The Best Restaurant Thanksgiving Dinners in Vienna, VA

Thanksgiving can be stressful, especially during a pandemic. For people constantly busy or just exhausted from the last few weeks, it’s nice to just order food to have it delivered. There’s nothing wrong with relying on these local restaurants in Vienna, Virginia, to help you enhance your holiday experience while taking stress off your plate. Enjoy time with your loved ones or a well-deserved day off and feast on these local plates. All are available for delivery on Thanksgiving. 

1. Bazins

Locals have always been impressed with Bazin’s Thanksgiving fare. Located on Church Street (not too far from the Clock Shop), this restaurant offers Thanksgiving To Go during the COVID-19 pandemic. 

The menu includes oven-roasted turkey, sausage and sage stuffing, maple sweet potatoes, potato puree, cranberry-orange relish, turkey gravy, and of course, pumpkin pie. Some families in Vienna say that Bazin’s Thanksgiving menu is a part of their family tradition every year. See if it works for your family.

2. Blend 111

If you’re looking for a different kind of Thanksgiving dinner, Blend 111, the restaurant that serves modern Latin American fare, is offering Thanksgiving for two. The “Thanksgiving Feast” includes roasted pork, toasted coconut rice, mofongo, pumpkin natilla, and tres leches cake. 

Even if you have other plans for Thanksgiving, it's worth checking out the number 10 restaurant in Northern Virginia. The restaurant was founded with the concept of keeping things sustainable. “From the market, we seek organic, biodynamic and sustainable ingredients,” says the restaurant online. 

 3. Hamrock's Restaurant

A charming little restaurant alongside Chain Bridge Road in Fairfax, Hamrock’s offers an entire Thanksgiving meal to go that will feed five adults. This menu includes roasted turkey, both dark and light meat, gravy, maple-glazed ham, green bean and vegetable medley, mashed red potatoes, candied sweet potatoes, stuffing, and deviled eggs. 

This to-go meal provides all the classic American sides and flavors, but with all the comforts of a home meal instead of a restaurant dinner. In light of COVID-19, ordering out seems like the safest bet.

 4. Clarity

One of the best restaurants in Vienna, Clarity offers a high-end experience when it comes to Thanksgiving dinners. For just $45, diners can order turkey, sweet potatoes, french beans, gravy, and cranberry sauce. 

“We are thankful that we are in a position to provide for ourselves and our guests, and we want everyone to stay safe so we can all get through this,” owner Jon Krinn said to the Tyson’s Reporter. “Nothing can take away the relationships and bonds we have built and strengthened this year.”

5. J. Gilbert's

Located in McLean, J.Gilbert’s Steakhouse offers another take-out Thanksgiving dinner worth sampling. Locals rave about their Thanksgiving fare, which includes three courses. The restaurant also offers a kit to take home in order to make your own meal. These courses and kits include: roasted turkey, cornbread & sausage stuffing, mashed potatoes, turkey gravy, green beans with pecans and shallot jam, cranberry orange relish, candied sweet potatoes, bread & butter, and pumpkin pie.

6. Amphora

This local Northern Virginia restaurant chain, founded in the 1960s, offers what it calls a “Thanksgiving Blast” to take out. But this dinner won’t cost you an arm and a leg. Dine in or take out, but enjoy their turkey, stuffing, gravy, salad, cranberry sauce, and bread. 

The restaurant prides itself on being open 24 hours a day, seven days a week, while still offering home cooked, from scratch, fresh organic meals.

7. Founding Farmers

These high end restaurants scattered throughout the DMV area offer fresh, organic meals and cocktails. For Thanksgiving, there is no difference. Founding Farmers in Tyson’s Corner has a whole menu devised around the day, for take-out or dine-in. Choose between brioche rolls and cornbread, butternut squash soup or salad, turkey, ham, chicken, ribs, or white fish, a vegan impossible loaf, all the traditional Thanksgiving sides, and pie, cake, or cheesecake. There’s a feast fit for a king here.

8. Urban Plates

If you’re looking for a full spread to feed a large family, Urban Plates has the quantity and quality you need for Thanksgiving. A Turkey Family Feast to go will save you time and energy while making sure that everyone at the table has enough to eat. Sample the turkey breast, the stuffing, the gravy, the artisan bread, and of course, the sides like the mac and cheese and the rainbow carrots.