Major casino resorts, downtown hotels, and Sparks waterfront dining serve holiday buffets and prix fixe meals on Thanksgiving Day. If you plan to head into the Sierra for dinner, North and South Lake Tahoe properties offer seated dining, though mountain pass weather will dictate travel.
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Reno Thanksgiving Dining and Casino Buffets
Reno properties host seated multi-course menus and all-you-can-eat buffets across the city:
- Grand Sierra Resort: The Grand Buffet features traditional holiday items and desserts. Grand Café serves a turkey dinner with stuffing, mashed potatoes, and cranberry sauce. Charlie Palmer Steak offers a three-course prix fixe dinner.
- Atlantis Casino Resort Spa: Toucan Charlie’s Buffet & Grille serves a carving station and specialty brunch. The Grand Ballroom hosts a morning gourmet brunch with seafood and carving stations. Bistro Napa and Atlantis Steakhouse both serve four-course dinners featuring slow-roasted organic turkey breast or turkey breast roulade. Purple Parrot and Manhattan Deli also offer holiday menus.
- THE ROW (Eldorado & Silver Legacy): At Eldorado, Roxy serves a three-course meal ending with pumpkin spiced trifle. La Strada offers charred short ribs or turkey dinner with apple walnut strudel. The Brew Brothers features a three-course roast turkey meal. Next door at Silver Legacy, Ramsay's Kitchen serves roasted turkey plates and leg of lamb, while Café Central provides a pre-fixed menu.
- J Resort: The Buffet prepares carved turkey, pineapple glazed ham, crab legs, and sage stuffing. J Paul's Italian Steakhouse offers a pre-set three-course meal.
- Café Whitney: Located inside the Whitney Peak Hotel, Café Whitney serves a three-course prix fixe menu including butter lettuce salad, an entrée choice of oven-roasted turkey, roasted rack of pork, or mushroom ravioli, and pumpkin pie or gingerbread cookies with ice cream.
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Sparks Thanksgiving Dining
- Sparks Water Bar: Serves a holiday feast alongside its standard dinner menu. Starters include roasted butternut squash bisque or raspberry pear salad. Main courses feature slow-roasted tom turkey or honey pineapple glazed ham, followed by French apple pie or pumpkin pie with ice cream.
Sierra and Lake Tahoe Thanksgiving Dinners
If traveling into the mountains for dinner, expect winter driving over Sierra summits.
Cameras on the I-80 corridor between Reno and Truckee.
- Palisades Tahoe (Olympic Valley): Olympic House at 1960 Olympic Valley Road hosts a buffet from 2:30 PM to 8:00 PM with seatings at 2:30 PM and 5:30 PM. Tickets run $95 plus tax and gratuity for adults (13+) and $29 for children ages 5 to 12. Children 4 and under are free but require a reservation seat. Access via I-80 road conditions toward Truckee and take SR-89 road conditions south.
- Granlibakken Tahoe (Tahoe City): Located at 725 Granlibakken Road. Dinner costs $72 per adult (excluding 18% service fee and tax), 50% off for kids ages 6 to 12, and free for ages 5 and under. The buffet includes herb-brined roast turkey, cedar plank roasted salmon, plant-based meatballs, wild mushroom crostata, and pies.
- South Lake Tahoe: Casino and waterfront dining options include Ciera Steak + Chophouse and Del Soul at Bally’s Lake Tahoe, Friday’s Station at Harrah’s Lake Tahoe, The Sage Room, Gordon Ramsay Hell’s Kitchen, and Wolf by Vanderpump inside Caesars Republic, plus Riva Grill on the Lake and Zephyr Cove Restaurant. Takeout options include whole turkeys from Overland Meat Company, hot family meals from Lake Tahoe Chart House, and pre-ordered holiday catering from Cork & More and Whole Foods.