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Every day in December · Pickup or delivery
Fresh roasted turkey or tender beef brisket, fully cooked and hot. The turkey is carved and the brisket is sliced, so everything is ready to serve. Pickup in Clairemont Mesa or delivery across San Diego County. Christmas Eve until 3 PM, Christmas Day 9 AM to 7 PM.
When you can order
Order at least 48 hours before your pickup or delivery date. Christmas Eve and Christmas Day slots are first come, first served, while they last.
For families & holiday tables
Each dinner serves 10 to 12 with your choice of two homestyle sides, hot in covered aluminum pans and ready to serve. About $20 to $25 a person. Same dinners and same prices as Thanksgiving.
Most popular
Christmas & Hanukkah favorite
Holiday classicHoliday dinners are served exactly as described, with no substitutions, and we cannot accommodate allergies or dietary restrictions. Vegetarian guests: our eggplant vegetable mix is vegan; ask when ordering.
Add to any dinner
Feeding 15 to 20? Order two dinners, or one dinner plus an a la carte turkey or brisket and an extra side.
Simple process
We have been cooking holiday dinners for San Diego families since 2001. Zero cooking. Zero carving. Zero guesswork.
Order online, or call or text (858) 353-5528, at least 48 hours before your pickup or delivery date. Tell us which dinner, your sides, any pies, and your preferred time.
Your turkey, brisket or ham is cooked for the time you request, never frozen, never reheated, never made the day before. The turkey is carved and the brisket and ham are sliced before packing. Sides are made from scratch the same morning.
Your dinner leaves our kitchen hot in covered aluminum pans, labeled and ready for the table, with gravy and cranberry sauce in separate containers.
For San Diego companies & offices
December is the busiest month of the year for office catering. The same carved turkey and sliced brisket come as a hot holiday buffet, delivered and set up at your workplace, or individual boxed holiday meals with a slice of pie. Or host the party in our private banquet room for up to 120 guests.
Trusted by offices across Kearny Mesa, Sorrento Valley, UTC, Mission Valley, Carmel Valley and Downtown San Diego.
What San Diego clients say
"We used them for catering and everything turned out great! The food was very nice as well as delivery and set up. Very reasonably priced and easy to work with prior to the event. Will definitely be using them again and recommend for your party needs."
"We have regularly used Elijah's as a source of take-out food for the past two years and have been consistently pleased with the quality, pricing, and reliability of their services. Elijah's is highly recommended."
Common questions
Something else? Call or text (858) 353-5528 and we will help you plan the order.
Yes. We cook and pack Christmas Day orders for the pickup or delivery slot you choose between 9:00 AM and 7:00 PM on Friday, December 25. Turkey is carved, brisket and ham are sliced, and everything is hot when it leaves our kitchen. Slots are first come, first served, while they last, so the earliest orders get first choice of time.
On Thursday, December 24 we take pickups and deliveries until 3:00 PM. Choose a morning or early afternoon slot when you order, and your dinner is cooked and packed for that time.
Yes, both days. Christmas Eve deliveries run until 3:00 PM and Christmas Day deliveries from 9:00 AM to 7:00 PM, across most of San Diego County. Delivery is priced by drive time, $19.95 to $74.95, and the exact fee shows when you enter your address in the online store. Holiday delivery slots are limited and book first, so order early.
Order at least 48 hours before your pickup or delivery date, for any date in December. There is no cutoff date; we take orders while slots last. Christmas Eve and Christmas Day fill first, so order early to get your preferred time. Call or text (858) 353-5528 as early as you can.
The Fresh Roasted Turkey Dinner is $239, the Beef Brisket Dinner is $269 and the Spiral Ham Dinner is $219. Each serves 10 to 12 with two sides, about $20 to $25 per person. Extra sides are $39.95 (half pan, serves 10-12), 9-inch apple or pumpkin pies $24.95, and dinner rolls and butter $9.95 a dozen. One price for every date from October 1 to December 31, including Christmas Eve and Christmas Day.
The turkey dinner is a whole 14 lb fresh roasted turkey, carved before packing. The brisket dinner is a full 5 lbs of sliced beef brisket with au jus. The ham dinner is a whole spiral sliced ham. Each serves 10 to 12 with two sides, gravy and cranberry sauce.
Each dinner serves 10 to 12. For a bigger table, add an a la carte turkey ($169.95) or brisket ($179.95) and an extra side ($39.95, half pan, serves 10-12), or order two dinners. A turkey dinner paired with a brisket dinner feeds 20 to 24 easily. Call or text (858) 353-5528 and we will help you size the order.
No. Holiday dinners are served exactly as described on this page, with your choice of two of the four sides. Onion and garlic are in most dishes and everything is prepared in large batches in shared pans, so we cannot accommodate allergies or dietary restrictions. Vegetarian guests can add our eggplant vegetable mix, which is vegan; ask when ordering.
Yes. The Beef Brisket Dinner is our Hanukkah dinner: a full 5 lbs of sliced brisket with au jus and two sides, serves 10 to 12, hot for pickup or delivery on any night of Hanukkah (the evening of Friday, December 4 through Saturday, December 12, 2026) with 48 hours' notice. Our Hanukkah catering page has platters and party trays.
Yes. For offices we deliver and set up a holiday buffet with carved turkey and sliced brisket from $21.95 per person (10-guest minimum), or individual boxed holiday meals at $24.95 for turkey or ham and $26.95 for brisket (10-meal minimum). Packages and prices are on our holiday party catering page.
Yes. The same dinners are available for Thursday, December 31 for pickup or delivery with 48 hours' notice. For a party, add appetizer trays or deli sandwich platters.
Payment is required at the time of your order, and we do not hold unpaid reservations. Order online through our catering store to pay by card, or call or text (858) 353-5528 to place your order over the phone. Full refunds are available if you cancel or change your order at least 72 hours (3 days) before your pickup or delivery time. After that your meal is already scheduled into our holiday cooking, so we can no longer offer refunds, but we will always do our best to work something out.
Packed in covered aluminum containers, your dinner will stay hot for at least 45 minutes to an hour on the drive home. If your drive is longer or you're picking up early, keep the containers covered and set your oven to 200°F to hold. Do not reheat at high temperatures or the turkey will dry out.
Pickup is at Elijah's Restaurant, 7061 Clairemont Mesa Blvd, Suite 210, San Diego, CA 92111. Suite 210 is on the ground floor with parking outside the door, so there are no stairs between our door and your car. We confirm your exact pickup time when you place your order.
Reserve your Christmas dinner
Carved turkey or sliced brisket, hot and ready to serve, any date in December. Order at least 48 hours ahead; Christmas Eve and Christmas Day slots are first come, first served, while they last.
