This is one year where Thanksgiving means so much more than it has in many years past—we all have a lot to reflect on and a lot to celebrate. And here in Las Vegas, there are so many places to do that! You’ll find many restaurants on the Strip and beyond offering special menus and dishes for Thanksgiving. Although we can’t tell you about every single one, we can highlight a few. Some are quite inexpensive, while more exotic offerings get pricier. It’s your call.
For that traditional feel, try Hearthstone Kitchen & Cellar (Red Rock Resort, 702.797.7344). The a la carte menu here includes a turkey dinner ($28) with white and dark meat, apple-raisin stuffing and mashed potatoes, plus sides like jalapeño creamed corn and sweet potato purée—you know, like momma used to make. Also at Red Rock, T-Bones Chophouse (702.797.7594) features butternut squash soup with bourbon maple-glazed seared foie gras, a Diestel Farms organic free-range turkey, and pumpkin pie served with pecan pie ice cream. You might wanna go just for that ice cream.
Canaletto (The Grand Canal Shoppes, 702.733.0070) has gone all out this year, with a prix fixe menu ($51.95, $19.95 for 12 years or under) with vegetarian butternut squash-and-potato soup and family-style turkey breast with cranberry sauce and gravy, plus mashed potatoes, baked yams and haricots verts (all items available a la carte). Pair it with a wine flight, including three half-glass pours of selected wines for $16.95. Bargain!
If it’s turkey you are after, you’ve got it, in traditional form or with a twist. At Old Homestead Steakhouse (Caesars Palace, 702.731.7560), you’ll find a special prix fixe menu ($89 per person) with an unusual cranberry-bacon bone marrow, oven-roasted turkey breast with Esposito sausage stuffing (the sausage’s balanced flavors are a favorite in New York), cranberry jam and gravy, and a pumpkin-spiced cheesecake or pecan pie bar.
Here’s something completely different—and so decadent. Mott 32 (The Palazzo, 702.607.3232) has created a Thanksgiving Day a la carte menu with items like crispy fried squab, sea cucumber and seafood crispy rice soup. For your main entrée, diners can enjoy sweet geoduck (actually a type of clam, $248), with XO sauce, or salt and pepper. Also at Palazzo, David Chang’s Majordomo Meat & Fish (866.659.9643) plans a twist on holiday fare with such items as truffle macaroni, sweet potato pie, king crab, striped bass, and smoked prime rib. That menu is available through Dec. 28.
Yardbird Southern Table & Bar
Although turkey is on the menu at Chica (The Venetian, 702.805.8941), it’s a Meyer lemon rotisserie turkey. What you may really be after is the pumpkin flan, which is topped with 400 Conejos joven mezcal whipped cream and a chile graham crumble. Nearby at Yardbird Southern Table & Bar (702.297.6541), the a la carte menu features Charleston she-crab soup, a turkey dinner, lobster mac and cheese with whole lobster, pumpkin and pecan pies, and strawberry peach cobbler.
Upscale steakhouse Top of the World (The STRAT, 702.380.7711) has a four-course prix fixe menu ($106) with roasted pumpkin soup, butternut squash raviolis or shrimp scampi au gratin, roasted free-range turkey breast, and pumpkin tart.
At MRKT Sea & Land (Aliante Casino & Hotel, 702.692.7777), the prix fixe menu ($52) stars apple cider-brined turkey and pumpkin cheesecake with candied cranberries. On Boulder Highway, The Angry Butcher (Sam’s Town, 800.634.6371) has a prix fixe menu ($39) featuring traditional turkey dinner with sage stuffing or a brown sugar-baked ham dinner with au gratin potatoes.
Paris Las Vegas has several good options like the prix fixe family-style menu at Hexx Kitchen + Bar (702.331.5100), where options include roasted corn bisque, braised turkey and turkey confit ($55, $15 under 12 years old). Mon Ami Gabi (702.944.4224) goes American for the day with herb-roasted turkey breast with all the fixings ($49.95), plus items like smoked salmon and pumpkin bread pudding. All the way up, the Eiffel Tower Restaurant (702.948.6937) harks back to tradition with cream of butternut squash soup, turkey and chestnut dressing and pecan pie ($89). The ambience is included.
Get both a signature dish and holiday specials at Gordon Ramsay Pub & Grill (Caesars Palace, 702.731.7410), where the prix fixe menu ($89.99) includes kale and roasted delicata squash salad, the signature Beef Wellington, and sticky toffee pudding.
Emeril’s New Orleans Fish House (MGM Grand, 702.891.7374) puts a twist on tradition. The flavorful prix fixe menu ($60) includes beer-battered king crab and poached pear salad, a roasted Diestel Farms turkey plate, and pumpkin crunch cheesecake. Items are available a la carte as well.
Flavortown, here we come! Guy Fieri’s Vegas Kitchen & Bar (The Linq Hotel, 702.794.3139) features a la carte items like the Ultimate Turkey Feast with deep-fried turkey breast and dark meat stuffing, and a turkey carnitas sandwich with cranberry barbecue sauce.
On Fremont Street, both Barry's Downtown Prime (Circa, 702.726.5504) and Andiamo Steakhouse (The D, 702.388.2220) are offering turkey. Barry's plans an organic turkey dinner with both white and dark meat, plus traditional sides like stuffing, cranberry sauce and turkey gravy ($48), while Andiamo offers a prix fixe menu with herb-roasted breast, arancini stuffed with Italian sausage, roasted carrots and parsnips, pie and more ($65).
At STK (The Cosmopolitan, 702.698.7990), Thanksgiving specials include a dinner ($69, $35 for 12 and under) and fixings. In Town Square, family-friendly BRIO Italian Grille (702.914.9145) offers an individual turkey dinner ($28.99) with stuffing and sides like broccolini and mashed potatoes, and pumpkin spice bread pudding for dessert.
Bottiglia Enoteca Cucina
And Bottiglia Enoteca Cucina (Green Valley Ranch, 702.617.7075) serves up a three-course prix fixe menu ($55)—choices include an organic tom turkey dinner, the slow-roasted prime rib, or sausage ravioli with marinara, plus pumpkin cannoli with cinnamon ricotta or apple pie.
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