Many families across America gather every late November for Thanksgiving, a harvest-season holiday of sharing gratitude (and gluttony) over a traditional meal of roast turkey, savory stuffing, cranberry sauce, and many other hearty delights. Most people in Budapest who want to celebrate Thanksgiving – falling on November 23rd this year – can’t fly to the States to join the family feast, but luckily there are several ways to partake in this appetizing occasion here in the Magyar metropolis. Options range from a deluxe riverfront dinner to Thanksgiving street-food specialties, and include turkey meals delivered across the city.
Thanksgiving Dinner at Corso Restaurant
With a backdrop of sparkling views over the Danube Promenade, Chain Bridge and Buda Castle, downtown’s riverfront Corso Restaurant provides a feast for the eyes anytime – but on Thanksgiving Day, guests can complement the irresistible vistas with unlimited portions of this delicious holiday’s classic dishes. Along with a carving station loaded with roast turkey, chestnut stuffing, cranberry sauce, cornbread and gravy, the buffet presents venison loin in orange-red wine sauce, beef patties wrapped in bacon, and more… but save room for the dessert selection, including a scrumptious pumpkin-cranberry pie topped with pumpkin-seed glaze. This all-you-can-eat extravaganza welcomes everyone on November 23rd for a quite reasonable price of 14,900 forints per person (with a 10% service charge); check out the Corso Restaurant website for more details and the full menu.
Thanksgiving meal delivery
If you’d like to host a festive Thanksgiving feast for family and friends at your Budapest home or lodging, but aren’t so enthusiastic about putting in the hours of shopping and cooking required to pull off this culinary occasion properly, some of the city’s gourmet restaurants are happy to help by providing complete table-ready holiday-season meals that you can pick up or have delivered. Just steps away from central Deák Square, the perpetually popular ÉS Bisztró offers a tempting pair of packages to choose between (or order both) from November 23rd through December 26th – a whole roast turkey with gravy, apple mousse, cranberry chutney, glazed carrots, Brussels sprouts, mashed potatoes, and stuffing (35,500 HUF), and/or a whole roast goose with its own jus, red cabbage, Brussels sprouts, potato dumplings and onion potatoes (31,500 HUF); both offers include a bottle of wine and a pumpkin cheesecake, and can be delivered for an extra 5,000 forints. Meanwhile, the elegant Kollázs eatery presents their “Holiday Turkey To Go” with all the classic trimmings and an apple pie for 58,000 forints, with wine and delivery available for additional charges, available now through January 1st – and, the aforementioned Corso Restaurant also provides slow-roast turkey or goose feasts (including side dishes and wine) to take home for 39,000 forints or have delivered for another 4,900 forints anytime between November 22nd and December 31st.
Thanksgiving burritos at Arriba Taqueria
Every November, both locations of Budapest’s beloved Arriba Taqueria – a longstanding purveyor of Mexican street food – serve savory Thanksgiving burritos, packing big tortillas full of roast turkey, stuffing, sweet potatoes and a unique cranberry salsa, including a slice of pumpkin pie with each order. This offer is available for 2,190 forints through November 26th, so you can enjoy this succulent specialty from south of the border anytime during the long Thanksgiving weekend.
