Thanksgiving in Miami Guide

Last reviewed: October 31, 2026. Sources for this page are listed in its fact sheet.

Short answer first. Thanksgiving Day in 2026 is Thursday, November 26, and Miami does it in beach weather: a morning turkey trot and a Thanksgiving parade, hotel restaurants serving full holiday menus you do not have to cook, and a long weekend that ends with the holiday lights switching on. The one thing to do early is dinner. The verified Thanksgiving seatings below are bookable now, the popular ones fill first, and hotel rates for the long weekend climb as the date gets closer. Pick your dinner from the table, book it, then build the rest of the weekend around it with the plan at the bottom of this page.

A lifeguard tower on Miami Beach at sunset, the Thanksgiving weekend backdrop. This is an area photo, not a specific venue. Photo: Arnie Watkins, Pexels.

Where can you eat Thanksgiving dinner in Miami in 2026?

Five seatings verified against the restaurants and hotels themselves on October 31, 2026. Prices are the published 2026 figures; each listing says what is included and what is extra, and every one of these needs a reservation.

TULUM Rooftop Bar and Restaurant, W Miami, Brickell. A prix fixe Thanksgiving on the 15th floor rooftop at 485 Brickell Avenue, served noon to 8 p.m. on November 26 at $60 per person plus taxes and service charge, with live entertainment. The published menu runs butternut squash soup, a harvest salad, traditional roasted turkey with green bean almondine, candied sweet potatoes and cranberry relish, and pumpkin pie, pecan pie and apple crumble for dessert. Book through the Marriott events page or OpenTable. This is the pick for a group that wants the holiday menu with a skyline view and a set price known in advance.

Truluck's, Brickell. The seafood house at 777 Brickell Avenue, Suite 100, serves a three course Thanksgiving menu from noon to 9 p.m. on November 26, priced at $59 for adults and $29 for children 12 and under. The courses run from a choice of cauliflower brown butter soup, Little Gem Caesar or Sonoma greens salad, to herb roasted turkey breast with Parmesan mashed potatoes, cornbread stuffing, broccoli rice casserole, giblet gravy and cranberry apple compote, then carrot cake or a warm bourbon apple spiced butter cake. The regular seafood menu runs alongside, Florida stone crab is in season, and a take home leftovers option is listed at $24. This is the pick for a traditional table that still feels like a Miami night out.

Four Seasons Hotel Miami, Brickell. Two formats on November 26, published on the hotel's own Thanksgiving page: a Thanksgiving brunch buffet at Edge with carved roast turkey and the trimmings alongside seafood, made to order pastas and brunch classics, and a Thanksgiving dinner at NUNA serving its regular Nikkei a la carte menu with festive specials added for the night. The hotel did not publish prices for either seating on that page, so check the price when you reserve. This is the pick for a family that wants one address to handle brunch people and dinner people on the same day. Our Four Seasons Miami guide covers the hotel itself.

Toro Toro, InterContinental Miami, downtown. Richard Sandoval's Pan Latin steakhouse at 100 Chopin Plaza serves an a la carte Thanksgiving menu on November 26 from noon to 10 p.m., per the hotel's November calendar coverage: starters such as a grilled Granny Smith apple salad and a crab avocado crema, mains of roasted turkey breast with pickled cranberries and dried fruit bread stuffing or pan seared halibut with sweet potato mash, and a spiced pumpkin cheesecake to finish, with reservations on OpenTable. Because this one is a la carte rather than prix fixe, confirm the final menu with the restaurant when you book. Our InterContinental Miami guide covers the bayfront setting.

Azzurro, Trump International Beach Resort, Sunny Isles Beach. A harvest buffet on November 26 from 4 p.m. to 9 p.m. at 18001 Collins Avenue, priced at $85 per adult and $40 per child under 12, excluding tax and a 20 percent service charge. The resort's events page and the restaurant's OpenTable listing both describe roasted turkey, prime rib, chilled seafood, classic sides and a run of Thanksgiving pies, and the OpenTable listing notes the buffet is the only dining format that evening. This is the pick for beach based families in Sunny Isles who want an early, big, everyone eats at once dinner.

More tables will publish menus as November goes on, and our Miami restaurants hub and the Brickell restaurants guide cover the neighborhoods these dinners sit in. If a restaurant you want is not listed here, call it directly: many Miami kitchens run a holiday menu they only announce on their own channels.

What is on Thanksgiving morning?

The Turkey Trot. The Life Time Turkey Trot Miami, presented by Baptist Health, runs its 5K, 10K and a kids race on Thanksgiving morning, November 26, 2026, at Tropical Park, 7900 SW 40th Street, with registration open on the event site. Packet pickup runs ahead of the day: Sunday, November 22 from noon to 5 p.m. at the Dick's store in Town and Country, 11900 Mills Drive, and Tuesday, November 24 and Wednesday, November 25 from noon to 7 p.m. at Dick's House of Sport, 7239 N Kendall Drive. Race day pickup at the park runs only 5:00 to 6:30 a.m. and the organizers push runners to collect earlier, so visitors should plan on the Wednesday pickup and an early alarm. Finishers get a medal and a shirt, and the finish festival has food, games and a beer garden for the 21 plus crowd.

The parade. North Miami holds its 51st Annual WinterNational Thanksgiving Day Parade on Thursday, November 26, from 10 a.m. to noon, along NE 125th Street from NE 6th Avenue to NE 12th Avenue, free to watch, with marching bands and community groups on the city calendar. It is the low effort family option: no ticket, no reservation, done by lunch, and it pairs with an afternoon on the beach in a way no northern Thanksgiving can.

How do you build the long weekend, Friday to Sunday?

Friday, November 27: lights opening night. Zoo Lights opens at Zoo Miami on Friday, November 27 with an opening night tree lighting, running 6:30 to 10 p.m. on select nights through December 30 at 12400 SW 152nd Street. Tickets are sold online only and the night is separately ticketed from daytime zoo admission, so buy before you drive out; our Zoo Miami guide and the Christmas in Miami guide carry the full date list. The same park as the Turkey Trot, Tropical Park, also hosts Christmas Wonderland across the weekend, open Friday and Saturday from 5 p.m. to midnight per the organizer's calendar, with unlimited rides included in admission.

Saturday, November 28: the water day. This is the weekend to take the tour you skipped in summer. Biscayne Bay cruises and Everglades airboats both run through the holiday weekend, the bay is at its calmest in the new dry season, and booking ahead beats walking up on the busiest family weekend of the autumn.

Compare Miami tours for Thanksgiving weekend on Viator

Sunday, November 29: beach and a slow exit. Save the beach morning for the day nobody has a reservation. If you are shopping the Black Friday weekend, the malls publish their extended holiday hours close to the day, so check the hours on the mall's own site before you cross the county for a door time; our Miami shopping guide ranks the centers worth the drive. Flying out Sunday evening, treat MIA like the holiday airport it is that weekend and arrive early.

Where should you stay for Thanksgiving in Miami?

Match the base to the dinner. Brickell and downtown put TULUM, Truluck's, Toro Toro and the Four Seasons within a short ride, and make the North Miami parade and the downtown lights an easy run. Sunny Isles Beach pairs the Azzurro buffet with a quiet beach base for families. South Beach works if the beach matters more than the table, with a causeway ride to most of the dinners above. Thanksgiving week is the first peak week of the season, so the booking rule is simple: reserve the room when you reserve the dinner, not after.

Check Miami hotel prices for Thanksgiving week on Expedia

For the month around the holiday, our Miami in November guide covers Book Fair week and the season's soft opening, and the Miami in December guide picks up the story the following week.

Frequently asked questions

When is Thanksgiving in Miami in 2026?
Thursday, November 26, 2026. The long weekend runs Friday, November 27 to Sunday, November 29, and Zoo Lights opens on the Friday night.

Do Miami restaurants open on Thanksgiving Day?
Many do, especially hotel restaurants. Five verified 2026 seatings are listed above with hours and prices, from a $59 three course menu at Truluck's to the $85 harvest buffet in Sunny Isles Beach. All need reservations, and the set price seatings are the easiest to budget.

What is the weather like in Miami at Thanksgiving?
Late November is the start of the dry season, with daytime highs typically in the upper 70s. It is beach weather by northern standards; pack one layer for a front morning and keep the beach kit in the bag.

Is Thanksgiving weekend a good time to visit Miami?
Yes, if you book the two things that sell out: the Thanksgiving dinner and the hotel room. The weekend stacks a parade, a turkey trot, opening night of the holiday lights and full tour schedules into four days, at rates below the December Art Basel and Christmas peaks.

Keep planning

Roll straight into the season with the Christmas in Miami guide, place the weekend in the month with Miami in November, compare bases on the Miami hotels hub, and see what else is on in the Miami events hub.