Holidays at Hawksmoor Boston

Our first festive season in Fort Point. Thanksgiving, holiday parties & NYE.

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An overhead shot of a table generously laden with steaks and seafood; a skillet with a sharing steak being passed in the foreground.

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The British are coming. For the holidays this time.

New on Necco Street, and going straight for the big ones: Thanksgiving, the holiday party, New Year’s Eve.

We have been cooking beef over live fire in London since 2006, buying from farms that raise cattle properly and then trying very hard not to get in the way. That is the whole trick, and it does not change during the holidays.

Between now and then it looks like this: Thanksgiving Day from 11:45am, featuring our full menu, plus the only time you’ll get our Ultimate Sharing Roast outside a Sunday. It’s the biggest thing we cook. Friendsgiving on either side of it, Sunday for a roast or any day for steak.

Private dining options for your h oliday parties for 14 to 100 through November and December, looking out over the Fort Point Channel, with no hire fee on any of them.

Our doors open on New Y ear’s Eve, and open again on New Year’s Day for a slow lunch, which is the kindest thing anybody can do for you on January 1.

The table plans, the dietaries, the wine, the timings, the bit where somebody stands up and makes a speech that runs long: all ours. You just turn up. That is the whole arrangement.

For parties of 14 or fewer, you can book a table right now and get an immediate confirmation. For larger groups, please make an inquiry and our team will be in touch shortly.

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Thanksgiving dinner in Boston

Thursday, November 26. Open 11:45am to 8pm, Fort Point.

A room over the water with the light going early, beef cooked over charcoal and live fire, and sides landing in the middle of the table because that is the only sensible way to eat them. Nobody peels anything, nobody stands over a timer, nobody is still in the kitchen at ten. You arrive, you sit down, and the rest is ours.

The Ultimate Sharing Roast, on a Thursday. It is a Sunday dish, and this is the only Thursday it runs. Our Sunday roast has twice been voted the best in the UK by The Observer. and this is that with the volume turned to 11: a generous board for the center of the table, roast rib of beef cooked over open fire and carved thick, crisp beef-dripping potatoes, giant Yorkshire puddings, buttered greens, cauliflower cheese, proper bone marrow gravy and horseradish with real bite.

The full à la carte runs alongside it, so a dry-aged steak by the window is a perfectly good Thanksgiving too. No turkey, which we accept is quite a position to take on this of all days. And if you miss it, it is back on Sunday.

If Thanksgiving Day is already spoken for, Hawksmoor makes a great option for Friendsgiving. If on a Sunday, Roast is the call. Any other day, our sharing steaks and generous sides are a unique spin on a Thanksgiving feast. If your Friendsgiving has grown past a normal table – extended friends, plus-ones, the whole group chat – our private dining rooms mean nobody gets left off the invite. The best part? No cleaning up after the big meal. Well, really the best part is sharing incredible food with the ones you love most.

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A large pile of roast beef on a plate, topped with Yorkshire puddings on a dark brown wooden table.

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HOLIDAY PARTIES & PRIVATE DINING in Fort Point

This is our first holiday season in Fort Point, and we can think of no better way to meet the neighborhood than by hosting its parties. The water, the lights on the Channel, and a short way in from South Station or the Seaport before anyone has to think too hard about the weather. Rooms for fourteen, rooms for forty, and the whole building if it comes to that. No hire fee on any of them. Minimum spends flex by room, date and headcount, so tell us what you have in mind and we will work backwards from there.

A dedicated events organizer from the first email to the last plate. Menus built from what we are actually good at. Wine chosen by our sommeliers, at a price you are comfortable with, with no sighing from anybody. Coat and bag check, AV in every event space, and a team who will quietly manage every detail.

Vegetarians, vegans and every dietary requirement planned for properly, not bolted on at the end.

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EXPLORE OUR PRIVATE DINING & EVENT SPACES

Lobster

Boston

Named after a champion Boston-born bull, which is a sentence we enjoy typing. Jewel tones, leather club chairs, plug-and-play AV for the slides nobody asked for. The room for fourteen people who came to talk to each other.

Best for: Thanksgiving with the immediate family, year-end client dinners, small holiday parties.

14 seated

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Duchess of Boston

Boston

Named after a champion Boston Devon cow, and the only one of our rooms with a view of the Fort Point Channel. Curtains pull when the conversation gets interesting. Its own serving team, so the evening runs without anyone having to run it.

Best for: company holiday parties, the big family Thanksgiving, New Year's Eve groups.

40 seated · 50 standing

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The Bar: High-Top Tables

Boston

A dedicated event server, so nobody spends the night holding a twenty in the air. Cocktails from a bar that takes them seriously, snacks that are better than they need to be, and a room with a pulse.

Best for: office holiday drinks, December cocktail receptions, client entertaining near the Seaport.

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Sunday roast at Hawksmoor: roast beef with a Yorkshire pudding, roast potatoes and greens, with gravy and side dishes on a shared table

The Bar: Window Banquet

Boston

Built-in banquet seating with a window to look out of. The low-key option, for a group that wants a corner rather than a ceremony.

Best for: team holiday drinks with a table to put them on, small December get-togethers in Fort Point.

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Main Dining Room

Boston

Bigger, looser, unmistakably ours. The one for the party where half the guest list has never met and everyone leaves having got on better than expected.

Best for: large company holiday parties, December group dining in Boston, conference dinners in the Seaport.

80 seated · 80 standing

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A room full of smartly dressed people, having fun, dancing and drinking cocktails, under disco balls and purple lights.

Full Venue Buyout

Boston

Nobody in the building who was not invited. The bar, the dining room, every window over the Channel, the whole team, yours from the door inwards.

Best for: company-wide holiday parties, full venue hire, a Fort Point restaurant buyout for the whole team.

100 seated with a cocktail hour

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A note on the terrace

It seats 36 and it is the best seat in Fort Point from May onward. In December it is a lovely thing to look at. We will see you out there in the spring.

Our Holiday Group Menus

Our group menus start where every Hawksmoor menu starts. Buy the best, cook it over fire, try not to get in the way.

Steaks arrive in the middle of the table in cast-iron skillets, sliced thick and properly rested, because a steak that turns up whole on one person’s plate is a meal and a steak carved for the table is an evening. Around them, beef-dripping fries, sides that get fought over and sauces that earn the space they take up. For parties on their feet the format changes and the standard does not, with canapes and sharing plates built to be eaten one-handed while the other hand holds a drink.

That drink should probably be a martini at 10°F, cold enough to be a talking point and strong enough to make the introductions easier. After that, a wine list our sommeliers built and a team who will find you something you actually enjoy at a price you are comfortable with. Take a drinks package if you want the evening handled in advance, or run a tab and see how it goes.

And everyone eats. Vegetarians, vegans and every dietary requirement are planned into the menu rather than bolted onto the end of it. Tell us when you book, and nobody has to have a conversation about it at the table.

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Overhead spread of sliced steaks in cast-iron dishes with fries, lobster, watercress, sauces and cocktails on a wooden table

Gifting

Buying for someone who eats out constantly and already owns everything? A Hawksmoor Boston gift card is the rare gift that gets used rather than re-gifted. Digital cards are available any time through our online shop.

It also works the other way round. If you are the one being asked what you want this year, this is a straightforward answer to give.

And if somebody could not make it, or you would just rather not turn up empty-handed, take away a box of Sky Bar Tributes. Four hidden flavors after the candy bar first made at the NECCO factory down the road: vanilla, fudge, peanut and caramel. Identical on the outside, all different within. You know what Forrest’s mamma said.

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Two Hawksmoor gift cards on a table beside cast iron dishes of sliced steak and a glass of red wine

NEW YEAR'S EVE & NEW YEAR'S DAY

We are open on New Year’s Eve, Thursday, December 31. Steak, seafood, the cold end of the cocktail list, and a view over the water for the end of the year. Private rooms are available on the night for groups who would rather see the year out behind a closed door.

We are open on New Year’s Day, Friday, January 1. A slow start, something restorative, a long lunch with no obligations attached to it. The kindest thing you can do for yourself on January 1 is let somebody else cook.

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“Hawksmoor may have crossed the pond from London, but it clearly fits right in among the locals. Add a properly cooked steak and a very cold martini, and this British import feels less like a London transplant and more like it already knows its way around Boston”

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We are now taking Thanksgiving and holiday private dining & events inquiries . Tell us what you are planning, and our team will be in touch to discuss in more detail and help you get it booked

Frequently Asked Questions

Is Hawksmoor Boston open on Thanksgiving?

Yes. Hawksmoor Boston in Fort Point is open on Thanksgiving Day, Thursday, November 26, 2026, from 11:45am to 8pm. The full à la carte menu is available all day, along with the Ultimate Sharing Roast.

What time does Hawksmoor Boston open on Thanksgiving?

Hawksmoor Boston opens at 11:45am on Thanksgiving Day, Thursday, November 26, 2026, and serves until 8pm. Tables can be booked online at any time during that window.

What is on the Thanksgiving menu at Hawksmoor Boston?

The full à la carte menu, including dry-aged steak cooked over charcoal and live fire, seafood and sides, plus the Ultimate Sharing Roast: a board of roast rib of beef carved at the table with beef-dripping potatoes, Yorkshire puddings, buttered seasonal greens, cauliflower cheese, bone marrow gravy and horseradish.

What is the Ultimate Sharing Roast?

The Ultimate Sharing Roast is a sharing board of roast rib of beef cooked over open fire, rested and carved thick at the table, served with beef-dripping potatoes, giant Yorkshire puddings, buttered seasonal greens, cauliflower cheese, bone marrow gravy and horseradish. Hawksmoor created it for its US restaurants, inspired by the British Sunday roast.

Can I order the Ultimate Sharing Roast on any other day?

Yes. At Hawksmoor Boston the Ultimate Sharing Roast is served on Thanksgiving Day, Thursday, November 26, 2026, as well as every Sunday, alongside our traditional Sunday Roast.

Does Hawksmoor Boston serve turkey on Thanksgiving?

No. Thanksgiving at Hawksmoor is built around dry-aged beef cooked over live fire, with the Ultimate Sharing Roast of rib of beef carved for the table.

Can I book Hawksmoor Boston for Friendsgiving?

Yes. Friendsgiving groups can book on the Saturday or Sunday either side of Thanksgiving, on November 21 and 22 or November 28 and 29. Saturday is à la carte, and Sunday is the Hawksmoor Boston Sunday roast. Private rooms seat 14 and 40.

Is Hawksmoor Boston open on Christmas Day?

No. Hawksmoor Boston is closed on Christmas Day, Thursday, December 25, 2026. The restaurant is open as usual on the surrounding days.

Is Hawksmoor Boston open on New Year's Eve?

Yes. Hawksmoor Boston in Fort Point is open on New Year's Eve, Thursday, December 31, 2026, serving steak, seafood and cocktails with views across the Fort Point Channel.

Is Hawksmoor Boston open on New Year's Day?

Yes. Hawksmoor Boston is open on New Year's Day, Friday, January 1, 2027.

Does Hawksmoor Boston host holiday parties?

Yes. Hawksmoor Boston hosts holiday parties from 14 seated guests in the Lobster private dining room up to 100 seated for a full buyout of the restaurant. The Duchess of Boston seats 40, and the main dining room seats 80.

What private dining rooms does Hawksmoor Boston have?

Lobster (14 seated), the Duchess of Boston (40 seated or 50 standing) and the Bar Window Banquet (14 seated), plus the Bar high-top tables (28 seated, 32 standing), the main dining room (80 seated) and a full venue buyout for up to 100 seated. The waterfront terrace seats 36 in the warmer months.

Is there a hire fee for private dining at Hawksmoor Boston?

No. There is no hire fee for any space at Hawksmoor Boston. Private events run on a flexible minimum spend that depends on the room, the date and the size of the group.

How do I book a holiday party at Hawksmoor Boston?

Send a group inquiry through the holidays page or contact the events team directly. Smaller tables can be booked online through the reservations page.

Can Hawksmoor Boston cater for dietary requirements?

Yes. Tell us about any allergies or dietary requirements when you book or inquire, and the kitchen will plan around them. Vegetarian and vegan options are built into the group menus rather than added on request.

Where is Hawksmoor Boston?

Hawksmoor Boston is at 15 Necco Street, Boston, MA 02210, in Fort Point on the Fort Point Channel, a short walk from South Station, the Seaport and downtown Boston.

Can I buy a Hawksmoor Boston gift card?

Yes. Digital gift cards are available through the online shop at any time, and physical cards can be bought at the restaurant on Necco Street.