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If your Thanksgiving plans include a trip to Orlando and you’d rather not cook, Universal has you covered.

4 Universal Orlando hotels are serving Thanksgiving dinner buffets on Thursday, November 26, 2026, and the menus go well beyond the usual turkey and stuffing.

Here’s the full list. All prices are per person and don’t include tax and gratuity.

Trattoria del Porto at Loews Portofino Bay Hotel is an Italian-style buffet with prime rib carving, made-to-order pasta, sushi, oysters, and Italian desserts like gelato and cannolis. It’s $85 for adults and $35 for kids ages 3 to 9, from 12 PM to 9 PM.

The Kitchen at Hard Rock Hotel offers a buffet with honey-baked ham, shrimp, butternut squash soup, snow crab legs, and Nutella croissant bread pudding. It’s $80 for adults and $40 for kids ages 3 to 9, from 11 AM to 9 PM.

Amatista Cookhouse at Loews Sapphire Falls Resort serves a Caribbean-inspired spread with an iced raw bar, smoked seafood, local and imported cheeses, charcuterie, ceviche, churrasco beef, spiced stuffed chicken, and freshly baked pastries and pies. It’s $90 for adults and $45 for kids ages 3 to 9, from 12 PM to 9 PM.

Islands Dining Room at Loews Royal Pacific Resort serves a Pan-Asian-inspired buffet with sushi rolls, a stir-fry station, maple-bourbon glazed salmon, American staples, omelet and waffle stations, and seasonal desserts. It’s $90 for adults and $45 for kids ages 3 to 9, from 11 AM to 9 PM.

You can reserve through Resy or by calling 407-503-DINE (3463). All four restaurants offer parking validation with a $40 minimum purchase, and you don’t have to be a hotel guest to dine, so it works for anyone spending the holiday at the parks.

My favorite thing about this list is that it gives families a few very different Thanksgivings to choose from. If your crew wants a traditional feast with a twist, the prime rib at Portofino Bay or the honey-baked ham at Hard Rock fits the bill, and the Nutella croissant bread pudding sounds like the dessert everyone will fight over. If your family would rather go off the traditional path, Sapphire Falls and Royal Pacific have raw bars, ceviche, and sushi. The buffet format works well for kids who are picky eaters, and the longer hours mean you can plan dinner around park time instead of the other way around. There’s only a $10 difference between the cheapest and priciest adult price, so I’d choose based on the menu and book soon if one stands out.

We’ll keep sharing holiday dining and travel news for Orlando. Keep checking back with us here at Theme Park Scope, and tell us in the comments which buffet you’d pick for Thanksgiving dinner.