Best Hanukkah Takeout & Catering in NYC (2026)
Brisket dinners, party-size latke orders, smoked-fish spreads and sufganiyot worth planning ahead for.
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A good Hanukkah order should leave you with a full table, not a second cooking project. Sometimes that means brisket, soup and enough latkes for the whole family. Sometimes it means smoked salmon, bagels and a tray of something hot. And sometimes the smart move is to cook dinner yourself and outsource every last potato pancake.
This guide covers all three, from dinner for two to a staffed party, and the table below shows which kitchens are certified kosher. Hanukkah 2026 starts at sundown on Friday, December 4, and ends Saturday night, December 12. The first and eighth nights both land on a Friday, when sundown comes around 4:30 p.m., so settle those pickups first. Some 2026 holiday menus are still coming, so confirm your date and final menu when you order.
Where to Order Hanukkah Takeout and Catering in NYC
| Kitchen | Area | Format | Kosher | Starts at | Order by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2nd Ave Deli | Murray Hill, Upper East Side | Deli platters, mini latkes | Certified | Mini latkes $5.95 each, 24 minimum | Call ahead for latkes |
| Liebman's Deli | Riverdale | Dinner for 10 | Kosher deli, ask about supervision | $395 for 10 | Up to 36 hours on some items |
| Ben's Kosher Delicatessen | Bayside | Family dinners for six | Certified | $169.74 for 6 | Call the catering team |
| Mill Basin Deli | Mill Basin | Dinner for 10, party packages | Certified | Call for prices | 48 hours |
| Talia's Steakhouse | Upper West Side | Holiday catering, full service | Glatt certified | By quote | Order form or call |
| BKLYN Larder | Prospect Heights | Heat-at-home dinner | No | Latkes $55 a dozen | 48 hours |
| Eli Zabar | Upper East Side | Holiday catering | No | By quote | Call catering |
| Grace's Marketplace | Upper East Side | Mains, sides, full service | No | By quote | Call catering |
| Red Table Catering | Williamsburg | Staffed events | Kosher-style only | Custom proposal | Inquiry |
| Mile End Delicatessen | Boerum Hill | Build-your-own dinner | No | $37 for half a pound of brisket and six latkes | Catering menu or call |
| PJ Bernstein | Upper East Side | Individual dinners | No | Brisket dinner $30.95 | Order direct or call |
| Russ & Daughters | Lower East Side, Hudson Yards, Brooklyn Navy Yard | Latkes and smoked fish | No | $40 for 12 latkes | Online or call |
| Shelsky's of Brooklyn | Cobble Hill | Latkes and appetizing | No | Salmon platter $28 per person, 8 minimum | 24 hours |
| Zabar's | Upper West Side | Smoked fish platters | No | $229 for 10 | 48 hours |
| Sarge's Delicatessen | Murray Hill | Mini latkes, party food | No | $46.30 for 25 mini latkes | 24 hours |
| Katz's Delicatessen | Lower East Side | Pastrami platters | No | See catering menu | 24 hours |
| Breads Bakery | Union Square and other Manhattan branches | Sufganiyot, babka, latkes | No | Babka platter $46 | 48 hours or more |
| Michaeli Bakery | Lower East Side, Upper East Side | Kosher sufganiyot | Certified | Priced in store | Walk in |
| Modern Bread & Bagel | Five Manhattan neighborhoods | Gluten-free spreads | Certified | Catering boxes for 10–20 | 48 hours |
Complete Hanukkah Dinners and Full-Service Catering
These kitchens can handle the whole meal, from a set dinner for six to a staffed party.
2nd Ave Deli
162 E 33rd St, New York, NY 10016, USA
Roast chicken platters, chopped liver and mini latkes with apple cover most of a family table, and noodle kugel and babka finish it. The mini latkes need a call ahead and a 24-piece minimum. Platters come cold, so ask about reheating when you order. The deli is certified kosher. Order: 212-689-9000 (Murray Hill) or 212-737-1700 (Upper East Side).
Liebman's Deli
552 W 235th St, Bronx, NY 10463, USA
The Complete Jewish Delicatessen Dinner feeds 10 for $395, with two appetizers, two mains, two sides, coleslaw, pickles and rye. Go with brisket and roast chicken. Latkes aren't one of the sides, so add the à la carte tray at $42 for six. Some dishes need 36 hours' notice, and delivery adds an 8% gratuity. Liebman's is the Bronx's last kosher deli and stays open on Shabbat, so ask about supervision if that matters at your table. Order: 718-548-4534. Call Riverdale, not the Ardsley restaurant.
Ben's Kosher Delicatessen
211-37 26th Ave, Bay Terrace, NY 11360, USA
The roast brisket dinner feeds six for $169.74 with gravy, egg barley and mushrooms, vegetable medley, rye, a relish bowl and a deli side salad. Roasted chickens run $143.94 and stuffed cabbage $169.74. Large potato pancakes can replace a side, sometimes at an extra charge, and bigger parties can scale up by arrangement. Order: 718-229-2367.
Mill Basin Deli
5823 Avenue T, Brooklyn, NY 11234, USA
Dinner for 10 is close to a full holiday meal: matzo ball soup, two rotisserie chickens, brisket in gravy, kasha varnishkes, potato salad or mashed potatoes, slaw and rye. Add the 36-piece potato pancake tray and you're done. Mill Basin needs 48 hours' notice and is closed Mondays, so December 7 is out. Order: 718-241-4910.
Talia's Steakhouse
668 Amsterdam Ave, New York, NY 10025, USA
This glatt kosher menu goes well past deli food, with Moroccan salmon, Yemenite chicken and potato bourekas alongside latkes, brisket, soups and sufganiyot. Everything is packed cold. You can pick up, get drop-off within 15 blocks, or book full service with servers and china. The regular menu stops at 5 p.m. on Fridays, and the restaurant reopens about an hour after Shabbat on Saturdays. Order: 212-580-3770 or info@taliassteakhouse.com.
BKLYN Larder
228 Flatbush Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11217, USA
This is the pick for a planned, oven-ready dinner. The December menu covers latkes at $55 a dozen, braised brisket at $95, whole roast chicken at $30 and matzo ball soup at $25, and the food arrives cold with reheating instructions. Order at least 48 hours ahead, and expect a 10% gratuity on catering items. Manhattan delivery takes a separate call. Order: catering@bklynlarder.com.
Eli Zabar
1411 3rd Ave, New York, NY 10028, USA
Eli's suits a host who wants one team handling soup, mains, small bites and dessert. Past Hanukkah menus have included brisket, roast chicken, regular and mini potato pancakes and jelly doughnuts. Ask for the 2026 menu before you budget. Eli's isn't kosher, and it's a separate business from Zabar's on Broadway. Order: 212-717-8100, ext. 9.
Grace's Marketplace
1299 2nd Ave, New York, NY 10065, USA
Grace's works for a mixed order when guests are bringing some of the food. First-cut brisket and mini potato pancakes, with sweet potato available, sit on the regular catering menu, and past holiday menus have added matzo ball soup, kugel and tsimmes. The team can also supply waiters and rentals. Its Kosher Style Dinner isn't certified, and Greenvale menus don't apply to the Manhattan store. Order: 212-737-0600 or GracesCaterNYC@gmail.com.
Red Table Catering
631 Grand St, Brooklyn, NY 11211, USA
Once the guest list calls for staff, rentals or a bar, you've outgrown a takeout order. Red Table caters Chanukah with Ashkenazi and Sephardic influences, including latkes, challah and cured or smoked fish. The food is kosher-style and Red Table doesn't keep a kosher kitchen, so it won't work for guests who need supervision. Catering only, no pickup counter. Order: 718-714-8627. Say whether you need food only, setup or staffed service.
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Hanukkah Dinner for One or Two
You don't need a dinner for 10 to do this properly. Both of these let you order in small amounts, and the Hanukkah Dinner Collection from Zabar's, listed below, serves two to three.
Mile End Delicatessen
97 Hoyt St, Brooklyn, NY 11217, USA
Mile End sells a real holiday dinner in small amounts. Braised brisket with jus is $19 for a half pound or $38 for a pound, which serves two to three, and latkes are $18 for six. Add savory noodle kugel at $25 or roasted Brussels sprouts at $24. Ask for the braised brisket by name, because the smoked meat is a different dish. The brisket is gluten-free, but the latkes contain flour and eggs. Order: Mile End's catering menu or 718-852-7510.
PJ Bernstein
1215 3rd Ave, New York, NY 10021, USA
You can get Hanukkah here without touching a catering menu. The regular menu has matzo ball soup, roast chicken, stuffed cabbage, a three-piece latke order and a $30.95 brisket dinner with a latke or kasha varnishkes. Get soup, brisket and extra latkes to share. PJ Bernstein isn't kosher, and it's worth asking about a holiday menu for bigger orders. Order: PJ Bernstein's direct ordering or 212-879-0914.
Latkes, Smoked Fish and Sufganiyot
These are the places to go when latkes, a spread or dessert is the whole assignment. Check the table above before you assume any of them can handle dinner.
Russ & Daughters
179 E Houston St, New York, NY 10002, USA
A latke-and-smoked-fish party starts here. Latkes run $18 for five or $40 for 12, and you can build out with smoked salmon, whitefish salad, bagels and babka. All three shops close at 4 p.m., including on December 4. Order from a shop, not the Orchard Street café. Order: local online ordering, catering platters or 212-475-4880. Locations: 179 East Houston Street; 502 West 34th Street; 141 Flushing Avenue, Brooklyn Navy Yard.
Shelsky's of Brooklyn
141 Court St, Brooklyn, NY 11201, USA
Peter Shelsky's latkes have won the People's Choice award at Latke Festival, so make them the event here. Latkes aren't on the catering platter menu, so ask what's available for 2026, including the sweet potato and celery root version. Round them out with a salmon platter at $28 per person. Catering needs 24 hours' notice, and delivery minimums are $150 in Brooklyn and $300 in Manhattan. Order: 718-855-8817. Call Court Street, not the Fourth Avenue bagel shop.
Zabar's
2245 Broadway, New York, NY 10024, USA
Zabar's smoked-fish platters are built for a daytime gathering or a relaxed night of bagels. The Nova Only platter is $229 for 10, and the Famous Smoked Fish platter adds sable, whitefish and kippered salmon for $279. For a smaller table, the $149 Hanukkah Dinner Collection serves two to three with brisket, latkes, applesauce, noodle pudding, cauliflower, cookies and babka, and it ships overnight. Catering needs 48 hours' notice. Order: 212-787-2000, Monday to Saturday, 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Sarge's Delicatessen
548 3rd Ave, New York, NY 10016, USA
Sarge's is built for a party where people stand, talk and keep drifting back to the food. Twenty-five mini latkes with apple sauce are $46.30, and franks in blankets and mini potato knishes round out the hot tray. Brisket with gravy, mashed potato and creamed spinach is $30.85 per person with a five-person minimum. Sarge's isn't kosher. Order: 212-679-0442 or catering@sargesdeli.com.
Katz's Delicatessen
205 E Houston St, New York, NY 10002, USA
Pick Katz's for a casual party built around pastrami, like an office gathering or a night with friends. The catering menu has hot and cold sandwich platters, carved meat, knishes and babka, but no latkes, so plan those elsewhere. It asks for 24 hours' notice and delivers to Manhattan south of 96th Street as standard. Katz's isn't kosher. Order: catering@katzsdelicatessen.com or 212-254-2246.
Breads Bakery
18 E 16th St, New York, NY 10003, USA
Breads is the easy separate dessert stop. Its sufganiyot come back every Hanukkah, usually in several flavors, so get a mixed box, and it fries latkes for the holiday too. Babka and rugelach platters are $46 each year-round. Breads isn't certified kosher, and catering may need 48 hours or more. Order: 212-633-2253, ext. 2, or catering@breadsbakery.com. Locations: 18 East 16th Street, 1294 Third Avenue and 1890 Broadway, among other Manhattan branches.
Michaeli Bakery
115A Division St, New York, NY 10002, USA
This is the kosher sufganiyot stop, with a rotating mix baked throughout Hanukkah. Michaeli is IKC-certified and closed on Shabbat, so plan around both Fridays. Sufganiyot have been walk-in only, so go early. Locations: 115A Division Street, Lower East Side; 401 East 90th Street, Upper East Side.
Modern Bread & Bagel
472 Columbus Ave, New York, NY 10024, USA
Start here when gluten-free food needs to anchor the meal. The facility is 100% gluten-free and IKC-certified kosher, and catering covers bagels, smoked fish, salads and pastries. It has made gluten-free sufganiyot in past years. Catering takes 48 hours' notice. The Columbus Avenue branch closes for Shabbat, and the others stay open under a shtar mechira. Order: choose a branch on Modern's catering page. Locations: 472 Columbus Avenue; 1427 Third Avenue; 139 West 14th Street; 630 Lexington Avenue; 130 Duane Street.
How to Plan Your Hanukkah Order
Order latkes by size, not by the dozen
A tray of mini latkes and a dozen full-size pancakes are very different orders. Plan on two to three full-size latkes per adult alongside dinner, and more for a latke party.
Plan the oven before the pickup
Ask what arrives cold, what arrives hot and what needs your own baking dishes. Latkes reheat best on their own, not under foil with the brisket, so follow the kitchen's instructions.
Settle both Fridays early
Shabbat starts at sundown on December 4 and December 11, and some kitchens close early or shut completely. Lock in a pickup time before you tell guests when to arrive. A week ahead is a sensible target for a large order, even when the posted notice is shorter.
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