.m.
The price is decidedly special-occasion territory: $235 per adult and $80 for children ages 5–12. Children under 5 eat free. Tax and gratuity are included.
It is expensive. It is also one of those Thanksgiving experiences that takes the entire problem off your hands. You show up. Boston Harbor is outside the window. Somebody else cooks. Somebody else clears the table.
For visitors staying downtown, the location at Rowes Wharf is especially convenient because you can walk to the waterfront, Faneuil Hall, the North End and much of central Boston.
Best for: A Thanksgiving splurge, multigenerational families, visitors staying downtown and anyone who wants the meal itself to be the holiday event.
Rowes Wharf Sea Grille — Waterfront
There is a second Thanksgiving option at the Boston Harbor Hotel for people who would rather sit down to a restaurant meal than commit to the full holiday brunch.
Rowes Wharf Sea Grille is offering a special Thanksgiving menu on November 26 in its waterfront dining room.
This is worth watching if you want a classic Boston setting without necessarily doing the full $235 brunch experience.
It also gives visitors an unusually easy Thanksgiving Day itinerary: walk the waterfront, wander through the North End or Faneuil Hall, then come back to Rowes Wharf for dinner.
Best for: Couples, hotel guests and visitors who want Thanksgiving on the Boston waterfront.
Davio’s Northern Italian Steakhouse — Back Bay
Davio’s has one of the more straightforward Thanksgiving offers in the city.
For $85 per person, the Back Bay restaurant is serving oven-roasted Vermont free-range organic turkey with creamy Yukon Gold potatoes, asparagus, butternut squash, cipollini onions and peas, challah bread herb stuffing, gravy and cranberry sauce.
Traditional holiday desserts — apple, pumpkin and pecan pie — are available for $15.
There is also a $40 children's Thanksgiving dinner for children under 12.
And somebody at Davio’s understands Thanksgiving particularly well: you can buy a $25 turkey sandwich to take home for tomorrow.
Because Thanksgiving without leftovers is just Thursday dinner.
Davio’s plans to serve Thanksgiving from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m., with its regular dinner menu also available.
Best for: Families, traditionalists, Back Bay visitors and anyone who wants a recognizable Thanksgiving dinner without going into the $100-plus range.
The Beehive — South End
Thanksgiving does not have to be quiet.
The Beehive is offering a three-course Thanksgiving feast for $95 per person, with children under 12 priced at $29.
The menu includes Thanksgiving turkey and the trimmings, but also slow-roasted beef, fish and vegetarian choices.
And this being The Beehive, there is live music throughout the day.
Thanksgiving supper runs from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m., with the restaurant remaining open later in the evening.
This may be one of the most appealing choices for people who like the idea of Thanksgiving but don't necessarily want six hours of Thanksgiving.
Eat. Listen to music. Have a cocktail. Go enjoy Boston.
Best for: Music lovers, families with older kids, couples, groups of friends and anyone who wants Thanksgiving to feel a little less formal.
Eastern Standard — Fenway
Eastern Standard is offering a three-course Thanksgiving prix fixe for $98 per person, combining traditional holiday dishes with Eastern Standard favorites and seasonal New England cooking.
A children's menu will also be available, and the restaurant says it can accommodate dietary restrictions with advance notice.
The location makes this particularly useful for people staying around Fenway, Kenmore Square and Boston University.
Eastern Standard has long been one of those Boston restaurants where the room itself feels like part of the occasion. Thanksgiving fits it rather well.
Best for: Fenway-area visitors, families and people who want a traditional holiday meal with a distinctly Boston restaurant atmosphere.
Bistro du Midi — Back Bay / Public Garden
For Thanksgiving with one of the prettiest locations in Boston, Bistro du Midi is hard to beat.
The restaurant sits across from the Public Garden and is offering a three-course Thanksgiving prix fixe for $110 per person.
The announced menu includes dishes such as black truffle cauliflower soup, roasted turkey breast and pumpkin pie, with an optional wine pairing available.
Thanksgiving reservations are being offered from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. in both the downstairs Bistro and upstairs dining room.
This is a particularly good choice if you want to combine Thanksgiving dinner with one of the simplest and loveliest holiday walks in Boston: Boston Common, the Public Garden, Beacon Hill and the Commonwealth Avenue Mall are all right outside.
Best for: Couples, small groups, visitors staying in Back Bay and anyone looking for a more elegant Thanksgiving dinner.
The Banks Seafood & Steak — Back Bay
For Thanksgiving with a distinctly Boston seafood twist, The Banks is serving a three-course prix fixe for $99 per person.
Among the announced dishes are lobster-stuffed turkey roulade and braised short rib.
There is also an optional $55 wine pairing.
The regular à la carte menu will not be available on Thanksgiving, so this is very much a Thanksgiving-specific experience rather than simply a restaurant that happens to be open.
Best for: Food-focused visitors, seafood lovers and anyone who thinks Thanksgiving turkey could use a little lobster.
Very Boston.
Deuxave — Back Bay
Deuxave is at the higher end of the Thanksgiving dinner spectrum.
Chef Ryan Zichella's three-course Thanksgiving menu is $165 per person, with reservations scheduled from noon to 9 p.m.
The restaurant's regular menu will not be served that day, and there is no separate children's Thanksgiving menu.
This is less “let's find somewhere open on Thanksgiving” and more “Thanksgiving is our fine-dining night.”
Deuxave sits on Commonwealth Avenue, making it easy to combine dinner with a walk through one of Boston's most beautiful residential areas.
Best for: Couples, special occasions and serious food lovers.
Grill 23 & Bar — Back Bay
If one person at the table wants turkey and somebody else most definitely wants steak, Grill 23 may solve the problem.
The longtime Back Bay steakhouse plans to serve a special Thanksgiving turkey dinner featuring turkey roulade, sweet potato purée, porcini and cipollini jus, and apple cheesecake while also offering its à la carte menu.
Thanksgiving hours are scheduled for 11 a.m. to 8 p.m.
That flexibility can be useful for families whose definition of Thanksgiving dinner does not begin and end with turkey.
Best for: Steak lovers, mixed groups and families who want Thanksgiving specials without giving up a full restaurant menu.
Hampshire House — Beacon Hill
There may be no setting on this list that looks more like the Boston Thanksgiving people imagine before they arrive.
The historic Hampshire House on Beacon Hill is opening its doors to the public for Thanksgiving Day dining on November 26.
Normally known primarily for private events, the mansion will host Thanksgiving guests by reservation.
And location matters here.
You are on Beacon Hill, just off Boston Common, surrounded by brick sidewalks, gas lamps, brownstones and some of the city's most recognizable streets.
If you are visiting Boston and want Thanksgiving to actually feel like Boston, this is one to watch.
Best for: Visitors, romantic Thanksgiving dinners, Beacon Hill stays and people choosing atmosphere as carefully as the menu.
Via Cannuccia — Dorchester
Thanksgiving does not have to mean eating Thanksgiving food exactly the way everyone else does it.
Via Cannuccia in Dorchester is bringing back its annual Thanksgiving dinner and will be open from noon to 8 p.m.
The restaurant will serve its special Thanksgiving dinner exclusively that day rather than its normal menu. Full menu details are still coming.
For visitors who want to get outside the downtown hotel-and-steakhouse circuit and eat in an actual Boston neighborhood, this is one worth following.
Best for: Travelers looking beyond downtown Boston and locals who want a neighborhood Thanksgiving.
Which Boston Thanksgiving dinner would I choose?
It depends entirely on the Thanksgiving you want.
For the big splurge, I'd look at the Boston Harbor Hotel.
For a traditional Thanksgiving dinner at a comparatively reasonable price, Davio's makes a lot of sense.
For music and personality, The Beehive.
For a beautiful Boston walk before or after dinner, Bistro du Midi or Hampshire House.
For a seafood twist, The Banks.
For fine dining, Deuxave.
For steak eaters sharing a table with turkey eaters, Grill 23.
And if you are visiting Boston, don't underestimate location.
One of the pleasures of spending Thanksgiving in the city is that you can make the day about more than dinner.
Walk Boston Common when downtown is unusually quiet. Cross the Public Garden. Wander Beacon Hill. Walk the waterfront. Go through the North End.
Then let somebody else cook the turkey.
Don't wait until Thanksgiving week
This is one reservation I would make earlier than you think you need to.
Restaurants serving Thanksgiving dinner have fewer seatings than they would during a normal week, some require prepaid reservations, and many restaurants in Boston will simply be closed.
If a restaurant on this list looks right for your family, check the cancellation policy and reserve it.
You can always change a Thanksgiving reservation.
You can't reserve a table that is already gone.
Spending Thanksgiving weekend in Boston?
Dinner is only Thursday.
Boston starts sliding into the Christmas season almost immediately afterward, and Thanksgiving weekend brings holiday markets, lights, shopping, sports and plenty of reasons to stay in the city for a few days.
Read our complete Thanksgiving Weekend in Boston 2026: What to Do, Where to Eat & How to Make a Weekend of It guide for the rest of the weekend. Thanksgiving Weekend in Boston 2026
And if you're traveling to Boston, this is a particularly good weekend to stay somewhere central. Much of downtown Boston, Beacon Hill, Back Bay, the North End and the waterfront can be explored on foot, which means you may be able to spend Thanksgiving weekend without needing a car at all.
Restaurant menus, prices and availability can change. This guide reflects Thanksgiving 2026 information announced as of October 5, 2026. Check directly with the restaurant before making final plans.
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