21 Los Angeles Restaurants To Order Your Entire Thanksgiving Feast

Let's be honest — the best part about Thanksgiving is eating all the delicious food. The cooking? Not so much. Hours spent in the kitchen preparing and cooking dish after dish is exhausting to even the most seasoned of cooks, not to mention the clean-up after. Luckily, restaurants have caught on to this and many have started to offer entire Thanksgiving feasts available for pick-up.

Maybe you just want to grab a few sides to make your life a little easier, or maybe you want to pick up the entire meal so you don't have to worry about a thing. Either way, there's a restaurant on this list that has just what you need. Some places are offering each item a la carte, and others, the entire feast as a complete package. From Santa Monica to Pasadena, there is sure to be a place to order your entire Thanksgiving feast nearby.

Over in Atwater Village is a neighborhood favorite, The Village Bakery and Cafe, where the team is serving up awesome baked goods and tasty breakfast and lunch items all day. For Thanksgiving, The Village Bakery is offering complete dinners for two to six people, as well as a whole slew of individual, a la carte items. The Thanksgiving packages include roasted turkey breast, turkey gravy, stuffing, cranberry sauce, garlic mashed potatoes, green beans with wild mushrooms and crispy shallots, rustic rolls, and a pumpkin pie.

Everything in the package is available individually, as well as other items like a vegetarian nut loaf, a parsnip and apple soup, and a shaved Brussels sprout salad. Of course, The Village Bakery is also offering a wide range of desserts, including seven types of pie (with gluten-free variations available) and three kinds of cake. There are even raw pie crusts in tin plates so you can bake them at home the easy way. Pick-up times are available on November 22 and 23, as well as November 24 from 8 a.m. to 11 a.m.

Over in La Brea is a Texas-style barbecue joint that's putting its own spin on Thanksgiving. Slab BBQ is once again offering up a complete Thanksgiving package with plenty of emphasis on smoky barbecue flavors. The total package costs $275, and that will include a whole smoked turkey that serves four to six, along with turkey gravy, house barbecue sauce, cranberry sauce, mashed potato, cornbread stuffing, macaroni and cheese, collard greens, dinner rolls, and a choice of pumpkin or pecan pie. Additional upgrades include two pounds of smoked brisket or another whole smoked turkey, so you have enough for leftovers.

It's a one-and-done deal, so you can't order a la carte options. If you're ready to go all-in on a barbecue Thanksgiving, head over to Tock to pre-order now.

Etta is one of the great neighborhood restaurants of Culver City, serving up wood-fired Italian delights daily. For Thanksgiving, the chef brings his signature flavors to the holiday feast in a convenient take-out kit. This is a complete, prepaid package that serves four for $250. The kit comes with cooking and preparation instructions to finish the meal up right before serving. The meal starts with black truffle Parker House rolls and a Brussels sprout salad with pistachios and herb vinaigrette.

The main course is a fire-roasted turkey breast and thigh with sweet onion gravy, potato puree, and leek and mushroom stuffing. Of course, because it's Etta, a Neapolitan ragu lumache is also on the menu, along with charred sweet potatoes and a pear and cranberry cobbler to finish it off (along with burnt cinnamon ice cream). Pick-up times are on November 22 and 23 between 11 a.m. and 3 p.m. Get a head start and order now before all the slots are sold out.

Another restaurant in Culver City is bringing the heat this holiday. Akasha calls itself "New American," and the menu ranges from Italian pasta to South Asian curries. Like years in the past, Akasha is offering a local market-sourced Thanksgiving take-and-bake meal. All dishes are created for re-heating and instructions come with the package. Unfortunately, due to shortages, the team at Akasha is not offering turkeys this year. However, all of the sides are available.

Choices include three different stuffings (classic, vegan, and gluten-free), mashed potatoes, candied sweet potatoes, roasted mushrooms, macaroni and cheese, cauliflower gratin, as well as gravies and cranberry chutney. Akasha has some of the best options in town for the vegan and gluten-free crowd, including pies and bread. Orders must be placed by November 16 at 3 p.m.

One of the fanciest spots to pick up Thanksgiving dinner this holiday season is most likely The Beverly Hills Hotel. This 5-star luxury hotel is one of the most iconic places to grab lunch in Beverly Hills, and the same chefs that churn out the delectable salads and burgers at the Polo Lounge are whipping up a dazzling Thanksgiving spread that serves six to eight people.

The prepaid package comes complete with an 18-pound roasted turkey, gravy, stuffing, buttered baby carrots, and green beans, maple glazed sweet potatoes, mashed potatoes with chives, charred Brussels sprouts, cranberry sauce, house-made rolls, and classic pumpkin pie. Pick-up times are available on Wednesday, November 23, and Thursday, November 24, between 10 a.m. and 5 p.m.

Chef Josiah Citrin's 14-seat restaurant Mélisse is one of the hottest tables in town, with a two-and-a-half hour culinary experience dazzling dinner guests night after night. If you can't get a reservation, no problem. This year the chef has written a Thanksgiving menu with all the same quality and creativity as the regular dinner menu.

The Thanksgiving menu starts with a fall green salad and traditional pumpkin soup. The main course includes both herb-roasted turkey with chanterelle mushrooms, apple, and brioche Stuffing, and a dry-aged prime rib with horseradish jus. It wouldn't be Thanksgiving without sides, and chef Josiah's mom has inspired the selection: praline pecan yams, Szechuan green beans, mashed potatoes, and fresh cranberry sauce. Dessert includes both apple and spiced pumpkin pie.

The prepaid package is $300 and serves two. Optional add-ons to the package include a selection of batched cocktails and a solid list of wines expertly chosen by the house sommeliers.

Nonna Mercato is the Italian market and bakery in Long Beach where you can get artisan loaves of bread, fresh pasta, viennoiserie, brunch, lunch, and cocktails every day (except Monday) from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m.

This year, Nonna Mercato has a Thanksgiving dinner package for just $275 that feeds six people. It consists of organic roasted turkey breast with brown butter and rosemary, baked turkey leg rillette with breadcrumbs, gravy, mashed potatoes with roasted garlic, country bread stuffing, Brussels sprouts "al Forno" with guanciale, baked cacio pepe gnocchi, flaky butter rolls, and fresh cranberry sauce. Each package comes with a choice of pumpkin, apple, or chocolate pecan pie, and additional pies are available for an upcharge. Pick-up is on November 23 and everything comes ready to simply heat and serve.

In downtown Santa Ana, chef John Parker is whipping up seasonally-based dishes with creative flair night after night. For the Thanksgiving holiday, he brings his expertise to a take-and-bake menu available for preorder on Tock.

The menu is completely a la carte, and consists of options like a Wagyu fat confit turkey, with two pounds of heritage confit turkey meat perfectly prepared and ready to be crisped in your oven before serving, as well as a 2-pound bone-in short rib, black truffle potato gratin, or mushroom and gruyere stuffing. Other sides include items like slow-roasted sweet potatoes, hot honey-roasted carrots, classic cranberry sauce, and fluffy skillet cornbread with honey butter. Desserts range from classic to unexpected, like burnt basque cheesecake and mini pumpkin pies.

Joan's On Third is the part-market-part-restaurant lunch hotspot that every Los Angeles resident must visit at least once. Whether it be for a chocolate chip cookie, or a soft and fluffy breakfast burrito, Joan's has a reputation for quality and reliability. As in years past, the team at Joan's is offering a full Thanksgiving menu available completely a la carte. Grab a side to pass off as homemade for your family get-together, or pick up a full meal so you can spend more time watching football.

The menu has a little bit of everything, from whole roasted turkeys to macaroni and cheese, to maple brown sugar yams. There is also butter lettuce salad with French feta and Joan's vinaigrette and butternut squash and pear soup, for a break from the traditional. Don't forget the pies, which are as beautiful to look at as they are delicious to eat.

Another one of the great all-day dining establishments of Santa Monica is Lunetta, with its awesome signature cocktails and dazzling brunch spread. For this year's Thanksgiving, Lunetta has created a very special holiday take-out menu with plenty of non-traditional options (if you're sick of the same old dishes), as well as beloved classics.

The menu starts off with a choice between seared diver scallops, an organic beet and tangerine salad, roasted chestnut soup, or crab cakes with apple agnolotti. The main course is a choice between the classic maple and herb roasted turkey (complete with candied yams, potato gratin, country bread stuffing, and gravy), a six-hour slow-cooked osso buco, or pan-roasted Atlantic black bass with tarragon gnocchi and mushrooms. Pricing is available per person, which makes Lunetta a great option if you have an irregular or an odd number of guests. Orders have to be placed by Friday, November 20.