Hollywood star couple Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes celebrated their third wedding anniversary in advance with work commitments threatening to take them away from each other.

The pair, who tied the knot in a lavish affair in Italy on November 18, 2006 celebrated their third anniversary on Saturday night with a romantic Italian dinner at Boston's Bricco restaurant, People magazine online reported.

The 47-year-old 'Top Gun' star surprised Holmes by renting the entire second floor of the eatery where the couple savoured house-made pasta, Chilean sea bass picked by Holmes and Wagyu steak which was chosen by Cruise.

"They held hands the entire night," Ron Leduc, director of operations for Bricco said.

However, this was not enough for the couple as they stopped by their favourite Boston's Abe & Louie's restaurant to sum up their meal with two sweet delicacies, a seven-layer chocolate cake and key-lime pie.

Both the actors have been tied with work as Cruise was scheduled to fly to Austria to continue shooting 'Knight & day' with Cameron Diaz while Holmes has been shooting 'The Romantics' in New York.