Grand National Drive on the Wednesday before Thanksgiving is rental cars and arriving relatives, and Park Avenue in Winter Park has had its lights up for a fortnight. Somewhere in between, a few thousand households are deciding whether this year's thanksgiving feast is worth four hours at an oven.
Tabla runs its Thanksgiving menu at four Central Florida locations from 25 to 29 November 2026, with a turkey dum biryani and a dessert coming to $29 together. This guide covers the menu, the five days it runs, the Thursday hours that catch people out, and which thanksgiving restaurants near me searches should actually land on.
Quick Summary
Tabla's Thanksgiving Special Menu runs 25 to 29 November 2026 at Tabla Orlando, Oviedo, Winter Park and Lake Nona. The Turkey Dum Biryani is $22 and the Pumpkin Delight is $7, so the pair comes to $29. Thanksgiving Day 2026 falls on Thursday 26 November. Call +1 407-248-9400 to book.
A Histroy Lesson
Two facts are worth having before anyone argues about what belongs on a Thanksgiving table.
The first one is local. St. Augustine claims a thanksgiving meal on 8 September 1565, fifty five years before the Pilgrims landed at Plymouth, which puts the original argument a couple of hours up the coast from Orlando rather than in New England.
The second is the menu. The 1621 accounts name venison, wildfowl, cod and corn. No pie, no potatoes, and five deer brought by the Wampanoag.
So the food thanksgiving feast rules everyone defends are mostly Victorian additions to a venison dinner. Keep that in mind when somebody at a Tabla table in Oviedo calls a spiced rice dish untraditional.
The $29 Order at Tabla
Here is the one to know, and it is the cheapest full plate on the holiday menu.
| Two dishes at Tabla | Price | |
| Turkey Dum Biryani | 22 | |
| Dessert Pumpkin Delight | 7 | |
| Together | 29 |
Dum means the pot is sealed and the steam cannot leave, so the turkey cooks in its own spice instead of drying out under foil. Whole turkey meat, white and dark, with basmati and Tabla's biryani masala.
That matters at a Thanksgiving table because the biryani is a complete meal rather than a centerpiece needing six sides to rescue it. Rice, meat and spice arrive on one plate and nothing else has to be ordered to make it work.
Then the dessert. A biscuit crumble base under pumpkin rabdi, nuts and pumpkin candy. Rabdi is milk reduced slowly until it thickens, so it reaches pumpkin pie's territory by a completely different road.
Every other route through the menu costs more for the same shape of meal:
- Turkey Tikka Sizzler and dessert, $30
- All four dishes, $62
- Turkey Dum Biryani and dessert, $29
A dollar is not the point. The point is that $29 is the cheapest way to eat a full turkey main and a dessert at Tabla Orlando, Oviedo, Winter Park or Lake Nona this November.
The Other Two Dishes
Some tables want the whole run rather than one plate, and the food thanksgiving feast menu at Tabla Orlando, Oviedo, Winter Park and Lake Nona is four dishes deep.
Marble Corn Tikki, $10. Crispy corn and potato tikki on a savoury corn chat with garlic aioli, finished with corn purée. Corn three ways on one plate, and the vegetarian dish on the holiday menu.
Turkey Tikka Sizzler, $23. White meat turkey tikka, served sizzling with mint chutney and jeera rice. A dollar more than the biryani, so the choice is texture rather than money.
| Thanksgiving dishes at Tabla | Price | |
| Marble Corn Tikki | $10 | |
| Turkey Tikka Sizzler | $23 | |
| Turkey Dum Biryani | $22 | |
| Dessert Pumpkin Delight | $7 | |
| All four | $62 |
The biryani is one pot with everything folded through it. The sizzler arrives loud, with the chutney on the side and the meat still cooking as it lands at the table.
Order the biryani if the table is sharing. Order the sizzler if you want your own plate and the noise.
Five Days, Not One Sitting
Nobody remembers that the original ran for three days, least of all the people compressing the whole holiday into one oven and one afternoon.
Tabla takes the longer view across Orlando, Oviedo, Winter Park and Lake Nona. The Thanksgiving menu runs 25 to 29 November, five days, with the holiday second in the run.
The Wednesday is the one to claim early at Tabla Orlando or Tabla Oviedo. Everybody is in town, nothing has been cooked, and every pan at home is spoken for.
It is also the night fewest people think to book, which is the whole reason to mention it.
What the Best Thanksgiving Restaurants Get Right
A holiday booking is not an ordinary booking, and the best restaurants on Thanksgiving tend to solve the same three problems.
- A window rather than a single sitting, so a late family has not missed it
- One decision at the table, because nobody wants to negotiate a menu with nine relatives
- Hours you can plan around, published in advance
The best thanksgiving restaurants cover the first two by design, and Tabla does it across Orlando, Oviedo, Lake Nona and Winter Park with a five day window and a four dish menu. The third is where you have to read carefully, because the Thursday hours have a gap in them.
| Location | Thursday hours | |
| Tabla Orlando | 11:30 AM to 3:00 PM, then 5:00 PM to 11:00 PM | |
| Tabla Oviedo | 11:30 AM to 3:00 PM, then 4:00 PM to 9:00 PM | |
| Tabla Lake Nona | 11:30 AM to 3:00 PM, then 4:00 PM to 9:00 PM | |
| Tabla Winter Park | 11:00 AM to 3:00 PM, then 4:00 PM to 9:00 PM |
A 3:30 PM Thanksgiving table does not exist at any of the four. A 2:00 PM lunch does, and so does a 5:30 PM dinner.
Tabla Orlando holds the late end at 11:00 PM while the other three stop at 9:00 PM, which makes Grand National Drive the answer for a family eating late. These are published weekly hours rather than holiday hours, so ring ahead.
Thanksgiving Restaurants Near Me: Tabla's Four Rooms
Most thanksgiving restaurants near me searches in Central Florida land on one of these four. The Thanksgiving menu runs at all of them from 25 to 29 November.
Tabla Orlando
5847 Grand National Drive, Orlando, FL 32819. Phone (407) 248-9400. The late one, open until 11:00 PM and the closest of the four to the convention centre and the International Drive hotels.
Tabla Oviedo
945 City Plaza Way Ste 1001, Oviedo, FL 32765. Phone (321) 966-8069. Saturday runs 11:30 AM to 10:00 PM and Sunday 11:30 AM to 9:00 PM.
Tabla Lake Nona
9971 Tagore Place Suite 9, Orlando, FL 32827. Phone (407) 743-2846. Same weekend pattern as Oviedo, Friday dinner to 10:00 PM.
Tabla Winter Park
216 N Park Ave # H, Winter Park, FL 32789. Phone (321) 422-0321. It opens at 11:00 AM rather than 11:30 AM, half an hour that matters in a week when somebody always wants to eat first.
Booking and Ordering Through the Week
Holiday week is the one time of year when turning up hopeful at Tabla Orlando, Oviedo, Lake Nona or Winter Park is a bad plan.
- Book the Wednesday and the Saturday, which carry the most traffic
- Call the location directly, since hours differ between the four
- Order online through each Tabla location page for pickup or delivery
- Confirm Thursday hours before travelling on 26 November
Pickup is the quiet workaround on the Thursday. The afternoon closure applies to the dining room, so a collected biryani sidesteps the 3:30 PM problem completely.
Before the Pot Is Opened
A sealed pot of turkey biryani broken open at the table on the Friday after Thanksgiving, white and dark meat folded through basmati with pumpkin rabdi waiting behind it, is a better argument for going out than anything involving a tin of cranberry sauce. Tabla's Thanksgiving feast runs 25 to 29 November at Orlando, Oviedo, Winter Park and Lake Nona, and the biryani with the dessert comes to $29.
Call +1 407-248-9400 to book your table, and claim the Wednesday before everybody else works out it is the good night.
FAQ
1. Where was the first Thanksgiving feast?
The widely taught answer is Plymouth, Massachusetts in 1621, though St. Augustine, Florida claims an earlier thanksgiving meal on 8 September 1565, fifty five years before the Pilgrims landed.
2. When does Tabla's Thanksgiving menu run?
The Thanksgiving Special Menu runs 25 to 29 November 2026 at Tabla Orlando, Tabla Oviedo, Tabla Winter Park and Tabla Lake Nona.
3. How much is the Turkey Dum Biryani and dessert together?
The Turkey Dum Biryani is $22 and the Pumpkin Delight is $7, so the two come to $29. It is the cheapest way to get a full turkey main and a dessert from the menu.
4. What is in the Turkey Dum Biryani?
Whole turkey meat, white and dark, cooked with Tabla's biryani masala and basmati rice. It is $22 and works as a full meal on its own.
5. What else is on Tabla's Thanksgiving menu?
Marble Corn Tikki at $10 and Turkey Tikka Sizzler at $23, alongside the biryani and the dessert. All four together are $62 per person.
When is Thanksgiving 2026? Thursday 26 November 2026, since the holiday falls on the fourth Thursday in November.
6. Is Tabla open on Thanksgiving Day?
Thursday hours are 11:30 AM to 3:00 PM and 5:00 PM to 11:00 PM at Tabla Orlando, with Oviedo, Lake Nona and Winter Park reopening at 4:00 PM and closing at 9:00 PM. Confirm holiday hours by phone.
7. Can I book a table at 3:30 PM on Thanksgiving?
No, all four locations close between 3:00 PM and either 4:00 PM or 5:00 PM. A 2:00 PM lunch or a 5:30 PM dinner works instead.
8. Is there a vegetarian dish on the Thanksgiving menu?
The Marble Corn Tikki at $10 is the vegetarian dish on the holiday menu. The regular menu runs alongside it across all five days.
9. Can I order the Thanksgiving menu for pickup?
Pickup and delivery run through the Tabla location pages for Orlando, Oviedo, Winter Park and Lake Nona. Call ahead on 26 November, since the dining room closes in the afternoon.
