Sarabeth's Central Park South: Thanksgiving Dinner Under the Chandeliers
One price covers the holiday menu opposite Central Park, with 30 to 45 minutes on the Pond before the table.
🦃 The Only Menu That Day
🍂 Getting In, Then the Pond
November 26 is parade morning, so blocks around Central Park South take closures and crowd control until midday; add twenty minutes and follow officers' direction. Take the N/R/W to 5 Av/59 St, then cross into the park for a 30-minute loop around the Pond and Gapstow Bridge before your table. November afternoons average 54 °F and the sun sets at 4:31 PM EST, so start with daylight left. Rain or wind, wait at the bar instead.
🍽️ What Four Courses Bring
Four courses arrive at one price. Pumpkin soup built on lobster and coriander cream, or a crab cake with fennel puree, opens. Beet and apple salad with smoked blue cheese follows, then the main: free-range turkey with leek and sausage stuffing, brown butter potatoes, roasted roots and cranberry compote, or filet, salmon, shrimp risotto. Pie or cranberry apple crisp closes the meal. Adult places run $85 a person and children $40. Tax and tip push the real total to about $110 a person.
📞 Booking and House Rules
Tables for two to six can be booked directly on SevenRooms, while early group slots and parties of seven or more require a request or a call to 212-826-5959; tables hold for a 90-minute window with a 15-minute grace period, and cancellations within 24 hours or no-shows incur a $25 per person fee. Hours on Thanksgiving are 1:00 PM to 9:00 PM. No table? Sarabeth's sells a complete Thanksgiving dinner to go for $60 a person — order by Nov 23, pick up Nov 25.
