Best Places for Thanksgiving and Holiday Meals in Orlando

Some Orlando, Florida restaurants are offering up Thanksgiving Day meals for all those who want to skip the hassle of preparing their own dinners at home.

Plantation Room Restaurant
At Celebration Hotel
700 Bloom Street
Celebration, FL

The Plantation Room Restaurant is a AAA Four-Diamond restaurant offering a Thanksgiving buffet this year. The menu will include traditional items like Black Forest honey-baked ham, butter-basted turkey and gravy, sweet potatoes and green bean casserole, as well as side dishes like acorn squash bisque with pumpkin seed oil, baked brie with cranberry and mango chutney. A child's buffet will also be available.

The cost for adults is $49 and $19 for children under 12. You can choose between three seatings: 11:30am, 2pm, or 5pm. Reservations are recommended and can be made by calling 407-566-6000.

Columbia Restaurant
649 Front Street
Celebration, FL

For more than 100 years this restaurant has been serving Thanksgiving dinner. You can enjoy a traditional meal of roast turkey, Columbia stuffing, vegetables, mashed potatoes, candied yams, cranberry sauce and giblet gravy. Dinner will also include a choice of soup or salad and pumpkin pie.

The cost for adults is $17.95 and $4.95 for children under 10. The dinner begins at 11am. Reservations are recommended and can be made by calling 407-566-1505.

McCormick & Schmick's Seafood Restaurant
4200 Conroy Road
Orlando, FL

This Thanksgiving, from 11am to 7p, McCormick & Schmick's will be offering a complete traditional turkey dinner. The menu looks like this: turkey, green bean casserole, candied yams, mashed potatoes, stuffing, cranberry sauce, gravy and butternut squash casserole.

The price is $19.95 per person. Reservations are recommended and can be made by calling 407-226-6515.

The Vineyard Grill
At The Ritz-Carlton Orlando, Grande Lakes
4012 Central Florida Parkway
Orlando, FL

Also offering a traditional holiday feast on Thanksgiving Day is The Vineyard Grill. From noon until 8pm feast upon turkey and fixings while listening to live entertainment.

The cost for adults is $69 and $32 for children. Reservations are required and can be made by calling 800-682-3665.

Villa de Flora Marketplace
At the Gaylord Palms Resort
6000 West Osceola Parkway
Kissimmee, FL

The Villa de Flora Marketplace is offering an all-day Thanksgiving Brunch. Their menu will vary throughout the day. The restaurant will feature antipasto, Mediterranean salads, brunch entrees, carved meats, a special "kiddie corner" and hand-made holiday desserts.

During the earlier hours of the day, enjoy traditional Eggs Benedict, fresh Belgian waffles, omelets, and apple crepes with dark cherries and roasted pecans.

Afternoon edibles include salmon and a holiday risotto bar. Traditional Thanksgiving treats will include sage-rubbed turkey breast, sage or oyster stuffing, buttermilk mashed potatoes, and sweet potato casserole.

The Brunch will be served from noon until 10pm. Prices are $38 per person for adults and $19 for children ages 3 to12. Reservations are recommended and can be made by calling 407-586-1114.

Happy Thanksgiving!