Chiswick Thanksgiving Dinner With Live NFL: Lil' Nashville

Lil' Nashville, the country music bar and kitchen at 11 Barley Mow Passage, Chiswick W4 4PH, is putting on an American Thanksgiving dinner on Thursday 26 November 2026, and it is the London option for anyone who wants football with their turkey. The feast costs £55 per person, with children's portions at £28, and the bar is streaming two NFL games that night: Chicago Bears against Detroit Lions at 6pm and Philadelphia Eagles against Dallas Cowboys at 9:30pm, UK time. There are two dinner sittings, and guests who only want the games can watch from the bar area without booking dinner.

The main course is apple and hickory slow-smoked turkey, cooked in the same smoker that turns out the bar's brisket and pulled pork the rest of the year. Vegetarians get harvest vegetable parcels instead: seasonal vegetables wrapped in golden puff pastry. The menu gives both the same long list of sides, which is where this dinner feels most American: cornbread stuffing, green bean casserole, candied sweet potatoes, creamed corn and mac and cheese.

There are British touches too, mainly bone marrow mash potatoes, alongside cranberry sauce and a smoked turkey gravy made from the bird. Dessert is a choice between traditional pumpkin pie with freshly whipped cream and banana pudding, the layered Southern custard dessert that most London restaurants never put on a Thanksgiving menu. The bar's own post calls it a two-course dinner of main and dessert, with the sides served alongside the turkey.

The football schedule decides how to book. The Bears and Lions kick off at 6pm in London, so an early sitting lets you eat through the first half and stay for the second with a drink. The Eagles and Cowboys game starts at 9:30pm, which suits a later sitting that finishes dinner just before kickoff. Lil' Nashville says spaces are limited and books Thanksgiving through a dedicated event page on its SevenRooms system.

A normal Thursday at Lil' Nashville opens from 5pm to 11pm, with live country music from 7pm to 9pm, so expect the bar to be busy rather than a quiet private dining room. Happy hour runs from 5pm to 6:30pm on Wednesday to Friday, with selected food and drink specials, which may help anyone arriving early for the first game. The bar takes table reservations only for guests who are eating.

Groups should note the house rules. Tables of seven or more may need a deposit, and on busy weekends the bar can add a small cover charge for walk-in, drinks-only guests to cover staff and live music. On weekdays and Sundays the team says there is usually walk-in availability, but Thanksgiving is a special event, so book a dinner table rather than relying on a spare seat near the screens.

Lil' Nashville bills itself as the UK's favourite country bar and honky-tonk. Its Chiswick room has a stage for live country singers, and on Fridays and Saturdays staff clear the dining area of tables at 9pm to make a dance floor in front of it. Line dancing lessons for beginners and experienced dancers run on Wednesdays, Saturdays and Sundays, and the bar runs ticketed Big Nash Bash parties through the year. A second venue is coming to All Saints Street in Bristol.

The regular kitchen is Southern and barbecue-led. Brisket is smoked for 16 hours and pulled pork for 14, and they go into buns, nachos, loaded tater tots and a Taste of the South BBQ tray for one. The menu marks its chicken as halal and flags non-gluten-containing dishes. A pickleback, Jack Daniel's with a shot of pickle juice, costs £7, and the whiskey list leans on Tennessee and Kentucky bottles.

If one night of turkey is not enough, the bar's Rise and Dine brunch menu is a good reason to come back on the Saturday or Sunday after Thanksgiving. Chicken n' waffles, with Nashville hot chicken tenders, a house waffle, smoked bacon, whipped butter and maple syrup, costs £18. The Nash brisket hash, with tater tots, two sunny-side-up eggs, cheese sauce and crispy onions, is also £18.

American filter coffee with free refills costs £3.50, a detail homesick Americans in London tend to notice. Children under 12 can order a mini pancake stack for £6 or a mini chicken and waffle for £7 from the Lil' Cowpokes section, and the kids' dinner menu has cheeseburgers, hot dogs and mild chicken tenders at £8.50 each with fries and a juice.

Barley Mow Passage runs off Chiswick High Road, the long shopping street of independent cafés, butchers and pubs that makes an easy stroll before an early sitting. On a crisp late-November afternoon, head south towards the Thames, where the riverside path at Strand on the Green has old pubs and moored boats along the towpath, then loop back to the passage before dark.

For a longer walk earlier in the day, Chiswick House and Gardens, the 18th-century Palladian villa with its conservatory and landscaped grounds, is within reach on foot from the High Road. It gives visiting family a properly English morning before an evening of American football, cornbread stuffing and country songs.

Lil' Nashville is at 11 Barley Mow Passage, London W4 4PH. Book Thanksgiving through the bar's SevenRooms event link: £55 per adult and £28 for a child's portion. A 12.5% discretionary service charge is added to bills, and the kitchen asks guests with allergies to tell staff before ordering because it handles common allergens.

Regular opening times are Wednesday and Thursday 5pm to 11pm, Friday 5pm to midnight, Saturday noon to midnight and Sunday noon to 8pm, closed on Monday and Tuesday. Live music plays Thursday 7pm to 9pm, Friday and Saturday 7pm to 11pm and Sunday 12:30pm to 3pm. On certain dates the bar opens only for ticketed events, so look at its events page when planning a visit outside Thanksgiving week.