Buffet recommendation?
 

Any good buffet in HK? I have only been to W's breakfast buffet. It's good, but ridiculously overpriced.

Hong Kong is where my family started their love of buffets. I think the buffets offered by high end hotels are among the best in the world. That is the one thing my kids looked forward to when we used to make annual trips to Hong Kong. I'll defer to others to make recommendations since I haven't been to one in several years.

I am not a breakfast person so I never go to breakfast buffet unless it's included in the price of the hotel.

I love the breakfast buffet at Conrad Hotel. They are always complimentary for me as HHGold. But I bet they are overpriced too if one has to pay for them.

Hidden gem, not in hotel, BLT steakhouse in Ocean Terminal, not the burger bar.

Sunday Brunch buffets tend to be major events in HK - you often need to book well ahead. They can be very good value if you like your food, and especially if you can take full advantage of the free-flow champagne or sparkling that many have.

I have recently done the Intercon one for $688 including free-flow Moet&Chandon Brut NV, and the one at Top Deck at Jumbo for $388 including free-flow Veuve du Vernay. I would say that they were both about equally good value.

I've really enjoyed the buffet at Cafe TOO at the Island Shangri-La. It's simply amazing. I've been there for both breakfast and lunch, but I'm sure dinner is equally spectacular.

I always make it to the lunch buffet during the week at the YMCA Hotel next to the Peninsula Hotel. Think it's around $HK115 with a mix of Asian and Western foods. Some photos HERE and HERE.

Certainly one of the bargains in town for what you get, especially for a Roast Beef Lunch!

I enjoyed the dinner buffets both at Cafe Too @ Island Shangri-la and MO at central. I also recommend Grand Hyatt dessert buffet (if you are a dessert fan...;) ).

This might be of help - http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/trip-...k-hkk-yyz.html

Has anyone done both dinner and Sunday brunch at the Harbourside? Dinner is HKD50 more. Which has a bigger spread? I suppose dinner has better views. Discovered from the hotel there are no live oysters at brunch.

Deciding between the two for my upcoming trip.

Thanks!!

True, but I don't think the dinner includes free-flow champagne. I've only done the Sunday brunch, so I can't compare.

with my love to italian food i much prefer the semi buffets on offer at some restaurants: zoia(elements)/Isola(IFC) comes to mind. if dessert's your thing, cova also has one. (the earlier 2 has more emphasis on anti-pasti and cova's on cakes.)

Does Macau have Nevada casino-type of buffets?

Yes there are also buffets at many of the Casinos. However the food is more Asian theme and seasoned to the Asian taste.

Yes; I did a Saturday night dinner buffet and a Sunday morning brunch buffet at Harbourside (See the Trip Report in my signature, below).

They were both just excellent, and the brunch was only slightly better given that it had lobsters if I recall. Other than that and the inclusion of breakfast foods, they were both pretty much the same. I would HIGHLY recommend both, lol, but if you had to choose, i would probably go for the brunch. Consider doing both though! ;)

I was recently in Macau looking for buffets (see the Trip Report in my signature, below). I tried Fogo Samba (buffet/all you can east Brazilian meat) at the Venetian and it was quite poor. I also tried the breakfast buffet at Cafe Deco at the Venetian and was quite underwhelmed. I didn't try others though, perhaps fortunately. Based upon my experiences there, I would do not consider this a good buffet town, and if I were to go again, which I doubt, I would definitely stick with some of the authentic Portuguese and Macanese restaurants in town.

Even if you go on the Sunday for the brunch, you can have the buffet at a reduced price if you are not going to have the champagne. Or you can pay extra for the champagne...depending on how you look at it...

When I went there, I was somewhat surprised that most people were not drinking champagne, but were just enjoying the mountains of seafood and incredible International and Asian foods. I skipped the champagne, myself.

yes, I agree; this is an incredible and unique buffet. It is more of an "open kitchen" with many foods made to order at various international "cooking stations". For example, they have an incredible selection of ingredients to select for the chef to make you your own glorious soup, they have noodles being made right in front of you, they have a grill for delicious mini burgers, they have meats to select for grilling, etc. etc. See the pictures of the Cafe Too buffet in my Trip Report, in the signature line below.

Comparing it to Harbourside, i have to say both are equally GREAT! They are different with Harbourside being a somewhat more traditional but opulent and elaborate international hotel buffet, while Cafe Too is a more modern twist with authentic ethnic foods made to order.

True but HK$100 (US$12), the incremental cost, for 4 hours of champagne seems like a pretty good deal to me. On the one occasion I've done the Intercon Sunday Brunch I'd say that 80-90 of the patrons were drinking champagne.

Is it champagne or sparkling wine from somewhere other than the French region?

It's champagne (if it wasn't champagne I wouldn't have written "champagne"): the Intercon Sunday brunch buffet has free-flow Moët & Chandon Brut Imperial NV.

anyone tried the sunday buffet at the oyster & wine bar in the sheraton towers? how is the food there and how much does it cost approximately? i love seafood, especially oysters in all its variety... do u think this will be a reasonable place to go?

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Yes sir! I had never even heard of such a thing before - a soup chef that custom-makes soup to your specifications while you wait. Absolutely delicious. I can't wait to go back!

And you did describe it better than I - it's half open kitchen with many different stations of different types, and half traditional buffet, with buffet-style fixed price and self service.

Thing I remember about HK is those ads for this big bowl of some kind of stew with all manner of seafood.

Those things were around $100 each. Forget the name.

They are called 盆菜 which means food in a basin(large bowl).

It is a trend from village festivities where the whole family eat at the same table with one large basin of all the food (except steamed rice in it in the middle.

side note: Ah yes, the "basin" dining experience, Overrated!--

Too over-rated!
I think it is just a trend when the dishwasher's salary went through the roof just at the end of the last millennium. The chef just dump everything into the artistic basin. My father nicknamed it "all birds returning to the nest" (百鳥歸巢)

Oh, yeah - the basin specials are beginning to pop up as a menu special in North America's Chinatown restaurants - sometimes requiring advanced reservation for ordering & preparation purposes. Not impressed - besides, I prefer to taste the lobster, shrimp, abalone, scallops, chicken, tofu, assorted vegetables, mushrooms, etc. individually and/or cooked (steamed, deep-fried, sauteed, et. al.) in different styles & sauces - scooping them, lukewarm, in a soup ladle into one's plate to enjoy isn't for me. :rolleyes:

Besides, I know the older folks often are reminded that these basins designed for and typically are used for washing one's face, body and feet :o in the "old" days - but, I'm sure the bowls are clean - for real .... :D

The story was they had one big pow-wow and did not have an utensil large enough to hold all the food and fit on the table. So grandma X found grandpa X's feet basin.:p

BTW these same basin are used as foot soaking basin prior to a Chinese accupoint foot massage.:D

It's gotta be better than this:

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