The New American restaurant inside of the Archer Hotel is offering two Thanksgiving meal experiences for the holiday. There’s the buffet found on the second floor with hot and cold stations (smoked salmon deviled eggs, potato and black truffle chowder, smoked ham and bacon macaroni), carving stations with slow-roasted citrus-spiced turkey and braised beef short rib pot roast, family-style dishes, hot apple cider with cinnamon doughnuts, and cash bars with beers, wines, and cocktails. It’s $75 for adults, $24 for kids between the ages of six and 12, and free for children five years old and younger; reservations are required from noon to 6 p.m.

Then the restaurant proper will offer Thanksgiving specials alongside its regular menu. These include that same turkey, mac and cheese casserole, brown butter sweet potatoes, and a pumpkin pie cheesecake. Reservations are available.

Takeout is available too.

Both locations of the American restaurant (the other down in Westgate) are serving Thanksgiving meals this season. The menu includes oven-roasted turkey breasts paired with herbed cornbread stuffing, gravy, mashed potatoes, green beans, and more (there’s a vegetarian version too) and desserts (pumpkin pie, pecan pie, peach pudding). Hours are from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m.

Takeout is available too.

The Heritage gastropub is open for Thanksgiving dinner. Along with its usual menu, the restaurant will offer a $44 Thanksgiving plate full of porchetta, mashed potatoes, green bean casserole, stuffing, and huckleberries. It’ll be available for dine-in service from 5 p.m. to 10:30 p.m. (the restaurant remains open until midnight.

The Cherrywood Southern restaurant knows comfort food well, so it makes sense that it will dish out Thanksgiving meals from 10:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Meals come with one entree (turkey to jerk chicken to vegetables with grilled portabello mushrooms and acorn squash), two sides (candied yams, black-eyed peas, buttered carrots), plus all sorts of dressings, sauces, and bread. It's $22 for adults, and the kids' turkey place for children 12 years old and younger is $9.95.

Takeout is available too.

The restaurant at the classically beautiful Hotel Ella in the campus area is offering family-style meals for Thanksgiving from noon to 7 p.m. On the menu are roasted turkey, candied ham, challah stuffing, sweet potato casserole, and desserts like miniature pumpkin-pecan pies. Reservations are required, it’s $75 for adults, and $25 for children 12 years old and younger.

Takeout is available too.

The chic restaurant in the W Hotel is offering prix fixe Thanksgiving dinner from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m., for $72 per person. The three-course meals include a starter (like butternut squash soup or orecchiette pasta), main (apple cider-glazed turkey, smoked prime rib, or grilled pastrami spiced salmon), and desserts. Seatings are available at noon, 3 p.m., and 6 p.m.; reservations are recommended.

The East Austin Hotel restaurant is offering a choose-your-own-entree Thanksgiving plate all day long. The $40 meal comes with herb-roasted turkey, prime rib, or vegan stuffed acorn squash, alongside all sorts of sides and a caramel pumpkin cheesecake. There are also $10 caramel hot toddies available. Plates are bookable online, it’s available from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

The newer downtown Austin Irish pub is offering an easy Thanksgiving option this holiday with a $10 buffet dinner. There will be turkey plates as well as $3 turkey gravy boats made with Wild Turkey bourbon. It’s available from 3 to 10 p.m.

The Zilker hotel restaurant is putting together a dine-in Thanksgiving plate all day for the holiday. It includes roasted turkey breast and confit dark meat, gravy, green bean casserole, and cranberry sauce. It’s available for brunch from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. and then again for dinner from 3 to 8 p.m.

The Travis Heights hotel restaurant within the Hotel Magdalena is open for Thanksgiving lunch and dinner. The three-course prix fixe menu includes cornbread with pimento butter, an appetizer (butternut squash soup or carrot salad), an entree (the smoked turkey plate or prime rib), and dessert (pumpkin pie or apple crisp). Seated reservations are available from 11 a.m. to the evening. Reservations are recommended.

The South Lamar bar is baking up turkey pot pie available all day for dine-in service. Hours are from 11 a.m. to midnight.